"How about..." the Emperor said. "Taking her as a personal maid for the young lady?"
"A maid...?"
Hades leaned back and crossed his legs. It was something he could think about.
"I'll bring it up with her," Hades said. "The one who decides the punishment won't be me, but my daughter."
"I understand," the Emperor said.
Sighing, Hades shook his head.
His friend had taken his words to heart and had acted as a wise ruler. From using the incident to boost the empire's image, and softening the blow on Anatolia, he had handled everything from public sentiment to public greed.
The best move, in Hades' opinion, was to ease their anger in the most flamboyant way possible.
"I think you still went a bit too far with doing things without asking my son-in-law first."
In no time at all, the Emperor had given the adventurer Dusk the status as high as a Marquis by turning him into the hero of the incident.
