THE VILLAINESS TURNS THE HOURGLASS

Chapter 175. Lie For Lie, Part I

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"How did you do that...? You couldn't do that to your father!"

She was so good at acting that Aria, who tried to swallow her laugh that was about to burst out, stepped back a few steps with a frightened face.

"It wasn't a lie...? Did my father...?"

There was no shadow of a criminal when she asked back as if she were checking the facts. Rather, it seemed like things were unbelievable to her.

"I thought... I thought you were just joking with the purpose of getting me back quickly... so I came back in a hurry and was afraid of being scolded..."

Aria's shoulders were trembling. Asher wrapped her slim shoulders.

"That's weird. She can never be a criminal."

The frightened Aria burrowed into the arms of Asher as he took her side. Just a moment ago, Aria said she wouldn't let Mielle go. Some might swear at Aria's two faces, but it wasn't him. He really liked the way she even created public opinion to achieve what she wanted. Besides, she burrowed into his arms, so he couldn't hate it.

"... Whatever Your Highness says, there are evidence and witnesses. I don't want to believe it, but... I saw it with my own eyes."

Aria shuddered at the news that she had witnesses despite her performance. When Asher, who thought it was because she was afraid, lowered his gaze and identified Aria, instead of fear, he could see the tip of her mouth rising.

'Mielle is lying.'

They had already produced irrefutable evidence even if there were witnesses. However, she had a false witness. Countless people seemed to believe her remarks.

'You're stuck in a self-made trap with all your might.'

There was no way to rescue her, and Asher said as if he could not help it.

"Then, you'd better tell the truth in court."

"... I can't help it if you want to. Poor father... When did you say the trial will take place?"

Mielle, who looked very sad, asked Cain, who had been staring at him all the time.

'Both of you, a brother and a sister, had been waiting for your stepsister to come after digging a trap in pairs. Oh, poor Aria!'

As Asher, who was smiling bitterly, patted Aria's back and swept her hair away, Cain, whose face turned red from anger, clenched his teeth and replied,

"... The criminal has appeared, so we'd better proceed right now."

The time has come to punish those who truly committed the crime.

As Cain said, the trial was held immediately.

It was because Aria had been accused and Mielle had witnesses. Nevertheless, she had to sit in the seat of a sinner because she had been on the run for a long time, but she was able to stand in the seat of the defendant, unlike Emma.

It was because she attended the trial herself. She denied outright that she was a sinner, and she also claimed to have a witness. Of course, her close ties to the Crown Prince was the biggest factor in consideration.

"Aria..." The Countess, sitting on the left side of Aria, called her name in a trembling voice.

Aria looked at her mother. 'How painful it must have been for her daughter to be a murderer.'