The Deposed Empress and Her New Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 49

Baron Shavan’s face turned ashen, then swiftly paled to white.

He seemed to have jumped to the conclusion that he’d been summoned to the imperial palace to be reprimanded for trafficking noble titles.

“Recently, two kinds of gifts arrived at the palace under your name—one addressed to a foreign royal and the other to a noble staying at the palace.”

Overwhelmed by Ikar’s icy gaze, Baron Shavan lowered his head slightly.

“…….”

“But there was a problem with those gifts.”

Baron Shavan abruptly lifted his head, only to meet Ikar’s sharp eyes and quickly avert his own as he spoke.

“I… truly don’t understand why you’d ask me about such a matter.”

“……You don’t know?”

Ikar’s deeply lowered voice settled heavily over the reception room.

Though the weather was particularly cool that day, cold beads of sweat began to form on Baron Shavan’s glistening forehead.

“My, Baron Shavan—your study must be rather warm.”

Ikar deliberately spoke in a slightly gentler tone than before.

Then he glanced at Drhan.

Drhan pulled out a handkerchief from his breast pocket and gently dabbed the sweat from Baron Shavan’s brow.

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