Chapter 121 - 120. Rainy Days (1)
"The weather seems to be getting worse." Lady Elise commented looking out of the window.
I followed her gaze and noticed the gray clouds starting to cover over the blue skies while her son Eric was swinging his sword in the training ground overlooked by the room we were sitting in.
"Hm... I prefer cloudy or rainy days though." I mumbled and she smiled at me as I relaxed in my seat.
Lady Elise had sent me a letter the other day asking me to visit her if I had time, I figured she would want to talk about the incident about Douglas so, I ended up coming to the Marquis’s mansion in the afternoon.
It had been three days since the chaos that I had started and now the trial was arranged since more than thirty families including my four dark horses.
The news about the Minister of Education being a corrupt official and also being a slave trader and an owner of casino that ruined the minds of the kids came to the light.
It had also caused quite an uproar in the King’s court as the people from Prince Eric’s faction were doing their best to drag Prince Carlos’s faction down by using Douglas.
I knew it must be one hell of a fun to see as the Queen would be walking on eggshells since that man held her weakness in his hands, or so she thought.
Only after two days of Douglas being convicted of being a corrupt official, a criminal and a fraud. Queen stepped up on the court and announced the Clark family to be the rotten branch of Esmertia and that Douglas would have his tongue and arms cut off for his crimes while his family would be exiled.
Well, what she really wanted was to make sure that Douglas wouldn’t open his mouth or even write his testimony down. She didn’t want to hear what exactly happened from her cousin she just wanted to save her own skin and make sure that her son wouldn’t lose his place.
Besides, her fear wasn’t going to stop the trial from happening.