THE VILLAINESS TURNS THE HOURGLASS

Chapter 182. Lie For Lie, Part VIII

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

"In addition, she was definitely in the mansion! But how did she get to the next city? You've seen her, too!"

"... Yes, I saw her."

As usual, he had arrived at the mansion and checked Aria's room. Apparently, the lights had been on in Aria's room, and he remembered seeing her silhouette as well. He also believed she hadn't really sneaked out because he'd always been watching her.

So he had trusted Mielle's words that she had been with Aria at the moment the Count had fallen. Because Mielle had been on the same side, he had believed that she couldn't lie. If Aria hadn't really been in the mansion and Mielle had been doing a one-man show alone, she would not have asked for help purely from him. She had been doing that all the time.

'So I didn't have the slightest doubt about what Mielle said, and I didn't take any action...'

He hadn't doubted that Mielle would do well on her own.

She had always been praised for her shrewdness. Although he had not spent much time with her as he had entered the academy, Mielle had always been a child who had been praised by someone.

Of course, he had just watched with folded arms, because the Crown Prince had stepped forward. It had been possible that if he had made a rash move, he would have taken the false charge. He had also expected that the Crown Prince and Aria would make some evidence because they said they had been to a faraway country.

When he saw Mielle's face, he thought it was a good thing to stand by with folded arms. In the first place, all he had wanted to gain from this was the real power of the mansion

Cain had intended to save Aria who would be in a corner as a criminal and to give a favorable impression, but it was only supplementary, and not for the original purpose. Mielle had a glimmer of hope as he said that he had seen her, and asked with her sparkling eyes,

"... Why, why don't you tell the judge you've seen her now?"

"Mielle. As I told you, it's dangerous to testify that you and I saw her, at the same time. The judge will be asking why we were all there in front of Aria's room in the first place."

"You can say it was a family meeting!"

"Why was the family meeting in front of Aria's room? Besides, it's weird to say that we had a family meeting we'd never had before. It'll also be complicated to explain why our stepmother wasn't there."

When he repeated the answer to Mielle, who was trying to persuade him again, she burst into tears again.

"I'll examine the evidence again. I'll apply for an appeal and bail, so don't worry, just wait a minute."

"... I get it, brother. And I have one more favor to ask of you. I hope Miss Isis will come to see me... I have something to tell her."

"I see. I'll deliver it."

Cain, who left the prison, looked straight at the evidence submitted by Aria. In addition to the court-appointed nobility, two guards followed him. Unfortunately, however, there was no weird thing in it.

If they had produced evidence form only one place, he could do something, but they would have submitted certificates of passage through several cities and finally from the Kingdom of Croa. A certificate of passage from another country... They couldn't even try to fake it.

Moreover, it was marked as a time when one would not arrive unless one moved very tightly. There would be enough time if the Crown Prince moved alone, but there was no extra time to move with Aria who wasn't used to long-distance travel.