NOVEL NEXT Chapter 127
Chapter 127 “What is this? I’m a princess!”“What does that have to do with me?”Cesare asked, frowned.“Shouldn’t you rather talk with Emperor about that?”His voice stood out.In fact, Cesare was still suppressing the desire to kill Eilish.Jacob kidnapped Daphne and even injured her.Eilish was related to Jacob.He had hurt Daphne, and Cesare wanted to return the favor.However, since Eilish is a princess, he couldn’t do that, so he was barely holding on.Now that the Emperor decided to let Eilish out, Eilish could no longer be dealt with by the laws of the Empire.If there was a problem in the Empire, it could also lead to an international problem.Cesare’s eyes flashed with anger.“You’d better go while I’m still being nice, princess.”“Pl-please, I was wrong! Please. I will live quietly as if I were dead, please?”Ignoring Eilish, who was hanging on with trembling, Cesare ran out of the room.Joseph asked Cesare out of the room.“What should I do with Jacob?”“Kill him.”Eilish’s cry grew louder.It was clear that she had heard the brief conversation between Cesare and Joseph.Of course, it was done intentionally.Cesare left the room with a cold expression on his face. ***** Finally, the delayed trial began anew.Of course, everything was different from before.It was such a strange trial that the defendant did not have a seat.The presentation was so obvious.The actions of the Empress and Marquis Gallard were absolutely unforgivable.People understood why the Empress chose suicide.“Kill her son?”“She’s witch. She should have been burned to death. I can’t believe we’ve had such a woman as Empress for so long.”“It’s creepy.”The courtroom was chaotic.It was when the story came out that the Empress had murdered Franz.In the end, the Empress and Marquis Gallard struggled to the end and tormented Daphne.It was only natural that it would not end well for her, since she had trapped an innocent person.“Furthermore, the Marquis Gallard and the Empress are charged with framing the Crown Prince. They doubted His Highness Crown Prince Gabriel’s bloodline and tried to bring pressure on the Imperial Family.”The Emperor’s spokesman stepped forward and said:The Emperor’s gaze fell heavily.Gabriel, who participated in the trial, was also watching the situation with a silent gaze.After all, there were no more nobles left to rebel against Gabriel and the Emperor.It was only natural that the Marquis Gallard, the center of this, had collapsed.“I have something to tell you about him.”Cesare raised his right hand lightly.The Emperor raised his eyebrows.A light anger appeared on the Emperor’s face.“I can prove the bloodline of His Majesty the Crown Prince.”However, contrary to everyone’s expectations, Cesare raised Gabriel’s hand.Cesare took the letter out of his arms.The Emperor recognized the letter Gabriel had.‘The letter left by the former Empress…!’It must have been the letter that Daphne had mentioned earlier when she came to the Imperial Castle.The former Empress acknowledged Gabriel! The Emperor, who had almost stood up without realizing it, managed to put up with it.The Emperor cleared his throat.The judge looked at him and said.“Say it.”“This is a letter left by His Majesty the late Empress. According to her letter, Her Majesty Empress acknowledged His Majesty Prince Gabriel. And has expressed her intention to take him in as her own foster child, and at the same time promises to confer a title on his mother as soon as he is born.”“No way…!”Someone shouted without knowing and covered their mouths.Cesare lifted the seal on the letter for people to see.It was definitely the seal of the late Empress.“The letter was found in the residence where His Majesty Prince Gabriel was currently staying. It was Daphne who discovered it first.”Cesare spoke politely.But the way he glanced at Gabriel when he spoke of Daphne was hardly polite.“So, the status of His Majesty the Crown Prince is being protected by the late Empress.”No one can question the maintenance of a dead Emperor or Empress.It would be a denial of imperial history, and it would shake the foundation.All the nobles kept their mouths shut.Anyone who dared to speak of Gabriel could be accused of treason.Cesare folded the letter and brought it to the Emperor.“My wife said you would need it and gave it to me.”I didn’t take it out when I was alone with the Emperor earlier, but I brought it out now so that everyone can see it.Let no one forget that Daphne helped build Gabriel’s status.The Emperor smiled bitterly when he realized Cesare’s intentions.Come to think of it, I forgot that Daphne was holding this in her hand.The Emperor read the letter slowly.Nostalgia arose.She was a different person from the Empress who became a sinner.Although she was an Empress, she was human, and she was a person who never did anything against the law.The Emperor’s eyes were red with tears.“… That person’s handwriting is correct.”His face was getting hot because he had resented Daphne for nothing.The Emperor smiled at his own ugliness.Daphne offered this at no cost.Of course, she had already escaped from Gabriel, but…She could ask for something else with this as an excuse.“… Say my thank to the Duchess.”“Yes, Your Majesty.”Cesare bowed his head and returned to his seat.The Emperor recognized Daphne again as Duchess.Whatever happened between them, it was possible to bring it back to the Emperor’s words.The nobles gathered in the courtroom looked at Gabriel and Cesare.Gabriel, who had gone so far as to turn his back on the Burstoad in pursuit of the Duchess, wore an odd expression on his face.They realized that Daphne would no longer cause any trouble between Cesare and Gabriel.The Burstoad and the Imperial Family will be holding hands again.After a moment of silence, the judge opened his mouth.“I will dethrone the Empress, take the title, confiscate Marquis Gallard’s assets, and demote him to commoners. They will not be included in the noble line for the next nine generations. All Gasols of Marquis Gallard, directly involved in this matter, will be put to death!”It involved the death of Prince Franz, the late Duke and Duchess of Burstoad, Gabriel’s mother, and the former Countess of Peliard.Death was inevitable.Moreover, the crime of processing bariol into drugs and causing problems in society was a great and irreparable sin.“Counts Sage and Count Peliard, who participated in this, will also be executed.”“Your Honor.”Cesare raised his hand.“In the case of Daphne, the Emperor recognized her as a Duchess. Please make it clear that she is not in Peliard’s family.”“I accept the Duke’s request. Daphne will live as Daphne Burstoad. She has nothing to do with Peliard, so she retains her title and her assets.”“Thank you.”In addition, people who were called by name one after another were brought out.All of them were those who had joined the Empress.Some sobbed as they realized their fate.But nothing could be turned back.The trial was running towards its end.At that moment, Gabriel and Cesare’s eyes met.The two seemed to hear something breaking.Cesare and Gabriel never knew what it was.It was the sound of the bond between the two being completely cut off.The original was destroyed.Gabriel would go his own way, and Cesare would go his own way with Daphne.There is no way the two of them will ever be entangled in a terrible relationship again.The wheel of fortune began to spin again.without interlocking each other.Gabriel and Cesare looked away from each other.It was enough between them.There was nothing to talk about for a long time.Gabriel just coveted the twinkling sunlight beside Cesare.Maybe he already knew he couldn’t have her.But he still tried to get it.Looking back now, Gabriel doesn’t know if it was really love.As Daphne had told him, it may have all just been futile feelings stemming from loneliness.Being left alone was what Gabriel had to endure.Daphne taught Gabriel that he was no longer alone.This is probably the biggest lesson Gabriel learned this time.The judge shouted loudly.“I will end this trial with this!”Tang Tang!The judge’s hammer put an end to it all.Gabriel and Cesare also left each other behind and walked away.Towards a completely different path.The two never looked back.The long and tough chain of ill-fated ties was extinguished.Now is the time to find your own happiness.