"I can't imagine how Miss Lyra is currently in prison. Seeing the hair accessories that were destroyed, maybe her body also got a lot of injuries," commented Stefanus, exaggerating the atmosphere. "Maybe she's dying in prison, bleeding out, and dying…. and dying." His eyes were closed as he breathed heavily as if he was attending a funeral.
Mr. Bertus looked down to give Stefanus support as if he knew how dying Lyra was right now.
There's nothing wrong with lying, especially in an urgent situation like this. After all, this was their hope as well as their opportunity to change Duke Kleo's bad attitude towards people, so that he would no longer be a problem as well as reprimand and criticism from others. His peerage could have been taken away, leaving Wereal under the leadership of someone who might have had a worse temperament than him, only to appear pretending good to people.
