The Hands of the Emperor

Read about 20% and couldn't get past the fact that no one in the Emperor's service had ever thought about about asking him a question outside of custom yet Cliopher was able to deduce that he needed a vacation. It's contradictory because the MC can obviously tell that the Emperor needs it yet is COMPLETELY STUMPED when he wants the consideration of any other person, to be acknowledged, seen in a fundamentally human way. Yes his powers make him a “god” but he wasn't born one. It's weird that not even the ones closest to him asked him a question about the man outside of the role he plays.

Overall it just dissuades me from wanting to read from Cliopher's POV. It took this long just to get this far in character development? It feels like the his character already had inklings that this was how the Emperor felt and yet acts completely clueless as to what he could possibly do (idk, treat him like he's asking to be treated?as a human being?) I'm sorry, does his job title not demand an expertise in interpersonal relations? For who he describes himself to be in the story, this cluelessness seems like it would be contradictory.