Subaru's furious roar had just drowned out all the noise in the hall. Her throat burned as if she had swallowed a piece of red hot coal.
But more than that, she stared fiercely at Bordeaux on the platform, her eyes blazing with furious flames.
Reinhard, who had been about to step forward, noticed this and silently withdrew her foot. A complicated emotion flickered within her blue eyes beneath her red hair.
"Presumptuous!" Bordeaux slammed his hand onto the table and stood up. "How dare you disrupt the Royal Selection meeting! Guards, seize this insolent woman!"
The Guards immediately moved toward Subaru. Carlisle instantly leaped down from the platform and firmly blocked their path.
"Please stop. She is a maid from the Roswaal Mansion, not a suspicious person."
Subaru stepped out from behind Carlisle. Enduring the burning pain in her throat, she performed a flawless maid's curtsy.
"My apologies. I am Natsuki Subaru, the personal maid of Sir Carlisle Eltheran."
Bordeaux sneered coldly.
"Hmph. As expected, a servant of the Witch's pawn. Birds of a feather."
"Shut up, you old bastard!"
Subaru's furious shout stunned Bordeaux. His face instantly turned a dark purple. After holding a high position within the Council of Sages for decades, when had he ever been publicly insulted like this?
But Subaru was not finished.
"So this is what happens when a country has no king. Idiots like you get to give the orders. No wonder the Divine Dragon decided to hold a Royal Selection!"
"Insolence! Do you even know who you are speaking to?"
"Of course I do!" Subaru's voice trembled with rage. "Even a lowly maid like me knows that Satella was sealed four hundred years ago! I never expected that a dignified member of the Council of Sages would be frightened out of his wits just because of a legendary resemblance. If the kingdom is led by cowards like you, then it truly has no future!"
The moment the name Satella was spoken, the entire hall fell into deathly silence.
Bordeaux's face shifted between red and green as he pointed at Subaru with a trembling finger.
"Enough! You wretched servant! Do you think you can behave however you want just because you have the Witch's pawn backing you? Guards! Throw her into the dungeon immediately!"
"You should stop too!"
Subaru suddenly raised her voice again.
"Witch's pawn this, Witch's pawn that's!" she scoffed. "You know better than anyone that Lady Emilia is not the Witch of Envy, and Carlisle is certainly not some Witch's pawn! Precisely because you know they will not harm you, you dare to act so arrogantly!"
"If Lady Emilia really were the Witch of Envy, I doubt you would even dare to breathe."
Her gaze swept across the nobles seated in the hall.
"Lord Bordeaux, you and these flattering noble pigs are all the same!"
The nobles' expressions instantly darkened. This was the second time today they had been humiliated like this. Earlier, they had tolerated Felt's insults because she was a Royal Selection candidate and had the support of the Sword Saint and the Astrea family. They had even dared to insult Carlisle earlier because he came from commoner origins.
But now they were being publicly humiliated by a mere maid.
Unforgivable.
A faint killing intent slowly spread among the noble seats.
Bordeaux trembled with fury, his breathing heavy like a bellows.
"Guards... Guards! Immediately drag this wretch away!"
The Guards rushed forward without hesitation. They paid no attention to Carlisle. No matter how high his prestige was, he was still a knight. How could he possibly defy the authority of the Council of Sages?
The nobles whispered among themselves, looking at Subaru as if she were already dead. Being humiliated publicly by a maid had crossed the limits of noble dignity. Some were already thinking about how they would properly deal with this ignorant girl once she was imprisoned.
This cold killing intent directed toward Subaru was clearly sensed by Carlisle. Once again, he stepped forward and stood directly in front of her.
"Stop."
His voice was not loud, yet it was clearly heard by both the nobles and the Guards.
However, the Guards continued approaching, and the nobles' killing intent did not fade.
Carlisle slowly closed his eyes.
The next moment.
"I said. Stop!"
Boom.
A violent torrent of magic and aura burst out from Carlisle like a dragon awakening from its slumber. The entire hall trembled violently under the terrifying pressure. The crystal chandeliers shook with piercing rattles, and the exquisite stained glass windows creaked under the strain.
The Guards closest to him were instantly thrown backward by the shockwave. The pampered nobles were even worse. Some clutched their heads and crouched down in terror, while others collapsed directly onto the floor.
Carlisle slowly opened his eyes.
Within his blue pupils, the light of six colored magic swirled continuously.
His voice was no longer gentle. It carried a chilling coldness that caused everyone who heard it to tremble.
"I, Carlisle Eltheran, hereby swear."
"Any attempt to harm the person standing behind me."
Six colored magic spiraled violently around his body like a storm.
"Will be regarded as a declaration of war against me personally."
T/N- I'm sick, that is why update schedule has been changed. Will try to update more chapters Tommorow.
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