“Open the door.”

Once again, Latifa spoke to them in a clear voice. Eventually, Lucwan hesitated and opened the large door a little.

“Oh my, I don’t know what will happen, Lucwan!”

“How can you resist the words of the goddess of Caleb, Your Grace…”

Yanan quickly stood by Latifa with a troubled face, and Lucwan politely lowered his head.

‘Although I didn’t learn politics as the 17th princess, I learned how to quietly pass under the strong one.’

And outside, people who were once her subjects were suffering.

There might be no way to completely eliminate their suffering, but at least for now, she felt a sense of duty that she couldn’t ignore.

Similar, it was truly indescribable with any other word but the sense of duty.

‘Blood was inevitable.’

Thinking of Emperor Tania, who boasted of her mission and honor but died soon due to her incompetence, Latifa unconsciously smiled self-deprecatingly.

Latifa took a deep breath in her mind and prepared for the upcoming situation.

Through the open door, she could see Amirah and a maid who seemed to be her subordinate.

As Latifa saw three fair-skinned imperial people standing side by side and being beaten with a club, the strength in her legs began to weaken.

Even Amirah, who looked like she could be the Shadi merchant’s daughter, did not care even when passersby stopped and stared at them.

‘It’s okay, Latifa. There are quite a few eyes watching. You know it’s better to have many observers in these situations.’

Latifa forced strength into her weakening legs and straightened her back and shoulders like a goddess, taking a step toward Amirah. Amirah shot Latifa a disgusted look.

“Lady, what nerve not to run away!”

The way to deal with strong and prideful individuals was overly simple.

Let go of strength.

If catching a fierce tiger was praised by people, but catching a frightened little rabbit was just that, Latifa had to look as pitiful as a frightened rabbit.

If someone tries to catch a timid rabbit instead of a frightening tiger, there is a concern that their reputation may deteriorate even among the people.

In the past, the powerful in the empire left Latifa powerless, and thanks to that, she survived in the palace without becoming a victim of other countries’ scheming marriages.

‘Now, the only way is to stop her punishment and not tarnish Caleb’s honor.’

“You should have been found guilty and punished in the trial. Since you don’t know the subject, I brought you and other children of your level here to understand the subject.”

Amirah, who seemed very angry, said to Latifa. Latifa spoke with a polite tone and sophisticated vocabulary mixed with desert language.

“We are powerless people who have lost our country, but we have not lost our emotions and pain. Please, if they have done nothing wrong, stop the senseless cruel punishment.”

As Latifa spoke like a gentle lamb, Amirah, who had turned into a cruel woman in an instant, sharpened her eyes and became even angrier.

“Vulgar woman! How audacious to seduce General Hades with your well-spoken three-inch tongue! You even dared to request him to conduct a ceremony like mine on the same day as my ceremony!”

At that remark, Latifa bit her tongue inwardly.
‘And Hades is the problem again! Why does he always have to cause trouble when he could just stay still?’

Latifa never asked for an adult ceremony, and she certainly never asked for an adult ceremony on the same day as Amirah.

Expressing more of a complaint than a slight dissatisfaction with Hades, who was not present here, Latifa just silently stared at the ground without saying a word.

“Hey! Are you ignoring me?”

As Latifa didn’t respond, Amirah approached with determination and raised her hand high, striking Latifa’s cheek.

“Ugh!”

“Miss Latifa!”

It happened in an instant.

Her head turned abruptly, her cheek stinging, and deep inside, there was a profound sense of shame.

‘But with this, the scapegoat for the controversy will be that woman, not me. It turned out well.’

Yanan and Lucwan tried to approach and support Latifa, but she shook them off.

“If this has satisfied you, how about forgiving them now, Miss Shadi’s youngest daughter?”

Latifa, without soothing her swollen cheek, spoke quietly to Amirah, unwavering in her demeanor. People watching around started adding comments one by one.

“Isn’t she the youngest daughter of Shadi? Why is she seeking so viciously alone?”

“Tsk, the wealthy lack virtue…! Women can be truly cruel. She probably can’t even marry properly like that!”

“Not just anyone but doing such things to the goddess of Caleb. Even if she receives the punishment of Poina (goddess of retribution), it will be a very great punishment, right?”

As the surrounding voices of people expressing their displeasure reached her ears, Amirah, somewhat flustered, began to vent her anger towards the people.

Perhaps she had received affection and praise only from wealthy families and acquaintances throughout her life.