Chapter 205 – Couple Fraud (2)
“… Her Highness her intervened, the princess.”
“Yes, as you said. Her Highness her, the princess, stepped forward and requested that he not apologize to Jabit, saying that he should not accept unreasonable demands.”
As I listened to Marjan’s further explanation, I got a severe headache.
I closed my eyes and held my forehead.
“Of course, the Longest family must have gone wild…”
It may be hard to believe, but the political base of the princess does not exist at all.
First of all, Riana herself had no interest in power.
Now the Emperor is lying in bed.
This is because the crown prince, who was virtually the next emperor, did not allow any power to return to Liana.
As the crown prince, aware of Liana’s madness of her, it was to block the access of her nobles of her and not provoke Liana, but…
No matter what her circumstances are her, in the eyes of the public, Liana has her limbs cut off due to her crown prince’s restraint her.
Such Liana challenges her to a well-to-do aristocrat…?
From Longest’s point of view, he misunderstood that the princess was trying to return to politics by interfering in her internal affairs using this incident as a stepping stone.
‘… The nobles can’t help it because they don’t know her princess’plan her.’
Indeed, who would have imagined?
She knows that the princess is thinking of splitting her empire in half by becoming a representative of the commoners and lower nobles and causing a civil war.
Restoring political life through interference in internal affairs was much more realistic.
No matter what, as long as the Longest Family thinks this way, they will never back down.
By keeping Liana in check, she proves her loyalty to her to the next emperor, and if she is pushed out by the princess, who has no power over her, that alone puts Longest’s political position in jeopardy.
“… Ha.”
A sigh flows spontaneously.
I knew, but now this world is completely twisted from the scenario I knew.
‘…But, it’s not bad that the starting point has changed.’
I don’t know how Her Highness of her is trying to use this incident, but compared to the death of a commoner’s child in a carriage accident, the scars on a noble’s face are very minor.
It means that the size of the burning fire itself is different.
Of course, I know that the size of an ember is not that important to Liana.
Though almost fooled by her beauty her many times, Liana is a disaster in human skin.
As long as the princess decided to use this case, this case would inevitably be exaggerated.
One thing I need to do here.
‘To make the flame as small as possible.’
I clenched my fist and asked Marjan.
“What did Her Highness ask for?”
“They say they want to find out exactly who is at fault through the trial. The Longest family also accepted this condition.”
“Ha, yes, of course you would have accepted it.”
I unknowingly snorted.
It seems that Longest’s shallow thoughts are clearly visible.
As I said, the Longest family is one of the most prestigious families outside of the great family.
It doesn’t matter if you say that J-Bit’s defeat is confirmed the moment the trial begins.
After all, judges are people too.
No matter how firm your convictions and will are, it will not be easy to withstand the pressure from the Longest family.
No, in fact, there is no need to press.
Pressure on the judge is something only a family with an obscure position does.
If it’s the Longest family, the judge will take care of it first so as not to look bad.
Still, the reason why the princess demanded a trial was simple.
Whether she wins or loses the trial, the princess has nothing to lose.
If she wins the trial, she wins the support of commoners and lower nobles as the princess who made unjust persecution triumph through the trial.
Even if she loses, she will be able to appeal that the trial, which should have been fair above all, yielded to the pressure of the nobles and rendered an unfair verdict.
Either way, the princess would gain the support of the commoners.
At that time, unheard words poured out of Marjan’s mouth.
“… In addition, Her Highness the Princess has nominated Lady Lucia for the role of judge.”
“Fuck…”
I was so heated that I unknowingly burst out swear words, but it’s not like I can’t understand that Lucia was nominated.
The Urella family is a great family that will not fall under the pressure of the Longest family, and Lucia’s nickname her is ‘the most fair scale’.
There is no other suitable opponent as a judge like this.
However, there was one undeniable fact.
‘…That Longest is located in the western part of the Empire.’
The ruling family in the west is, of course, the Urella family.
In other words, the Longest family is the rider family of the Urella family.
No matter how fair the judgment is, if the outcome of the trial is in favor of the Longest family, the princess will definitely attack this part.
“Lucia. Do you still have your thoughts?”
“…Yes, I think it’s right for J-Bit to apologize and end it.”
“Even if Javit didn’t do anything cowardly?”
“Yeah, it’s not a case that will make things big. …Still, if the master wishes, the outcome of the trial…”
Lucia’s obedience to me was enough to bend her convictions of her, but she did n’t ask for it because she wanted it.
“No, there is no need for that. Judge for yourself.”
I shook my head slightly.
Do not be mistaken.
My job is not to win the trial, but to prevent a civil war in the Empire.
If Lucia decides against Longest under my orders, the Longest family will surely be dissatisfied.
‘…The princess won’t miss that part.’
Liana will seduce the Longest family and turn them against the Urella family.
At this point, there is nothing but laughter.
All I can say is that the thought of the princess, who looked this far and chose Lucia as her judge her, was just astounding.
You might think it was an overestimation, but the dangers the princess had experienced so far were close to underestimation.
“…All right. Well, she’ll go ahead and ask for an apology. Master.”
Lucia answered cautiously, and I nodded her head.
Many people mistake fairness and equality.
However, to be clear, fairness and equality are different.
If sharing rice equally with the rich and poor is equality, fairness is fairness with more rice being distributed to the poor.
Lucia is not ‘the most equal scale’, but ‘the most fair scale’.
It is to look at the opponent’s position and situation and make an appropriate judgment.
Lucia, and even from my point of view, in the first place, this incident is not an incident to be raised at all.
It was a trivial matter that could be ended with an apology from J-Bit.
The best solution would be for J-Bit to apologize now, but…
“… Persuasion doesn’t work for Jaybit…”
“Yes, it’s correct to think that he has already become Her Highness’s servant of hers.”
The princess’s speech skills are close to the devil’s whispers.
In fact, it may not even be necessary to use speech to bewitch J.Bit.
Because the princess’s appearance her is so beautiful that any man except me is bewitched.
“…”
Then Lucia is looking at me with her strange eyes.
“Are there any problems?”
“No… No. Master.”
Unlike usual, Lucia answered with an ambiguous smile.
As I slightly furrowed my brows at the sight, Marjan spoke her words out of her.
“…The expected trial date is the day after the invitational event ends.”
I opened my eyes wide.
The schedule was set sooner than expected.
I expected that the trial would not be held because there was a lot of attention during the invitational ceremony, but…
That said, the trial was held the day after the invitation was over.
‘…Is the other side in a hurry too?’
Well, if you think about it, the fact that the scenario progresses quickly means that the other side ruined the plan prepared by that much faster.
The twisted scenario didn’t necessarily have a negative effect on me.
‘The situation is bad, but not the worst.’
This trial was an unexpected event.
No matter how much the princess intervened, loopholes would be exposed as it was not planned from the beginning like a carriage accident.
‘…In a way, it’s a good thing that Lucia was chosen as the judge.’
Until now, the reason Lucia and I had maintained a feud was to find out who led the division of the empire by showing extreme confrontation during a carriage accident.
This trial was only a little faster, but the roles Lucia and I had to play did not change at all.
After organizing my thoughts, I said.
“…I will also enter the trial as an observer.”
Since then, he is a member of Calliope.
Observer qualifications are sufficient.
“Ah…Then I won’t be able to come to the master’s room from now on.”
As if thinking about what would happen in the future, Lucia puts on a sad expression.
I erased the bitter smile and nodded.
It has been like that until now, but from the moment the trial began, the relationship between Lucia and I must never be revealed.
The moment we realize that the confrontation was acting, we will be attacked by both nobles and commoners.
After a while, as if to organize her thoughts, Lucia exhaled her short breath and said,
“…Then, I will tell you what I have to say through Marjan. Master.”
“Huh? I… You mean that.”
Marjan was visibly taken aback.
