Chapter 576 - Five Hindred And Seventy-six: A Lighter Sentence (1/2)

”Would you believe me, your loyal lord who stood by you for years and fought alongside during the invaders or a kid still in diapers, your royal highness?! ”

That question carried a lot of weight and everyone turned in the direction of the queen to know what her decision would be. Most of them believed Lord Albert, however, something must have happened for the kid to come up with such an allegation. Hence, it was suspicious.

To their surprise, the queen didn't reply, rather turned to her son, Prince Kai, asking, ”What is the result? What did you find?”

At once, everyone returned their gaze on Judy recalling he was with the evidence.

Judy looked down on the phone and then at the audience before he shook his head sadly, ”There's nothing here,”

”What?!” The kids shouted from shock.

There was a great uproar from the crowd. Even the queen was struck dumb. Above all, the kids were the most confused.

”How is that possible!”

”No way!”

”It can't be possible!”

”Are you sure you checked well?” Reina stood up this time. If this was wrong, then her children were in deep trouble.

”Gone over twenty contacts and their chats to the time even before the kids arrived here, there's nothing close to treason or even a hint of it, ”Judy disclosed.

No one dared to doubt him, not even Reina. Judy was the prince and the victim of this treason, there was no reason he would lie about such a huge matter unless he was courting death.

”How is that possible?” Ailee turned to Neon at once, ”Wasn't it supposed to be in his phone?”

”You said you saw it,” Allen began to doubt him, ”Are you sure you even knew what you saw?”

Neon bit on his lips, feeling overwhelmed and confused. He was sure of what he saw but with the number of stares boring into him, he was beginning to doubt even his own reality.

”I don't know,” He shook his head, unsure.

”God,” Allen groaned, palming his face, ”We trusted you blindly and you led us into deep shit?”

”Neon doesn't lie, something must be wrong,” Ailee felt it strongly. She wondered, what would her sister, Isabella do in this situation? She would probably think of all the possible loopholes they missed.

What had they missed? What had they missed in a haste to solve this matter?

Neon was sure he had seen the chat about treason and she trusted Neon was speaking the truth. The only person she didn't trust was Lord Albert and...

At once, Ailee turned to Lord Albert as something clicked in her head, ”You knew Neon had seen the chat and the fact this situation might arise, hence you tampered with the chat!”

The uproar in the crowd increased, but this time their opinion was against the kids. Since the evidence was ruled out, they all believed the kids were at fault. However, so-called kids still didn't realize their mistake? How outrageous!

”Your highness!” Lord Albert called the queen's attention at once, ”Not only have the kids accused me wrongly, they still go ahead to slender my name? What have I done to deserve this, my queen?”

”But your highness - ” Ailee still pressed.

”That's enough!” The queen silenced her even before Reina could make a move to stop her.

Queen Roselle stood up, her eyes traveling across the room and meeting everyone's gaze. They all held their breath, knowing she was about to pass judgment. Even the kids didn't dare make a move - as reckless as they were, they knew this was a critical moment.

”This dinner is over. I want the parents of the kids in my office right now!” The queen said and strode away without looking back.

Niklaus and Reina stared at each other, and they sighed. They knew this would happen if the evidence was invalid.

”I'll speak to her,” Judy offered to go first knowing he would be able to calm her down. With the state of anger his mother was in, he was sure she would make a reckless judgment.

But Niklaus shook his head, ”No, that would depict cowardice and inability to live up to expectation and that would anger the queen more. Moreover, it's our fault as parents for failing to train our kids well,” He tapped his shoulder, ”It's our burden as their parents,”

”Fine, if you say so. However, I'll be there to help,”

”Thank you,” Reina was touched by his kind gestures.

”You should have known your place and stayed there,” Lord Albert said to the kids - to Neon in particular - when no one was looking.

Allen frowned, realization dawned on him, ”Neon was right?”

Lord Albert chuckled and then squatted down in front of the kids who were giving him a defiant look. To others, he looked like he was giving the kids a word of advice, but the kids knew otherwise.

He tried to pat Neon's cheeks but Ailee stood in front of him defensively, glaring at him.

”You kids are smart enough to know you shouldn't involve yourself in this matter,” He spoke with a kind smile - what a huge pretender.

”You are not going to get away with this!”Allen promised him.

However, the man wasn't bothered by their ordinary words, ”For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,”