Emperor of the Empire (4)

Chapter 680: Emperor of the Empire (4)

Columbus III was receiving nobles in his own palace.

This was part of his daily routine.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire usually did not have much to deal with. After all, noble territories were scattered throughout the Empire, and the nobles had the authority to handle everything that happened on their lands. It was not yet the Emperor's turn to intervene.

But the Emperor no longer thought so. He believed that everything in the Empire belonged to him.

"Seneca, allow me to address you by that name. It seems rather out of place amid the Empire's flourishing splendor."

Columbus III spoke as he looked at the viscount before him, a man with a high nose bridge and red pupils.

The latter knelt on one knee before the Emperor in reverence, displaying his loyalty.

"The name Seneca comes from my homeland, a... once-beautiful world. I thank Your Majesty for your grace, allowing my family to preserve its honor upon this land."

Viscount Seneca spoke reverently. He did not know why the Emperor had suddenly summoned him today. Of course, he also had his own request to make before the Emperor.

The Seneca Family had declined. They were not native nobles of the Empire. In fact, their status in the Otherworldly Plane had once been even more exalted than that of a viscount. Yet beneath the Northlands, everything had vanished like smoke, and their once-great bloodline was now merely a minor viscount family within the Empire.

And yet...

Within this vast Empire, his status as an outsider brought him even greater inconvenience. Over a hundred years, there had been few marriage alliances, and they had failed to integrate into noble society. Furthermore, due to marriages among close relatives, the Seneca Family's population had