"Now! What do you want to…"
However, even before the old emperor could finish what he was about to say, a tight and direct slap came straight from the woman he loved, onto his cheek.
This slap, with a force that was neither too great nor too light, almost made the old emperor's world spin as he eyed the woman with disbelief, totally not knowing why she would do such a thing, as if for the few times he felt that this woman is so foreign to him.
