Boom! If everyone thought that the princess' actions had stupified them till now, this demand convinced them that she had lost her mind. Didn't she indirectly request to cut all ties with everyone from the planet by cutting ties with the Royal family.
Everyone knew how much the empress loved the late emperor, her official husband. Even now, after twenty years of his death, she had not given his position to any of her husbands and the first princess wanted the Empress to break the promise she had made to her beloved on his deathbed!
A distant memory of the empress' oath of the host's father's death replayed in Serena's mind. 'My love, I swear to keep our daughter safe. I, Roseletta Van Sofía swear to protect our daughter with everything I have. In case I don't do so, I shall suffer pain worse than that of hell."
The entire galaxy knew the Empress' promise of keeping her safe, but no one knew the vow taken alongside it, but the people didn't matter, the empress remembering and honouring the vow did. And from the original host's memories, it could be clearly seen that though the empress had used her as a bait to catch a traitor this time, she loved the original host a lot, and what can be more painful than announcing her own punishment.
Serena's calculation was perfect, on hearing the request, the empress paled. Everyone thought that Serena was asking her to break her promise, but she knew that her daughter was stating the punishment for her crime. She wasn't begging, but rather ordering, and she, the empress, had to accept this punishment.
The empress clenched and opened her fist multiple times, before she could mask her pain. Fortunately no one was looking at her, or they would have seen the overflowing pain in her eyes. With a shaky breath the empress decided to end this trial.
"First princess, is that what you really wish for?"
"Yes your majesty."
"Very well then, you are stripped off your title and position as the first princess of the empire along with your last name. From today onwards, you shall hold no power, authority or duties related to the royal palace or Empire , and no power related to the royal palace shall interfere in your life for the next twenty-five years."
Boom! Not a single soul in the courtroom could sit still at this moment. The Empress actually cut off the ties with the first princess.
This meant that she couldn't bring the princess back to the capital in any form, dead or alive, nor she could send any hidden forces to protect the first princess. Who knew that this trial would be so interesting. Everyone present had different thoughts but no one knew that this trial would change entire galaxy in the future.
The empress hurriedly dismissed the court and rushed out to find Serena, she wanted to apologise, wanted her daughter to know that she still had her, her mother beside her. Her heart was filled with fear and guilt. She had seen her innocent daughter turn into the most powerful assassin in front of her eyes, but she had never seen those cold emotionless eyes.
Roseletta rushed towards Serena's room, but found Serena's wristband instead of her. Her heart dropped on the floor, her daughter had left everything behind and left. The past year of torment and her heartlessly ignoring her daughter's pain had destroyed everything, she had lost her, forever...