Theron hardly moved. His glance didn't even turn over the Emperor, but that didn't stop his words from coming out just as evenly as usual.
"The cloaked figures, the four of them. What do you know about them?"
The Emperor's steps paused, his eyes narrowing.
"… They are of the Seijin Clan, vassals chosen by who is likely to be the next heir of their Clan, though I cannot be sure."
"What is the Seijin Clan?"
There was a flicker in the Emperor's eyes. Maybe he had had much the same assumptions as Elder Black, but it was only now they realized that Theron wasn't actually an escapee of the Clan. Otherwise… why would he go through all this trouble just to ask questions about them?
But that left another interesting question… why would they target Theron otherwise?
Could Theron be a vassal that that young man wanted, but he had refused? That seemed like the most likely story. But in that case, how had they allowed things to even get this far in the first place?
