RISE OF EROS

Accompanied by Oliver, Andrew went out again following the messenger that the emperor had sent. Honestly, he wasn't very happy that the emperor summoned him, but he couldn't leave without responding either.

It wasn't that he owed the emperor anything, on the contrary, it was the emperor who owed him a lot, but he was still the highest authority in the country, so he couldn't ignore it.

While he's not in Cannaris, he has no obligations, but now that he came and was seen, there was no way to shirk the obligation. Inside the Heavenly Palace, Andrew is practically a god and fears nothing, however, he's still not so powerful that he can ignore the rulers.

Although even with all the powers and authority that the emperor has, it would be impossible to even pressure him in there, but there were other ways to make his life miserable or at least his business miserable.

For example, he could ban entry to the Heavenly Palace and then he would be left without customers. While Andrew could then suspend the sale of key products such as rejuvenation cream and others, the truth is that it was not that substantial as a bargaining chip.

Inside the carriage, no one said anything and they remained in an awkward silence until they reached the imperial castle. There the messenger relieved his assignment so that a butler who was already waiting for them could guide Andrew.

The butler guided them to the office that they had used on other occasions to talk, but before entering, the butler informed them that only Andrew could enter, which did not please them.

Despite their annoyance, they obeyed and Oliver remained outside. The butler offered to take him to a different place, but Oliver refused and said that he preferred to wait in front of the office door.

There were some guards nearby, so the butler did not insist, as he was sure that Oliver could not do anything with the guards watching the place. Andrew did not want to waste time and entered the room.

Inside were Augustus and his ministers. Arturios and Demon were also present, although the latter was hidden in the shadows as always, but it wasn't hard for Andrew to notice thanks to Pelusa.

Upon entering, everyone turned to look at him. Some with a mocking look and others with seriousness, but Andrew didn't pay attention to them, he just looked at the emperor and without wasting time asked, "May I know the reason for the summons?".

At Andrew's question, all the ministers were surprised, because they couldn't believe how disrespectful Andrew was being. Normally he should act with respect and bow to the emperor, but Andrew didn't feel like wasting time.

Even Augustus wrinkled his eyebrows a little and couldn't help but reproach him, "I know that Mr. Andrew doesn't have a very good impression of us, but he should at least have a little decorum."

Andrew, not caring about being in front of the highest authority in the country, replied, "I just came back to check on some things and have some fun, and your summons are more than annoying, so why should I act respectfully?"

The ministers couldn't stand Andrew being so arrogant and one of them, someone who wasn't at this table of ministers before, stood up indignantly and said with obvious annoyance, "Watch your words brat, you're before the emperor."@@novelbin@@

For the first time, Andrew looked at the ministers sitting at the table. To be more specific, he looked at the one who had spoken and didn't recognize him, so he asked, "Who the hell are you?"

Andrew wasn't being aggressive for no reason. The truth was that he was upset and that's why he was acting according to his current feelings. Augustus and the others noticed this and didn't understand the reason.

It's true that they weren't on the best of terms, but they weren't so bad that he would act like that either. They seemed to have short-term memory, as they didn't remember that Andrew literally moved because of them.

However, it was the minister who had spoken before who continued saying, "I'm Elrod the minister of economics." Andrew put on a confused expression, as he didn't remember that there was such a ministry in Cannaris before.

Augustus seeing his confusion intervened, "It's a new ministry. The minister of the national treasury has a lot of work, so we decided to separate some duties."

Andrew turned his attention back to Augustus and asked again, "So, what do you want from me?" causing Minister Elrod to rant again, "Brat, just because the emperor gives you liberties, you can't be unreasonable."

"Look, I was brought here by force. I don't give a damn about your emperor. You're new here, so first learn what they did and then you can talk," Andrew said scolding the new minister.

Everyone else was surprised at how direct Andrew was. They could feel his hatred in the words, something they hadn't expected, but before they could say anything, Andrew looked back at the emperor and asked, "What do you want?"

Augustus really didn't like Andrew's attitude. It's true that they had their differences, but he had called him to discuss some business opportunities, to lighten the mood, but it seemed that Andrew didn't want to hear about them.

While this puts him in a bind, Augustus is the emperor and has his pride, so he won't lower himself to Andrew, so he says, "You should tone down your tone. It's true that we have our differences, but don't confuse things, I'm the emperor."

Andrew looked at Augustus without changing his expression and letting out a sigh said, "So, emperor, what do you want?" Andrew paused slightly and added, "I've already cut my business in your country to a minimum, do you want me to withdraw it as well?"

Augustus furrowed his eyebrows when he saw that after his threat, Andrew didn't change his attitude. Still, he didn't want to continue with this childishness, so he stated his goal.

He promoted the shopping mall he had created by copying Andrew's idea in Dunnas and offered him some benefits to expand his business. It wasn't that the Emperor wanted Andrew to return, but he wanted his products.

His spies in Dunnas had reported the large amount of special products he offered and he was upset that Cannaris didn't have access to them, so he was tempting him to trade.

Andrew listened to everything the Emperor and his ministers had to say. Even Minister Elrod participated like a good businessman, despite his annoyance at Andrew. After they finished talking, Andrew was silent for a few seconds and replied, "I'm not interested. Is that all? Can I go?" His attitude said it all.

Augustus and the others had dark expressions and were starting to get annoyed by Andrew's attitude and at that moment Arturios stepped forward and asked, "What do you want as compensation to mend our relations?"

Everyone was surprised to see one of the country's guardians speaking and doing so in a relatively submissive tone as if Andrew was important to the country and not the other way around.

This confused them, but they didn't say anything and waited to see what Arturios wanted to achieve. Andrew looked at the warrior seriously. Among all those present, Arturios was the one who always treated him with the most respect and dignity, so he had a certain respect for him.

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"Lord Arturios, you are the only one here who has my respect, but I regret to inform you that it is not that you should compensate me to fix something. What is broken cannot be repaired," Andrew replied in a tone that showed depth.