Ensnaring His Dark Moon - Chapter 127

Lucian glanced at the minister with an aloof gaze, ”We arrived in Visteria yesterday and it was Father’s wish to keep it low to not alert the culprit. Who would have known he would have fingers pointed at him for his thoughtfulness instead?”

The minister was rendered speechless.

The rest of the ministers in the court also stood up to speak, ”He is right. What do you think will the Defire Kingdom gain by lying to us?”

”Sir Marcus came all the way here to help us for the peace of the continent. How could you doubt the credibility of his words?”

The Minister who spoke up earlier was flustered, ”I deeply apologize for my mistake. I was a bit preposterous.”

Lucian nodded and took a few steps back.

King Alexander was about to speak when he noticed that both sides had retreated.

But right then, a crisp voice rang in the courtroom.

”A bit preposterous?”

Everyone’s attention shifted to Luciana who walked towards the minister and gave him a tight slap on his face. The man’s face whipped to the side.

”This slap was for insulting my father. Who do you think we are for people like you to point fingers at us?” her words remained arrogant.

A slight frown appeared on the King’s face.

”Your Majesty, I’d like to apologize for my impudence,” Luciana turned around and bowed slightly at the King, ”I got impulsive because my father was humiliated.”

The King’s expressions looked better.

Luciana’s initial action of slapping the minister was a direct humiliation to the royal family. But as soon as she apologized and clarified that she slapped the minister not as a member of Defire Kingdom but simply as a daughter, one could not find anything wrong with her actions.

‘How smart!’ Esme scoffed inwardly. Her arrogance made it apparent that she was slapping the minister because of the powerful backing that she had.

Human beings are naturally scared of things that they don’t know anything about. The Defire Kingdom was such an existence. It was mysterious and secretive in nature and over the years, it became a mighty existence.

It was not that the other monarchs were not curious about the Defire Kingdom which was always shrouded in a layer of fog. They were curious and their curiosity led them to send troops to look into that place.

Even her Uncle sent troops but the people that went on to the other side of the border….never came back. They never made out alive out of there and at times, only the human carcasses were thrown out of the border.

Events like this kept spreading a sense of fear amongst the other Kings and they naturally submitted to this mighty existence discreetly, respecting and dreading them from afar.

Esme naturally saw through Luciana’s arrogance earlier. If her brother, Lucian had not glared at her, then she was far from apologizing to the King.

”Mm… this one is nice.”

Esme turned to look at the source of the velvety voice. The corner of her lips twitched as she watched Aleister taking a bite from the pastry on his plate.

The servant beside his poured the wine in his glass before retreating.

”Would you like some?” Aleister looked at her.

”No, I am good,” Only this man would eat pastries in a tense atmosphere like this but then, he was barely concerned about all these matters.

She has seen Aleister handling the court matters and Kingdom’s affairs effortlessly but he just did it as a routine, without any interest. It was as if the Kingdom and its affairs had nothing to do with him.

A sweet aroma wafted off to her nose and she glanced at the pastry near her mouth, ”I don’t…mmm,” Aleister stuffed the pastry in her mouth the moment she tried to speak.

Esme glared at him as her cheeks puffed up.

”How pretty,” he poked her puffed-up cheeks to his heart content.

Esme blushed, suddenly having the urge to hide under the chairs.

Unlike the couple who were busy in their own little bubble, the atmosphere in the courtroom grew heavy with each passing second until Luciana spoke up again, ”I’d like to have him punished severely for his impudence. You can’t forgive him, Your Majesty,” she looked at the King.

”It was fine today because it was about us. Not everyone is as understanding as our Norwell Family. Had it been some other person whose kind intentions were doubted like that, then they would have assumed that this was not just this minister’s inner thoughts, but also the King’s. But we understand that you have no such thoughts. Still, we can’t let go of this unruly subordinate of yours. You should put him in prison to set an example.”

Alexander lowered his head, a deep frown settling between his brows. He could understand what Luciana was trying to do. As a King, if he did not punish the minister, then it would insinuate that he agreed with the man’s words and that he was also suspicious of the Norwell family’s intentions.

But at the same time, punishing the minister for something like this was over the top. Nobody knew that the Norwell Family has come to Visteria since yesterday so his words made sense. How could they find the culprit when they reached the Royal Castle this morning?

Who could have known the Norwell Family would put him in a spot as soon as they came?

Seeing that Marcus was quiet all this time, it meant that he agreed with his daughter’s words.

By this time, the minister had gone pale in fear.

The other ministers were somewhat frightful as well. Though their friend acted on impulse but he did not do something to be put into prison. At this point, they looked at the King hopefully.

Their faith in their King would be shaken if he gave in to this pressure and put one of his loyal ministers in prison.

Luciana glanced at the King, ”Your Majesty, do you not agree with me on this matter?”

”I…”

”Lady Luciana, it doesn’t look like you are at the age to play with dolls then why must you act so childishly?” a clear voice resounded in the courtroom, interrupting the King’s words.

The place drowned in complete silence.