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Chapter 66 The Trial Begins! Part 1
Chapter 66 The Trial Begins! Part 1
A large white building that was five stories tall had many stained glass windows depicting heroes of the past. Inside, were many rows of seats in a stadium seating type of setup, and many noble clans were all taking up these seats as they looked down at the center of the room where a single person stood chained to the floor with his head lowered. Prince Edward Findale. In the original game storyline, his plot had succeeded, and he took up the throne. He ruled with an iron fist, but not many players cared too much about this since how a king ruled had nothing to do with them.
But now the storyline of the game has changed. Prince Edward was caught in his plot to overthrow the kingdom and kill his sister. All his wrongdoings of the past had been fully exposed. And now he was on trial. Everyone knew his outcome, but there were still some nobles who were in the crowd who did not agree with this farce.
Vance, Sally, and Alice were all standing at the side with the other witnesses. They had to wait their turn to testify. How things would turn out would depend on Judge Seeral. The king was sitting in the top seat while Judge Seeral was sitting just below him. To the sides were ten guards on each side to make sure nothing happened. These people were the most powerful mages in the capital and under the king's direct orders.
Judge Seeral looked around and smashed his wooden gavel off the wooden block on his podium, and stared at everyone in the court to make them all go silent. "Today is an emergency court session. I thank all the noble families for being here on such short notice.
"The defendant, Edward Findale, formerly known as Prince Edward, how do you plea?" Judge Seeral asked.
The head that was lowered suddenly raised up as he shouted: "Not guilty! This is all a farce! That bitch just wants me dead so she can take the throne from me!"
"Order!" Judge Seeral yelled out as he slammed his gavel on the wooden block. "You dare scream and shout in the court!? I have the right to sentence you to death now just for this kind of outburst! Either state your plea calmly or die pick!"
Prince Edward gritted his teeth as he said: "Not guilty!"
"Humph! Since you plea not guilty, we will now ask for all witnesses on the crimes of treason, attempted murder, rape, kidnapping, attempted murder of a royal, multiple assassination attempts against a royal, bribery, human trafficking, child abuse, selling kingdom secrets, and plotting a coup." The more he talked, the more Judge Seeral's face turned horrible. He never thought that a prince could do so many heinous acts! "First to take the floor will be Princess Alice. Please tell the court the reasoning behind your claims."
Alice nodded and walked to the floor under the watchful eye of all the nobles. Many nobles were gritting their teeth as they looked at the beautiful young lady. Her pink hair swayed as she walked with a bit of a hop in her step. She seemed like she was not in court at all.
She turned and looked up at everyone and then at the judge, ignoring her father, who she did not need to greet at this time since he was just an observer. "I am here today to say that for the past two weeks, I have been hunted down and have had assassination attempts on me one after the other. If it was not for the kindness of my now husband, I would not have survived at all."
Alice took this chance to suddenly announce that she was taken! Vance felt many cold glances on him as he looked around. A few came from the nobles' seats, and then a strong killing intent came from the man sitting up on the highest seat in the court. He decided to ignore it as he watched Alice play.
"Because of him, I have lived until now. We have captured quite a few of these people who were trying to kill not only me but him as well. And each one named one of two people. My brother Edward Findale or his most trusted aide, Jose Yielding. It was not until his home was raided that many other crimes were discovered, including the kidnapping of citizens of the kingdom and using them as blackmail. Child abuse and even rape. The documents seized from his home showed many, many other atrocities as well. I ask all of you here, how is someone like that fit to be king?"
"Hah!" One noble could no longer hold it in as he yelled out. "Do you think you are worthy of being queen then? From what you just said, you already have a husband, but from what I know, you have not had a wedding. Which means you are already tainted out of wedlock!"
"Oi, old man, shut your mouth." Alice did not even get to refute before Vance's voice filled the room. "What Alice does has nothing to do with your old ass. If you still wish to keep that head of yours, you need to keep your comments on the case and only the case."
"You! Who are you to question a noble? I am a marquess!" The marquess yelled out in anger. The king held his head and shook it as he looked at the old marquess like a fool. He really wanted to say that this young man even dared to lecture him! And he was the king! Even Henry was standing at the side, chuckling.
"Marquess Duglous! Vance here does make a point! Keep your comments on the case. Otherwise, I will have to order for your title to be downgraded!" Judge Seeral yelled out. He was always like this, and his threats were not baseless.
"Your Honor! I am not trying to go off the case. I just think we should also judge this from another angle. Prince Edward says he did not commit these crimes. As Princess Alice is a royal in line for the throne, it could be said her actions could be to get rid of the crown prince to secure her place on the throne by using a borrowed knife of the court. I called her relationship out to make a point. Let's say her brother did commit some of these acts, but at the same time, what does that make her for bedding a man outside of wedlock?"
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