The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 256: An offer unexpected.

Sdays were longer than others and for Roland, this was one such day. It was coming to midnight and he was

still working. Most of this work was attributed to all the changes that would be brought about by the changes in

government and development plans Sigrid had helped him draft.

He sighed closed a document that he was reading and massaged the back of his neck.

"Perhaps you should start from there tomorrow." Rudbeck suggested.

The knight had been on his feet for two hours, watching Roland wince and twist, listening to one complaint after

another and reviewing one document after another. He did not even get to eat dinner in peace because he was

was working as ate.

Roland sighed again and started opening a new documents which was a petition. "If only | could. | have so much

work to do that...." Not only did his voice break off but the frown on his face deepened.

"Trouble?" Rudbeck asked?

Roland nodded, cursing silently, "It is a petition from Sir Lachlan Valerius, urgingto have an heir as soon as

possible now that the king's life is hanging in the balance. He is advisingto take a secret mistress if | am

worried about offending the Thorin’s."

In his words, a child--even a bastard child was good enough because it would add more strength to Roland's

claim to the throne. As the loyal family that they were, they were willing to sacrifice any woman of Roland's

choice in their family for the job.

Keeley Valerius was specifically mentioned. Roland told Rudbeck all of this. His knight was stunned and he

barked out a laugh. "They want to give you Keeley Valerius as a mistress! They must be drunk on loyalty to make

such an offer. Are they really crazy enough to ruin the life of one of the most promising women in their family

just to prove themselves to you?"

There was a knock on the door and a voice announced from outside that Sigrid had arrived. Roland jumped to his

feet, looking around like a desperate thief. The petition danced nervously in his hands.

At loss of where to hide it because his mind was scrambling, he tossed it at Rudbeck.

The knight who had sharp reflexes which he was so proud of caught it midair and tossed it into the fireplace.

Rudbeck could not fathom why his heart was pounding as if he was the one about to be caught doing something

wrong.

When Sigrid entered the office, she was carrying a tray of biscuits and milk. Powdered chocolate was an option

on the side. She did not notice the nervousness of the two men as she set the tray down on Roland's desk.

Her fingers and eyes immediately moved to the document that was sitting on top of others, presumably the last

one that Roland had been reading through.

"I will give you both sprivacy." Rudbeck slipped out of the room.

He did not want to be there if Roland fumbled and revealed that he had been handed a mistress on a silver

platter.

"My love." He pulled her arm and guided her to a sofa.

"The tea." she winced.

"It can wait," he answered.

He pushed her into the chair and she sat down.

"You cannot work like a mad man Roland, a candle cannot burn at both ends or it will burn out quickly. I am

pretty sure that nothing in these letters and petitions is more important than your life."

"Lord Evermore would disagree, as the head of the citizenship and immigration minister he will be beginning the

census tomorrow. We need every Eldorian to have an Identification card and a passport before spring arrives. It

is the only way we can root out foreigners. It is a great measure for keeping track of the strangers among us."

"Evermore is the minister! How did you choose him for that position?"

"He is as meticulous ad Lord Bailey when it comes to work and he is willing to oversee the task." He looked at

her with a frown, "You were at the mage estate for the longest tof the day today. Are computers ready?"

She nodded. "Five computers and printers for each ministry for now." She answered.

Roland scoffed, "If my father had not been so set in his ways, we would have adopted sof the good policies

introduced by Medoris a long tago. Even Nemoris was adapting, Eldoria was the only kingdom on our end of

the world still stuck in the old ways." He sighed, well beyond tired.

She climbed up the sofa, getting on her knees. Her hands found his temples and she started massaging them

slowly. "He is a proud man your father. When he wakes up | am quite certain that he will be displeased with some

of the changes that we are making."

"That is a matter of concern for when he wakes. For now, we have a short window to start shaping Eldoria in the

image we have for the future." He closed his eyes as soon as he felt her magic seeping into his body. "Mmm..that

feels nice."

Sigrid continued her massage, allowing Roland to soften like an overstuffed cat, safe in the arms of its owner.

"My love, Is Rudbeck married?"

"Yes....why?" he opened his eyes, curiously raising a brow. "Do you want him too?"

She rolled her eyes. He was still very sour about her statement on the mage estate. "I explained it. | do not want

Veylin as a man, only as a mage."

"I am a mage." he grumbled out.

"Not a shadow mage." she chimed in. "How many shadow mages have you cacross?"

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