Elain cried uncontrollably, her voice turning hoarse, "Please, show mercy and give my daughter back to me. I beg you. I assure you that my daughter won't bother you anymore, everything was my idea as a mother!"
"It's my fault. I ask nothing more but for you to give me my daughter back, alright?"
Lucille's eyelashes fluttered as she gently replied with two words, "I'm sorry."
Like a mad woman, Elain grabbed at Lucille's feet, constantly repeating, "Give my daughter back... give her back..."
All the guards and minions surrounding them dared not approach.
People unconsciously tend to sympathize with the weaker party.
Not to mention how most of them witnessed the scene where Lucille had let Noelle go, allowing her to fall off the cliff. Some even propagated another version of the story.
They said that Lucille, disgusted and annoyed by Noelle's repeated advances toward Joseph, took the opportunity to harm Noelle.