Upon the Emperor's Lap

(#06) Verdict Given

"What about me? Don't I have a say in this?" I heard a feminine voice that rang throughout the entire hall, the same voice that shut the mouth of these bastards for good.

"Yes, my dear Cousin Sister. You do have a say in this matter, as well." The King said.

"Well, I..." She said and lifted my face by my chin, making me look into her eyes.

"I would like to have her as my Head Secretary." The Cousin Sister asked.

The whole council of ministers started bickering.

A lot of, Is she out of her mind-s, what the hell is she asking for-s, what is the King going to do?-s and all.

To be honest, I was thinking the exact same too.

I am a literal criminal, well I am not, but I don't think the people in here are going to buy that, so why does she want to have me as her Head Secretary?

That's a very important position. I am just below her, in authority. And even no noble can question me.

And again back to the question, why me?

I then looked back to the King.

The amused expression he once had on, disappeared with a 'poof' into the thin air.

"Very sorry, Lia. But that's not going to happen. She has committed an unpardonable crime. And for that, she needs to be punished. And I won't hear anything otherwise." He said.

Yeah. I thought. And definitely not because you think I can cause harm to your little love by staying close to her. Definitely not!

"But-" She started again.

"I thought I said, I won't hear anything otherwise?" His words had a hint of question, but of course, no man was fool enough to answer.

Well,

Hell with him.

Oops, sorry. He is the Devil.

Heaven with him.

"I am really sorry about you. I tried helping you as much as I could. Now all there is left for me to do, is to pray for your soul, which I shall do without hesitation, every night, in my prayer chambers." She said.

Yeah, thank you. I really needed that.

Now from tomorrow, there will be rumors going around about the philanthropic and bounteous princess who prayed for the life of a lowly criminal.

And the ironic fact?

Even though it will be said all along that her prayer is for a lowly criminal, no one will remember it. They will only remember the magnanimous princess.

Sad truth. Sad life. But that's all I have left with me now.

"Take her to the dungeons. Guillotine within a month." The King gave his verdict.

The Hell!!! I understand, forgery is a serious crime, but guillotine? Are those people out of their minds?

Sorry, let me re-phrase. Is the King out of his mind?

Guillotine is only the punishment you give to dangerous criminals and to the highest degree of treason.

And as far as I am concerned of, forgery doesn't even come, a hundred miles within it.

As I was passing through the capital, bound by ropes in a smelly-old carriage, I only pretended like sleeping, when I knew I was going to be checked.

All the rest of the time, I kept watching the citizens live their life.

And what would you expect in a Devil's country?

Citizens living in fear.

Money-lenders black-mailing and scaring the hell out of the peasants.

Theft and robbery in bright daylight.

Right?

But no.

It was nothing like that.

There were efficient guards placed at each corner. Women and little girls roamed and jumped about in the marketplace.

At some places, they were even singing praise songs for the King.

And I remembered what my Father said.

A Real King doesn't live for the Nobles or the Sovereignty. They live for the peasants of the peasants.

And a Real King's joy does not come from wealth or wives, but rather seeing his citizens happy of him.

And as far as I was concerned, he filled in perfectly with both the conditions.

I started seeing him in a new light, and I had hope in my case.

But then they say, it doesn't matter if you do a mountain good deeds. A needle of bad deed is enough to pull you back to square one.

And very sorry for being judgmental, but you just shredded my last hope.

May you rot in Hell-

Oops, sorry.

In Heaven, Devil.

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Last updated on 13/06/2021