"It's an honor to see you again, Your Majesty."
After a while, on the other side of the hall, in the direction where the Thousand-Zhiked Crane had disappeared, a figure belonging to Tristan appeared in front of everyone, accompanied by two imperial royal guards. He gradually lowered his voice.
He bowed his head and said solemnly to Emperor Drenier above the high platform: "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Do you know these adventurers behind you?"
The majestic voice then continued to rise in Duan Qing's ears, and at the same time guided the middle-aged man's eyes to Duan Qing: "These are the people you mentioned in the Tanzania City incident.
An important participant?”
"That's right." Nodding his head, Tristan blinked at Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing: "But I'm only familiar with these two, and the rest two...
…”
"According to His Royal Highness the Prince's previous report, there are indeed only two people in the Qingling Adventure Group who were candidates for his bodyguards." Prime Minister Caldera bowed forward and immediately replied: "According to His Highness the Prince's explanation, these two are also
The chaos that occurred in Tanzania on that day, and the key figures present on the subsequent Judgment Day.”
"..."
I don't know whether he was thinking about some important issue or re-observing the two so-called key figures. The figure of the emperor sitting on the throne on the high platform temporarily lost his voice, and Terry stopped his salute.
Stan straightened up again without any restraint and looked at Duan Qing's face with a smile: "Look, I said I would help you, right?"
"It has to work." Duan Qing smiled bitterly: "The situation now has become very bad..."
"It doesn't matter, it's all the result of the calculations of these nobles." Looking around at the other nobles here with fearless eyes, Tristan shook his head with his hands behind his back and said: "But I am different. I am not the same as the empire here.
Nobles don't have so many connections."
"Since His Majesty the Emperor has passed my review before, it should naturally pass yours." He looked back at the other players around Duan Qing with a kind smile: "The rest..."
"It depends on how much you are willing to keep."
"His Majesty."
As if he couldn't stand Tristan's maverick actions and remarks, the old prime minister standing on the high platform once again spoke out in his old voice: "Even though the conclusion of His Excellency Tristan's innocence has been established,
We cannot conclude that these adventurers are innocent based on this, after all, they are the masterminds of the Tanzania incident, and the incident was already over by the time Sir Romuliya arrived in the city."
"So haven't I already said that my lateness is also the result of premeditation." Tristan, who was standing in the audience, continued without hesitation: "His Royal Highness Prince Chris used all kinds of strange reasons.
He obstructed us and blocked our group by the Gemenan River for dozens of days. In the end, he actually took advantage of this situation to frame the crime on the nobles of Tanzania City."
"Okay, Your Excellency Tristan." He raised his hand to stop the unfinished words. The luxuriously dressed Finance Minister Field Parmuir, standing next to the prime minister, suddenly raised his voice and said: "We have already discussed these issues.
It was discussed at your trial, and there is no need to bring it up again now. The crux of the matter is..."
"Are the people behind them the Restorationists?" His fat finger with several rings on it pointed directly at Duan Qing's face: "Are they the people who attacked him as the Prince said?"
"Since you all think that the crime of random placement is the fault of His Royal Highness, then you should also be able to conclude that the battle that took place near the east gate of Tanzania City that day and finally burned into the city was the result of His Highness's own directing and acting, right?
?”
Tristan put away his impassioned expression and saluted upward again, turning to face the other nobles present: "His Royal Highness put the charge of 'Empire Worm' on the heads of the nobles of Tanzania City.
And he planned to use that incident to wipe out all the aristocratic forces in Tanzania City. This is an intention you can imagine, right?"
"You, you are accusing the prince!" As the imperial nobles standing in the hall gasped, the fat noble man who had been responsible for accusing Duan Qing and others bit his tongue and warned.
Said: "His Majesty the Emperor is right in front of you, please pay attention to your tone!"
"I'm just stating my previous conclusions." Tristan spread his hands indifferently: "I haven't said my deductions and guesses yet."
"Oh?" Marshal Reid, who was standing on the other side above, stared at Tristan's face with incomprehensible eyes: "Then I would like to hear what other speculations you, a returning imperial noble, have?"
"My guess is actually very simple."
Pointing to his chest, Tristan turned to face the high platform above: "In order to deal with the noble forces entrenched in the local area, or to deal with some more difficult enemies, the plan prepared by His Royal Highness should be far more than these.
Yes, for example, they can prove the crime of planning to murder our imperial nobles, or create the illusion of some more serious crime..."
"You, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm not making random guesses. After all, I was also a member of the returning noble group at that time."
Staring back the finger of the noble who made the accusation again, Tristan said in a heavy voice: "If I hadn't sensed some signs of danger, why would I have led the people to rush out in advance at the risk of resisting His Highness the Prince?
Going back?"
"...You mean to say that His Royal Highness Prince Chris had already tried to harm you at that time?"
Nodding slowly, the black-clothed nobleman named Susas said in a low voice: "Did you feel personally threatened, so you returned to Tanzania at that time?"
"I admit that I have no obvious basis. This is just one of my irresponsible conjectures." As if he was talking about an issue that had nothing to do with him, Tristan replied with a smile: "After all, I once lived in freedom.
As a city dweller, I am very knowledgeable about dangerous detection."
"Okay, we can temporarily regard His Royal Highness as a ruthless person." As if he had regained his energy, Friedman on the side said in a calm voice: "But so what? You guys?
Aren’t you still living well?”
"That's not the key point I want to say." Tristan replied with a smile: "What I want to convince you is"
"Since His Highness the Prince can do something to others, he can naturally do something to himself."
The voice belonging to Duan Qing then appeared behind the middle-aged man, and said the next words he wanted to say in advance: "The attack that His Highness suffered later was also planned by His Highness himself, it's that simple.
"
"Is this your excuse?"
Amidst the buzz of discussion that resounded in the sky above the hall, the emperor sitting in the center of the high platform finally raised his powerful voice again: "You identify the person behind your scenes as His Royal Highness himself?"
"To be precise, I want to identify him." Amidst the clanging of armors, the words from Asahi Dongsheng echoed throughout the hall as he stepped forward: "Neither of them showed up when the meeting was called.
, I was the only one present, and an adventurer who was not from our adventure group suddenly attacked His Royal Highness, causing him to suffer a slight injury to his left shoulder."
"You, what did you say?"
"Yes, I am one of the witnesses." Facing the loud questions from all around, the giant ax warrior looked at the eyes looking down from the high platform without fear: "And I also witnessed how they
He mistook a deer for a horse, but then he mistook me for one of the attackers."
"This should also be the victim that His Royal Highness has prepared for a long time. After all, among the few people who participated in his escort, we are the only ones who are not very obedient." Duan Qing continued in a low voice: "Of course, they chose us Qing.
There should be a more important reason for the Spirit Adventure Group."
"Because we are closest to the Lord of Violet." He said with a serious face: "If we are the attackers, the mastermind behind the attack will naturally be directed to the Lord of Violet.
"
The buzz of discussion that echoed over the hall became more obvious with the appearance of Duan Qing's words. Even Marshal Reid's several roars did not calm down the buzz again. Duan Qing's
The possibility outlined in a few sentences seemed to make their disbelief a little more intense, and it also made the conclusion Tristan wanted to say much easier: "As you can see, Your Majesty,
, this is another guess I want to say."
"Based on what happened later and our follow-up investigation, this guess is obviously more likely." He pointed at the faces of the adventurers behind him, and at the same time looked at the surrounding imperial nobles with a scrutinizing gaze.
: "His Royal Highness returned to the city with his spear pointed directly at Lady Violet, and after that battle, he personally sent her to the stake."
"I don't know what other adults meant here, but until that miracle happened, everything was developing according to His Highness the Prince's intention." His eyes finally returned to His Majesty the Emperor in the center of the high platform: "I don't know.
How much does Your Majesty know about what Prince Chris is doing?"
"Presumptuous! What are you doing?" The empire's finance minister, Field Palmer, immediately raised his finger and said, "Are you going to lay the blame for this chaos on His Majesty's head?"
"I obviously didn't mean this, because this trial was originally convened by His Majesty the Emperor himself." Tristan replied with an unmoved smile: "If His Majesty the Emperor already knows all the inside stories, then he still convened
What are we doing here? Do you want to listen to our own stories?"
"Your Majesty, what Lord Tristan said does make some sense." In the scene where the hum of discussion was still ringing, the figure belonging to Prime Minister Caldera bowed heavily again: "But his remarks
There is no basis for speculation, so please don’t be easily led by his words..."
"But the trial that was originally imposed on me has ended." Tristan said loudly: "Since the various charges based on me cannot be established, then what I said should also be based on facts.
As minor players in the chaos in Tanzania City, these adventurers should be charged with lighter crimes than me."
"Nonsense! How could their role be ignored! Don't forget that they are now the men of the Restoration! They are undercover agents sent by the Restoration to find 'Loasong'!"
"You are using the results of The Thebilis Castle to deduce the reasons for the city of Tanzania, dear Lord Chakna, and this snow... these adventurers are the vanguard of the anti-reinventionists, how could they possibly
Will he become a subordinate of the Restoration?"
"Where did you come from? Are you trying to defend their identity?"
"These few words are not groundless. After all, you can still detect their identities. Even if Mr. Susas cannot find out, the empire's dark department should have already obtained some other information..."
"But, Lord Simon didn't show up today..."
"Sir Simon didn't arrive? Oh, this is a bit interesting. But even if the master is unwilling to come forward, we have many other ways to prove their situation at that time, such as"
"enough."
There was another deafening roar, and this time it was Marshal Reid with pale beard and hair who interrupted the debate among everyone, but this old man with eyes as wide as copper bells, his back that had always been straight now
But he seemed a little stooped: "...Your Majesty."
"What's the matter?"
"Regarding the Gloria family, I wonder what your Majesty's plans are?"
"Well, I would have forgotten it if you didn't tell me."
There was a bit of a smile in the powerful voice, and the tall and burly emperor finally sat upright: "It seems that your spirit is not very good. It must be because you have been on trial all morning and are overworked."
Bar?"
"Then let's end this trial."
He waved his hand and waved away all the ministers standing around the high platform. Then with a serious and scrutinizing gaze, he looked at Duan Qing's figure exposed by the nobles who had retreated to the side below:
"I will ask you the last two questions."
"...Please express it clearly, Your Majesty."
"Did you take action and defeat Violet during the rebellion in Tanzania City?"
"yes."
"Did you let Violet go during the trial?"
"……yes."
"Very good, I understand"
Nodding his head, the burly emperor suddenly stood up, and then slowly walked towards the side door at the back of the palace amid the sight of all the nobles bowing in greeting: "Today's court meeting is over."
"Bring him to Frey Palace."
This chapter has been completed!