If Elisa had been awake to see this situation, she would have cheered happily inside when she saw the drastic change that had happened to her mother. She went from being kind and gentle to quickly becoming a cold woman who didn't even hesitate to throw her sister on the pond without even caring for her life.
When everyone saw this, all of them sucked in the cold air as none of them couldn't believe that their usual kind and reserved sister would actually do such a thing, but of course they also knew that this is what she was like when she was angry, or when she is in front of her enemies. She becomes a cold-hearted person who doesn't have any remorse for her enemies, she will strike them down no matter who they are.
"If you don't want me and my daughter to be here, just say it to my face, and we will leave. And right now… that is exactly what I want to happen right now, I don't care what you say to me or what you do to me, but if you dare to touch Elisa, you will regret it. I won't be apologizing for what I did to Mia because she deserves it and Mother… I'm sorry, I know that we have talked about it, but I changed my mind. I will be taking back my rights… my title back." Alvitr said as she looked at her Mother with cold eyes and when Annelease saw it, she couldn't help but sigh as this was not how she wanted things to go.
"Hold on, what do you mean by that? You were already stripped of your title, remember? How dare you try to take back your title, right now you are just a commoner." Kain, Alvitr's brother retorted back before Annelease could say anything, and when Alvitr heard it, she simply chuckled before walking towards her brother with a cold smile hanging down on her face which made every single one of them uncomfortable.
"Do you really think that the Emperor would allow such a thing to happen? He's not stupid like all of you, he gave me a special position as one single entity, and that means that I can take whatever I want. Having my title stripped off was nothing but formality because I asked Mother and Emperor for that as I want to have a quiet life with my daughter. Remember this… all of the things that you enjoy today are because of me, and I can take all of those back as easy as snapping my fingers." Alvitr warned all of them as she then turned around and rushed towards her daughter to carry her.
Her eyes had already softened and no one would believe that the Alvitr was the one who had just thrown her sister on the pond without any remorse. Luckily, there were already guards who managed to save Mia from drowning, and as soon as she was out of the water, she almost rushed towards Alvitr to get her revenge when she was stopped by Anneliese who threw her down back to the ground.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Mia? You're daughter is the one who attacked Elisa first and now you're the one who's getting angry, and on top of that you also physically hurt Elisa, so who do you think you are for even trying to get revenge on your older sister?" Anneliese asked as she stopped Mia from charging towards Alvitr who was kneeling on the ground with the unconscious Elisa in her hands.
"Don't even try to bring up the word favoritism now because this is not even remotely close to that, this is just being me rational. So tell me Mia, who do you think you are to get revenge on Alvitr and Elisa when it is clearly your fault as well as Kali's fault." Anneliese said with a glare as she looked at both Mother and daughter with her cold eyes making the two shiver in fear, and when everyone saw this, they couldn't help but pity the two.
But they also know that if they try to help their sister, they would only suffer the consequences so all of them refrained from doing so as none of them are stupid enough to do it. Though that is not really the main issue for Mia, she couldn't care less if her brothers and sisters wouldn't help her because she can take all of that.
But the thing that she wouldn't be handle was the rumors that were going to go out from the mouths of the maids and butlers who watched everything. Everything that she had built up, especially her reputation would all go down, but if it was only that, maybe she could take it still, it was her daughter that was worried about because she had personally built it herself.
Outside of the Strasser Family, Kali was known as the little Saint of the Kingdom, she was a gentle and kind little girl who even went out of her way to help those in need, but in reality… She was nothing but a spoiled brat who always got what she wanted, all of the maids can even testify to it as all of them experienced it firsthand, and all of this is because of the teaching of her own Mother the one who raised her.
"Get out of here now… Also, Kali is grounded for two weeks, and she is not allowed to go out of her room, guards are needed to guard her room to ensure that she will not go out, and if she decides to go out, I will punish her myself. Am I making myself clear?" Anneliese asked as she looked at everyone coldly before looking at the Head Maid to ensure her orders to everyone to which the Head Maid just smiled and nodded her head before leaving to inform everyone of their Master's new order.
"Grandma! This is unfair! I have an event in two days and everyone is expecting me to come there, please don't do this to me, I'll behave better, just please don't ground me." Kali immediately pleaded as she cried and tried to go towards her Grandma who just gave her a stern and cold look making her stop instantly in her tracks as she was terrified.
Kali was used to getting loved and doted on by everyone in the Family because she was considered the next Saint of the Strasser Family, she was even doted on by Anneliese which was a rare thing. This is why she is even more considered important in the Strasser Family where Kali and Mia are in the same position as Alvitr was when she was still a part of, but all of that crashed down today when they took the wrong move against Elisa.
"Are you questioning my words? You're still too young for that and if you don't want me to make that two weeks into one month, you better stay quiet Kali while I'm still being nice with you." Anneliese said as she stared down at Kali making the little girl instantly move behind her Mother in fear.