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Prince Lance suddenly doubted his own strength. He punched Mathias with all his might to see if he could finally make him give in.

Durability 0.40 +

Pu! Mathias only spit a bit before acting as if nothing had happened.

"That's it?" Mathias asked with a dark face, his injuries from the beating unknowingly healed, although he still looked injured on the outside.

Prince Lance looked dazed and stared at Mathias as if he was looking at a lunatic. This guy is insane! he thought.

He suddenly didn't have the mood to beat Mathias anymore. Who would beat someone who doesn't seem to give in no matter what?

"Tsk. Can't believe you only have this much power," Mathias continued to mock and provoke Prince Lance.

Prince Lance was about to kick Mathias when a voice sounded.

"What's happening here?"

Queen Olivia entered the room with Butler Edward and Butler Antonio, who was in charge of Mathias and Lance.

Prince Lance, who was about to kick, stopped and snorted in disdain. "You're lucky, trash," he said with arrogance, but he also wanted to stop, feeling a bit tired and not wanting to deal with trash anymore.

After that, Prince Lance bowed towards the queen. Prince Ren, Princess Stella, and Princess Stacy also bowed.

"Can you explain to me what's happening here?" Queen Olivia looked indifferently at Mathias, who was lying and sitting on the floor, looking at her with a smile, seemingly calm and happy if it weren't for the bruises covering his face and some dirt stained on his royal clothes.

Butler Edward hurried over to Mathias and helped him stand up. "Are you alright, Prince Mathias?" he asked with worry in his eyes.

"I'm alright, Edward," Mathias nodded and patted his shirt, which was stained with dust and a bit of dirt from Lance's boots.

While Queen Olivia glanced at Prince Mathias, she settled her gaze on the other princes and princesses.

Her gaze particularly stopped on Prince Lance.

Lance doesn't care, he thought. Like he'll be in trouble for beating a condemned prince, right? Haha.

When she noticed no one was responding, Queen Olivia asked again, and Princess Stacy spoke up, but Lance didn't care.

"You beat the fifth prince?" Queen Olivia asked Prince Lance coldly.

"That's right," Prince Lance nodded and admitted.

"Do you have any reason why you beat him?" Queen Olivia frowned and looked at Prince Lance.

She didn't really care about Mathias; she just wanted a reason or excuse for beating a prince.

Even if it was a lie, it was alright, as long as Lance came up with a reasonable excuse, it wouldn't affect the image of Lance or the royal family too much.

Prince Lance also knew what the queen had in mind, so he nodded and explained, "Prince Mathias, my Fifth Brother, molested Princess Stella, lusting after our Fourth Sister. I had no choice but to teach him a lesson."

!!! Everyone in the room was shocked. Even Princess Stella was stunned by Lance's explanation.

Mathias thought Lance was too shameless and despicable. I just had a crush on her, okay?

"Is that true, Princess?" Queen Olivia asked Princess Stella, who was obviously stunned.

"It's not true!!!" Princess Stacy shouted in anger.

Butler Edward also nodded. The Prince Mathias he knows would never do something like that.

"Am I talking to you?!" Queen Olivia asked Princess Stacy indifferently.

"He's lying, Your Royal Queen!" Princess Stacy pointed at Prince Lance, who was smiling at her contemptuously.

"Shut up! It's not your turn to speak!" Queen Olivia shouted angrily at Princess Stacy.

"But-" Princess Stacy was about to retort when she was interrupted by the queen.

"I said shut up, didn't I?!" Queen Olivia looked furiously at Princess Stacy.

Princess Stacy nodded with teary eyes, biting her bottom lip in frustration.

"Is Prince Lance's accusation true, Princess?" Queen Olivia asked Princess Stella again.

Princess Stella was in a dilemma. Do I lie? she thought, hesitating.

Mathias had indeed humiliated her, but framing him like this was too much, right?

Seeing Princess Stacy begging her with a look, she was even more hesitant.

Princess Stella gripped her skirt's dress and nodded uncertainly. "Prince Mathias did indeed lust after me with his words earlier..." she said in a small voice.

Queen Olivia frowned and looked at Mathias.

Whether it's true or not is not her concern, she thought.

Prince Mathias's importance to the kingdom and to the king is close to nothing at all.

Queen Olivia questionably looked at Prince Ren, who also nodded.

However, she didn't look at or ask Princess Stacy at all.

She didn't consider Princess Stacy at all.

Like Mathias, Stacy also didn't have much backing power in the kingdom, but she was still useful to the kingdom and to the king because of her talent in magic.