21st Century Archmage

Chapter 79: Audience with the Emperor

Knock knock.

“Kyre-nim, are you awake?”

‘Is it already morning?

After happily going to sleep on a real bed for once, it was morning. My eyes opened due to the sound of Igis voice from outside.

‘Aramis….

As I woke up, Aramis face came to mind. I could still vividly remember the nightmare I woke up from, a nightmare where Aramis was being dragged along by masked knights. Maybe because it was a dream, there was nothing I could do. I had clenched my fists in rage so many times over the course of the night that my hands were still numb.

‘Surely nothing happened.

I shook off the uneasiness rising in my heart with difficulty, trusting Derval and my knights to protect her.

“Please come in.”

Slipping off the bed, I tidied my black hair. Because I hadnt been able to get it cut ever since coming to this continent, it was so long it came up to my shoulders.

“Im coming in.”

Creaaak.

As she spoke, Igis entered the room.

‘Hooh!

She must have woken up early to get ready. As a princess, her usual dress was no ordinary drab garment either, but the one she was wearing now was a different beast entirely—it was a voluminous formal dress with silver and violet threads artistically embroidered atop a refreshing blue fabric that suited her golden hair and milky skin well.

‘Those gems must be genuine, right?

The gold-embroidered hem of the dress was encrusted with dozens of small, clear gems. It was a jeweled dress that even the richest people in Korea could not easily obtain.

‘Shes beautiful.

My honest admiration bubbled out.

Igis was called the most beautiful woman in the empire. She was young, so the elasticity of her firm skin was like a childs. Such a woman was lowering her head in shyness under my gaze, a flush of faint pink spreading over the nape of her neck. At that sight, the vestiges of my bleariness vanished.

“Come in.”

‘Eh?

As soon as Igis gave the word, ten maids bustled inside.

‘Are those all clothes???

In each of the maids hands were male suits of various colors and designs.

“I didnt know what you preferred, so I just prepared them all,” said Igis nonchalantly, as if it was no big deal.

“…..”

Prompted by my silence, she continued, “If none of them are to your liking, you can pick from the next set.”

‘There are more outside?!

I wasnt just ten suits—there was a line of maids waiting outside with even more clothes. There had to be at least twenty maids with suits standing outside.

‘Are you telling me these are all clothes for me?!

Emotion surged wildly within me. Back in Korea, I could count my blessings if I was able to wear one or two suits in a year. And that was only during events on school breaks when I couldnt wear my school uniform.

But Igis had prepared over twenty suits of clothes for me. If I could, I would have shown her my passionate gratitude with a big kiss on the cheek.

“Please pick for me,” I said.