episode_0088

“······Senior, what is this?”

“Heo Yi-gu, this is my first time seeing someone sleeping while drooling in the courthouse. Wake me up and bring me!”

“Yes.”

I feel refreshed.

Damn it! Why did you fall asleep?! I haven’t even prepared my lines yet!

Although you can’t see them because they’re wearing eye patches, you can clearly see the people’s facial expressions. His mind was strangely clear and intelligent.

“I woke up.”

I shook off my hair and quickly raised my upper body.

A quiet sigh was heard from in front.

“···Do not take off the blindfold, but carry it on your back.”

“Yes.”

Someone is carrying me.

I carried him on my back, and after walking for a few minutes, I heard the sound of the door opening in front of me. He was soon dragged up somewhere and sat on a chair.

Just like that, I took off the blindfold─── What is this…?

“Is that the person chosen by the servant?”

“···You’re young.”

“Why are you human?”

“For what?”

“······.”

I was dumbfounded, as if I had arrived in another world.

All the Ain people I’ve seen for the first time in my life are gathered together. Centaur, Human, Elf, Minotaur, Rectalian, Naga, Dverg, Goblin, Giant, Troll, Lamia, Floresian, Terub… Mermaid…?

The mermaid is quietly sitting on a chair and looking at me!

How is the mermaid here?! Most of these unique audience members were wearing badges with apple trees on their right breasts.

Among them, Grace is also sitting in the audience.

The badge with the apple tree on the chest—Could it be that it’s all Dragonia?! No, but why… why are they all here?

You said with your own mouth that I was not a person chosen by a servant, but you spread that as if it were true?

Did you really predict that things would turn out like this, and then pay a certain amount of money to buy me out when the death penalty is handed down?

Why was Jules denied admission as a defense attorney in the first place?

Whiiing──!

When I turned my gaze to the bitter sound of the wind, the wall behind me was completely empty. There is only one safety device, a railing, and below is a cliff that is as high as a 15-story apartment complex… and maybe even higher.

The sound of the wind gives me goosebumps.

It seems like they’ve made it so that if you slip, you’ll jump back and commit suicide.

The interior was similar to a theater.

The audience seats were structured to get higher as you went towards the back, and by visual estimation, there were as many seats as a large movie theater. One side of the place was filled with the Dragonia of the Magic Tower, and on the other side, dozens of elves were sitting quietly.

Yusria has a shocked expression.

The magistrate who was Juul’s friend, who was sitting on the flagstone, was nervous. It has to be that way. A slave was being tried, and the audience was filled with key figures from the global organization, Magic Tower.

···This is a tacit protest.

“Please be quiet.”

At that one word, everyone in the audience fell silent as if they had already said something.

“The two of them stood before Diana, who presides over purity. Please be advised that if you tell perjury or lies, you may face death depending on the severity.”

Something is strange.

If you tell perjury or lie, you are not only punished, but you get death? I looked around, but I couldn’t find any equipment that could do that.

“Let me ask you first. Is the plaintiff Yusria Luna herself?”

“Yes.”

After receiving Yusria’s answer, the consul’s eyes turn in this direction.

“Is Lee Si-hyeon himself the defendant?”

“My name is Lee and my first name is Sihyeon.”

“Oh, the application was incorrect.”

The consul smiles and draws something with the fountain pen decorated with his collar.

“Executor Yusria, please be careful.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

Yusria’s face, who was looking at me from afar, stiffens slightly.

What a sick bitch. Today we will die together.

“The gist of the charges against the two people has already been identified.

I know that the plaintiff threatened the defendant’s life after an argument, but I would like to know what led to the argument. Would the plaintiff please speak first?”

The consul looks towards Eusria.

“Can I tell you from the beginning?”

“Yes.”

“Footprints of neutral humans were found among the footprints of a group of humans who attacked the residents of Root Village.”

“What kind of neutral person’s footprints are these?”

“Trolls and goblins.”

Yusria is so calm.

“Given the circumstances, they were likely to be on the side of humans. We had to be wary of them. In order to investigate them, I ended up acting like an interpreter slave. As soon as that slave found the neutral demi-human, he threw away his weapon, saying he would persuade him, and ran to the place where the neutral demi-human was ambushed.”

Did it look like that?

“Can I raise an objection?”

Contrary to what you might think, only a small, irritating voice comes out, as loud as the flapping of a mosquito’s wings. I am overwhelmed by the people’s gaze and this large space, so naturally I feel dispirited. The only person who could stand here and scream like that is a crazy person!

“Dismissed. The plaintiff’s story is not over.”

The archon’s soft and cold eyes scan my face.

The look in his eyes seemed like he really didn’t like me.

” Surprisingly, although he tried to placate the neutral A-in, the defendant acted insincerely and passively interpreted and created a conflict with the neutral A-in. As a result, the neutral person developed negative feelings toward us and refused to accompany us.”

······I separated you?

“After that, like neutral people, they started refusing to accompany us. I tried to threaten him in order to bring back the plaintiff, who was a slave, but he pulled out a weapon and started aiming at me. Since I couldn’t face the troll head-on, I had no choice but to retreat, and as soon as I returned, I reported it and had him wanted.”

The archon’s eyes turn to me.

“I would also like to hear the defendant’s position.”

They are rude and polite to me.

If I think about it now, the reason why that consul treats me with respect and judges me as fairly as possible is probably because of Dragonia, who was present.

“First, the plaintiff took out a weapon without talking to the neutral person. He said he would kill them all because they couldn’t communicate. I threw down my weapon and blocked the way to stop the massacre. Isn’t it illegal to massacre neutral humans?”

uh? Is this what I said?Why is your tongue so smooth?

“I have an objection. I said that, but I really didn’t mean to.”

“Plaintiff and defendant are making statements.”

“In any case, the situation was threatening as the plaintiff stated. I was advised by my previous owner that it is best to resolve issues through communication. That’s why I acted like I was treating a human.”

“What does it mean to behave as if you were a human being?”

“It means treating them like human beings. Unlike the plaintiff, he put down his weapon and appealed. Neutral Ain, who held the decisive clue, agreed to my appeal.”

” However, from the beginning, the plaintiff showed his displeasure by unilaterally pointing his weapon at the neutral Ain, and although he requested several times to put away his weapon, it was not accepted. ”

“The plaintiff constantly threatened neutral people who decided to help us.”

“Even after the neutral Ain joined, the neutral Ain began to complain of anxiety because he did not put down his weapon. In order to calm the witness down due to the plaintiff’s uncooperative attitude, I informed him that it was me and my owner who requested help, not the plaintiff.”

Is it my tongue? My mind is strangely clear.

Thanks to this, I started to gain confidence.

“So, the neutral person only asked questions to me, and since they were personal questions asked to me personally, I did not feel any obligation to interpret.”

“Despite continuous requests, the plaintiff continued to make negative comments and threats to the neutral person, and it reached a point where the neutral person no longer trusted the plaintiff.”

“In addition, Neutral Ain, who felt his life threatened after hearing that he would be joining other executioners, reached the point where he refused to accompany the executioners.”

“Why did the defendant accompany a neutral person?”

“My owner is not the plaintiff. My master is Executor Juyul, and I have decided that it is not in my master’s interest to lose the crucial witness of former Executor Juyul, and it is out of line with the order. So I decided to act separately from them.”

“Why did the defendant get into an argument with the plaintiff?”

“The plaintiff did not stop making negative comments and actions toward the neutral person despite repeated requests. I decided that I could not accompany him in a murder case in which a person lost his life, as he carelessly put his personal feelings first and made a mistake.”

“Why did the defendant point the weapon at the plaintiff?”

······come.

“The plaintiff pointed the bow at me, so I acted ‘accidentally’ out of a sense of crisis. I’m really sorry!’ ‘I’m reflecting!’”

3 elements of sentence reduction.

By accident! sorry! I am reflecting!

In fact, I don’t reflect at all!

“The defendant is a slave. Did you know that self-defense is not recognized? Also, if you’re a slave, isn’t it right to refrain from personal actions?”

“I didn’t know about self-defense. Also, I only had a spirit of service to my master and hatred towards Drekkar’s agents, and I had no other feelings at all. I think you know this because it has already been proven with results.”

The consul nods.

“Confirmed. He had a very impressive major. When the plaintiff gave his statement, he said that there was ‘stifling’, and I’m curious what this means.”

“I argued on behalf of the witness, but the witness, who was nervous due to his hostile appearance, asked me to interpret the plaintiff’s profanity, so I mentioned it in a mild manner. I think this is the plaintiff’s fault for swearing.”

“Plaintiff. You may object to the defendant’s statement.”

“······No.”

Looking at Yusria’s expression, she looked as if she had just been punched.

He probably thought I was just a 14-year-old kid. I don’t even understand. I was confident in my defense.

But was my tongue this logical? I think I said everything I could, and I think I can accept the results of the trial.

“Does the defendant have any objections to the plaintiff’s statement?”

“I think I’ve already answered everything. However, there is still something I would like to report.”

“This trial is not a trial that deals with the plaintiff’s crimes. The trial will be held at this next trial.”

It was a waste. Maybe Jules will be the one to go to the next trial, not me.

I don’t know why, but I feel like I can brush that woman off with my tongue right now.

“Slaves are not entitled to appeal. Are you aware that you will have to accept the verdict once this trial is over?”

“Yes. I am aware of this.”

“Yes. I will make a ruling.”

The archon’s eyes fell on me.

“The defendant did not show intentionality, and although it was a bit extreme, he acted with morally correct thoughts, was reflecting on what happened at the time, and he successfully completed the given task and even returned.”

···only?

“It is a clear crime to point a weapon at the plaintiff. The defendant is an immature human being who has not yet become an adult, and he also suffered serious injuries at the hands of our Union Alliance security forces. Taking the foregoing into account…”

Taking into account…?

“You will be put in an extreme situation.”

······Cut your finger? To this extent, I feel grateful.

After I cut it, I take it out and put it on right away.

“People know that they cut off the ring finger of someone who has committed a misdemeanor, sew the bone, and make the criminal carry it with him. It means don’t forget to look at your fingers. I think this is good, but what do you think of the manuscript?”

“It’s enough.”

Yusria agreed as if she had been waiting.

His face was turning red. When a child tried to eat a piece of food, his face was smeared in front of the onlookers. I’m so embarrassed that I can’t even breathe. A word from my ring finger in return.

This isn’t the end.

Jules will take care of screwing Yusria.

Someone is coming towards me with a misshapen tool.

Is that guy cutting off my finger?

He begins to tie my hands with a strange device. As if it was about to start in earnest, the man took out a knife.

He was never going to show it.

“Which handle is it?”

“I am left-handed.”

Soon, a safety glove was placed on my left hand, with only my ring finger exposed.

It was very funny. I’m right-handed. Where do you cut it?

“You don’t cut it?”

I’ll chew it up with a smile and pass it on.

Tuk!

The man laughed at me and threw the knife on the platform.

“The defendant’s fingers must be cut off by the defendant himself.”

The consul’s soft sentence was pronounced.

“······Yes?”

“You must cut it yourself.”

···Crazy bastards!

The knife thrown in front of the podium looked dull at first glance. This is to prevent the finger from being cut off all at once. Only then could I sense their malice.

Some members of the audience had smiles on their faces, while others had frowns at the corners of their eyes. In contrast, Dragonia frowned, and the older generation of elves smiled.

[Don’t show it.]

······.

[From now on, I will sharpen the blade very sharply.]

[After 10 seconds, if you sharply cut the knife sideways, you will be able to cut off your finger in one go.]

[There will be no pain, please rest assured.]

······Grace! My heart sank.

How many times have I bowed to her in my heart? The time has come. You little bastards, you thought it was showtime, right? Watch carefully! I held the great sword back and cut his finger.

Squeak──!

As Grace advised, the finger was amputated in one go.

There was no pain. As if under anesthesia. Thanks to this, I was able to pick up my finger with a calm face.

“Here.”

············.

The older generation’s elves froze with the same expressions they had laughed at.

“Pugh!”

Laughter burst out of that dumb face.

······thank god. If Grace hadn’t helped me, I might have been in real trouble.

The elf approaches me and stamps my hand with the blood. He searched my face for pain, but couldn’t find it. Because it really doesn’t hurt.

“······The defendant’s judgment and punishment ends here.”

There is a sound of something being struck on a flagstone that cannot be clearly seen. Soon, someone suddenly appeared from behind and started putting on an eye patch.

Part of me wanted to jump up, but if I did that, Juul wouldn’t be able to receive compensation from Yusria.

Let’s pretend it never happened? you’re welcome! I will tear it apart very thoroughly.

“······Carry your fingers with you. Just not carrying it with you is a crime.”

“Kick!”

Laughter burst out.

Of course, you should keep it! It’s my finger.

“Is this funny? Your finger was cut off?”

“Yes. It’s so funny that they give me something like this as punishment.”

“······.”

I laughed at him and carried him like a burden.