Chapter 147: The Last Gasp (1)
Having returned to her senses Serena pleaded to and finally got Julius to allow her to walk on her own two feet since, she’d realized the party was on their way to the throne room where all the survivors of their invasion had been gathered.
The joy she felt at being carried like a princess by a conquering hero was finally overtaken by the shame she’d feel being seen in that compromised position by all the people who once looked to her with reverence as their queen.
The party entered the throne room, the slaves that Zeff controlled had taken up a perimeter position while all the palace survivors were sorted into neat rows where they kneeled in a sieza before the throne.
Following the present act when they entered, Serena took up her position on the throne while the others took up position on her sides.
"Thank you everyone for coming here tonight, as many of you already know the city has fallen back into the hands of the Kingdom and it’s citizens." <Queen Serena>
As her words echoed throughout the silent room the palace staff looked with eyes that were shining while a minority of those in attendance scowled while look at the floor.
The minority of course was quickly checked over by Julius and his Unit appraisal skill.
Heh, well some nobles were captured as they were, while others took the time to don servent uniforms to hide amonst the crowd.
"With the cities return to Royal control, those who are responsible for plotting and executing this coup shall have justice delivered upon them for the crimes they have committed against the Kingdom and it’s citizens" <Queen Serena>
Roughly half the mercenaries in the room moved at this say so, grabbing up people that Julius had marked as being nobles in hiding while the other nobility were rounded up as they were.
The rest of the palace staff were shocked as close to a third of their number had just been seized and now were being bound in Ropes, and irons.
"These men and women you see before you are guilty of high treason, for the crimes of conspiring and eventual slaughter of their King, the crime of selling out their own country to it’s neighbors, and last for the wholesale slaughter of it’s own people while enslaving the rest." <Queen Serena>