Chapter 233: That Was A Punishment?

(Planet Gaia- Imperial Palace)

(Grand Hall)

"Announcing the entrance of Emperor Sisrelis!"

The palace attendant repeated the announcement a second time as all eyes in the room turned towards the entrance doors.

Sophie was also curious about the infamous wastrel emperor who was more interested in the sweet taste of wine and playing around with beauties than governing the Federation.

It was also a first look at Cleo's dad although she was sure that her girlfriend had little contact with the emperor when growing up.

With the thousands of royal princes and princesses birthed from the emperor's lusty exploits, it was inevitable that the emperor would not have enough time to bond with all of them.

Actually, according to some rumors and gossip reports, he had never even bothered to interact with any of them.

The golden doors were carefully opened by two shivering palace attendants dressed in the imperial colours of red and gold.

A large man strolled into the room as the musicians in the grand hall started to play the national anthem of the Federation.

All nobles in the room respectfully kneeled and shouted out,

"We greet the emperor!"

"Long live his majesty!"

Sophie also gracefully kneeled and then turned her head upwards to get a glimpse of the emperor's appearance.

Emperor Sisrelis was a heavy-set man with a large belly that jutted slightly out of his dragon robes.

His real age was somewhere in the realm of hundreds of years old but with the help of a cultivation technique, he looked no more than thirty.

His eyes had dark shadows beneath them and his overall demeaner was one of exhaustion and tiredness.

Black, oily hair drooped over a round, plump face that contained narrow blue eyes that seemed muddled and confused.

He also had a large beard that covered the bottom half of his face that was well groomed and maintained.

Despite these flaws, there was no denying that the emperor was a handsome man and Sophie could see why the imperial family were praised for their looks.

"All rise," Emperor Sisrelis raised his hand casually and the nobles in the room got up from the floor.

Sophie quickly resumed a standing position and quietly signaled for the rest of her group to disappear into a hidden corner.

The atmosphere was unusually tense, and no one resumed their prior conversations as they waited to see what the emperor wanted to do.

This was the first meeting where all the high noble heirs were required to attend so no one was sure about what was going to happen.

Even the nobles in the Imperial Teacher's faction were also left in the dark.

The emperor shook his dragon robe lazily and then strolled towards the raised platform in the back of the grand hall.

He was accompanied by dozens of beautiful maid servants and several older palace attendants to serve his every whim.

This large group walked straight through the crowd of nobles with ease as anyone near the emperor moved to the side.

Emperor Sisrelis could not help but grin lustily as he saw the beautiful high-class ladies who had gathered from across the galaxy.

From busty older women with feminine charms to youthful flowers who had yet to experience the harshness of life.

The emperor was pleased with the view.

Of course, he had to keep those thoughts to himself as these ladies had dangerous powers standing behind them.

"Where is that hybrid girl the Imperial Teacher always complains about?" Emperor Sisrelis muttered to himself.

He looked around curiously, but Sophie had already brought her group to a secluded corner of the hall, so the emperor did not see them.

Being the center of attention was only the first part of the plan for the evening as it was important not to compete with the emperor's spotlight.

Duke Peterlor knew what kind of man the emperor was and told his daughter not to attract his favour.

Sophie agreed and fortunately there were thousands of high nobles present in the grand hall, so she was able to successfully blend into the background.

"Oh well... it doesn't matter," the emperor whispered as he couldn't catch a glimpse of the hybrid girl.

The only emotion he had towards the Peterlor heiress was casual curiosity, so it didn't matter if he saw her or not.

There was a magnificent throne forged out of star dust on the raised platform and the emperor sat down with great majesty.

This throne had been in the Imperial Family for generations and the craftsmen were from a race called the Xeriana who were experts at creating high class items.

All their artistic pieces were incredibly valuable, and this perceived value only increased when their race was entirely wiped out due to a galactic war that broke out in the Nova Sector.

Emperor Sisrelis sat on the throne and beckoned towards two of his maidservants who immediately walked towards him.

He held one beauty in his right arm and another in his left arm.

In front of all the nobles in the grand hall, the emperor started to fondle their breasts causing the maidservants to moan coquettishly.

Everyone in the room pretended not to notice and Sophie turned Lily around so she wouldn't have to see this shameful display.

There was a large pillar holding up the ceiling right next to their hiding spot, so Sophie motioned for the group to go behind the pillar.

This new location was out of the emperor's direct line of sight.

The music in the grand hall shifted to a more upbeat and classical form as if to hopefully distract the crowd from what was happening on the raised platform.

The emperor was still on the throne but the maidservants in his arms were now partially undressed and Sophie could see four snowy-white peaks clearly visible.

Conversations had uneasily begun once more as most of the nobles in the room tactfully ignored what was going on the raised platform.

Still there were some curious eyes that could not help peeking at the emperor occasionally.

"Big sister what was the emperor doing with those two servants?" Lily asked with a puzzled expression.

"He was punishing them because they were doing something bad," Sophie hurriedly came up with an explanation.

"That was a punishment?" Lily continued to ask but Sophie managed to distract the innocent girl with some funny videos on her communicator.

Soon the eight-year-old girl had completely forgotten about the strange deeds of the emperor and luckily the music in the hall drowned out the pleasured moans of the maidservants.