"now back to the original topic. the incident that everyone was talking about" faes began and snapped her fingers. soon eli and gray were dragging a bound man into the courtroom.
"this is the man who tried to frame me that day!" alex exclaimed shocked. it seems, the rumor regarding the lady being lady aster were true. she not only helped saving nia and regaining respect for faes and royal family but also saved him from further humiliation.
"yes" faes nodded.
the man was only wearing pants. his whole body had small cuts and burn marks. he was missing few teeth and his nails seem to be missing as well. the nobles saw his state and were shocked specially someone who seem to panic and sweat suddenly.
"this man was ordered to frame prince alexander, not once but even before. in all the incidents happened in the past, eighty percent were done by framing him. and the man as you can see have been taken care of properly as a traitor should be. he have not only accepted all the crimes but also given us a lot of useful information regarding some nobles who were ordering them" faes grinned her eyes scanning the crowd and settling for few seconds on a few people who almost broke down.
"after consulting with my aide we found some surprising things, oh that reminds me those files are with my assistant!" faes exclaimed making many nobles eye twitch. only this lady would forget such important files with their assistants. but many also heaved a sigh of relief.
if those files were with her assistant then they should not be worried.
while augustus could not help but light up a candle for those nobles faes was targeting today. she was clearly making them comfortable before dropping a bomb on them. one has to know that her assistant was not an oridinary folk but rather a vital refining stage cultivator!
"lady aster, forgeting such an important document is unfitting of a noble." duchess elone relish spoke.
faes turned to look at her and saw her grinning though her eyes were darting around as if guilty
"and you seem restless milady, do you by any chance have something to do with these incidents?" faes grinned back making the grin on the lady vanish and her face turning solem
"of course not! how dare you slander me?"
"then would you do me a favor and keep quiet? i wasn't finished" faes pouted even though she was deliberating talking slowly. but that shut all the nobles who wanted to speak.
"as the saying goes, mistakes happen because we are living beings, we aren't perfect. we should not let these mistakes drag us down but learn from them and then grow. not only that but we should also learn from other's mistakes" faes somehow felt proud after saying that. it was as if she was teaching others, but after noticing other's blank expressions she cleared her throat.
"hence i also made a mistake and it's easy to solve. let me get my assistant to deliver the documents" faes spoke shrugging and tapped on her watch sending a message to asuna.
"what a joke! how can you get your assistant to deliver those documents from the mansion to the palace? do you not know it would take an hour long ride to cover that distance? not to mention just a random person isn't allowed to enter the palace" duke bradford williin sneered but faes merely grinned in response
"good thing that it's MY assistant then, no?" just as faes stopped speaking the whole courtroom was covered in a scary aura. the faces of all the nobles turned pale and even the royal family turned pale. because this aura was of a vital refining stage cultivator and they should be close to breakthrough to vital strenthening stage cultivation stage 1!
what followed was a shadow which appeared beside faes and actually attacked her!
the royal family and shiva were stunned not to mention the nobles who were already shocked. the aura was enough to overpower them all but that person actually choose to attack lady aster!
while on the other hand shiva who knew faes and asuna understood what was happening could only shake his head. this boy's timing was good but a pity he met with faes.
"asuna, stand back properly and don't make trouble! this is the royal court not your playing ground" a voice spoke in a cold tone before an even more frightening aura spread around. those who were kneeling fell completely on the floor while those seated struggled to even move.
their minds were in disarray. it was known that elemental strengthening stage cultivators were peak of the strength hierarchy but now not only a peak vital refining stage cultivator have appeared and attacked a lady; the said lady turned out to be a vital strengthening stage cultivator!
just what happened to the world?
before they could process the shadow have already stopped and was kneeling on the floor.
"just a little offence, i hope your grace would forget about it. oh! here are the documents you requested" asuna grinned before he put away his daggers and pulled out a set of files.
faes glanced at him and then at the message he had sent on her watch
'the little setup to see how much you have progressed, though i didn't assume you to already have brokenthrough in such a short time'
last time they fought was more than a month ago. at that time the royals of different kingdoms were still around and asuna was also not at peak of vital refining stage. hence she had deliberately held back. who could have guessed that he sensed her holding back and took this as a chance to dig out information.
"i would deal with you later, go and stand beside eli" faes glared at him taking the files.
asuna chuckled but obediently followed her order, recalling his aura and standing beside eli just like a weak assistant.
faes also recalled her aura and turned to her family. although everyone was staring at her in shock and fear, king augustus and queen alicia had mixed expressions. though they were shocked, they were more confused.
faes was able to cultivate. that news was old to them but they thought she would still be near nia and alex cultivation level. they did not expect her to be that strong! she could be considered the strongest in the world right about now! there were barely anyone known to be in vital refining stage much less vital strengthening stage.