The room fell into an absolute silence.
Everyone was stunned.
The Empress and Roland, who were aware of the results beforehand, were unsurprised, of course.
Ados and the others, unfamiliar with the high-level imperial policies, never imagined that the ennoblement proposed by the Empress herself would be completely rejected, leaving them dumbfounded.
Ados was so agitated that he almost stood up, but he calmed down as soon as he slightly rose from his seat.
Both the Empress and the Governor were present; it wasn't his place to shout out, so he needed to stay composed.
He squinted his eyes, catching a glimpse of Roland's similarly "shocked" expression, which made him even more disheartened.
Bordeaux's chubby cheeks turned bright red as he was about to stand up and say something, but abruptly noticed Ados had both stood up and sat back down, so he forcibly suppressed his anger.
