"Sir Litton..."
Estelle said when she approached the possessed knight.
"Hey... it's me, Estelle. Do you remember? We played cards during our free time during that time. You always win and always brag remember?"
She added hoping that the knight could fight 'the evil' who possessed him.
"C-Car..ds.."
Sir Litton weakly said.
"Yes! That's right",
Estelle replied still hoping that he will be able to fight it.
"W..wa..r?"
He asked and creepily smiled then laughed out loud like a crazy person. Estelle's heart sunk down to see one of the kindest and happy person becoming like this.
"All of you! Evacuate this place right now!"
Estelle shouted and the nobles inside the restaurant started to ran out.
"How about you Estelle?"
Camilla worriedly asked.
"I'll be fine. Leave with His Majesty. We cannot let danger come to the leader of this Empire"
She replied and got ready, focusing on her target.
"I am not that merciless to leave my own child in this situation"
The Emperor said and sided with her.
"Yeah! We are family so I am going to fight to!"
Camilla said despite her trembling from fear.
"No! You can't!",
Estelle and the Emperor immediately replied at the same time since they are worried that she will get hurt.
"Those nobles outside saw something traumatic. A royal blood should calm their down and you are the most capable do it, Princess Camilla"
Estelle said when she saw her disappointed face.
"I will work hard!"
Camilla replied with determination and went out of the restaurant.
As soon as Camilla went out of the restaurant, the Emperor attacked the knight but he was able to dodged it.
"You're... good!"
Sir Litton said as he counter-attacked fiercely.
Emperor Victor XI and Estelle fought 'the evil' with their immense divine powers but this one is much stronger than they thought. The Emperor's face has started to sweat and so his daughter.
"I do not have any choice..."
Estelle thought and bravely run towards Sir Litton.
Estelle's mother, Vivian, does not have any divine power compared to Camilla's mother, Beatrice, who is known as one of the greatest saintess of the Empire. Vivian may not have any divine powers but she has a hidden power that she never used as it is considered forbidden in the empire. But when she gave birth to her second child, a son, who looks exactly like the Emperor, she used her hidden power and at the same time lost their lives. Her son was immediately possessed by 'the evil' a few hours after he was born. She thought he could save her son by absorbing 'the evil' into her body but the infant and her could not handle the negative energy and they died, awfully.
"Oh? You look like that bitch who died with her son 15 years ago"
Sir Litton tried to provoke Estelle but she did not care and just grab his hand that made him shocked.
"Disappear"
She said and absorbed 'the evil' into her body. Her emerald eyes turned red and her body is now covered with black ancient words that immediately turned bright white. Because of the immense divine power inside Estelle's body, 'the evil' was not able to handle it and escaped her body. Sir Litton is now sleeping and has no signs of being possessed.
"He escaped!"
Estelle immediately shouted and they immediately went outside the restaurant where they felt the heavy negative energy.
They were too late because Camilla is now dying in the arms of Jerome. Her throat was slit deeply.
"Camilla!"
Worriedly exclaimed by the Emperor as he immediately used his divine power to heal her. Estelle also transferred some of her divine powers but the Emperor stopped her.
"Don't you dare touch my daughter! You vile woman!"
He angrily said. Everyone was shocked then started to gossip to his comment but he does not care.
"Ah... I see. He thought I did this whole drama after seeing me absorbing 'the evil" What a scary novel... it is trying to kill me in any ways"
Etelle thought, comically crying inside.
"I think there is a misunderstanding here, You Majesty... if you would just allow me to explain. This whole--"
Before she could explain, he cut her words.
"Duke Blanchett, that woman is a traitor to this Empire, lock her in the dungeons"
The Emperor commanded.
"But--"
The duke also tried to convince the Emperor but he also was ignored.
"There are no buts! Lock the Crown Princess in the dungeon, now!"
He angrily said. Estelle did not resist and followed the Duke in the dungeon.
"Do you also believe that I attempted to kill Princess Camilla, right?"
Estelle break the silence between them while they are slowly walking in the dungeon.
"I am not... sure..."
The duke replied with confusion in his face. Estelle run inside her cell and turn around.
"Please take good care of Princess Camilla"
She said with a smile before she closed her own cell.
"What do you mean by that?!"
The Duke worriedly asked but Estelle turned her back, yawned and laid down in the bed.
"Sleepy~", she comically said.
Five days after, Camilla opened her eyes. When she knew about what the Emperor did to Estelle, she immediately pleaded him to release her sister. Jerome and Sir Litton also pleaded alongside with her.
"Your Majesty, please release Estelle! She did nothing to me! It was the possessed Baron who did this", Camilla said.
"A witness came and she confessed everything during the council meeting . That vile woman planned to kill you. She is just like her scheming mother who killed Beatrice!", the emperor angrily replied.
"Her mother... killed my mother?"
Camilla asked and her face became more pale than before.
"Unfortunately, yes", he replied.
"How sure you are?", she asked.
"A witness also appeared and confessed. Even though she died years ago, her loyal servants killed your mother", he replied.
"Who is the witness? Please allow me to talk to them" she said.
"No. You are still recovering. Why are you pushing yourself so hard just to defend that vile woman?!", the Emperor asked.
"Because she is my sister, my family, your daughter! No matter what other people say, I believe in her. She will not do something that will harm her family members, especially you Dad", Camilla confidently replied.
"You just know her recently but I know her since she was an infant. I know her more than you know her. She can hurt anyone that annoys her", the Emperor replied.
"I still believe in her. Please let me talk to the witness"
Camilla insisted that the Emperor sighed and gave up.
Camilla bombarded the witness, a maid, questions that made her testament unreliable as some of the events that she mentioned does not match. The witness caught completely lying when she gave up with the trap questions and admitted that she is indeed lying. Camilla is blessed with great wisdom just like the Emperor but his father was blinded by his hatred with Estelle's mother.
Meanwhile, Estelle is having fun inside the dungeon despite her family and her fiancee not visiting her even just once. She is having fun because she is playing cards with the Royal Knights who are guarding her cell. She is still inside her cell but she invited them to play cards to discard her boredom. She is waiting for her death sentence and while waiting, instead of getting depressed, she decided to have fun by playing her favorite card games.
"I won again!"
Estelle exclaimed as soon as she dropped her last card. The knights sighed and asked for another rematch. This is already their 3rd time playing and Estelle kept on winning. The punishment for losers is simple. They need to give 1 silver coin to the winner and a flick in the forehead from the winner. For 5 straight days, Estelle is winning against the knights and she enjoyed it so much.
Little did she know that the Emperor, Camilla, Jerome, and Litton are on their way to the dungeon looking all worried since they were informed that Estelle was lined up for execution in the morning. The Emperor was not informed about it that he too was so shocked.