Chapter 545: Reason (1/2)
The imperial guard escorted Sam towards the stage, Sam still stood below, while the imperial guard who has the spatial ring and the documents in his hands he said the gist of it in a low voice, and the emperor took a deep look at Sam before he turned to look at the Minister in charge of the preparations.
The minister felt something is wrong and he had a bad feeling, he walked towards the emperor and asked.
”What happened? Your Grace.” His voice was low and subservient.
The emperor still didn't speak and looked at the imperial guard who passed all the documents including the battle reports and the golden scroll.
He immediately understood that he fucked up because the writing on the scroll was his. He was the one responsible for sending invitations to the war heroes and it is tradition and a show of respect to sending the invitations with the minister's own hands.
He remembered something and glared at Sam coldly, only the glance is extremely brief. But neither Sam nor the emperor missed it.
”It must have been a mistake your grace, but that doesn't mean he can just barge out and that doesn't explain his pretentiousness and disrespect towards the Emperor and the imperial palace. He could have asked us after the event was over.”
Minister said in a soft voice. He did remove one person's glory in this event, but he never thought that the person who was excluded will do something like this. He just thought that he would suffer in silence.
After all, if his action enraged the emperor he would slay him and no one would dare question him.
That is what the minister would have done. If he was in Sam's position, he would have stayed put and if he was in the emperor's position he would have slain him.
That is just a classic example of someone judging others based on their personal standards. It is not just humans who do that, even the Nagas who feel that they are superior themselves are also the same.
Even though he said it in a soft voice, Sam who is near the stage and the people in the first row can hear it.
Sam just took out the small slip that was given to him by the attendant and gave it to the imperial guard next to him.
They passed it to the guard on the stage and it also reached the emperor and all of a sudden his aura raged.
He looked at Sam and asked.
”Who gave you this?”
”An attendant that is trying to escape just now?”
Sam said as he pointed at the attendant who is slowly moving towards the back.
The imperial guard standing on Sam's right made a move and brought him.
The emperor looked at him and said.
”Who gave it to you?”
The attendant couldn't speak, his whole body is shivering.
Meanwhile, the audience slowly understood the situation and the news is reaching the rear lines slowly and gradually.
Everyone has a different expression, some considered Sam as gutsy and some considered he is an Idiot because someone who can manipulate things in the imperial ceremony is not someone who has low status, they might even be people from the imperial palace itself. If they were in the emperor's position, they would understand this and slay Sam right here and be done with it.
They don't understand what the emperor is doing trying to ask the attendant.
Sam could guess what they were thinking and there is no way that he didn't understand that logic. But he knew what the emperor was thinking and how he should think if he really is the emperor he thought he would be.
He is taking a gamble, but his odds to win are high.
All these people and the minister on the stage have almost the same opinion that is to kill Sam if they were the emperor, but only the emperor, Sam, and some of the soldiers know that is the difference between them and the real emperor.
Because, they don't know the situation and they don't know what Sam has done, only a few people knew and they only heard stories and rumors, but the soldiers, commanders, and the generals knew about it. They knew what is happening exactly.
Sam is the biggest war hero in the whole ceremony, they didn't acknowledge and deliver the honor and respect he deserves and there was clear evidence that someone with power has intentionally done it, if Sam was slain, will there be another soldier loyal to the throne.
Will there be another soldier thinking that it is their honor to fight for the nation? Will there be another soldier that would step up when the nation truly needs them?
All the people who watch the world through the lens of their sense of superiority will never understand.
The matter is not just Sam making a scene, it is a critical situation where the emperor should prove his word that he values the soldiers as much as he said he did. It is to prove that the whole ceremony really has meaning.
Sam guessed that the person who did this is extremely immature but scheming, they also thought that Sam is a mere commoner and that too a human wouldn't do this.
The attendant still didn't speak, the emperor became impatient and his aura raged.
”Ch... Chief attendant your grace.”