"Your Majesty?! Relia shouted, her face twisting into an aghast expression.
There was a deafening silence after her outburst, and Relia looked far paler than usual. As if he soul could leave her body at any moment.
"You're not serious, are you?" Marcus asked, not entirely sure if they were being messed with right now or not. The Empress had made her declaration so earnestly that it was hard to tell.
"No, obviously. I'm barely over four hundred years old. It's far too soon for me to start considering something so morbid as ending my own life."
Her lips twisted into a satisfied grin since her prank had the desired effect.
While no one had fully believed her, there was a bit of doubt in their minds that she might have been earnest.
