ARCHDEUS

PLENUM(4)

Southenpaten Palace

A week has passed since the opening of the session, now in the meeting hall of the Council of Parliament members of the House of Parliament has re-assembled.

In this second session they will hear reports and headlines that will be sued by the trial applicants namely Count of Yorksall and Count of Otilia.

But until the trial opened, with the exception of the Count of Yorksall, there was still no sign of the arrival of the Count of Otilia.

"The Right Honourable Lord Philip of Otilia wishes to testify before the Assembly of His Holiness immediately" said the Grand Chamberlain.

An officer enters the court leadership. He whispered to the Grand Chamberlain and handed over a letter to the head of the congregation and his representatives.

The letter contained a power of attorney from the Count of Otilia who submitted his vote and the suit to Fertiphile.

"The Right Honourable Lord Alexander of Fertiphile wishes to testify on behalf of Otilia at the Assembly of His Holiness" the Grand Chamberlain said.

This time Alex stood up from his chair. He spoke loudly and firmly.

"My Lords and Members of the House of Spiritual, I am Alexander Ivanov Fertiphile, the eldest son of the Lord of Fertiphile had been empowered by His Right Honourable Lord Philip of Otilia in representing his county before this assembly. I first give praise and thanks to the divine, and may glory and greatness always abound in the presence of His Majesty Our Blessed King. But it is a pity in this Majlis of His Majesty, I and perhaps all of us who have clean hearts and holy intentions should sit low and stand as high as a war criminal who has burned down his neighbors have an oath of allegiance to the king we love and honor to the god we worship. In this era of uncertainty should not the nobles, especially those who hold executive magistrate power, have a moral responsibility to keep all elements of the country united regardless of political views for the sake of loyalty to the our king who is not divided for."

Alex has been preparing for this speech for a long time. He and Regis made a sentence full of irony and certainly full of praise for the monarchy and terms that are considered sacred. Although Alex actually really does not like to praise mortal beings like humans but the condition is now forced to do that.

"But today, a 16-year-old man has seen with his own eyes how a great nobleman ravaged his neighbor's territory. I saw how they burned villages, houses, kidnapped children, raped women, and killed men. Aren't they all also the people of Our Most Merciful King?  But why did the great nobleman do all this to the people of our king? to our king's land? and to our king's loyal servant? That person should be ashamed, he does not deserve to have a noble title. He was a war criminal who killed his brethren and his demons! In this table, my Alexander Ivanov Fertiphile represents the voice of the Fertiphile Dynasty and represents the sorrow of the Dynasties and the people of Otilia pleading with all members of the spiritual councils and lords to condemn the Canadian invasion of Othilia as well as other regions and force him to leave areas that are not his right," Alex said.

Alex's speech was met with applause from the nobles and some priests. Surely the nobles are clapping mostly from the Sandwealth coalition. But some are seen as nobles from the Norchaster coalition. The pastors looked much more varied in welcoming Alex's speech.

It seems Alex managed to give a positive first impression to the members of the spiritual council (House of Spiritual).

Afterwards, the Count of Yorksall also gave a similar testimony that essentially condemned the Canadian attack on his neighbor.

Of course, all members of the Sandwealth Coalition gave a standing ovation.

Meanwhile the marquess looks uncomfortable especially Marquess Beldon Ellison Hornwall as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Artchania and of course Marquess Canadia.

Both are in the same coalition and they also currently hold executive power.

Unfortunately, at this session, the two men or other nobles were unable to give arguments against the objection. They will have to wait for at least a third session or a fifth session to dispute the lawsuit.

But what they fear more is that it looks like the Norchaster coalition sees this conflict as an opportunity to bring down a legitimate cabinet.

It is not impossible that Sandwealth and Norchaster signed a memorandum of understanding on this fief war.

During this second session, both Fertiphile and Yorksall continued to curse and expose the war sins committed by Canadia.

During this session in effect, Count Canadia could only shake her teeth and hold back her anger.

In contrast, coalition leaders like Karl, who is a representative of the Sandwealth Family, seem very enthusiastic in supporting each speech of the two people who are filing a lawsuit. Meanwhile, Duke Norchaster gave a faint smile. But instead of a smile that shows sympathy, this is more to a smile when looking at a toy that attracts his attention.

As for the Pontifex and the King just kept silent while continuing to pay attention with a sharp gaze.

Alex returned to his residence in the capital after a long session in parliament was over.

There his servants greeted him well. Unfortunately there is no Alen or Justin who is the person who knows Alex's favorite.  Alen was busy administering the Fertiphile region after the count and Alex left.

Alex and Otto went to the basement. But in contrast to the underground floor that seems spooky and often used like a prison, the basement floor in this mansion looks well arranged and neat so as not to leave a gripping impression.

At the door were two guards standing guard. The soldiers saluted.

Otto opened the door and Alex came in.

In the room it looks very luxurious. This could be matched with the rooms of the wealthy nobles.

On one of the chairs whose frame was made of gold, there was a man sitting with a resigned look.

He is Philip .

Since he was caught by Alex, he is currently serving a period of house arrest. He could not leave his room let alone the mansion.

In addition, he was also forced to make a power of attorney in which a lawsuit from Othilia would be represented by Fertiphile.

"Master Count. How are you doing?" ask Alex.

"Do you think I look okay?" answer Philip .

Although Alex still speaks politely to Philip but his movements look much more relaxed. He even sat as tall as a count.

"Sir, you should have been more cooperative. You don't want your fate to be like your friend's, do you?"

Alex is currently talking about the person who spoke to Philip at the bar. That person is currently being taken care of by Regis. Since that person was not an important person and was only an informant, then his fate was clearly not as good as Philip .

"Are you threatening me?"

Philip gave a cynical look to this young man. Although he was arrested, but he did not want to show his weakness at all.

"Master, I'm not threatening you. Instead, I'm trying to protect you. When the whole procedure in parliament has been completed, then we will return to their respective territories regardless of whether the lawsuit we lay successfully passed or not. But I'm worried about your life."

Alex sighed as if he was sympathetic to Philip's future fate.

"However your actions have the potential to destroy the cooperation between our Coalition and Norchaster or the information you leaked to the marquesses sooner or later will be heard by the countess. So in that condition I can't imagine your fate going forward" Alex continued.

Philip was silent for a moment. But he still remained suspicious of Alex.

"What do you want?" ask Philip .

Instead of directly answering Philip's question, Alex looked at Otto.

Otto understood his young master's intentions, and gave the previously ordered documents to be brought.

Alex took the document and handed it to Philip .

"This is a document we took from your friend. This can be convincing evidence of all your actions.  I'm not going to ask for much, but I want you to help for one thing. If you are willing, then the countess or anyone else will not know that this document ever existed."

Alex smiled slightly. After that, he and Otto left the room and left Philip with all his dilemma.