Under the Empress's commanding pressure, Vivian fell silent and returned to her original position.
The Empress went back to her original agenda, giving Elena the title of Duchess and personally handing her the appointment documents.
On top of that, she immediately allocated territory to Elena.
As she did so, the Empress's expression carried a hint of apology. "Duchess Elena, the empire currently has no developed unclaimed territories available, so I can only offer you undeveloped forest land. I hope you don't mind."
"However, since your territory is next to the F6 district where you currently live, I'm adding F6 to your domain and assigning three thousand A-ranked guards to protect your duchy."
"Given your youth, you don't have to participate in political affairs yet, but
