Somebody entered the grand corridor shortly afterward.

“That’s…………!”

“Isn’t he the exiled prince?”

Felix’s sudden public look prompted a stir.

“I apologize for the disturbance. I’ve requested the Duchess of Palesdon for help.”

Felix bowed and apologized, then got here to face beside me.

“The Prince has been stripped of his royal standing, and whether or not he requested for it or not doesn’t change the truth that the Duchess of Palesdon has stolen one thing that belongs to the royal household!”

The Empress Dowager, who regarded shocked to see Felix, insisted, her expression altering dramatically.

I scanned the gang with a smile on my face and shortly noticed somebody.

‘Simply because the Grasp informed me.’

A person with graying hair and an aged face, he wore glasses that advised he had poor eyesight regardless of his younger age.

I referred to as out to him, unfazed by the sudden eye contact.

“Baron Edward, as Minister of Justice, I want your opinion.”

“If you need my opinion on the legislation, I’m all ears.”

Baron Edward was a really law-abiding man.

Born to a commoner household, he was purported to be a commoner.

However after graduating on the prime of his class on the Academy, he boldly took the bureaucratic examination.

He proved that he had memorized the whole thing of the Imperial Code and have become a bureaucrat within the Ministry of Justice.

‘He then turned Minister of Justice and was granted a baronetcy.’

Baron Edward willingly pushed his approach via the gang and stood earlier than me.

I regarded him straight within the eye and requested.

“The Imperial Code has provisions for unbelievers. The punishment varies a bit relying in your standing, however in the long run, most are sentenced to dying, proper?”

“Sure. That’s precisely what the Duchess of Palesdon stated.”

“And on the backside, in very small print, there’s a provision for imperials who develop into unbelievers.”

I continued on to recite the provisions for imperials who turned unbelievers.

“Legislation on the Punishment of Unbelievers, Article 4, Part 4. Punishment for Imperials who develop into unbelievers. From the time of changing into an unbeliever, the imperial household shall be instantly stripped of their standing.”

Quickly there was an enthusiastic response from the viewers.

“Was that within the Imperial Code?”

“I used to be at all times good in legislation class, however I solely knew that………… unbelievers have been subjected to excessive punishment.”

“Neither did I, there was simply one thing in regards to the legislation professor’s voice that made me sleepy.”

“However how does the Duchess of Palesdon know that so nicely? I’ve seen her sleep tougher than anybody else…………….”

“That’s proper, isn’t there a well-known anecdote in regards to the Duchess of Palesdon cracking her desk when she was a scholar?”

After all, their response is sensible.

‘Properly, I solely discovered in regards to the legislation due to the merchandise.’

However I leisurely continued, pretending that I had at all times identified this a lot in regards to the legislation, that it was a part of my day by day routine.

“And the esteemed scholar, Mr. Loprope, who wrote this clause, added these phrases.”

Baron Edward’s eyes lit up as he listened.

“Imperials are born the noblest and have essentially the most to supply, however additionally they have essentially the most tasks and duties. Naturally, it mustn’t ever occur {that a} member of the royal household turns into an unbeliever. Simply in case, I’ve made provisions, however I hope to by no means have to use this legislation.”

I glanced across the room, which had now fallen silent, after which again at Baron Edward.

“If there’s any error in what I’ve stated, please let me know.”

“No. You’ve spoken with exceptional accuracy.”

He regarded shocked for a second, however then his face broke into a skinny smile.

Nobody may argue along with his recognition as a dwelling code of legislation.

Not even the Empress Dowager.

“The Emperor himself has personally attested that the diary belongs to the Empress Dowager, and the direct wording of the entries in it proves that she has been an unbeliever for no less than fourteen years.

“Not less than 14 years in the past.”

“Wait………!”

“My daughter-in-law stated she’d speak to you about it!”

I smiled barely at Catalina, who was flippantly controlling the Empress Dowager’s backlash.

“And as Baron Edward, the Minister of Justice, has admitted, in response to the Imperial Code of Legal guidelines, at that time the Empress Dowager, no, she is already not a member of the royal household, is she not?”

“Sure, the Duchess of Palesdon is true.”

I noticed a smirk cross Emperor Ilsun’s eyes.

He couldn’t assist however welcome this example.

The Emperor was inclined to nip any seeds of dissension within the bud earlier than they might develop, however justification have to be thought-about.

He may kill all his brothers who have been aiming for the throne, however he couldn’t contact the Empress Dowager, who couldn’t presumably need the throne herself.

I had eliminated a long-standing headache from his life.

“It might probably now not be denied that Her Majesty the Empress Dowager was an unbeliever. I’m stripping her of her place as Empress Dowager and of her royalty and banishing her to the northern wall as a slave.”

At her age, working as a wall slave was virtually a dying sentence.

So the Empress Dowager screamed in protest.

“No! You can’t do that to me! Your Majesty, you need to not overlook that I’ve given you my full loyalty, even at the price of my kids!”

“That is an abomination coming from the mouth of an unbeliever. Drag her away.”

The Empress Dowager retorted however to no avail.

On the Emperor’s command, the knights surrounded her.

“Hah, how lengthy will your energy final, when our nice God descends, and it’ll all be for naught?”

“You’ve sinned and nonetheless don’t repent. Shut that factor’s mouth directly!”

A gag was positioned over the Empress Dowager’s mouth, and shortly she was dragged away.

Seeing my likelihood, I shortly turned to the emperor.

“Venerable Emperor, I apologize for inflicting such a disturbance on such a superb day.”

“No, reasonably, you will have uncovered an unbeliever hiding within the palace, and for that, I’m grateful to you. If there’s something you want to ask of me, please communicate freely.”

“I want to ask for the pardon of Felix Blake, a renegade who has entered the palace.”

The room fell silent once more at my phrases.

“As a matter of precept, Felix Blake is tacitly forbidden to enter the Imperial Palace. Nevertheless, he has proven his loyalty to the imperial household by exposing a previous that would have been swept underneath the rug, even when it meant exposing an unbeliever.

“Loyalty to the imperial household.”

Truly, Felix didn’t have such an agenda, however I used to be making it up as I went alongside.

The presence of the villainous Empress Dowager made it simpler to say this.

“Felix Blake additionally gave us the placement of the Empress Dowager’s diary, and if it weren’t for him, it could have been tough to search out the proof.”

“Sure. I see your level. I can’t maintain Felix Blake responsible, and I’ll enable him entry to the palace sooner or later.”

“Thanks, Your Majesty.”

It was a extra merciful resolution than I had anticipated.

Beside me, I felt Felix breathe a sigh of reduction.

“And the Duchess of Palesdon, come nearer.”

“Sure. Very nicely.”

I moved earlier than the Emperor.

“I can’t make it an official matter due to your service, however you will have taken imperial property, and you’ll owe me an evidence as to how this occurred.”

“After all, Your Majesty.”

I did.

‘Violet, one of many world’s strongest thieves, stole it.’

Even now, Violet, who had snuck into the Grand Corridor, was smirking from afar.

It wasn’t as if I hadn’t anticipated the Emperor’s phrases, in any case, so I drew out a hand.

“You could have heard that the Spirit of Leaves has returned to Brighton, and I’ve not too long ago summoned one consequently.”

I knew the Emperor wouldn’t make it an official matter, however this was a banquet corridor and there have been lots of people there.

These listening to the dialog have been awestruck.

“The Duchess of Palesdon has summoned spirits?”

“So she is now underneath the safety of two spirits?”

“That’s historical past, and it’s been stated that the spirit’s vein was minimize a very long time in the past.”

I waited for them to react totally.

For the Emperor to see via the spirit’s affect on public opinion.

“Truly, the spirits have been very useful in digging this up. If His Majesty would enable me, I’d be completely satisfied to summon the spirits.”

“……….Sure. I’ll enable it.”

I waved my hand.

Spirits have been a long-standing a part of the Empire, and I didn’t suppose the Emperor would flip them down right here.

“Pepe, come out.”

Quickly a white ball of sunshine appeared within the air.

The spirit appeared in a circle of shimmering mild.

This was not the identical as summoning Pepe via a name.

This was a manifestation of my magic, and everybody may see Pepe.

“It’s actually a spirit!”

“I by no means thought I’d see a spirit in my lifetime…………!”

The enthusiastic reactions made the spectacular look worthwhile.

-I used to be cleaning a spot that had been contaminated by unbelievers, but when Rose referred to as me, I’d come!

“Pepe, you’re solely a great spirit in the event you say hiya.”

-Sure. Hello, I’m Pepe!

“Pepe is a wind spirit.”

As Pepe performs his trick of twirling within the air, somebody within the crowd stirs.

He staggered out, shaking and on the verge of tears, and requested.

“Are you Sylphid, the Wind Elemental King?”

-Sure. Do you acknowledge me?

“Alas, Sylphid………!”

The outdated man fell to his knees, as if he had simply met his savior.

‘What? I didn’t count on this.’