You don't know what you did to find yourself in this situation. Two royal guards had dragged you from your homestead and roughly forced into the imperial carriage. Before you could stand, however, you were met with a pair of red piercing eyes. It was the emperor, seated comfortably before you.

He hummed, glancing back at the guards, "I thought I told you two to bring him unharmed." His voice was calm, yet, with an underlying threat, keeping them on edge. Then, he waved them off, dismissing them.