451 Stay within your boundaries.
"She told us that the one behind this attack was Raguel, the First Prince."
The Guard revealed.
"LIES! They are lying. Hey, you! What is your name? Do you know how grave the consequences of lying inside the Royal Hall are? Your whole family will be implicated in this."
Gibson shouted and pointed at the guard who came with Kelton.
"Of course! More than 10 guards are lying at the same time, aren't they?"
Kelton laughed angrily.
"Hmph! It isn't very hard to bribe them, is it?"
Gibson shot back.
Kelton couldn't believe what he was hearing.
To think he would try to deny his claims so shamelessly!
This is just absurd!
No, actually, it was not that absurd.
If Kelton was right in his mind, he would have already expected this, however, after talking to the guards and learning about the condition Amaya was in, he couldn't control his emotions.
How could Amaya, who is comparable to a normal mortal, run from the pursuit of 5 Grand Master Stage Cultivators with an injured leg?
She was caught.
Although Kelton didn't want to believe it, this was the truth.
Once he concluded that, he was overwhelmed with grief, his grief then turned into anger which was now directed at Gibson.
"What? Staying Silent because I caught your act and exposed you? Hmph! I knew you were lying."
Gibson snorted.
This time, Kelton couldn't control himself and,
"AAgghhhh!!"
He dashed towards Gibson in anger, trying to kill the man in front of him and even forgetting that the man he was targeting was actually stronger than him.
Gibson was more than happy to clash fists with him.
First, it would empower his argument, 'Kelton couldn't lie anymore, so he decided to use force'
Secondly, he would be able to silence this man in front of him.
It would only be called self defense after all.
How would he know that the man in front of him would be so weak that he died in just one attack?
This was perfect.
A small smile appeared on Gibson's face.
Soon, however, his smile disappeared and his face paled as a suffocating aura overwhelmed his entire body and his movement paused.
"…"
He glanced towards a Throne and sure enough, Astaria was looking at them with an emotionless look on her face.
"To dare fight in front of me, you two sure are gutsy."
"…"
Gibson turned silent.
Kelton, however, was different.
"I attacked because he is lying! That bastard Raguel was the one behind this attack! And this bastard must be the one who helped him! That's why he is defending him so hard! Lady Astaria, you have to believe me! Raguel, no not him, but the entire Fulvanius house must be behi-akkk"
Kelton shouted, however, suddenly, the pressure surrounding his body increased and he fell down.
This time, he was forced to stay silent.
"I have heard what you said, Kelton. I want you to tell me about the entire process and I will investigate the whole thing on my own."
Astaria spoke in a calm tone and at the same time, she lowered the pressure on Kelton, allowing him to speak.
"What is there to investigate? I am telling you who the culprit is right now! Why would you lengthen the proc-Ugghhh!!"
Suddenly, the pressure around Kelton increased dramatically.
*Crack* *Crack* *Crack*
"AGGGHHhhhHH!!"
Kelton couldn't take the pressure anymore and he screamed in agony.
'Now this is a normal reaction.'
Inwardly, Astaria sighed.
The pressure she used against that boy was countless times stronger than what she was doing now, however, the boy didn't even fall down, let alone scream in pain.
Astaria had to give her all just to pressure him and all it did was break that boy's leg, a normal King Stage Cultivator would have turned into meat paste a lot sooner.
That is just how scary an Emperor is.
Astaria just didn't know what kind of little monster she faced today.
Thinking about it, a small smile appeared on Astaria's face, however, when her eyes fell on Kelton, who was screaming in pain, a serious look appeared on her face. She reduced the pressure on Kelton and spoke.
"Stay within your boundaries."
Whether he was right or wrong didn't matter, there is no way Astaria would allow him to shout like that. This was the Royal Hall, everyone must stay within his or her limit. This was not a place anyone can take lightly.
"…"
Kelton turned silent.
Astaria wasn't someone he could offend. Not until he has taken his revenge.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Astaria explained,
"What Gibson said was not wrong either, the evidence you provided could be easily forged and since this is a sensitive topic, I can't take any rash decisions."
"…"
Kelton didn't say anything.
However, inwardly, he snorted.
'Lady Amaya is not from this Kingdom, that's why you people are not serious about this. Even after I gave all the evidence, you still don't capture that bastard. I need to think of something else.
I can't depend on these selfish bastards. .'
Astaria obviously didn't know what Kelton was thinking and in truth, she didn't care either.
Her guts told her that Kelton was not lying, however, she knew better than anyone to not believe her gut in this situation.
She turned towards Gibson, and seeing the nervous look on his face, she just shook her head.
"Alright, you can leave. The Guards will stay here, I also want the names of the other guards you were talking about."
Kelton nodded.
"Yes, I will give that list to Keeve, I'll give their guarding schedule along with it as well, through the blood trail, you can notice the direction Lady Amaya ran into. With their Schedule, they would have seen her, I was not lying."
Astaria nodded.
Kelton nodded back and then after giving a few documents to Keeve, he turned around and left.
Kelton didn't even return to his room, he directly walked out of the Royal Palace.
He had decided.
'Since these people won't do anything, I will go to someone who will.'
With this thought in his mind, Kelton started running.
His destination?
The Skadi Kingdom.
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