The emperor's face immediately lost all color.
For a brief moment, he looked completely stunned, as if the strength had left his body.
His fingers tightened slightly around the glass, and his lips parted, but no words came out.
Still, he forced himself to stay in control.
Slowly, he straightened his back, steadied his breathing, and brought his expression back to normal, even though the tension in his face did not fully fade.
He remained silent for a while.
The room grew quiet again, heavy and still.
The emperor did not speak, and Vivian also stayed silent, giving him time to think things through.
Vivian watched him calmly.
He could clearly understand what the emperor was thinking.
Anyone in his place would react the same way.
What he had just said was not something simple that could be accepted or even understood easily.
In the first place, they did not even know that another continent existed.
Everything they had known until now was limited to their own land.
