The pressure on all fronts had turned the emperor desperate. Every kingdom, every duchy, and every city was slowly being taken away from him, and despite Haruki's alleged progress on Inferno's territory, they were losing too much for that pascal of land to amount to much at all. In fact, at the rate at which the demon lords were creeping in on his territory under Margarette's watch, he felt a burning jealousy for the competence of Haruki's war general.
"So, Selena, what have you learned from being around the demon lord of lust?" Taking a stroll through the Halfeti garden, the emperor accompanied by Haruki's personal guards wanted to squeeze out as much information about him as possible.
A bit fidgety from the presence of the emperor beside her, Selena's body was all tensed up and even her steps felt stiffly puppeteered.