“The Duchess says that if a confession is not absolutely necessary, they want to cut off their limbs and burn them before casting them outside the territory.”
Perhaps it was simply a matter of waiting for the lord’s permission to kill, given the authority of the judicial system.
One of the formidable powers held by the ten great families of the Parsard Empire was the judiciary.
Although it was a power limited to their territories and under the supervision of the Imperial Correction Bureau, in cases like the Blahnath family, which possessed vast territories ranging from Conwell to Baltimore and Lindcoem, the authority was indeed unimaginable.
Therefore, it was only proper to execute the perpetrator who had killed the previous Duke. The problem was that the suspect had not admitted guilt, and it might not yet be certain that they were the culprit.
Nevertheless, the power of the judicial system allowed them to proceed with the execution…
Cassard reached out to gauge the amount of paperwork that butler Tuan was holding. Glancing at the enormous pile of papers, he gently touched his forehead.
Of course, delaying his return to the territory on the pretext of graduation was part of the reason, but coming early would not reduce the workload.
Should he trust the crime investigation report sent from the Lindcoem Police? That a twentyyearold woman, the same age as him, had killed her father?
The report did not directly mention it for the sake of the Duke’s honor, but was it true that the father had been killed by a common woman with whom he had had an affair?
“Put it on hold.”
With those brief words, the young Duke closed his eyes slightly. His upright posture remained the same, but Tuan swallowed the things he had planned to report in sequence, seeing fatigue deeply settled in his face.
There was no need to rush, as the new Duke had taken his place and it was time for everything to return to normal.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]It had been about a month since Rakan, a sergeant of the Blahnath division, was sent down to Lindcoem. It was an afternoon when, after clearing up the backlog of work, he dined with his mother for the first time.
“Duke, you must be very busy? I’ve been worried whether you’ve been eating well.”
The Duchess spoke gently, and the Duke greeted her with a nod. Even without a deep bow, his dignified attitude gave the impression of being formal.
“Thanks to your concern.”
The Duchess smiled in satisfaction at his dignified speech and behavior, even when dealing with his mother. She was proud of her perfect son, born to be the Duke of Blahnath.
Such feelings brought to mind both pride and regret about her husband, who had died just days before he could see their son graduate as valedictorian of Ecol Parsard and elevate the family’s honor.
And in the end, the unresolved case stuck in her throat like a thorn, making it hard even to swallow food.
“Has the confession still not been obtained?”
The Duke’s leisurely hand, slicing tender veal, paused for a moment. Cassard responded with an appropriate smile to the topic about the suspect, who had been identified as the lover and murderer of his father.
“We are continuing the investigation.”
“Do you think she’s not the culprit?”
“I wonder.”
Cassard’s indifferent response finally made the Duchess close her mouth. Since the public knew only that it was a homicide, it burned her all the more that Cassard acted so leisurely.
Had she not known long ago that her son’s leisure was not born of laziness, she might have rushed to Lindcoem at once.
As if reading the Duchess’s thoughts, Cassard was the first to speak.
“I plan to interrogate her personally.”
“The Duke… personally?”
“Yes.”
Well, that’s that. My son wouldn’t overlook such a matter. Surely something else must have emerged during the investigation.
A smile appeared at the corner of the Duchess’s mouth.
“In any case, to protect the honor and pride of the family…… I believe it will be handled wisely.”
Cassard, who got off at Lindcoem Station, the eastbound terminal of the Parsard crosstrain, got into the vehicle brought by the Deputy Rakhan who had come to meet him.
Was it once the capital of the ancient Ebern Kingdom?
The early summer in Lindcoem was teeming like a wave of green. Petals fallen from the Maronie trees lined up along the big road were fluttering here and there with the wind, decorating the road like ornaments.
Looking out the car window at the feast of vitality, Cassard turned his eyes back to the petitions he had been putting off reading.
They were all similar. Scatha wouldn’t do that, Scatha is a kind nurse, Scatha, Scatha……. Quite a popular nurse it seemed, with many petitions piling up. A girl who grew up in the monastery, there were dozens of letters from the nuns alone.
Cassard’s hand, flipping through the boring and formulaic petitions one by one, suddenly stopped.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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