Themis, The Flower of Justice
Chapter 1 — True Justice
Exploitation, Robbery, Money Embezzlement, Murder and Torture of innocent people, and there are still many injustices that cannot be mentioned.
In this era —no, in all ages injustice often occurs all over the place. From the commoners to the rulers, everyone became accustomed to injustice. Then,
Is that justice? What is the meaning of justice?
If there is no justice in this world, then
I will be justice itself
33 Aquarius, 1353 Helios calendar
[Kingdom of Medeia]
A clear morning, with a blue sky and a gentle breeze rushing in through the bedroom window, a silver-haired girl in luxurious clothes could be seen sitting down drinking tea. She gracefully lifted her cup and took a sip while enjoying her tea slowly.
Her beautiful, jewel-like blue eyes stared at the sky outside the window as if her consciousness was floating freely in the wind, with thin, pretty lips touching the luxurious teacup, what a charming sight.
While he was enjoying the tea, a boisterous voice came from behind the door of his room. Suddenly a girl in servant clothes opened the door loudly.
“Mr daughter, there is a precarious state!”
The girl in maid clothes shouted in a nervous tone. His sweat-filled face, as well as his stingy breath proved how precarious the news was.
“What makes you panic like that Dorothy?”
The silver-haired girl called a princess put her cup on the table and replied calmly, like she was used to the situation.
“Centious news princess! The prince of the Selene Empire has arrived!”
The servant-clothed girl named Dorothy shouted frantically while pointing towards the back which hinted that the prince of the Selene Empire had already arrived and the princess should welcome him.
The princess took her teacup back and calmly responded
“Ah is just that? Didn't I say many times, don't panic just with trivial things,”
He said it while drinking his tea
“Hal trivial?!! Today is the king's birthday! The prince has already come as an envoy of the empire! This royal person knows if the prince likes you Princess, so you are ordered by your Majesty to welcome him immediately! After all, isn't welcoming people from the empire a very important thing?!! “
Hearing the clasping of Dorothy, the princess's face became lethargic. Although Dorothy's behavior was like the disrespectful behavior of a servant to her master, the Princess was not offended. Because Dorothy is a servant and her childhood friend who accompanied her since long ago because the Princess is the youngest child and does not have a sibling, since childhood, she has had no one close to her to share her story other than Dorothy.
“Ah alright, I'll get ready later. Besides these clothes are good, I don't have to get ready for anything. Now let me enjoy my precious tea,”
The princess waved her hand while drinking her tea with one hand, just as her graceful behavior disappeared in an instant.
Dorothy's face twitched even more, seeing her graceful Master Daughter behave like this, she was extremely annoyed.
“AH, GET READY. THERE IS NO MORE TIME!”
Dorothy pulled the princess's arm, the princess rebelled helplessly from Dorothy's hand. Because in addition to being a servant, Dorothy was a knight who trained hard just for the sake of protecting her daughter master. So it was clear that the princess was unable to overcome Dorothy's grasp of the hand which had a better physique than most knights.
“Ah no, don't want to! Let me enjoy my precious tea time! Please Dorothy, please, Ahhhh!”
Dorothy ignored the princess' words and dragged her to the dressing room.
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In the royal hall of Medeia, the atmosphere was very lively and lively. With an interior that was already very luxurious and beautiful from the beginning, it was more luxurious because of the birthday celebration of the king and many envoys from other kingdoms came to the palace. In honor of the messengers, the throne room was decorated in such a way with some sun-shaped ornaments symbolizing the kingdom of Medeia and there were many flags from other kingdoms, especially the moon-branded flag of the Selene empire that had long established diplomatic relations with the kingdom of Medeia. There were even some descendants of the Selene empire having the blood of the Medeia royal family.
A blond man who has the appearance of a 30-year-old man with a white face but firm and a blond beard mixed with white which proves ‘experience’ the man, he said, standing with some knights and a beautiful silver-haired girl. The blonde-haired man was the royal king of Medeia —Elios Von Medeia and the silver-haired girl who was the youngest daughter of the king —Luminas Von Medeia.
The king stood firmly with the scepter symbolizing the kingdom of Medeia, and wore luxurious clothes with some sun-patterned embroidery on his typical Medean royal clothes with a sword pinned on his waist. As well as the princess, accompanied by some nobles, ministers, and some knights waiting in the throne room prepared to welcome the arrival of the envoys from other kingdoms.
Shortly after, someone announced the arrival of the imperial prince.
“Prince of Selene kingdom, His Majesty Dustin Von Selene enters the room!”
The royal trumpet rang, the prince entered and was greeted with great fanfare. The inhabitants of the palace began to shout music was played, and the dancers began to dance with the prince's entourage. Flowers scattered as the prince walked in the throne room approaching the throne. Dustin's entourage consisted of only a few nobles and with more knights.
Prince Dustin Selene has a soft handsome face with jet black hair and striking yellow eyes. Prince Dustin is considered to be the most handsome royal in Selene's history. He wore a luxurious black outfit that gave an intellectual impression.
Prince Dustin waved to the palace occupants with a smile. Then he approached the throne with his entourage. After advancing a few steps, he stopped in front of the king's throne and bowed in salute to the king.
“Dustin Von Selene of the Selene empire greets the glorious sun Medeia”
The prince and his entourage bowed respectfully before the king
Shortly after the prince of the empire came, the envoys from other kingdoms entered the royal hall. The envoys were greeted just as brightly as the princes of the empire. Although judged by their royal status they were inferior to the empire, the kingdom of Medeia welcomed them equally. Therefore many kingdoms favored the kingdom of Medeia, although many kingdoms were also hostile because of the treatment. They consider themselves superior to other kingdoms so they feel they need to be treated more deservingly than other kingdoms.
After welcoming the envoys, the king's entourage returned to the throne in the throne hall. Before the king sat on the throne, all the inhabitants of the palace lowered their heads and paid their respects to the king.
“Glory for the sun kingdom!”
“May the government succeed always!”
Everyone present called for praise for the kingdom of Medeia. The royal hall became boisterous, words of praise echoed throughout the kingdom of Medeia. The king waved his hand to the palace residents hinting to stop, then he sat on his throne. Next to the throne of the king, lined up 8 thrones for other members of the royal family. Of the 8 thrones, only 5 thrones are filled. Other than the king, the only women from the royal family attending this event were the men from the Medeia royal family who were being assigned outside the kingdom.
Belonging to the queen of the kingdom of Medea [Regina Wornburg]
The concubine, the second wife of the king [Gregoria Dynema]
The second son of the king, Princess [Eira Von Medeia]
The third son of the king, Princess [Agnes Von Medeia]
The fifth (purple) child of the king, Princess [Luminas Von Medeia]
Except for Luminas, the princesses as well as the royal princes of Medeia had golden blonde hair color just like their father. Although Luminas was often scorned for not having the golden-blonde color that symbolized the royal sun of Medeia, Luminas was never sad because the silver-white hair was a legacy of her mother who had died.
Each of the envoys greeted the entire kingdom and congratulated the king. They all praised the king for being 90 years old, but his appearance was as firm as 30 years old and told him how extraordinary the king was.
The 18th king of Medea, Elios Von Medeia compared to the previous generation of kings, King Elios was the greatest king compared to the previous generation. Even at his age that has passed the glory period he is still able to show his extraordinary performance. Although the last 6 years of his reign declined dramatically, from a wise king with an unshakable stance to a passive king and most of his decisions are now the decisions of the nobles.
Hearing all the praises of the other royal envoys, the king smiled and replied with praise as well. They all exchanged praise long enough to make Luminas feel fed up with all this false flattery. Luminas stole a glance and watched his father's face silently. Although her father showed her firm face with a happy smiling expression, Luminas was able to tell the bitter feeling behind her smiling expression. Luminas felt that his father, who once shone brightly like the sun, was now just like a dim candle. Like an old lion who lost his strength, his gaze was as stupefied as if explaining that he was tired of everything in the world.
Luminas knew what caused the king's condition to be like this. The thing that caused the ability of the king to decline drastically since 6 years ago, is-
The death of his last wife, [Selena Argaient]
She is the mother of Luminas
Although Luminas was sympathetic with his father, Luminas also harbored feelings of displeasure with his father. Because his father, despite knowing the mastermind of all this, did nothing. Even if he wants to, he can't.
Luminas understood the circumstances of his father who could not do anything because it concerned the issue of royal unity. In the end a king had to make an important decision between the kingdom and personal feelings, Luminas was well aware of that. But-the
That's still injustice. People must reap what they sow.
Luminas always think that way, if someone makes a favor then it needs to be appreciated, but if he makes a mistake and does not want to change then he must be punished. Even if he was someone who could not be punished for his punishment led to the gamble of the kingdom's fate.
That is true justice, justice that does not look at the status or position of a person.
Even if it was a decision that risked the lives of many people.
Although it cannot be punished now, it must be punished later. Gather all the evidence that is able to reveal the crimes of a person so that they are unable to resist the decision and do not cause trouble to the entire kingdom.
That's what Luminas thinks, about true Justice