"That's ridiculous. She's not capable, she's not smart enough to do that." Unlike Marquis Anais, who staggered in shock, Ivana snorted. When the Kiellini family became dangerous due to the poisoning incident, it was clear that he was trying to weave Christine into a counterattack against it.

"Bring them in."

At Killian's command, Lady Delat and the maid Jane were brought in.

"Speak everything."

At Valerian's command, Lady Delat told what she had been ordered to. Then Jane, who had been beaten into a dreadful shape, testified that Lady Anais was the one who had ordered she poison to the princess.

"The Marquis of Anais, I turned a blind eye to the kidnapping, but you must have looked down on me. I think you had no intention of cracking down on your daughter. I forgave you once; did you think I'd forgive you if your daughter did it again?"

"Your Highness, I never thought she'd do it again. Forgive me."

Ivana glared at him as the Marquis cried bitterly. "You mean you knew about this in advance?"

"Yes. That's why I told you to keep an eye on Christine, so she wouldn't do anything wrong."

"You should have told me what she did!" Ivana screamed angrily.

"Be quiet! You'll bring out who is wrong between both of you later, if there's a chance. The Anais family will be ruined. I've come to report to His Majesty the Emperor."

Ivana looked over at the words of Killian.

"You won't be able to do anything if His Majesty knew, because I know your secret."

"What secret?"

"Princess Kiellini is a fake."

At Ivana's words, the Marquis of Anais looked at her with astonishment and was about to shout something.

But Killian stopped him. "That's funny. Is Princess Kiellini a fake?"

"Yes, you can't say that you don't know. I think the reason why the Duke of Kiellini poisoned the capital is that he had his weakness seized by Your Highness in this matter. Otherwise, the Duke of Kiellini wouldn't have to do this." Ivana created a reason quite near to the truth, and extolled it confidently.

"Really? The princess is a fake?" What certainty do you have to say that? I never knew that. So I'm going to go tell His Majesty about Mrs. Marquise and ask for the Proof of Blood for the Princess of Kiellini."

She was rather unnerved by Killian's nonchalant appearance. "The Princess of Kiellini's a fake."

"That's why I want to get the Proof of Blood, as Mrs. Marquise said. If she's really a fake, I'll have to punish her. But if it's slander, I'll take the Anais family off the list of n.o.bles. No, the Anais family is over, with what Lady Anais had done."

Ivana stared at Killian confidently, and laughed at him after a while. "Who would she do the Proof of Blood with? The Duke of Kiellini is dead, isn't he? So, is she going to do it with my husband here? Then it'll say it's real, because she's a b.a.s.t.a.r.d of the man."

When she uttered her last words, Robert had to try to stop her, seeing Ivana getting to her feet and shouting as if she were mad.

"Ivana, are you crazy? Didn't you tell me that Julietta was dead? Why are you bringing the child out to this thing again, who is in the grave?" Robert had to try to keep his fears hidden. 'How did this woman find out?' Once again, he couldn't let Julietta's life fall apart because of this evil woman.

"Don't pretend you don't know. Were you happy to learn that the b.a.s.t.a.r.d you knew was dead became your niece, who you have never been interested in? Is that why you weren't aware of what Christine was doing?"

Ivana pushed against her husband, who struggled to seat her, and glared at Killian. "You said that you had warned this man, so do to this man and Christine whatever you want, whether you kill or save them. But Fjord and I had nothing to do with it. I'll divorce this guy. I'll go back to the Dudley family. So will Fjord. So, as for the Anais family, do as you please."

Killian agonized for a moment on seeing Marquise Anais, who was not daunted by her daughter's crime. He would have difficulty if she died here. People had to watch the couple leave the Imperial Castle safely, and then he should get a will and rewrite events that they committed suicide. However, this unflinching woman who didn't budge at all would not write a will voluntarily.

Killian yawned openly as if he were bored. "Mrs. Marquise, I'm tired, so I'd better finish this quickly. I can't stop you from going back to the Dudley family. But not Fjord. He is the eldest son of the Anais family and the brother of Lady Christine. I don't want to keep the direct line of the Anais family. I favored you because you were a relative on the mother's side of the family of Princess Kiellini."

After speaking, Killian ordered. "Arrest Marquis Anais, go to the mansion, capture Lady Anais and the son of the Marquis, and put them in an underground prison. There are enough witnesses, so they will be beheaded right away without trial."

Looking back at the approaching Valerian and his immediate subordinate, Ivana hysterically shouted, "You don't care if I say that Princess Kiellini is a fake and a b.a.s.t.a.r.d of the Marquis of Anais?"

"It doesn't matter." Ivana bit her lips to see Killian was unperturbed. "I'm tired. Do it quickly."