[Bonus chapter]

"I am glad that you won Alex. But don't you think you are being greedy for only approaching me when it is to your benefit and staying absent the rest of the time?" there was still a warm smile on his face so it could not be said if he was teasing him or if he was serious about it.

"The time of his majesty is precious, how could I dare to waste it." he said with such indifference, that Charles laughed.

"And giving you a reward is a work an emperor should do, right?" Charles tilted his head with a twisted smile on his face.

"Fulfilling the promises done in front of the society is a must. Or else others would lose the faith in the future promises of a ruler and would not strive hard in the future. I am only here to not let that happen, your majesty.`` The cold and hard voice reverberated in the room again with a blank face.

It only meant that since you have promised, you have to give me the reward or you are going to get a backlash.