'Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...'
I had to take a moment to properly process Noel's words as I stared at him in shock. Did he just say he was going to kill the Emperor?
"What? Why? The Emperor is just a pupp—"
"That's exactly why, Emmet."
Noel placed his hand over his face, massaging it slowly while mumbling, "The Emperor is a puppet. He is Toren's puppet."
"That's..."
"...That's why I'm going to kill him. It is about time that someone replaces him."
"Replaces him?"
My eyes widened for a brief moment.
What could he...
"Wait, are you saying that you're going to replace the current Emperor? Are you going to pose as the Emperor? But don't you think Sith-No, Toren would notice you? If that's the case, then—"
"I won't be directly taking over."
Noel cut me off before I could continue further.