SPMB - Chapter 71

SPMB - Chapter71

My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone

Confinement...

No. The emperor's eyes darkened. Confinement was not a punishment that humans could endure. They live their whole lives in a small room. Isolated from the world.

Most of them went crazy or committed suicide. If you refuse, you must impose another punishment equivalent to it.

A cruel punishment that everyone can understand. A sharp pain pierced the Emperor. He felt like my heart was being torn apart.

"Punish the Prince in prison."

"..."

The nobles were in an uproar. The punishment for long waveforms was to cut off one's hand! 

"Ah, Father!"

Cassil is crying. He looked like he couldn't believe everything.

"Now, it's a long wave type. Father... Father... No... No... It's really not me!"

"Supreme Court Justice, make your ruling."

The Emperor could not see the Prince. He lowered his head.

The Chief Justice declares that he will punish the Prince by cutting off his hand.

Bang bang bang. 

The mallet rang.

"fat5her! No, really not! I didn't do that! I don't know, father!" 

At that time,

"How about executing it now?"

The Empress squeezed out crocodile tears.

"Only then will there be no gossip."

The Emperor's dry eyes turned red. A toxic bitch. Vicious bitch!

But it was true. It was a hand that was going to have to be cut off soon anyway. If possible, it would be beneficial to cut it in front of the nobles and control their resentment. Only then can the flame of this matter be completely extinguished.

If we execute it right now, no one will be able to complain about this later.

The Emperor was a man who sought the best outcome even in the worst situations. 

"Execute immediately!"

"Ah, Father!"

The Emperor turned away from the Prince. The knights are approaching. The Prince's body is forcibly pulled out. Cassil was completely trapped and crushed by an overwhelming force. His left arm is forcibly lifted.

"Ahhh...."

Cassil looked in disbelief. This reality. At this moment, the corners of her mouth were trembling.

'Cut off my hand? Am I the Emperor's son? Lie, I can not believe it.'

"No... No... I am... I will never!"

The next moment, the knight swung his blade. 

“Kaaaaaaak!”

Cassil cried. The nobles swallow their groans and turn their heads. Because it was a very cruel sight. 

However, Kanna watched the scene clearly. She didn't look away. She clenched her fist and stared at the moment the Prince's hand was cut off.

"Why? Are you feeling unfair?"

She wanted to ask the Prince. What is so unfair and sad?

'When you try to cut off someone else's wrist, you have to be prepared to have your own wrist cut off as well.'

Kanna stroked her wrist. The place where the Prince was trying to cut her.

"Ugh, huh"

The Prince, who was crying like crazy, eventually fainted and escaped with the support of the knights.

"That's too bad."

The Empress whispered.

"It's a pity. If Lady Theresa had taken care of her son sooner. It wouldn't have come to this point."

The Emperor no longer had the strength left to curse the Empress. Tears welled up in the Emperor's eyes. His heart ached, but there was no way. This was the best.

 'If you do that, you'll lose one hand. It's better than being imprisoned all your life."

***

It was a shocking trial.

In the history of the Aslan Empire, there were many instances of imperial family members being punished were imprisoned. There were members of the royal family who were permanently exiled to other countries. But long waveform.

The punishment for cutting the body was never handed down. There is a member of the royal family whose body has been disfigured. That in itself lowers the authority of the entire imperial family.

That's why they killed it rather than giving it a long waveform.

"It's a long wave type. Your Majesty the Prince has received his punishment well."

"I just hope that this will provide comfort to the Ladies who were harmed by him."

The nobles left the court whispering. Kanna was in a daze, but when she saw the Empress approaching her, she quickly stood up. The Empress stroked Kanna's shoulder with a pitiful expression. 

"Duchess Valentino, are you okay?"

"Your Majesty the Empress." 

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The Empress clicked her tongue.

"If you had told me. I would have done my best to help you."

Kanna shrugged her shoulders as if she was sad.

"I didn't want to put an unnecessary burden on Your Majesty."

The Empress was inwardly surprised by those words. Kanna is giving herself medicine. In other words, she was in a position to use her power at any time.

'And yet you don't use me.'

She couldn't understand it at all. Why didn't Kanna use her? 

'Why on earth?"

If Kanna had asked for help this time, the Empress would have gladly helped. Anyway, Kanna is indispensable to her.

Without her, his life would be ruined.

Tickling. Only Kanna can save her from that pain. And the Empress knew very well that nothing is free in this world. There must be a price for her own salvation.

'Yes, you can't expect anything from me.'

Therefore, the Empress had mentally prepared herself. She was ready to listen to whatever Kanna asked.

It's the same this time too.

If Kanna had told this story a long time ago and asked for Cassil to be punished, she would have gladly done so.

But at the same time, her evaluation would have been persecuted. In the end, some people who tried to use their power probably thought they were just like other nobles.

It is on a different level from those nobles.

The Empress evaluated Kanna generously.

"From next time something like this happens, be sure to tell me. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"And I will pay your fine."

"Yes?"

"It hurts my heart that I didn't know about your hardships. Please don't refuse this much." 

"Thank you. Your Majesty."

How can she refuse?

Even if it wasn't, how to solve the huge amount of 30,000 gold was a headache, but it was a good thing.

'As expected, it's a good thing I went back far.'

The Empress. She was a deal that Kanna would have to exploit for a very long time. That's why she had to hide that she was intentionally taking advantage of her.

'So I deliberately leaked just a little bit of information so that the Empress could track them down one by one.'

Thanks to this, the Empress seemed to have started to look at herself better, without noticing anything.

"Oh, Duchess."

This time, Isaac came. He approached and whispered while being held captive by the knights.

 "Well. I told you everything honestly. Please tell this to the Duke of Addis."

"...?"

Why father?

Kanna was puzzled, but Isaac had no chance to say more. The knights dragged him roughly.

The judge and every one leave. Kanna smiled hollowly and sat back down on her witness stand.

"Done."

Thud.

Someone closed the door and left, and she was finally the only one left in the courtroom.

She burst out laughing helplessly.

“Ha ha ha.”

Is it because she's been nervous all this time? Her whole body lost strength. She felt like all the blood had drained out.

It's all over. Everything.

'It's different than expected...'

What Kanna wanted was for Cassil to be imprisoned. Or permanent banishment. 

'It would have been better that way.'

Kanna stood up from the witness stand. Anyway, she won. She, a Duchess whom everyone despised, had herself defeated the Prince, who was under the Emperor's protection. Now that his hand has been cut off, Cassil will realize the fear of the law. He will no longer be able to act recklessly and viciously like he used to.

There's just one thing that's puzzling.

'The prince's letter.'

The letter that ordered Isaac to be poisoned. It was said that it matched the Prince's usual handwriting. 

"That's strange."

That can't be possible... Because...

'I wrote that letter.'

Didn't she write with his left hand on purpose so that handwriting couldn't be matched?

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