The beat of the still heart[Completed]

37: Justice

Unlike others, The magnificent queen of Egyptia Sahra Nova remained on her throne and simply the attention of the crowd shifted to her. She didn't bother going to the podium and so that everyone present in the audience could see her properly, her image was broadcasted in the front using projection magic.

She was dressed in a simple white and the golden off-shoulder flowy dress that was elevated by a halo crown made up of pure gold and embellished with the rarest diamonds in the world. Like always, she had lived up to her title as Queen of the land of gold by flaunting the wealth of her nation through her exquisite jewelry.

"Your Imperial Majesty, Did your granddaughter despise Ms. Yun? " Veronica proceeded to question the queen.

"Jihyo is a very kind soul" Queen Nova had a hint of sadness lingering in her voice as she began and though Hana didn't know the reason yet, her stomach crunched.

"And she adored the young lady..." Just like everyone else Hana was a bit jumbled by her choice of words.

"When we announced the engagement of Daniel and Jihyo, they both were very young. I saw the fondness my child had for this little boy so without thinking twice I fixed their marriage. For Jihyo's sake, we were keeping eyes on the boy who would become my future grandson-in-law. Therefore, we knew everything about him. Whom he talked with, whom he mingled with so it was natural that we were already aware of Ms. Yun and their connection and so did Jihyo." Hana had her mouth wide open when she realized that not only Jihyo but many people were already aware that she was Daniel's, dark love.

"Of course, our first thought was to eliminate the threat but Jihyo talked me out of it" Hana choked hearing the queen of Egyptia had plans to eliminate her but the queen simply giggled as she recalled her conversation with her granddaughter.

"I don't know why, but Jihyo cared for the young lady to great extent. She used to get two days in a year to enjoy her life outside of the palace and on those two days she used to go to Venessia to observe Daniel and her. My granddaughter is a very shy girl so she could never bring herself to go and introduce herself but she trusted this girl. Jihyo also sponsored her scholarship to Voclaunore and was very excited about her arrival. When his highness, came to me for my permission to take Jihyo to his party, I was hesitant but my granddaughter wouldn't take no for an answer. 'This is my chance to be friends with her' those were her exact words. So her presence triggering Jihyo to lose control makes no sense."

"Thank you, your grace" Veronica thanked her grandmother and turned to the jury, and smiled at them in a mocking manner.

On the other hand, Hana was biting her lips but the treacherous tears were already rolling down her eyes. Of course, she knew about the benefits that she was getting but she never knew who her sponsors were. The day she received the award and funds for her further education she had inquired her principal but she had brushed her off telling her that she didn't need to worry about such a matter.

"Do I still have to say anything more?" Veronica shrugged her shoulder.

"Yun Hana was never a trigger but a victim. Whoever planned the attack wanted to strike multiple birds with one stone. They wanted to implicit fear, kill the mate of the heir of the emperor's throne which eventually would crumple the Uchiha clan. Just like the disaster that happened twenty-seven years ago, this attack was to destroy one of the three pillars of seven realms. This attack was targeted at the heir to the emperor's throne Uchiha Jungkook. Kill his mate, the prince will die of grief and we became their accomplice by dragging the girl who survived the assassination and putting her through the torture that could kill her. We actually helped the terrorist." Her powerful voice boomed in the hall and every single person was feeling like it was their trial, not the human girl's.