25 Sebastian Canmore

"Let us start today's meeting" William announced and everyone submitted their paperwork to the emperor's aid, Baron Charles Smith.

The brown-haired middle-aged man organized the reports and set them in front of the emperor.

Everyone remained calm and waited for the emperor to go through the reports briefly before looking up at them.

"What is the meaning of this Duke Leonard? You want to monopolize the empire's gemstone business?" William asked with disbelief and the latter just nodded his head and replied, "Duchy of Orleans is the house of the current empress. Us controlling is the same as you controlling it, your majesty"