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The maids guided Usa into the room where the emperor was. Upon entering with a cane in his hand, Usa got down on one knee with his wobbly legs and showed his respect to Arthus.
“I am Usa of the Sore Empire.”
Arthus replied, “Usa… The two civil servants who oversee everything along with the Taejae in the Sore Empire… They call them ‘ministers,’ am I right?”
“That’s right, Your Majesty.”
"I see. Well, your visit here surprises me. The messenger I sent to the Sore Empire has yet to return… Did you come here yourself to tell me what the Sore Empire thinks about my proposition?”
Arthus got straight to the point because he was curious why Usa had come here. He had sent a messenger to the Sore Empire as well, but nobody except Terion had made it back yet. The fact that Usa came to him before his messenger even returned made Arthus wonder as to what exactly was going on.
At the emperor’s question, Usa replied calmly, “No, Your Majesty. I am here on my own, not on behalf of the Sore Empire, but for Your Majesty, the emperor of the new empire.”
“And the Taejae doesn’t know about this?”
"Indeed, Your Majesty.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
Usa claimed that he had come here unbeknownst to the Taejae, the most powerful person in the Sore Empire. Arthus sensed that something was fishy.
Usa’s coming all the way here without his ruler knowing during these times definitely suggested that he wasn’t here with pure intentions....
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