“Don’t tell me... Duke, did I wake you up from your sleep?” Hyeonu asked carefully.

It was a natural question. If someone was lying on the bed and half covered with a quilt, it was clear that they were sleeping or had just woken up.

“No, I was just enjoying the space.”

John Blake shook his head and denied Hyeonu’s words.

"Then I'm glad.” Hyeonu nodded with an expression of relief.

‘It probably won’t happen, but... nothing should go wrong.’

Hyeonu didn’t think that John Blake was so easily offended, but he politely confirmed it.

“It is a time when you should be busy with the war. Why are you looking for me?” John Blake got out of the bed. This alone completely changed the momentum flowing from him. His drowsy expression disappeared and the serious John Blake appeared.

“His Majesty wants to see you, Duke John.”

Hyeonu immediately revealed why he visited John Blake. There was no need to hide it. John Blake didn’t lose to the emperor when it came to pretenses.

“His Majesty?...