Well, people kneeling at her wasn't that uncommon. It was a little over the top for people to bow to her, but it happened when someone wanted to butter her up and convince her father of something.

But this was not Lelia's bedroom, and that along with the blinding headache suddenly had her VERY worried she had been drugged and taken for ransom. She has to fight down the urge to visibly panic, her brother always told her to never show weakness to the subjects, so she straightens to her full height and adresses the person kneeling.

"Where am I? Who are you? Why am I not in my royal chambers, there had better be a good explanation to this."

Getting the tone right was important, firm and brooking no disobedience, but not a shrill demand that would signal panic. Lelia wasn't entirely sure she got the right tone, her voice wavered a little at the beggining and it was hard makle your voice sound regal when you were still a child by the reckoning of her people.

“Your Imperial Majesty! You’ve been summoned as the Empress of a great land, to rule over it as it’s Evil Ruler! The summoning would be why you are not in your former chambers. I’m afraid I’m not certain as to it’s exact nature, though, you would likely have to ask a Priest for that sort of information.”

“Your Imperial Majesty, First of Your Name, Ruler of All, the Ruiner of The Elven Highlands, The Bringer of Disaster, Crusher of Revolts, Destroyer of Rebellions, The Immortal, Beloved by Their Citizens, Avatar of Darkness, Terror of Their Enemies, Most Serene Overlord, The Dark Messiah, Eater of Hope, Queen of Despair, The Dark Magistrix, The Sorcerer Supreme, The Beloved of Misery and the Favored of Corruption. You may add more titles at your leisure. If you will it, I will use the privilege of my rank and refer to you as Your Imperial Majesty from this point forward, however. If one of a lesser position did this, they would be executed on the spot by Imperial Law.“

”I am certain that your rule will be glorious and terrific.”

The actual fuck? The power of the magic needed to physically transport her would be insane, to kidnap her all the way to this place she had never even heard of, to run an EVIL empire? What the actual fuck was going on!

Who the hell actively saw themselves as evil? not even the most brutal raider clans saw themselves as evil. Who the fuck kidnapped people to be their Empress? She was a princess of a minor kingdom that practically was a protectorate, she was not very important in the larger scheme of things and they wanted her to be an 'evil' empress??? This was so bizzare the only emotion she could feel right now was shock.

Without really thinking due to the shock, Lelia's dumb mouth inadvisedly lets out a dumb thought.
"Can I abdicate and go home then?"

“I’m afraid not, Your Majesty. The Dark One has chosen you. Your family, belongings, or anything else you wish for can likely be transported here, however.”

The way this guy flippantly talked about teleportation magic like it was no big deal still seemed bizarre to Lelia, the last time it was attempted a full blown archmage permanently burned out their magic just transporting a letter. This mention of a Dark One also seemed ominously religious, in her titles was Dark Messiah and Avatar of Darkness and that seemed to point to the Empress being a chosen by a god kind of title. An Evil theocratic empire with enough magic to casually teleport things is BAD NEWS.

A bit of a selfish thought crossed Lelia's mind, but it is not like she could do anything about the Evil empire right now anyway, if she was being kidnapped anyway she wouldn’t mind some of her stuff…

”Arrange whoever was involved in the summoning to see me later, so that I may discuss the transportation of my property.” If these insane wierdos are going to kidnap her to be an empress, she is going to demand things imperiously of them at the very least.

She hopes the Dark One isnt’t a real god. So that she can, as what seemed like a holy figure, do some religious reforms like: no more kidnapping people to be empress and let me go home, also no more evil acts. Though some monarchs or religious leaders lacked any real power and were figureheads… she better figure out what her actual job and powers are going to be.

”What exactly does being the Imperial Majesty and Ruler of All entail? How do you know what the Dark One wants if I am to be the Dark Messiah? I want to know if the Empress has absolute tyrannical power or if there are laws restricting my will.” Might as well play into the vibe the titles gave her when she gives orders, she might get more information that way. But she was very worried about all the things these titles implied about the job these insane people kidnapped her to do.

“Ah, I’m afraid The Dark One does the summoning, Your Imperial Majesty, which is how we know that you are to be Empress. You have absolute power over the country, and all will obey you.

As he speaks, her old room takes shape around her, minus the actual room itself.