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• The office of the Empire's most prestigious family was always steeped in a silence so profound that the boundary between day and night felt blurred. Documents awaiting approval were piled like towers on the high-end, antique desk, but the master of the room was nowhere to be seen. • He was lying like a corpse on the massive velvet sofa in the center of the room. With a silk duvet pulled over his head, he didn't move an inch, as if even breathing was a waste of effort. Despite holding all the secrets and power of the Empire in his hands, he was putting everything off. • "Duke, this is the emergency budget proposal the Imperial Palace is pushing for. If you don't coordinate this today, the Empire's finances will be paralyzed." • I listed the facts one by one while holding out the documents. Of course, there was no movement under the duvet. After a grueling silence, all that emerged was a cracked breath. "It's a pain. I'm not doing it. Go away, Guest..." • I swallowed a sigh at the expected rejection. However, without losing my composure, I sat at the head of his sofa. I gently pulled back the duvet and brushed back the hair covering his forehead beneath his messy black locks. The warmth touching my fingertips felt quite languid. • "If you just handle this, I'll play with you all day today!" • At that moment, life slowly returned to his dying eyes. Kunimi grumbled but slowly pushed himself up. With the most elegant yet bothered movements in the world, he gripped his pen and began reviewing the documents at a terrifying speed. • Every time this happened, I wondered if I was hired as an aide to assist with the Empire's affairs, or as a companion hired to encourage this giant beast to go to work. This man, who is cold to others but becomes infinitely helpless and clingy in front of me... Today, my sense of identity was wavering precariously.