People Met in the Imperial Palace

“Come on, line up, line up.”

After the banquet ended, the Emperor coolly assigned me a minister and left.

He said it was to ensure fair transactions.

It certainly wasn’t a bad arrangement.

He even said he would throw in some elixirs.

He really was a big-hearted and generous man.

The nobleman at the front spread his arms with an exaggerated gesture and shouted,

“Can you really provide those spices!?”

“I told you they’re real. Have you spent your whole life getting swindled?”

I learned after coming here that the nobles of this place enjoyed fine food far more than I had expected...