Chapter 206 – Couple Fraud (3)
“… Hmm, that’s too obvious. It’s not fun~”
Liana, who was reading court papers, knelt down on her desk and puffed out her cheeks.
A trial made in favor of ‘Pedro Longiste’ from one to ten.
I expected it to come out this way, but I couldn’t help but feel annoyed because it didn’t deviate even one step from my expectations.
In particular, the observer list was a problem.
Except for himself, only the names of nobles who support Longest are written.
Urella’s kicker wouldn’t have used such an obvious move, so Pedro would have worked directly.
“You’re stupid, you don’t even know you’re strangling yourself…”
Liana let out her short sigh and clicked her tongue.
She was pathetic
Still, it was clear that Pedro’s side thought that this case was simply a matter of individuals and individuals.
At least the number of commoners and nobles should have been similar in order to match the ‘assortment’ of equality.
Driving them in such a conspicuous way only exacerbated the resistance of the common people.
“Well, is it my greed to expect that far? …Well, it doesn’t matter since I’m more comfortable with it.”
The content of the document was completely memorized with just one glance.
The moment she crumpled up the papers and was about to throw them in her trash can.
“…Yes?”
A name written on the back stood out.
“Eugene Calliope… Eugene is participating?”
I wonder if I got it wrong, but when I checked the name again, it was still written that ‘Eugene Calliope’ would participate in the trial as an observer.
“What are you going to do…Huhuh♬”
Liana’s eyes curved like crescent moons and her joy-filled laugh spilled out of her.
Just by recalling Eugene’s face her, the boredom that had tormented her terribly disappeared like a lie.
“Could Eugene have noticed the meaning of this incident?”
Even though he thinks that he can’t do that because he is not a person involved, when he sees Eugene’s name written on the observer, he gets his own expectations of him.
‘… If it’s Eugene who noticed her true nature her 10 years ago.’
If he had that level of observation…
Maybe you can guess what effect this incident will have on the empire.
“How are you going to come out?”
Just imagining the figure of Eugene who will stop him makes his heart beat.
It was good to think of himself defeated by Eugene, and on the contrary, it was good to make a mess of Eugene by blocking him.
Winning or losing the trial had nothing to do with Liana.
For Riana, the important thing is not her victory or defeat her, but the fact that such a trial took place and that ‘Lucia Urella’served as her judge her.
With these two facts, Liana can grow a spark as much as she wants.
“It won’t be easy to block it~♪…Fufufu I’ll be looking forward to it.”
***
On the day of trial.
Jabit and Pedro Longiste sat in the defendant’s and plaintiff’s seats, respectively.
And in the seat of the judge, in the middle, was Lucia.
As I sat in the observer’s seat, Her Highness the Princess in front of me spotted me and waved her hand lightly, and I replied with a nod.
“Then I will revise it.”
Lucia’s clear voice resonated throughout the courthouse.
The contents of the trial were so simple that there was no need for further explanation.
It was because of Pedro’s one-sided attack and Jabit’s silence.
I was taken aback at first by Jabit’s silence, but I soon guessed his intention.
‘… This is Her Highness her ‘aim her.’
It is more convenient to exercise the right to remain silent when attaching a reason for silence later than to J-Bit making a mistake by talking freely.
Perhaps the reason for the silence is the threat of death from the Longest family.
“…Dear Judge. Above all, I request an annulment of the duel and a respectful apology from J.Bit.”
Pedro, who had no idea of Liana’s plan, seemed to think that Jabit was speechless because of his speech to her.
He smiled softly at Lucia and slightly bowed her back.
Looking at that disgusting smile, Lucia asked J. Combs without changing her expression.
“Defendant, do you have an argument?”
“…There is not.”
“All right. Then I will pass judgment.”
Lucia slowly closed and opened her eyes and opened her mouth.
“Since there is no defense on the part of the defense, I will accept all the arguments of the plaintiff.”
Lucia’s verdict was passed, but no one seemed excited.
For them, this ruling is a natural result.
“Then, let’s apologize right here and now.”
Tidying up his collar, Pedro approached Jay Combs with a smirk.
At that moment, Liana’s mouth opened slightly as she raised her hand.
“…This verdict I can accept…”
“I object!!”
And I jumped up from my seat and shouted loudly as if to erase Liana’s voice of her.
“…Observers have no say. Please be quiet and have a seat.”
Lucia glared at her with sharp eyes like a knife that cut her blade her.
I lightly ignored Lucia’s words and shouted even louder.
“What was the reason for the trial in the first place! This is why J-Bit used cowardly numbers! That doesn’t even sound funny! Jaybit is a magic swordsman! Even before the duel, he wrote that he would use magic and a sword! But now that magic was used during a duel, you’re being cowardly!”
Numerous eyes fly and stick to the appearance of making a fuss without paying attention to the judge’s words.
Among those gazes, Her Highness’s was also included.
“… ?”
The emotion in Riana’s gaze was questionable.
It’s a natural question.
Liana will think that I came here to keep her in check.
That thought was not wrong.
However, the method would have been unexpected.
Because I’m thinking of taking her her place her of her liana her instead of rebelling with her liana her.
‘…Riana’s plan has three major stages.’
First, with Liana as the focal point, lower nobles and commoners gather.
Second, he incites them to riot in Carnea.
Finally, Carnea’s riot spreads civil war in the Empire.
It is a plan that is incomplete, but can be established because there is an overwhelming pivot called Liana.
…But what if there are two pivots?
An organization that is not united is nothing more than a ragtag mess.
It is certain that they will be suppressed without even starting a riot, let alone a civil war.
Of course, I don’t have superhuman abilities like Liana, so as time goes by, more and more people will stick to the princess instead of me.
‘…But I have Lucia.’
However, I also had a way to attract people.
That’s also the method that ‘Liana Lumenhark’ made herself.
‘…Human beings unite when there is a common enemy.’
This is a rule that applies everywhere.
And the biggest enemy here is not ‘Pedro Longest’.
No matter how powerful the Longest family was, it was not enough to be the enemy of all commoners.
But what about the Urella family?
Even those who have not heard of the Longest family must have heard of the Urella family.
This is why Liana chose Lucia as the judge.
An easy-to-understand common enemy of the common people.
That’s lucia
However, hating one-sidedly does not make you an enemy.
Enemies are the law to deal with each other.
That’s why until now, Lucia and I have acted to hate each other.
“In the first place, Jaybit participated in the duel as a substitute due to the injury of ‘Wrench Ferbel’. But look at this. Wrench Ferbel is a pure wizard! Then, if a duel with Wrench Ferbel was established, how would you like to duel?”
[I stand up to Lucia because I hate her.]
“…Once again, I warn you. Observers have no right to speak. Keep your mouth shut!”
[Lucia hates me, so she attacks me, not the princess.]
The probability of all events is organized by the emotion of ‘hate’.
“No, I can’t shut up! Let’s not use magic against pure mages and fight with fists? That’s a really Longest fair way!”
I glared at Pedro Longiste with a smile on my face, and he gnashed his teeth with bloodshot eyes.
It was a look he had never even imagined from the observer’s seat that I, a member of the great family, would attack him.
“That guy has hidden magic! The guy who had been using enchantment-type magic ever since the start of the duel suddenly sprayed his mist!”
“What hides skill is skill. They seem to be talking about which technique to use before the duel.”
Bang─
At that time, a loud noise arose from Lucia’s seat her.
Lucia, who caught everyone’s attention, said in a cold voice.
“…The case has already been adjudicated. Reversal of judgment does not exist. The outcome of the duel is null and void, and Jabit must offer a sincere apology to Pedro Longiste.”
I swallowed a smile as I saw Lucia looking at me with her hateful eyes.
