Thanks to empress' Lucia's agents, sending confidential letters to each family was easy which created several different flows of information in the social circles of nobles and merchant networks in the entire Loate.
Unaware of the situation of Dereck, the middle brother of the Deltan dragged the duke of Deltan, the eldest brother, to question him about their brother's relationship with Roman Emond.
Now, only the duke of Emond, Nicholas Emond, the family of Veulad and the royal family are present in the hall along with the ones from Vanifi as well.
"Orchestrating the death of both my father and mother, that is your sin. But honestly I want to add so much more but since that is enough for a death sentence I will stop here"
Brother Nicholas who was listening attentively to what I was saying this whole time bursted in anger. If it weren't for John who restrained him in advance, he would have already beat the queen to death.
John then dragged brother Nicholas to somewhere else after knocking him out.
"Lady Emond"
"Yes, Duke Veulad?"
"How are you sure about this? I am sure you know this is a very serious matter"
The duke of Veulad already had a hunch that the queen was behind this entire 'accident', but their family's creed which is "To see is to believe", he held back and suppressed his anger.
As the family who is responsible for gathering information, one must be sure that the information that was acquired is only the truth or the consequences will be the lives of the people.
"Due to various things, I am unable to tell you how I got these" I laid the documents that Almas gathered as well as the information that brother Roman worked so hard for. "What I can tell you is that only those who serve under me were the ones who got hold of this and nobody else"
Of course, he must have thought that I was working with the empress ever since finding out the source of the letter that was sent to his mansion.
"Duke, know that I won't frame someone out of wrath. And you must already know, or at the very least had an idea that it was the queen who murdered your friend"
With my last statement, it left the duke of Veulad in a tight spot.
But his loyalty to the royal family is not deeper that his bond with my father.
"Your highness, the crown prince"
"What is it duke?"
"I will stand beside lady Emond for this matter"
"Huh?!"
In the novel, the duke of Veulad was praised as a logical and cold-hearted type of individual when he is actually the type who relies on his instincts instead of using his head.
One's habits is not something that can be change no matter what if it is associated to what that person acquired since birth.
And the duke of Veulad whose hunch from his instincts were never wrong and an undeniable documentary evidence in front of him, it was the expected outcome. For me and his wife that is.
For everyone else, it was like the duke was not like his usual self.
"None of this make any sense! To begin with, what can a mere child do?! And that child accuse me of murder? And now you all believe her?! Ridiculous!"
"Yeah, you are ridiculous"
I said with a carefree expression.
The king and the prince knew what the Vanifi empire is capable of which is why they are still acting composed in front of Andrin who is possessing the body of the second prince from Vanifi.
"There is no point in-"
Bam, bam, bam.
As she was trying to get out of here, the floor extended upwards with spikes which then restrained her movement.
Everyone else other than me and Andrin were surprised. It was similar to magic and sorcery that can only be seen in children's books nowadays after all.
-Master, is it alright for me to restrained her?
'It is fine. Actually, your timing is perfect'
"My 'men' won't let you go so easily, you know"
Although it is disadvantageous for me to show this, there are also certain merits if they had the wrong thought about this event.
"Does anyone have any objection with my judgement to kill the queen?"
Everybody look at each other as they nodded and turned back to me.
In politics, it is only normal to have a few days before the trial. But there is an unspoken rule which is also a form of exemption to the usual political trial. If the highest ranking families in a kingdom are all present in one place, an immediate trial and verdict may commence which is why I had to send letters to them secretly so that they won't know till the time they arrived here.
"No one? Okay, then, knights dragged the queen to prison. If there aren't any then just lock her up in a room. Make sure to break her ankles first, okay"
Almas undid the magic and return the floor in to its natural state while the queen was dragged away by the imperial knights from Vanifi as she curse at me in vain.
"Hahaha! Finally!"
The king bursted into laughter as the biggest thorn in his life has now been remove completely.
"Lady Emond, its alright to make Kainston the king officially after his coming of age ceremony, right?"
"Yes, your majesty"
The future duchess of Veulad raised her hand.
"Yes, lady Pearl?"
"I am assuming you plan all this and everything so far is going as you planned"
"Well, yes, that is correct"
"Then, what are you going to do with the second prince, prince Kurt Loate?"
Hearing his other son's name, the king focused his attention to what I was about to say.
Although he doesn't like the queen, it is another matter when it comes to his sons.
"Aaah!!!"
The queen's muffled howl of desperation and pain echoed through the entire mansion.
While it is known that the second prince is a total lunatic, even more so than brother Nicholas, the king still sees the prince as a candidate for king as he would be the perfect king in history if it weren't for his twisted personality.
"I am planning on making the prince to take rehabilitation somewhere. I actually have already sent him there"
"The second prince is not an adult yet so you will need the parent's permission, which is me, right lady Emond?"
The king said with firm expression.
"Yes. But, I do think it is a fitting 'exercise' for the prince considering what he has been doing up until recently don't you think so, my king"
Understanding my true intention, the king nodded as if satisfied. Now that I am the one doing the 'exercise' which is actually punishment for the second prince the Veulad family have no right to kill the prince Kurt.
After all, the Veulad's loyalty is directed only to the royal family that are considered 'decent' in their eyes. And prince Kurt Loate who is not decent in their eyes is a target for assassination.
Since the king can't order them to stop in fear of spreading information to other neighboring countries, accepting my proposal of rehabilitating the second prince would work best for him.
Now, to finish things up.
"I would also like to declare that baron Klein's territory is now mine"