Calen Castle
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Killian's eyes flashed fiercely at the words "underground prison."
“Who dares to put my maid in jail?
Maybe it's a challenge for me.
Take the lead.
I will fetch Juliet immediately.”
After ordering this in a dark voice, Killian crossed the office to a sword hanging on the wall, and Adam quickly blocked it.
“No, Your Highness.”
“Get out of my way, I’ll decide whether to do this or not.”
There was such a terrible energy that he wanted to sit in his chair, but Adam held himself in front of Killian, even shaking him.
“I can't believe you're going to the underground prison for just a maid.
It’s not possible.”
“Just a maid?
Is it just a maid who takes care of me and is closer to me?
So Adam, you are also just a subordinate to me.
I can't believe that only an earl would stand in my way.
Do you want to die?”
Killian took out the sword he was holding and held it around his neck, but Adam didn't move and appealed again.
“If you really think so, please kill me here and continue the way you were going.
It's nothing more than an attack by a commoner on a noble woman.
No matter who you are, you can't get the commoner out of prison without any punishment after she committed a crime against a noble.
What's more, you're carrying a sword.
All the nobles will protest, saying that she has changed the order of classes.
In this situation, Your Highness, who is from the royal family, cannot do what you want.
Now is the time to find out what happened.
As you may have guessed, there must be some sort of conspiracy to get your maid arrested for assault.
As if he really wanted to wield the sword for Adam, who remained calm until the end, Killian held his sword closer and whispered in his ear.
“Do you really want me to kill you?
There is?
Do you want me to do it like this?”
“You clearly said that you had no other feelings for the maid.
But are you really going to kill me, your most loyal servant and friend, because of that maid?” Adam responded to Killian in a low voice, without an inch of flinching.
In the tense confrontation between the two, Albert was uncomfortable and only said “Your Highness”, and Oswald and Valerian looked at them with tense expressions.
After a long standoff with a sword to Adam's throat, Killian finally lowered his arm as he faced him.
Then Adam lowered his head and fell to his knees.
Killian, looking coldly at his aide, who bowed with his neck stretched as if he wanted nothing more than order, finally handed Albert the sword he was holding.
When Albert, whose heart had sunk for the first time at the sight, managed to hold the sword in his shaking hands, Killian stopped and closed his eyes and began to breathe deeply.
No one else dared to breathe loudly.
After a while, Killian's eyes, which reopened, returned to their usual silver color of cold light.
“Get up.”
Killian gave a stern order to Adam, who was still kneeling, and walked back to the edge of the conference table and sat down.
“Count, you are not completely forgiven.
You should never use the word
‘just’
to no one near me again.
But I admit that you are right.
It is more likely a conspiracy against me or for other gain.
Valerian, check the girl who was beaten.
Find out who she was called a maid by, and who has been in contact with her from Chaister's family recently.”
Killian turned to Albert as Valerian left the office after bowing hurriedly.
“Albert, why would Juliet be so accused?
I don’t think the two know each other, but where did the contact occur?”
“As soon as I got the report, I went to the prison and asked about it.
She said that Lady Chaister was taking her to the dining room in the main castle.
As she followed her, suddenly a woman in a black hood appeared, beat Lady Chaister severely and fled.
As she tried to help the fallen lady to her feet, the knights came running when they heard her screams, but she suddenly cried and said that Juliet had hit her.
“Dining room?
Didn't you show Juliet the dining room?
So, up until now, Juliet hasn’t eaten?”
“No, it’s… I told her, but…”When Killian got angry again, Albert opened his mouth to make excuses, but fell silent again.
He didn't even have a word to say when he thought it had come to this, because he had given a rough account of the maid's meals.
He could be forced to retire today if she wasn't released safely.
“Send a meal to the hold first.
Make sure the food isn’t bad.”
Killian looked back at Oswald as Albert's servant, who had been waiting after dinner to serve the prince, rushed to follow the order.
“Wouldn’t it be hard to just get her out of there?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.
Count Adam is right.
Your Highness cannot do anything about it, because you are nothing more than a commoner who injured a noblewoman.
As the aggressor of the attack, she cannot help but wait for the punishment that Lady Chaister will determine.
She is already in the underground prison, so it is difficult to ask for her as if nothing had happened, or for her to testify again that she was mistaken, since we don't know what she is thinking.
If she has already been encouraged by Prince Francis or another Prince, our attempt to persuade the maid will be a weakness for Your Highness.”
Oswald looked at Killian for a moment and then carefully opened his mouth again.
“Even if Lady Chaister asks you to execute her maid, if you cannot prove her innocence, you have no choice but to proceed.
This can disrupt the order of society.
Everyone will react sensitively to this and watch.”
Oswald shook his head sadly and continued.
“If Your Highness puts your power over this, the nobility will blame you.
I'm sure the Chaister family will protest too.
I'm glad if Lady Chaister's demands are nothing more than whippings or expulsions, that's fine, but I think she'll ask for a death sentence to save herself from future trouble.”
Killian's face grew colder and colder at the words of a death sentence.
“How about creating a false witness?”
Adam, who had returned to his seat, opened his mouth at Killian's words.
“It must be the testimony of someone of higher status than Lady Chaister, or who is to say that the testimony of the viscount's daughter is false?
Those with lower status may be a problem later on, even if Your Highness wins them over to your side.
Then, among those currently in the castle, the identity of the person who might be a false witness will be restricted.
Among them, only I, Count Oswald and Count Valerian can be trusted.
Unfortunately, however, we cannot give false testimony that we saw the scene, because we came to the Oval Office with you from the dinner table.
”
Boom!
Killian's furious fist hit the table.
‘Who the hell is behind this scene?’
She was not such a careless maiden to act so recklessly towards a noblewoman she did not know, even if she was sometimes sassy and grumbled.
That was why he trusted her.
For others, even if she was Albert's maid, Juliet was as polite as possible.
Not long ago, she had interfered in the conversation between him and the count in the carriage and had been intrigued all day, studying his face to see if he was angry.
She couldn't beat anyone she didn't know in the strange place she had just arrived.
It was clear that, as Juliet had said, Lady Chaister was lying.
‘What is she wanting?
Who was she encouraged by and would dare to do such a big thing?’
“First check if anyone saw the scene or if anyone was nearby.
And Adam, find out where Duke Martin is.
It's likely close by, since he started coming back after me, and we're a little behind after stopping by Beopash.
I want you to search every street leading up to Ricaren and bring him to the castle without anyone knowing once you find the duke.”
Sa-chan
Sa-chan
Thanks for reading.
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