Vincent remained at Cassius's side when he arrived at his designated room. He had asked Mitchell to leave and let him handle the rest seeing that the emperor had gone on his way to investigate private matters.
This was known to them, primarily with the sailors he supervised. Since everyone knew how close he was to the current emperor, his words were equivalent to the emperor's words and commands.
Furthermore, the sole reason Cassius had chosen his unit as his escort was to ensure that he could move without the eyes of those people from the temple and even those who wanted to covet his power through marriage.
Seeing that Cassius had opened a black notebook that looked somewhat old, he sighed and looked around to find him a sit. It didn't take long for him to settle down and make his tea as the emperor; Cassius busied himself as he flipped one page after the other.
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