Emperor Andrew suddenly remember that before he left the capital of Sky Empire, he made a surprise visit to the General's Mansion. When he entered General Ardor's study room, he accidentally caught the annoying adopted son, Minister Zander, staring intensely and almost drooling at Beatrix's huge painting inside the study room! If they are not inside his Father-in-Law's (self-proclaimed) study room, he would personally mince him and throw his meat to the dogs! In the end, he decided to write a response to General Ardor Lamoreaux.

Dear Father-in-Law,

Please accept my sincerest commendation for your hard work and great service to the empire. You are rewarded with fifty chests of gold for your meritorious deeds. Rest assured that I am doing my utmost dedication to bring your daughter, my beloved Empress Beatrix home. You will be rewarded even more with additional land, wealth, and honor after my imperial wedding to your daughter.

Respectfully yours,

Andrew Sky

Son-in-Law

He also wrote a response to Minister Zander King.

Minister King,

It is my greatest pleasure to know that you seemed to be doing great with your job. Since this Emperor was greatly satisfied with your work and I know that only you could do it perfectly, I attached in this letter a list of a hundred new challenging tasks to showcase your excellent capabilities and great service to this Emperor and the people of Sky Empire. I have strong faith in Minister King's intelligence and great talent so I expect that you will be able to complete all the tasks within one month and based on the outcome, you will be rewarded accordingly...

Signed by:

Emperor Andrew Sky

Great Sovereign of Sky Empire

*Stamped with Imperial Seal*

Emperor Andrew assigned two excellent messengers to send his two important letters to the capital of the Sky Empire.

After waiting for several days, Emperor Andrew received the final batch of reports that he is waiting for to determine whether he and his men should set sail or not to Solaris Empire. After reading all the reports, he made necessary arrangements and instructions to his military commanders that will be left in the formerly Cloud Empire to guard the newly acquired extension of his empire.

He sent a message to his naval commanders to prepare the Ghost Navy (his secret troops trained for sea battles) and the Ghost Ships (his prepared ships to rival Solaris Empire's naval ships). He ordered them to meet in the formerly Cloud Empire's port as he and his army marched towards the said port.

Eight days later, they arrived at the meeting place and began the sea voyage towards Solaris Empire!

Beatrix, my Love! I am coming soon... Your husband will get you back!

He smiled happily and excitedly as the letters from his spies in Solaris Empire arrived two days before they set sail. The letters confirmed that his beloved Beatrix and his hateful brother Prince Anders are currently in Solaris Empire!

In the capital of Solaris Empire, Emperor Valentine was forced to go back to his responsibilities earlier than he intended when Beatrix refused to accept his invitation to have a picnic inside the palace maze that day. He is so bored as he listened to his officials giving their reports to him after he suspended the court meetings for several days. He tried to focus but he cannot because he is always thinking of Beatrix, who decided to go out of the Solaris Imperial Palace to look for a job by herself that day.

He originally offered to give her a job but she declined and told him to trust her and her decisions so he reluctantly agreed but he secretly sent his right-hand man, Errol, and some other trusted men to guard her in case she encountered a serious and dangerous situation. He sighed as he continued to listen to several arguments and complaints about different issues in the court.

I wonder if she is alright... Did she successfully find a job that she likes?

Beatrix entered a jewelry shop because she is excellent with scrutinizing and evaluating the value of expensive and rare items, an ability she got from her mother who loves to scrutinize and collect rare and expensive items especially jewelry, precious stones, and priceless antiques!

It is so good that this jewelry shop is currently looking for someone capable in this field. Beatrix believes that she could do this job very well, she has to convince and show the owner of her ability!

Beatrix greeted the young girl standing inside the jewelry shop, who seems to be waiting for customers to arrive. She introduced herself as Bea Lamvel (Combination of Lamoreaux and Marvel) and immediately proceed with her intent to apply for the job.

The young girl raised her eyebrows then scrutinized Beatrix from head to foot, then back to her face again!

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