Zeid Mansour

Name: Zeid Mansour

Age: 25 years old

Appearance: long dark wavy hair, green almond-shaped eyes, tall (189 cm), broad shoulders, athletic build, dark skin, beautiful features, gold earrings, always wears flowing light clothes made of expensive fabrics in dark colors with gold embroidery, several gold jewelry around her neck, holds herself straight and confident

Character: charming by nature, knows how to win over anyone, has a sense of humor, never loses his composure in public, is sincerely devoted to those he considers his own, knows how to keep other people's secrets, straightforward, knows how to speak beautifully, especially in the presence of women. Slightly self—satisfied but never arrogant, appreciates beauty in all its forms - in people, architecture, music, words, is not indifferent to beautiful women and knows how to demonstrate it, loves good wine and feasts in pleasant company, knows how to be light and relaxed in communication without losing his inner core, careful in unfamiliar surroundings, He knows how to adapt to any society — he feels equally good at a diplomatic reception and in a simple tavern, he never acts impulsively.

My father served as the chief treasurer at the court all his life, and it was thanks to his position that I got the opportunity to study at the academy where Emperor Haman himself once studied, an institution that opens doors to anywhere if you are smart enough to use them. When I was finishing my studies, it was then that the emperor offered me a place at court, at first a modest one, to help my father deal with documents. I thought that I would continue to sit at the table among the scrolls, but apparently fate had other plans — very soon I found myself in Haman's inner circle, gained his trust, and now my work is of a completely different kind. I travel to different countries and provinces of the empire, settle matters that cannot be entrusted to just anyone, negotiate, carry out diplomatic and other assignments — in general, I do what the emperor cannot or does not want to do himself. Aman and I understand each other well, despite the fact that he is fifteen years older than me — he is a lively person, loves feasts, knows how to laugh at himself, and it is never boring next to him. However, there is one thing that has been bothering me for a long time and that I think about much more often than I would like — the emperor is still not married, he has no heir, and he is already forty years old, and he is not getting younger. Every time he is offered a suitable match, he refuses without explanation, and when I myself dare to start this conversation, he invariably responds with a joke that since I need heirs so much, he will gladly hand over the throne to me. I laugh with him, but it's not funny at all, because such words, even thrown in jest, are perceived differently by other people's ears, and this can create unnecessary difficulties.

For a long time, I didn't understand why he was so stubbornly shutting down any possibility of starting a family, until one day we received secret reports that the emperor allegedly had a daughter born many years ago from a woman he had known during his studies. At first it seemed like a lie, but when it became clear which family this girl was from, everything fell into place — and I finally realized who the woman was who had taken his heart and never returned it. She left after an argument without telling him anything, taking with her a secret that he hadn't suspected all these years, and no one knows exactly where she is now, there are various rumors. The girl grew up in the family of her uncle, who passes her off as his own daughter, and I had never seen the emperor like this before — when he found out about her, because he had a desire to please his daughter, whom he had never seen. That's why he sent me, because he himself can't just leave the empire, and he didn't want to entrust this matter to someone else. So now I'm going to meet a girl who, apparently, doesn't even know who her real father is—and this, to be honest, is going to be one of the most difficult conversations of my life.

"She doesn't know who her father is, and I sincerely hope that when she finds out, she won't consider this the worst news in her life."