Vita Nova
Episode 54 "Trial Meeting"

Flashbacks

"You yourself how? Marchioness Gradina must be waiting for you to prepare for the wedding, right?" ask the Crown Prince to Ian,

"I still feel guilty about him, and the Emperor's condition is not good, there will be a lot of bad rumors spread if the marriage takes place at a time like this" Ian replied calmly, as quoted by Reuters,

"Basic!Can you usually show off your fiancee in front of the Crown Prince who doesn't even have a fiance yet!, when do I have a partner?!At least introduce me to one girl!" whining the Crown Prince while sobbing,

"Aren't you the one who rejected women?." replied Ian and Lucas dumbly,

"THEY'RE NOT MY TASTE!"

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Episode 54

"Sister?"

"..."

"Sister Fei?"

"Eh?uh!why Lily?"

"Why was my sister daydreaming?"

"I'm just thinking a lot, hehehe"

Fei seemed to be thinking of something that made his mind mess up, Lily who was being helped by Fei was getting ready to attend a meeting in his room, starting to worry about Fei who looked grim from earlier, which was the case,

"It's over, Lily" Fei finished preparing Lily for the meeting,

"Thank you, sister, then I leave first, I leave the mansion to my sister" said Lily,

"Of course, I hope the meeting goes well",

"Of course!"

Before long, someone knocked on Lily's room door rather loudly, though,

"Lily, can we come in?" vel's voice from outside the room was clearly heard,

"Of course, come in", Vel and Bel go in as soon as they get permission from Lily.It looks like they are dressed very neatly and dazzlingly,

"Well, where are you going?" ask Lily curiously,

"There are things that we have to take in Luanvier, maybe in 5 days we will go home" Bel said beaming, he must be looking forward to when he went abroad,

"Nonstone?you can ask me for help if you just want to pick up or buy stuff", Lily wondered,

"Ah, no need, it's too troublesome, and the time is also quite long, so from that we have to get there before the stock runs out" explained Vel,

"Oh that?huhu, alright, enjoy your time there, don't forget to buy me and the others by by!" said Lily cunningly with her wide smile,

"Then we go first, keep yourselves safe as we go, Until I see you!" Vel and Bel instantly disappeared with their teleportation magic,

"Well, luckily their magic is stable" Lily muttered in relief,

"Anu, Lily, their teleportation magic was both high-class magic that only less than 100 people in the empire could do, and it also took them 30 minutes to teleport between regions, too,where could they have done that so quickly when Luanvier and Raveldra were far enough away?" tanya Fei was curious,

"A-ah.either.I don't know.hehe",

'Where could I possibly say that the two of them are the Twin Goddess God Beyola!I'm sorry Brother Fei' thought Lily while crying inwardly,

The palace was already filled with carriages of the nobles, this time it was the most frenzied meeting that would be broadcast live using the gigantic hologram magic that would be displayed in the center of the city, the meeting was to be broadcasted live,

"Well, how sophisticated" Lily was stunned by a thin black screen floating in the center of the city,

"I have to capture it!" Lily took her smartphone and recorded the giant screen,

'My world is still in development, but no wonder there's magic here'

Arriving at the Palace, Lily saw a lot of horse carriages that filled the main palace courtyard.The followers of Duke Wilen and Grand Duke Darvin were present directly in the meeting this time.

"Uwah.i feel a pressing aura",

When he was about to enter, he approached Lily with formal clothes that were hereditary shown to the successor of the Darvin family and very suitable for her, he said,

"Dian?!Tumben you're wearing formal family clothes, is that okay?" asked Lily who was surprised,

"I have to show my true identity to the baj*ingan if their opponent is a Darvin" replied Ian relaxed and flat, as always,

"You didn't come with your followers?" asked Ian while looking around,

"This time I came as a Miscess, not a Marchioness Gradina, so what am I bringing in the followers for" Lily replied with a look of flat eyes staring at Ian,

"But still-!" lily's index finger pressed down on Ian's lips for him to shut up,

"You'll be with me anyway, right,hihi", Lily said with a faint smile,

"Of course" retorted Ian,

"Let's go in" he continued,

Lily and Ian went straight into the meeting room in the main palace, as soon as they reached the front door of the meeting room, the guards announced the arrival of the two of them,

"YOUNG MASTER LEVIAN DE DARVIN AND MARCHIONESS LILY FIDUCIA VI GRADINA ENTER THE ROOM!!"

The door of the room opened, it looked like a table arranged in a circular and very large orderly order, the throne of the Emperor was still empty, in the row of seblah left was Duke Wilen, Arina and the followers, while on the right was Ian, Lucas, in the left row was Duke Wilen,and some representatives of the followers were both of them, and right across the Emperor's throne was Lily's place as Miscess.There were several seats behind Lily's seat as the witness's place,of course there was Yusto and Yesra there.

Lily and Ian sat in their seats waiting for the arrival of the Crown Prince as the representative of His Majesty.Lily saw Arina who was sitting next to Duke Wilen with a pale face and covered in sweat,so did Duke Wilen who looked very nervous, too,

Lily looked at the witnesses' seats, some of them were very calm and joking, but there were also some who felt uneasy in this room,of course Yusto and Yesra remained calm because they were the real witnesses,

'There were some of the witnesses who had been bribed by Duke Wilen to tell lies, but there were Yusto and Yesra who saw it firsthand, so I could calm down a bit'

Shortly thereafter, the guards announced the arrival of the Crown Prince from a special door, the,

"THE CROWN PRINCE FELIX TIGRIS RAVELDRA ENTERED THE ROOM!!"

The entire audience instantly rose from their seats as soon as the Crown Prince walked into the room and towards his place.

"Today is an enigmatic day huh" the Crown Prince murmured,

"Then we start" he continued,

The Crown Prince reads a few pieces of paper on his desk, which is the result of reports from Ian and Lucas' side in exchange for Lily in opening his mouth, Duke Wilen and Arina who are appointed as the perpetrators,several witnesses were also present at the meeting.

As soon as the Crown Prince finished reading through all the reports, he let out a long sigh and lowered his head supported by a hand,

"From the summaries of all reports from the three parties, Lady Arina was accused of insulting a saint, such as the Marchioness Gradina who was a Miscess, and of being a saint,but Duke Wilen said the Marchioness started the debate and made Lady Arina emotional until she said something she should not have shown to the Marchioness,and again there are some witnesses who say that Lady Arina was jealous and envious of the Marchioness who was engaged to Young Master Levian, the man she had loved for a long time, la-"

"YOUR MAJESTY!IT WAS CLEARLY THE MARCHIONESS WHO INCITED THE WITNESSES AND BRIBED THEM INTO TELLING LIES!THERE IS NO SOLID EVIDENCE THAT LADY ARINA STARTED THE DEBATE!" one of Duke Wilen's followers cut off the Crown Prince's words and accused Lily of obscurity,

'Based on the old man, he just doesn't want his money to go to waste right, it's ridiculous' Lily thought as she looked down at Duke Wilen's followers,

"Count Fedren, who lets you open your mouth?and again you cut my word?Where's your ethics?!" The Crown Prince looked coldly at Duke Wilen's follower, Count Fedren.Walau was afraid of the Crown Prince's gaze, but he remained stubborn and continued,

"Your Majesty, trust Duke Wilen and Lady Arina! Duke Wilen is innocent His Majesty!", The Crown Prince is starting to get upset with Count Fedren but he knows he has to control his emotions,

"Huh.do you have any evidence that Lady Arina is innocent?", asked the Crown Prince,

"I-it's.", Count Fedren was unable to answer the Crown Prince's question, either,

"Sit down or you'll be kicked out of the meeting"

Count Fedren could only be speechless and sit back in an irritated feeling,

"Marchioness, can you give me a real explanation?" the Crown Prince asked looking at Lily with confidence,

"Of course Your Majesty.Yesterday the day after, the First Class Association was held at Duke Wilen's mansion, and I came because of a direct invitation from Lady Arina,on the invitation it was written that the event this time requires bringing a partner to dance, and of course I invite Mr. Young Levian as my partner because he is my fiancee.Once I come to the venue, I will take him to the venue,Lady Arina welcomed me very well..Ian went to the dinner table to grab a drink and left me with Lady Arina. At that time Lady Arina continued to look at Ian, and blushed embarrassed, of course it was disrespectful for a Lady to look at a man who had become someone else's fiance, everyone also knew it" Hearing Lily's explanation, Arina got up from her chair with an annoyed expression,

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU DON'T KNOW YOURSELF!YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOOK YOUNG MASTER LEVIAN FROM ME!" arina's words immediately made the audience from Ian and Lucas' side and the witnesses whisper,

"ARINA LADY!YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE!IF YOU DO ANY MORE, I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYTHING AND IMMEDIATELY SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND THE DECLINE OF CASTE TO ORDINARY CITIZENS!" The Crown Prince instantly broke his desk once Arina insulted Lily once more,

"Will!",

"..." - ".Arina immediately sat back down as soon as the Crown Prince got angry with her attitude,

"It looks like he's obsessed with you" Lucas told Ian, sitting next to him

"Well..It's scary.."

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