"Can you please stop talking nonsense? Murdering on the street is a serious crime. How could we have committed such a serious crime?"
"In other words, the twenty-seven corpses that died on Kenarik Street that day were littered with corpses had nothing to do with you?"
"We did fight a group of people on the morning of February 18th, but they were not innocent civilians or adventurers, but attackers who attacked us and Lord Volavos!"
"So you admit it? Except for the eight prisoners who committed suicide, all the others present... were killed by you, right?"
The gradually rising arguments became louder and louder in the center of the hall, and even began to feel a little white-hot. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was standing at the back, was frowning and looking in front of him, scratching his neck.
After arguing with the fat nobleman for a while, he quietly turned his head and asked: "Did you kill anyone on the street? How many people did you kill?"
"Who, who remembers this?" Asahi Dongsheng heard the answer and quietly echoed his own ears: "The situation was so chaotic at the time, and this stupid brother and I had no time to care about whether to hold back or not...
"
"Who is Brother Silly Shield? Can you fucking name me?" Goldman, who also came over, heard the sound and knocked the other person on the back of the head: "And weren't the people who attacked us at that time all adventurers? Imperial people.
When did you value their lives so much?”
"This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy." Withdrawing his gaze, Xue Ling Huan Bing pinched his chin in a low voice: "Considering that the archer started a strategy of escaping after seeing me...most of them
He had already thought about not wanting to win, and then framed the people who died on that street on us."
"That's right."
As if he heard the white-haired woman's low voice, Duan Qing, who was confronting the fat nobleman in front, loudly shouted: "This is a standard frame-up! They deliberately came to us to die! We
It was just because I launched a spontaneous self-defense counterattack that I accidentally fell into this trap!"
"I have never seen such a selfless adventurer, willing to risk his own life in order to expose Volavos' crimes to the world." It seemed that he did not listen to Duan Qing's excuse at all, and the fat noble was still complacent.
He happily raised his voice and said: "If more people like this appear in the Fleur Empire, we will not worry about our great cause failing!"
"You're so damn..." Duan Qing couldn't help but burst out with vulgar words. Duan Qing rolled up the sleeves of his gray robe: "Can you listen carefully to what others say? Or have you decided that we are already the evil party?"
"Of course, we have already confirmed Volavos's crime." The fat noble put away his compassionate expression and pointed his finger at Duan Qing's nose: "And you who have killed so many innocent people,
He is their biggest accomplice!”
It seems that it has been discussed long ago.
His face finally calmed down, and Duan Qing, who had regained his argumentative momentum, tried his best to calm down his rapid breathing. The gaze that quietly glanced at the surrounding imperial nobles was slowly withdrawn again, without any trace of it.
He fell on the red-haired girl without emotion: "In other words, is this something you are planning to testify against?"
"..."
"You were indeed present that day, and it was precisely because of this that you were arrested by the Imperials."
Looking at the red-haired girl who was blocked behind the fat noble who still remained silent, Duan Qing pursed her lips and darkened her face: "If you deny everything that happened that day and continue to bite me,
It seems that I have no other evidence to defend myself."
"...It's good that you know." The red-haired girl pinched her fingers and muttered in a low voice: "Stop resisting and admit your identity quickly."
"I can admit that I killed more than 20 so-called 'adventurers' that you mentioned in the street. This is indeed true." Duan Qing let out a long breath, and then put away his fingers that were biting the girl.
Eyes: "As for the identities of the people we met, and for what reasons they were 'killed' by us..."
"Whatever you say is what you say." He raised his indifferent expression and looked fearlessly at the people looking down from the high platform of the hall: "It's just that there is no proof."
"Who said we had no evidence to prove our death? We don't have one now."
"This adventurer has a point."
The sudden voice interrupted the accusations coming from the obese noble. Along with it, the figure belonging to Duke Victoria stepped forward again: "Although there is the testimony of this magician lady as evidence, the entire
The process of this incident still sounds a bit unnatural. If Volavos led his men to kill all the protesting people in the street, there should not be such chaotic signs of fighting at the scene..."
"It is inevitable that adventurers will take action to resist, and it is normal for some chaotic battles to occur." Standing on the other side of the hall, Lord Chakna responded with his hands behind his back: "There are also a lot of flames and kerosene at the scene.
The splash marks must also be the handiwork left by this magician and alchemist when he tortured and killed those innocent civilians."
"Oh? Then why were the 'civilians' arrested by the imperial guards in the end? Could it be that the imperial military also became an accomplice of Volavos at that moment, and then went back on its word in front of Steele?
?”
"What did you say? These claims are completely baseless."
"Red."
The powerful voice perfectly joined the tit-for-tat discussion between the two people, and at the same time shifted all the attention in the hall to the tall and tall old man in military uniform on the high platform: "Where are those guards? What does Steele have?
Opinion?"
"Steele also did not complete his trial before His Majesty's order was issued, and he himself did not mention his views on these two people." The old man called Reid turned around and replied: "And...he is now
I had to deal with the group of criminals who suddenly visited the Thebilis Castle, so I had no time to come and see His Majesty."
"...Is the chaos in Thebilis related to them?" An imperial noble sitting next to him who also had a high seat asked in a low voice: "Are these adventurer gangs related to those lawless people?
What connection?”
"This kind of question should be asked to our Lord Sussus." The old man with his hands behind his back turned his attention to the noble in black on the other side: "Or..."
"Ask Simon."
He said the name, and his expression seemed to become more solemn: "Maybe he has already pried these things out of some people's mouths."
"Where is he now?"
"I have indeed sent the notice of this meeting to him today."
He opened his eyes and said in a calm voice to the richly dressed old man sitting on the left side: "As for why he didn't arrive... I don't know, either."
"Hmph." The figure belonging to His Majesty the Emperor tapped his fingers: "It seems that you have been harassing that guy a lot recently. He is already very annoying."
"Then you can't blame us. He has given up his obligations." Looking down in the direction of Duke Victoria, a smile gradually appeared on the face of the gorgeous old man: "A witness who cannot appear in court is not a witness. A witness who can prove
There is no way to test the matters."
"Your Majesty, please make a clear decision."
He turned his head, and his body covered with serious diseases also bent heavily with the respectful salute, and the figure belonging to the emperor that the imperial nobles led by him all faced, also followed the tranquility.
As time passed, he raised his hesitant hand: "I understand."
"Based on all the discussions you have made so far, I will make a decision." His voice rose again, and the powerful voice that shook the eardrums echoed in everyone's ears: "I am about to take office.
Ida Volavos, the Imperial Minister of Transport, is found guilty."
"The adventurers related to him are jointly and severally guilty."
The buzz of discussion then suddenly sounded in every corner of the entire hall, and the atmosphere on the entire high platform became solemn and tense. Friedman never stood up to speak since he sat down again.
He couldn't help but hold himself up, and looked in the direction of the luxurious old man with shocked and suspicious eyes: "Caldera, what's going on?"
"..."
"You guys, have you reached a compromise with the military?" Friedman's fingers began to tremble as he watched the old man and Marshal Reid close their eyes and react without any ripples.
"Have you given up on the Date family?"
"You can't say that, dear Minister of Trade." Another fat man's teasing voice sounded from the other side of the high platform, accompanied by a man wearing a red and black luxurious uniform with several fingers on his fingers.
The minister of the ring stood up with a smile: "The successor of the Ida family has not officially taken office yet. It is still too late to regret now. Since the facts have reached this point, we might as well consider how to minimize the losses.
,Is it?"
"Field Palmer, it's you." After looking around at the faces of the other silent ministers, Friedman finally had a sudden look in his eyes: "You have been holding back for so long, are you just waiting for this?"
A moment?”
"What are you talking about? Why can't I understand?" The fat minister known as Field shook his arm and replied: "And this is the result witnessed by all the imperial nobles and the decision made by His Majesty the Emperor just now. Don't you
Is there any room for objection?”
"...At least the unresolved plot should be taken into consideration."
Putting away the angry look on his face, Friedman hurriedly turned his head in the direction of His Majesty the Emperor: "There are still too many unidentified problems in this incident. At least these should be taken into consideration in the judgment."
"
"That's what the law should do, not what I should do." After waving his hand, His Majesty the Emperor issued his order toward the bottom of the hall: "Take it down."
"wait wait wait."
Before Duan Qing and others who started struggling could speak out again, Qian Zhihe, who had been being held under the platform, hurriedly asked: "Those people over there, what will happen to them?"
"His Majesty has personally made the judgment, and what awaits them is naturally the fate they deserve." The fat imperial noble standing in front of her answered with a hint of a low smile in his voice: "Don't worry.
, he will die a worthy death."
"This, this is different from what you said before." The girl made a hurried cry: "Didn't you say before that it would not endanger your life at all, so you let me come out?"
"Your mission is over." The smile quickly faded, and the aristocratic figure, who was as fat as Field on the high platform, waved his hand to the imperial royal guards who came up around him: "Didn't you hear His Majesty's order? Bring me with you.
She goes down, along with these people, and locks them all up until...uh."
His voice paused for a moment, and was accompanied by movements that gradually became numb. His neck seemed to feel some huge pressure, and then he slowly turned around with cold sweat flowing out, speaking with awe and awe.
He looked with fearful eyes at the two electric beams of light coming from His Majesty the Emperor in the center of the high platform: "Did I say to take them down?"
"You, you..." The fat on the noble's body shook like chaff: "Your Majesty, is there anything else you need to ask..."
"I have made a decision regarding Volavos."
In the silent atmosphere where countless eyes were focused again, that majestic voice echoed over the hall again: "But this cabinet meeting was not just convened to resolve this matter."
"We have another problem that has not been solved." He pointed to Prime Minister Caldera next to him, and then clapped his hands when the latter nodded: "That is"
"About the Tanzania case and my stupid son Chris."
The silence became more obvious with the appearance of these words. Even the breathing of the ministers standing or sitting on the high platform seemed to become clearly audible in Duan Qing's ears.
The imperial royal guards who were all pulled away by the players heard the sound and slowly released their pulling movements, pushing the struggling gray-robed magician to the center of the hall again: "Okay,
This problem was indeed within our expectations, but..."
"This matter should only be related to me. My companions only joined our adventure team after I left Tanzania City." He arranged his gray robe and pointed.
Pointing behind him: "Let them go first, okay?"
"Do you think I can't figure out the identity of the white-haired swordswoman?"
Heavy pressure fell on Xue Ling Huan Bing across the space, causing the woman who had been silent until she suddenly bent down with a muffled groan. Duan Qing, who noticed this, also hurriedly protected her.
In front of me, the emperor's deep laughter came to my ears again: "You can't escape Yu's eyes, because Yu is the emperor of Frey Empire, Drenir."
"Now that we are in front of Yu, everything should be done according to Yu's wishes." He shouted loudly: "Where is Tristan Romilia?"
"Bring him up."
This chapter has been completed!