Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2382

"What did you dare say about my daughter?" Kamila had also gained enhanced hearing due to Awakening and Elysia's growing strength.

"The truth, Baroness Verhen." The Grand Duchess said with the condescending smile she used to address the dumbest members of her house staff. "Can you deny being an oath breaker? That the child you carry is a hybrid? I don't think so."

"I can't." Kamila nodded. "Just like you can't deny that one of your sons needed a Royal Pardon to get out with his skin from those rape charges. Or that one of your cousins has been caught for embezzlement and fraud. Do you want me to continue?"

The Grand Duchess went pale, losing her hilarity. The bigger and older a noble family was, the more dirt they had. Kamila was a Constable and could have gone on for an hour about the crimes of her relatives.

"I guess that an apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or in your case, the whole tree is rotten. As for you, dear Marquess…" Her lips were curled up and her teeth exposed, but the thing on Kamila's face was no smile. "I heard you are under investigation for high treason.

"Rumors say that after Thrud disabled the six great academies, you went this close to switching sides. Did you fall in love with one of the Mad Queen's Emperor Beasts or are you just an opportunistic coward?"

"How dare you?" The Marquees said while straightening his back to tower over Kamila. "The Grand Duchess' son received a Royal Pardon so his crime is like it never happened. As for me, I did no such thing as treason!"

"Well, I got pardoned as well but you didn't seem to care." Kamila clicked her tongue in disgust. "As for your crimes, I'd wait until the end of the trial before showing my face in public if I were you."

"Watch your tongue, child." The Duchess said. "Your ignorance of Court etiquette is excusable, but only up to a certain point. You shouldn't speak of what you don't know."

"What I know is that while my husband was risking his life for us all, all of you so-called nobles and your families were hiding like rats in the farthest corners of the Kingdom from the conflict.

"The Verhen Household sent every single Mage they had to fight the Mad Queen and her army. Lith, Tista, and Solus have stood by Sylpha's side until the end. What about you?

"How many Mages have you sent? How many members of your families volunteered for the battle and how many have relinquished their duties leaving a coward's brown trail in their wake instead?" Kamila replied, putting way more than those three noble Households to shame.

"If you can't take a blow, dear, Grand Duchess, you'd better not start a fight because I'm not going to let you and your friends run your mouths wild."

"You'd better apologize or-"

"Or what?" Kamila cut the Grand Duchess short. "Do you dare violate the peace of the King's Court and threaten me? Or maybe you want to hit me? Because I'd love to see how that goes."

Grand Duchess Cranst had already opened her palm for a slap when Kamila's words reminded her of the day of the Black Sun. The details of the attempt on Baroness Verhen's life were a state secret, but its consequences were public knowledge.

The quakes, the blotted sun, and the storms were still vivid in the minds of everyone who lived in Garlen.

"And so would I." Lith stepped forward, putting himself between Kamila and the Grand Duchess.