CONCUBINE TACTICS NIKA
Her breath

"Then what's the butler doing here?" Nika glanced at the bespectacled old man, because the butler rarely took care of the concubines.

The 50-year-old Jack-Man was a butler in the concubine's palace. She wears glasses, always neat, always elegant. Jack takes care of the issue of income and production of concubines, which is why the division of the concubines' property is always the same even though there is no concubine leader. Because Jack took care of it well, so the palace concubine can be said not to lack financially and food.

Jack, always fair to every concubine, be it to Nimonia, the three high concubines, or the other 40 concubines. He's always been fair.

"Your door is locked from the inside, we're worried, we don't have a spare key so we call the butler here." The soldier replied, he bowed in respect to Nika. You see that soldier who ran to meet the butler.

"Oh yeah, I locked it up." Nika recalled, it was her habit, because at midnight she would always learn magic.

"Then why did you answer? He asked the butler, then that person should answer him too." Xander said coldly. All the words Xander spoke were capable of reversing the situation. The atmosphere that had started to lighten, was heavy again when this cold man opened his mouth with a flat expression and his gaze.

"I came here after hearing Miss Consort Vinaika scream and her room was locked, so I came to enter." Jack looked down respectfully. It was indeed the custom of the people here to talk to the Emperor without looking him in the eye, whichever one dared as well.

"Yes I understand, it's fine, you can go back out. I was just a little surprised." Nika smiled sweetly, she had to keep smiling even though she herself was also afraid. In order to calm and win hearts at subordinates.

"Good Madame Concubine."

The three of them simultaneously bowed down and obediently, resigning slowly without making any fuss.

Nika lies down again, with Xander still lying next to her. But Nika did not look towards Xander, she just focused on the ceiling of her room.

I guess there's some gossip tomorrow? The emperor came to visit one of the concubine's rooms. But from yesterday I heard nothing, why is there no gossip that says I am the emperor's favorite concubine? We're this close? I need the title of beloved concubine in order to get closer to the Empress's Throne.

"Your Majesty, why are you here? Are you not busy? You go back there, it's narrow." Nika increasingly did not dare to look at the emperor, when the question just slipped from her mouth. I don't know, Nika herself did not understand, the words from her mouth came out on the impulse, without her logical permission.

"..." - ".The emperor remained silent. There was no answer from the man.

Nika knew she had to stop now, she realized that Xander might be angry or upset at this moment, she was sure the stone-hearted man had already cast a piercing glare at her. Nika knows all that. But somehow his heart and lips work together to throw in another series of questions!

And again!

"You kicked me out because you felt uncomfortable with my big body, right? You kicked me out so you felt free and spacious sleeping in your room alone right?" Nika stopped breathing for a few seconds, she also closed her eyes, fearing the impending risk.

"..."

Silence, nothing happened again. Not with Xander's temper, or a deheman alone.

But no! There was no horrible face of Xander before his face. There was no cold stare either, making Nika open her two eyes.

He knows it's crazy, but somehow Nika gets upset because she didn't respond. He knew that this was better than having to accept Xander's anger, but it felt like Nika was not satisfied if not responded.

Like there is less.

"Your majesty! You heard no the hell?! sa-" Nika's words immediately stopped, as her face turned sideways, looking close to Emperor Xander who was closing her eyes, apparently she had been sleeping since.

Nika froze instantly, her nose stopped breathing oxygen for a moment, when she realized her nose was in direct contact with Emperor Xander's nose. Nika could also feel the breath of the man. They're very close.

The set!

As quickly as Nika returned to correct her previous position, she looked back at the ceiling, not wanting to turn her head again, because it felt like her heart could stop beating.

"I'm cape, I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep." Nika closed her eyes immediately.

Half an hour had passed, Nika finally really slept, after the incident haunted her, when she closed her eyes, she always remembered the incident just now, she said, he even still clearly remembered the sensation of Emperor Xander's breath blowing towards him.

"Snack." Murmuring Emperor Xander, he woke up for a while, pulling a blanket to cover Nika's body and his own, before he went back to sleep.

......................

That morning at the concubine's palace, troubled by the news of emperor Xander coming to Consort Vinaika at night, and spending the whole night there.

Out of nowhere the news spread, one is certain that the news had reached Nimonia, and the other three upper concubines. Don't ask Nimonia's reaction, she's hot, but because she's clever and cunning, she stops her emotions and anger, and starts to devise a new plan to get what she wants, and removing Nika from her path, because for her now, that insignificant concubine had changed many things, and became the sharpest stumbling block to take her down and all her plans.

How not? a concubine who looked useless, ordinary, not intelligent, suddenly within a month had already reversed her situation. That ordinary concubine was able to lure the attention of the stone-hearted Emperor, who would not be surprised?

Even with Irana and Vanesha, both of whom were busy venting emotions at their respective servants, they also contacted their respective fathers to ask for help.

But in the place of concubine Desha, everything seemed calm, relaxed, not restless. It was as if nothing had happened that could affect the situation of his room.

The servants were busy gossiping about it, the other concubines were also busy biting their fingers while cursing Nika. They didn't matter if the cold-hearted emperor didn't pay attention to them, just don't pay attention to other women, to be fair and not to cause envy.

While Nika was in her room, she was still busy falling asleep in the Emperor's arms, not knowing what gossip was outside, and who was starting to target her life at this time.