Chapter 78

After Angela’s enrollment in the academy, I don’t know how it happened, but the document was handed over to the Marquis Grandshil.

“…Marquis Grandshil, who obtained the document, planned to usurp the throne using Miss Angela, who had been ‘mistaken’ for the blood of the former king. Bring Miss Angela here.”

Count Reinid’s words startled me.

Misunderstanding? So does that mean that Angela is not the daughter of the former king?

However, in the setting of the game, it must have been the blood of the royal family… while I was desperately moving my confused head, Angela was brought in to the audience.

Her wrists were tied behind her back….

“Let me go! Don’t you dare touch me, I’m a noble!”

Angela struggled to escape from the soldiers’ hands, but the strong soldier did not freak out.

Resigning from the idea of escaping on her own, she finds the Crown Prince sitting on the royal throne and shouts out,

”Ah, Leonhardt-sama! Help me! Get rid of these rude people!”

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His Royal Highness could not hide his confusion, but he did not respond to Angela.

His Majesty nodded to His Royal Highness and then turned to Angela and the crowd of noblemen who were buzzing at the sight of a life-size replica of Queen Rose.

“This girl is the daughter of Queen Rose, the former royal concubine of His Majesty, just as everyone thought.”

“That’s right! I’m the only princess the former King had left! I’m supposed to be the Queen! Let go of me, you rude bastard!”

“Right! The Queen! By nature, the throne is not yours! You usurper of the throne! I am an enforcer of justice for trying to return to the rightful bloodline!”

The Marquis de Grandshil, who had never uttered a word before, shouted to follow Angela’s momentum.

The noise of the nobles grew louder and louder, and the hall was filled with confusion.

”Quiet!”

The hall fell silent as if it had been hit by water at His Majesty the King’s threat.

”I’m sorry. Miss Angela is not the former king’s princess.”

“That’s a lie! I’m the spitting image of my mother, Lady Rose! My appearance here is the proof of that!”

Angela screamed at His Majesty the King.

His Majesty looked at him as if she were a harrowing sight.

“I wish that were the case, but His Majesty the former King was incapable of bearing children. I have kept this secret until now, but it is a fact known only to me and the Queen.”

Nodding back to His Majesty, Her Royal Highness looked at Angela painfully and fell on her face in pain.

Angela’s entire body was shaking. The guards supported her as she turned pale and was about to fall down.

”That-‘s a lie….”

“You are the daughter of Queen Rose, no doubt about it. But you are not the daughter of the former king. His Majesty was so distressed by the betrayal of his beloved consort Rose that he took it upon himself to infuriate her, even though he knew it was a poison.”

His Majesty took out what appeared to be a letter from a stately little box.

“This is the last will and testament of His Majesty the former King. It says: ‘The child carried by Queen Rose is not of royal blood. Therefore, I do not recognize this child’s right to the throne.’”

Although it was too far away to see what was written on the piece of paper held up by His Majesty the King, it could be seen that there was a red jade seal that seemed to belong to the former king on that piece of paper.

Angela’s complexion was no longer so blue, it was completely white.

Perhaps it was as if something she believed in was rattling away.

The shock that my origins, which I believed in, were a lie must be considerable.

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I don’t have any experience, so I can’t understand it all.

“It may have been a pitiable fact for you, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. But that doesn’t make the crime you committed disappear. You will have to pay for your complicity in the coup.”

Sitting down flat, Angela was stunned and the tears appeared in her eyes.

“You seem to have reached your limit. Take her to the other room.”

At his Majesty’s direction, Angela left.

Even though I had been kidnapped and almost killed by Angela’s selfishness I couldn’t help but feel painful at the sight of her.

“It’s a long story. That’s all I have to say about the charges. We will now make an adjudication against the mastermind and collaborators of the coup.”

His Majesty the King has decreed that the Marquis de Grandshil will be stripped of his nobility and imprisoned in prison for the rest of his life.

This seemed to be too light for an attempt to stage a coup, considering the Marquis de Grandshil was a distant relative of the royal family.

The Duke was sentenced to death and the duke’s family was stripped of their title.

The assassination of a royal family member, etc., would normally result in the family members being executed.

However, the fact that Remias had accused his father and cooperated with the investigation was significant.

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In return for this, Remias was given a title as a new viscount.

Angela was expelled from the school and exiled from the kingdom.

She will never be able to step on domestic soil again, and if she is smuggled into the country, she will be captured and sentenced to life in prison as soon as she is found.