The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

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sorry. It’s a little late. I’m too tired, so if there are any typos, I’ll fix them tomorrow. Please wait a minute.

＜ A New Beginning ＞

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It is said that it is the season entering autumn, but it gets cold like winter at dawn.

Princess Lilitha fell asleep holding on to the hem of Rudy’s shirt.

She tried to straighten her little finger, but the slightest touch made her body tremble.

Apparently, he was about to wake up, so Rudy carefully lifted his shirt up and took it off. It’s a situation where you leave your clothes behind and leave your body behind. The shirt was made with loose fabric and lots of wrinkles, so it came off easily.

“Oh, it must be cold.”

The nanny came with a shirt, speaking in whispers. Put it on top of Rudy’s head and lower it. I rarely get up this early, but it seems like I forced myself to open my eyes.

Marie came closer with the tray.

Warm stew and bread were placed on a tray.

“If you go over there, there will be many more delicious things, but… You might still be hungry.”

Both Marie and Nanny had red eyes.

Rudy lowered his head and quietly stuffed the stew into his mouth.

Rice mixed with tears is probably like this.

I dipped a little bit of the bread into the stew and put it in my mouth, but it didn’t go over well. Maybe because of the atmosphere between the two, my throat was a little choked.

Still, bumbling, Rudy ate until the plate on the tray reached the bottom.

Unlike Earth, there is no breakfast in this world. It is mostly two meals a day, lunch and dinner.

According to Marie, it seems that commoners who move their bodies often eat breakfast as well. But most of them didn’t eat it. At least he hadn’t seen Rudy since he came to the imperial palace.

For that reason, he had never eaten at dawn in this mansion until now. Maybe that’s why Boris brings food to the training ground every day.

“Thank you, Marie.”

After eating clean to the end, Rudy stood up.

Marie, who had never eaten breakfast, seems to have served as much as she would normally eat. Maybe a little more with love.

If we meet again someday, I want to tell you that it is better to eat a little less breakfast.

My stomach is full.

As Rudy tried to leave, the nanny held his hand.

“You have to be healthy. Never go next to the empress.”

Next to the nanny’s request, Marie hesitated and bowed her head.

“Thank you, Rudy. If I hadn’t come here, I would have been sold to a seventy-year-old man. If that was the case, I wouldn’t have been alive until now. That old man has come to me many times, saying that the slave he bought was dead.”

Marie scratched the side of her eye with a slightly shy smile.

“I know I shouldn’t say this to Rudy, who is still young, but I really wanted to say thank you at least once.”

When I went out of the mansion while being escorted by the two, an attendant serving His Majesty was waiting outside the mansion’s fence.

Behind it was an unusual carriage.

A little bigger and flashier. An expensive light magic tool was attached to the wagon.

The coachman was also a different person.

The attendant smiled brightly.

“Rudy, is that all Jim?”

“yes.”

Rudy was holding a small bundle. I only brought a small amount of the slave necklace of the Duke of Watoringu, parchment, and ink, which I originally had, but I didn’t have much luggage.

“come here.”

An attendant took Rudy’s hand and helped him get into the carriage.

“I can go up alone.”

“I know. But for me, this is work. It makes me feel comfortable doing this.”

“…”

Somehow I felt strange. It was not just a change of place to stay, it was a feeling of changing one’s location.

An attendant sits next to Rudy, and the carriage starts moving.

When I turned my head and looked at the mansion, I saw a nanny and Marie standing behind the fence, holding small lanterns.

The mansion moved away in an instant, and before I knew it, it was smaller than a fingernail.

I was about to look away, but suddenly I saw something running in front of the mansion.

It felt like a grain of sand was rolling onto the road in front of the mansion that had changed like a speckle.

“!”

Rudy jumped up without realizing it. My little body was shaken by the wagon’s vibration and almost fell forward.

An attendant quickly grabbed him and looked at the mansion in the distance.

Something like small dust fluttered from the mansion towards the wagon. It wasn’t audible. However, it seemed that a very small sound of crying could be heard from far away.

“This is Princess Lilitha. It’s the first time I’ve seen you, but the only child there was the princess.”

“…”

Princess Lilitha fell to the floor, and the nanny and Marie, who had lanterns, chased after her and caught her. It’s hard to see, but if you guess that the lanterns are moving, it is.

The carriage continued to run without stopping.

Of course. The emperor ordered to move before dawn. No wonder the coachman couldn’t stop. Rudy knew it well.

“…”

Rudy sat back in his chair.

After a while, they got so far apart that the three of them seemed to be a small dot.

The attendant put his hand on Rudy’s back.

“It’s okay, Rudy. The princess will be fine.”

The carriage quickly arrived at the deepest center of the imperial palace where the emperor lived.

*

The imperial palace is one huge city.

Around the palace where the emperor lives and attached facilities, large buildings are spread out as a unit, including a wide garden and several facilities.

It is similar to the fact that several apartment complexes, parks, schools, and commercial facilities are gathered in units in a new city.

The imperial palace even included artificially created lakes and mountains, making it look as if an entire city had been built.

Among them, the center where the emperor lives is the largest and most beautiful, and the building in the middle is the palace where the emperor’s bedroom is located.

The emperor’s bedroom, placed in the center, was not a private space. The emperor slept there, woke up, had a meal, held meetings, interviews, and sometimes held official events.

The office that Rudy had been in and out of so far was in a huge building attached at right angles to the right of the central building. This is the first time entering the central building.

The emperor’s attendant led the way, and Rudy followed.

The room assigned to Rudy is the space to the right of the emperor’s formal bedroom.

Stepping inside, Rudy’s eyes widened.

The large space contained a bedroom, living room, bathroom, and several more rooms.

And Levin was standing there hesitantly waiting.

“Lord Rudy!”

When Levin saw Rudy, he tried to approach him, but when he caught the servant’s gaze, he flinched and stopped.

An attendant serving His Majesty would be a person of considerable rank. I guess I’m nervous.

Levin smiled slightly awkwardly and bowed gracefully.

“It’s nice to meet you, Rudy. This is Levin, who will serve Rudy from today. I wish you well in the future.”

“…”

Levin, the greeting is a little strange. Wouldn’t it be quite stupid to say such a thing between people who already know each other?

The attendant glanced at Levin and turned his gaze to Rudy.

“Rudy, you’ve been doing great so far. But in a few days, we will be moving with His Majesty. There are so many things you can’t do alone then. That doesn’t mean an attendant can’t stick around to look after you, so Levin is with you.”

“I… move? Aren’t I going to work here?”

At Rudy’s question, the attendant slightly lowered his head.

“I can’t go into detail about that. However, this time’s participation in the move was specially decided with the education of the two of them in mind. You will experience many things that you cannot learn in the palace.”

The servant’s gaze turned to Levin.

“It will be a great experience for both of them, but especially for Levin, I think it will be a difficult opportunity to get. That child is not yet ready to serve anyone at all.”

The attendant grinned.

“If there hadn’t been a special case named Rudy in this palace, there would never have been a chance for Levin to serve someone personally at the palace.”

“Yeah, I know. I will serve you with all my heart.”

Levin clenched his fists.

“Then let’s change our clothes first. Your Majesty’s morning is quite early. Rudy, from today, watch and learn what the other servants are doing. There will be times when Rudy will have to wait on His Majesty himself while on the move.”

“yes.”

Before Rudy finished answering, Levin brought clothes from inside the living room.

“Then I will go. I’ll come pick you up in a little while.”

The attendant left, leaving only two people, Levin and Rudy. Levin opened his mouth with twinkling eyes.

“Lord Rudy! I heard a little about this move this morning, but it seems that we are following His Majesty’s inspection.”

While talking, he quickly takes off what Rudy was wearing and puts on a new one. It was a garment with a lot of gold thread. extraordinarily splendid

“It seemed like dozens of wagons were moving. I also saw an enormous amount of luggage being loaded.”

“…I don’t think it’s just an inspection.”

Rudy pondered as he let Levin do as he did.

Whatever the circumstances, Levin had been Rudi’s attendant for over a year.

It is abnormal to assign himself a room right next to the emperor’s bedroom in the central palace and to take himself to the inspection without being able to do anything special.

At first glance, they give a plausible reason, but if you take a step back and look at it again, it was definitely strange.

‘also···.’

Rudy sighed, thinking that what he had been suspecting might be correct.

Having lived a peaceful life on Earth, he may have been a bit of a stupid person in this world.

As if she had accurately measured the time to put on her clothes, an attendant came in as soon as she finished dressing up.

Levin remained in the room, and Rudy alone was led into the emperor’s bedchamber by an attendant.

In the midst of silence, only the entrance is dimly lit.

In the center of the large room was a bed.

The bed was propped up on four pillars, and long curtains hung from above and wrapped around the bed in several layers.

The curtains hanging outside were thick velvet. It was beautifully pleated and tied to a pole, and two layers of inner curtains made of thin fabric covered the bed.

There were several attendants on the wall close to the bed and on the side from the entrance. At first glance, it looked like a wax figure because it was so motionless.

As the attendant winked at, Rudy quietly stood near the bed.

From the inside of the bed, you can hear the occasional puff, puff, breath.

After waiting for a while while listening to the sound, the chamberlain entered.

The chief chamberlain approached the side of the bed and quietly spoke into the bed.

“Your Majesty, it’s time to cough.”

I can’t seem to get up all at once. When the chamberlain said the same thing a couple more times, there was a slight movement inside the bed.

The blanket moved and a tall man sat up behind the curtains.

All of a sudden, the room was lit with candles. Unusually, it was not a magic tool, but a real candle.

An attendant standing by the wall approached and quickly pulled back the curtains, while another attendant brought a silver basin filled with water. There are also a few attendants who bring and carry clothes.

As Rudy enters the room, the number is greater than the attendant he saw. The door didn’t seem to open, so maybe it was waiting somewhere unseen.

Slowly, the emperor was served, washed his face, and put on his clothes.

I didn’t notice it when I saw it in the office, but when I woke up, I felt a little skinny. The under eyes are slightly sunken.

An attendant brought a cart full of cosmetics. It was the first time I knew that the emperor also wears makeup.

Apply some makeup to your face, and powder to finish.

The emperor’s face, which seemed slightly tired, brightened in an instant, and became more like a villain.

‘The villain’s face was made on purpose.’

The original face didn’t look good either, but it wasn’t to this extent.

As Rudy watched, the emperor’s body was covered with jewelry, and at the end the chief chamberlain opened the lid of the small box and held it out.

The emperor takes out several rings from within and puts them on his fingers.

After the attendants finished all the decorations and stepped back, the emperor looked at Rudi.

“You’re here.”

The grinning smile was a perfectly evil Santa Claus before he knew it.

“Your Majesty, greetings from the golden slave Rudy.”

As Rudi bowed in accordance with court etiquette and bowed her head, the emperor waved his hand and smiled.

“done. We don’t need such manners when we’re alone. Ray, bring that thing here…”

As the emperor looked to the side and said, the chamberlain approached the emperor with a flat box.

What came out of it was a shiny gold necklace. It was studded with golden jewels. I’m not sure what gem it is.

“Come here. Let me run it.”

As Rudy approached, an attendant removed the necklace from his neck. The emperor put the new necklace around Rudy’s neck and pressed it lightly, locking it with a snap.

The emperor accidentally touched Rudy’s necklace.

The neck is vital. My body trembled involuntarily. Because of Boris’ training, his hand almost automatically went out. If he had hit the emperor, his head would have been blown off at that moment.

The emperor immediately withdrew his hand. Suddenly, he saw the emperor touching his ring with his finger. For some reason, the emperor was smiling happily.

＜new beginning＞ end