Sleeping Beauty Wants The Throne
27. Justice for the Oppressed Princess

The Thompsville family trial is proceeding sooner than expected. Done in a closed manner, now all parties who are required to stand have sat while hoping for anxiety in their respective seats. Athene glanced at the chair opposite her, looking as Luz sat back unperturbed at the anxious whispers that burst into the room.

Athene grunts, thick-faced woman, she swears in the heart.

"Because all parties concerned have been present plus some witnesses, without waiting for a long time we will start the trial this time," said the judge and then knocked the hammer. "In light of the report we have just received on behalf of Lady Odyssey de Cera, the second daughter of Marquis Thompsville on the inequality of justice she had gained during her stay with the other Thompsville, he said, the trial is officially open!"

"To Miss de Cera, please state your objection to Thompsville."

Luz stood up and walked towards the place provided. The place is similar to the podium, made higher so that Luz can see the various expressions of the people who come at this time.

"Thank you for the opportunity you gave me, presiding judge. Without prejudice or exaggeration, I just want to testify that during my life, I have never felt what justice is" Luz said. "Marchioness loved Lady Athene and Marquis loved Ochonner. In any case, I have always been set aside to the point that this naive me once thought; am I not their daughter?"

"This time I'm not going to talk about that horrible childhood, really. I'm just going to talk about what's happened lately." Luz stared at the Marchioness until the woman paled.

"A few days ago, the Marchioness Thompsville purposely injured my head and left without any remorse." Luz turned his gaze to the judge. "I still have the proof. If you want to be sure, the case research team can check my wounds that have not been dry."

"Then, the next problem. People think strangely of my death that could end up failing. Do you want to know what really happened?"

"Odyssey, don't talk nonsense!" snapped the Marchioness who was running out of patience.

"It's not meant to demean your family, Thompsville. I'm just telling the public the truth so everyone knows" Luz replied fearlessly. "Lady Athene teased my future husband, but he was reluctant to marry someone who was only a Marquis until the Marquis of Galilee married another girl. Oh, but make no mistake, that doesn't mean she can forget Lady Athene."

"Marquis Galilee was often in the manor house, in search of satisfaction with Lady Athene."

"Ap—"

"Eits, you can't dodge." Luz looked at someone sitting in the back seat until he realized he was being stared at by Luz and he immediately advanced forward. "Your own servants will testify to the crimes you committed."

The one who witnessed it was Maida, Athene's loyal servant!

"Geez, is that true?"

"I can't believe it!"

Athene's face flushed in embarrassment. His head was down even his shoulders seemed to tremble. Though he has played smooth so as not to leave evidence or eyewitnesses. But ... the person he trusted stabbed Athene in the back.

Now that everyone judges him, nothing else can help Athene's reputation that is already bad if Odyssey has spoken strengthened with witnesses. Now how ... how can Athene defend his title?

"When my status was still the fiancee of the Marquis of Galilee, I had often caught them together. But what this little me can do. After all, I don't have the strength at all to go against the Crystal Lady."

"Don't talk about things my daughter never did" the Marquis of Thompsville cut in anger. "You .. You don't know anything!"

"I know everything, Marquis Thompsville. Everything." Luz glanced at the Galilee Marquis who was pecking at the corner of the room. "You guys, too, right, who pushed me to commit suicide back then?"

"Oh, Marquis of Galilee. How much is Marquis Thompsville willing to pay you until you're willing to become my fake fiancee?" Luz clucked. "I admit, Marquis Thompsville is smart. He must have wanted to bring up the image of loving his entire daughter in front of the public to the point of bothering to pay the Marquis of Galilee."

"Odyssey!"

The Marchioness regretted wasting her time searching for that important item by relying on the servants. Now he has to get it. But where is it? There's hardly any time left.

"In addition, I have also gotten a lot of votes from other nobles. The judges can vote for that." Luz smiled politely. "I'm ready to take on the mandate of the Crystal Lady."

"Only with trivial matters, do you think you can get that important title, Odyssey?" Marquis Thompsville screeched, "Didn't get permission from me, then the title handover will not be legal!"

"Yes, I didn't ask you for permission." Luz looked beside Marquis Thompsville, then turned his head. "But what if I already have permission from the Marchioness?"

Marquis Thompsville's bright red eyes turned to look at his wife. The Marchioness was silent, there was no gap to defend herself. Luz was very intelligent, he turned the anger of Marquis Thompsville to his own wife.

"To-please listen to my explanation first," said the Marchioness stammered.

Without warning, Marquis Thompsville's hand floated and landed right on Selene's left cheek until the woman fell to the side.

"Marquis Thompsville, please be patient," the judge asked, surprised to see how Marquis Thompsville was acting out of control. "You can get a fine!"

"Stupid wife!" the Marquis did not care. Although he sat back down, but his mouth still let out spicy words. "What are you doing that for?!"

"I just want to help you." Marchioness. "I-I don't know if the Odyssey will dare to fight us."

"Hold your explanation, Marchioness Thompsville. Once you've been asked to open your mouth, then explain everything, "the judge who is a little suspicious of him.

"But ... The Odyssey doesn't have that parchment, does it?" selene whispered and smiled dryly. "He doesn't have it. There's no evidence that I've handed over Athene's noble title to her!"

"Well, too bad the Marchioness was right. I have no proof" replied Luz, who is now a byword of society. It is free to open a hearing if there is no official written evidence.

"But someone has it for me."

Coinciding with that, the Grand Duke entered the courtroom along with his accomplice, Ochonner. But unlike the Grand Duke who was intent on helping Luz, Ochonner turned his sour face away. Oh, maybe that guy's still grudging by what Luz did a few days ago.

"I'm sorry if I was presumptuous, presiding judge." The judge answered Alastair's statement with a small nod. He did not mind if the Grand Duke intervened because the number two man in Sormenia was indeed a very trustworthy person, Alastair was one of the war lascars who advanced Sormenia to the best extent now.

"Say."

"I happen to have evidence that the Marchioness requested. Do you mind if I hand it to you?"

The judge replied, "Give the evidence to the research team to find out the validity of the parchment you are carrying. Not to be condescending, but for Sormenia's justice, we have to do it." It pauses. "The announcement of the results of the authenticity of the parchment will be announced in a few days. And in these few days, the research team will try their best to reveal the authenticity of the parchment."

Quietly Luz smiled obliquely. He won a landslide!

Meanwhile the Thompsville family fell silent. Moreover, the Marchioness whose hands were now sweating coldly. Is correct. The parchment the Grand Duke had given him was indeed the parchment he was looking for. How could it be in the hands of the Grand Duke?

Quickly, when the Marchioness searched the entire manor house, the parchment was not found. Luz was really ingenious, keeping his important items outside of the manor house to keep them safe. A great game, the Marchioness will applaud him.

"The first one's finished." The judge took the hammer and knocked it once more. "Exposition from Miss de Cera, accepted!"