The Emperor Of No Mercy...

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The Narrator's POV.

Queen Valeria waited for the king to question queen Ariadne, but he didn't in the end. She was surprised that the king left, without uttering a word of anger to Queen Ariadne.

This wasn't fair, she was almost caught in the act of sneaking, yesterday into the Emperor's room. Luckily for her, it was the maids that brought in the king's clothes. That was an unforgettable moment for her, taking such a risk again was suicide.

With all her efforts, she couldn't hit the target. The plan was to make the king send Queen Ariadne out of the palace forever.

Here, was her enemy eating and dining like she was the first wife to the Emperor. There were not any reasons at first, but right from the day, Queen Valeria saw Ariadne, she didn't like her. To her, Ariadne was beautiful and she might attract the king. But now, that she was sure of the disaster, that woman would bring to life, sending her far away was the only option.

As her crown was her priority, so was the king. Queen Valeria loved the king for many years though he ignored her most of the time. She always had this dream in her head to make the king say I love you to her. But all these were fallacies, they were not going to happen. The devil had no heart at all.

Many times, she had seen the king slew people because of the little crimes, they committed. Once, you offended Sargon, he wasn't going to forgive, no matter how much you pleaded. He was popularly known as the Emperor of no mercy. The appropriate punishment was dispensed to you at the right time, he never forgets.

If the Emperor goes through the documents kept on his table, he won't spare Ariadne that she knew for sure. That means Sargon was yet to see the documents! There was still for her to do something.

Quickly, Queen Valeria went to the king's room. She was sure the king was going to be in his room because no one knew him better than her.

Opening the door, she saw him sitting on the chair next to his bed. He was reading a paper but it wasn't the documents. For the king to see the letter, she had to draw his attention to it.

"Can I come in, your highness?" Queen Valeria stood at the door with an innocent look. Her hands were folded in front.

"Yes, queen Valeria want do you want?" He looked at her briefly and went back to his reading. For the past years, she knew Sargon, he was hardly polite.

"I came to keep you company" she replied.

"Okay," he said with eyes focused on the paper. The king wasn't ready for any conversation, it was obvious. She had to keep up with it.

"Apollo kept some documents, on the table last night, he did tell you?" she asked, making her way to where he sat.

"Yes I Know" he answered in a quiet tone.

"Have a look at them, they must have been important."

"Do you come to keep me company or to disturb me Queen Valeria?" he didn't smile. This was the best moment for this game to start, it seemed like the emperor was angry already.

"I came to keep you company, but you shouldn't neglect such important documents" Queen Valeria urged.

"You talked like you know what document is there" he stared at her. Though they were blue, those eyes made her scared.

"No...no... I..." She stammered. Things were becoming tougher than she thought. The Emperor wasn't in the mood today.

"Is okay, I will take a look at them. Can you bring them to me?" he asked.

"Yes sure" quickly, Queen Valeria picked up the four documents on the table and handed them over to the Emperor. He was going to check what she wanted him to see last night.

She sat down on the chair next to him and waited for the drama to be unfolded. This was going to be fun, she couldn't wait to Queen Ariadne's face.

The Emperor went through the first two documents. That shows that the four forts closed to the southeast now belonged to him. He was about to open the third before Queen Alissa knocked at the door.

Queen Valeria regretted why she didn't lock the door and ordered the guards not to let anyone in. No matter what, she vowed to make the Emperor see the content of that letter today.

"Pardon me, your highness" Queen Alissa apologized at the door.

"Yes Queen Alissa, are you done with it?"

"Yes, your highness" he instructed. She held a big book in her hand. The king was a lover of books and art. His library had the best collections in the world.

"Then, placed it back on the shelf, where you took it from," he said.

She went to the third shelf and fixed the book there. Queen Valeria was curious, the king was supposed to read the letter by now but he didn't. Rather he went back to the previous paper, he was reading.

" can I take a look at the last document?" she asked.

"Don't worry queen Valeria, I will look at it now myself".

He picked up the letter and started reading. The king's facial expression changed immediately, as he squeezed the paper with his right hand and threw it to the floor.

"Summon every member of the royal family to my court immediately!" he scoffed.