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Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel

Chapter 524: -44- The dust settles

Author: Crunch
updatedAt: 2025-07-06

CHAPTER 524: -44- THE DUST SETTLES

Louis V’s judgment of the Third Prince plunged the entire hall into silence.

No one expected His Majesty the King to be so decisive.

Charlotte was somewhat surprised as well.

Before the central conference convened, she had also speculated numerous times about the possible verdict for the Third Prince.

Although Charlotte felt the Third Prince deserved death, combining it with the known history of Mireya, she had always thought the King’s punishment for the Third Prince would at most be the deprivation or sealing of his Bloodline Power, followed by exile.

She really hadn’t expected it to be a direct execution.

The noble system in Mireya was still quite strict, and the Royal Family’s status was higher than that of other nobles. Even if a grave crime was committed, internal judgments rarely resulted in a death sentence.

Looking through the history of the continent, it’s not to say that there were no executions, but they were often carried out in private. Externally, a decease from illness or similar would be announced, preserving the dignity of the Royal Family and its members.

Rather than today’s public declaration.

Charlotte couldn’t help but glance at the high platform, where the aged King still showed no expression, his black pupils filled with indifference, as if the person he was sentencing wasn’t his own child.

Charlotte didn’t know whether Louis V had also grown weary of the Third Prince’s incessant issues or if he was indeed impartial to the extreme.

The only certainty was that this King, hailed as "The Great," was resolute and cold-hearted.

After all... just a few months ago, the Third Prince Philip was still Louis V’s most beloved child and a strong contender for the throne.

And yet, within a matter of months, he had been personally sent to the gallows by his own father.

"The judgment is as stated; do any of my colleagues have any objections?"

The voice of the Moon Guardian Duke again broke the silence of the hall.

The nobles looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

The Third Prince was indeed extremely wicked, his actions often challenging the limits of the nobles. But now that he had truly been sentenced to death, they didn’t quite know what to say.

Only the Duke of Violet, Hubert de Buwat Linte from the tenth seat, hesitated.

Clearly, this old Duke, who had given up his grandson during the Bold Castel war, now seemed to find it hard to bear the execution sentence upon actually hearing it.

He sighed deeply and shakily stood up from his seat.

Instantly, every noble’s gaze was drawn to him.

"Your Majesty, Philip has indeed committed heinous crimes, but he... is after all a direct member of the Valva Family, ultimately... your son."

The old Duke bowed to Louis V, his voice rough.

Louis V glanced at him indifferently,

"He was indeed my favorite son, but he is also New Moon’s Third Prince, the noblest among the New Moon nobility."

"Power and responsibility go hand in hand; the noble’s status is not a license for misconduct. Colluding with the Blood Demon Church is a great taboo in our country, not to mention the countless unforgivable crimes he has committed!"

"Since he has made a mistake, he must bear the corresponding consequences."

"Regardless of... who he is."

Confronting Louis V’s profound and decisive gaze, the Duke of Violet opened his mouth but, in the end, let out a long sigh,

"I respectfully abide by your Royal Decree."

With that, he shakily sat back down.

Louis V’s gaze swept across the hall, his commanding voice echoing,

"Regarding this central conference, does anyone else have any objections?"

Silence.

No noble stood up to object further.

Even those fueled by righteous indignation, who originally planned to protest the punishments of the "Great Purge" after the Third Prince’s trial...

A joke indeed. If the King was ready to execute even a Prince, would he spare those nobles who had colluded with the Blood Demon Church during the "Great Purge"?

Not executing them was already a display of leniency!

The nobles were not fools, they could certainly pick up on the double entendre in the King’s words.

At this moment, Louis V had already, with his actions, preemptively responded to the nobles’ stance!

"Since there are no objections, then it is decided. The execution is set for tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. The execution will not be public and will be witnessed by the Royal Cabinet and the Dukes."

Louis V stated indifferently.

He had, ultimately, left the Third Prince with the last vestige of dignity, or perhaps spared the Royal Family’s face, by not choosing a public execution.

But with the Kingdom’s Dukes and Cabinet present, there would be witnesses nonetheless.

"My Lords, do you have any questions?"

Louis V looked towards the Dukes in the front row.

The current cabinet, after the Great Purge, had replaced half of its members, and all that remained were Dukes, so the first row of Dukes also included the cabinet...

After listening to the King’s words, the Dukes looked at each other and no one seemed to have any doubts.

Louis V’s gaze finally settled back on Eleanor.

His cold, majestic gaze softened slightly as he spoke in a deep voice,

"As for all of the Third Prince’s assets... They are to be owned by Lord Bold as restitution for his crimes."

Eleanor paused for a moment, then curtsied slightly,

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration..."

Louis V dismissed her with a gentle wave of his hand and stood up from his seat.

"The meeting is adjourned,"

he said.

With those words, he left the meeting, accompanied by the Great Priest of the New Moon, the Royal Knights encircling them as they departed.

And it was not until the King and the Great Priest’s presence had completely vanished that the quiet hall once again burst into commotion.

The Nobles looked at each other and quickly engaged in animated discussion:

"Hanging! To be hanged! I really didn’t expect His Majesty to sentence the Third Prince to hanging!"

"He must have been furious too, although Princess Margaret came from humble origins, it seems His Majesty was quite fond of her..."

"I thought this trial was going to go on for days... I didn’t expect it to be resolved so quickly. Alas, the meeting ended so soon, in the end, I was unable to raise objections to ’the Great Purge’ before His Majesty..."

"Humph! Regretting now? Why didn’t you speak up when the King was here?"

"Who dared to speak up just now! We were all stunned by the verdict, and besides, if the Prince could be dealt with so harshly, what of the Nobles?"

"Sigh..."

"..."

While they talked, the Nobles began to pack up and leave their seats.

Listening to their conversations, Charlotte also sighed inwardly.

Perhaps... this was the effect Louis V had desired.

She greeted a few Nobles she knew well and also rose to leave the meeting place.

...

This meeting was all thunder and no rain.

A trial that was thought could last for days, or even more than ten days, was over in less than one day.

After the meeting, it was time for lunch, and the Council Hall had prepared a meal, but most Nobles did not partake, choosing instead to take their carriages home.

Charlotte did the same, but before leaving, she verbally agreed to attend a salon hosted by the Moon Guardian Duke in a few days, and the Moon Guardian Duke indicated that he would send Charlotte a formal invitation soon.

After rejoining Sebastian and the others outside the meeting place, Charlotte briefed her followers on the proceedings of the meeting.

"It seems that His Majesty the King is determined to strengthen centralization,"

Sebastian touched his chin and said.

Charlotte nodded slightly in agreement.

It was interesting, actually. As one of the catalyzing factors of this central meeting, she was considered a main character, yet she ended up being more of a spectator from start to finish.

But Charlotte was content to be at ease, conveniently allowing her to keep a low profile without attracting attention.

Today’s verdict would surely spread throughout the Royal Capital and then the entire Kingdom swiftly.

But that no longer concerned Charlotte.

Time flew by quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day after the trial of the Third Prince.

At noon, Charlotte heard news of the execution in the Royal Palace; it was said that the Third Prince howled and wet his pants at his execution, losing all dignity of the Royal Family.

Nevertheless, Philip de Valva of the New Moon, the Third Prince, ultimately died due to his own foolishness and sins.

Charlotte thus put to rest a concern in her heart.

And in the afternoon, the estate Charlotte had leased finally welcomed a new guest.

However, it was not the Attendant from the Moon Guardian Duke delivering the invitation to the salon.

It was a Royal Knight from the New Moon Palace.

The Royal Knight brought with him the King’s command.

Louis V... had summoned her.

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