"Yes… Where is the heart?" The senator demanded, his gaze fixed intently on Matilda.
"I don't know," Matilda replied, her voice strained. "I dropped it on the ground when I lost consciousness. I don't know what happened next."
"That's strange. Joshua is a celestial-stage warrior; his heart would be valuable. I'm just saying, what if someone took it?"
"What are you implying?!" Matilda shot back, a frown creasing her brow.
"I'm saying you took it."
A stunned silence fell over the courtroom. Matilda, everyone present, and the countless citizens watching the broadcast were utterly shocked.
"Why would I want that?" Matilda asked, her voice now dangerously cold.
'Is Peter stupid?! Saying this before the Empress and everyone will surely draw her wrath… Isn't he scared?' The old senator thought, bewildered.
"You are ambitious, my Queen. You might need it for something far more 'important'," Peter stated, his eyes boring into Matilda's. "What do you say to showing us your storage?"
