Chapter 544: Not a Mention (1/2)

For the next two days after the notice came, Sam continued his daily routine of vanity. While the city is filled with all the Generals and commanders along with the war heroes. All of them came and the imperial palace booked the best inns in the whole city for them.

After two days the imperial court will be conducted openly to reward every one of the war heroes.

On that day, Sam first gave a bunch of spatial rings to Rana along with a scroll.

”These are addresses, I want them to be delivered to them as fast as you can. I hope nothing wrong will go on with it and if it does, you better try your best not to let me know of this.”

With that, he and Arman went to the imperial grounds, where the open court is going to be held. Sam showed his golden scroll to the imperial attendants and he was guided to a seat. Sam is still wearing the black-feather coat. But he felt like he was underdressed when he saw the rest of the people.

The people surrounding are all wearing some extravagant clothes, but they are all wearing clothes of the same type of color with only slight differences.

He asked a familiar soldier and found out that this is the military ceremonial uniform they got just recently. Sam really liked the clothes they are wearing. As he was contemplating if he should also make some rules regarding the ceremonial clothes in his city, the imperial attendant came and announced the arrival of the Emperor.

Everyone stood up and saw the Naga in dark violet scales with gold and crimson hues.

The Empress whose scales are Golden in color is walking beside him while the princes and princess along with the Imperial stewards and Eunuchs all followed along.

Everyone bowed to the emperor and only after he sat down did everyone take their seats.

Sam could see the respect everyone is showing is not just a show, they are really respectful of the emperor and that respect is not just out of fear.

It has been a while since he saw this. Arc has this kind of respect in the Western continent and even Sam has this from his subordinates, particularly the old subordinates.

After sitting down, the minister who took up the role of the MC of this special ceremony started giving a long speech, and finally, the emperor got a chance to speak.

”Greetings, My subjects.

Today we have all gathered here for an auspicious event. The war between the Mov and the Rubrum has been going on for hundreds of years and I have been a part of this war for a long time. The result was always a tie.

We could barely occupy one another's small villages and recapture them once again.

Apart from that, there is not much progress in any other aspects regarding this war. It was stuck and we tacitly agreed to fight every year, never giving up.

But this year, we have broken the balance. The people from the Rubrum even resorted to some ideas that are too evil and fiendish. They experimented on themselves and fed on the blood of the humans and Nagas alike creating abominations that can trump over their peers and feed on them.

But those abominations weren't able to do anything. They weren't able to defeat the prideful soldiers of our nation. We not only defeated them, but we also occupied five cities.

This year in this war, our soldiers have shown great promise and made our nation proud. The rubrum Empire that was impregnable all these years was finally defeated. So, we are here to reward the contributions of those soldiers.”

When his speech was over, the minister once again took over and started reading the soldiers names, achievements, and their ranks along with the battalion and regiment they were supposed to be in.

The soldiers sitting in the same row as Sam all went up and took their rewards.

Even though there are more than a hundred people and it is taking a lot of time. But the emperor still stood there and gave the badges and rewards that are going to be the symbol of the honor they gained through the battle.

But even after all the accolades were given, Sam's name was still not there.

He was not called and he just sat there.

All this while, they were a pile of golden scrolls on the podium the minister is standing and each scroll was the list of achievements of the soldiers. Along with the badge and others, the scroll was also given to them.

But even when the whole pile disappeared Sam's name never came out. The minister went on with the rest of the program, awarding the commanders and the generals and even then Sam's name never came.

Sam looked at Yodha, the General and the regiment commanders who sat in a different row, they are also looking towards him with a frown. Their expressions said that they also don't know what is happening.

Sam recalled the soldiers' achievements that were already on the stage. None of his achievements were read. That means, no one stole them, but his name still disappeared.