The Necromancer Commands Slaves, Not Undeads

45 – Soirée

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The trial of the Golden Lion was held in a public trial at the court in Estedorp. This trial, with nine jurors and 30 strangers participating, was conducted on a small scale, independent of the rumors spreading in the capital.

The defendant is Leoric the Golden Lion, and the plaintiff is Amelia von Russell-Wittenberg. The jury was filled with the princess’s people, including Maria and Oscar, and the princess did not appoint a separate lawyer.

It was the same for the Golden Lion, who did not have a lawyer, and no one wanted to defend the Golden Lion who was accused of molesting the princess.

The audience was some well-known noblemen in the capital. Let’s start with a notable person: Julian von Russell-Wittenberg, the 3rd prince, who participated in the princess’s trial on behalf of other members of the royal family.

The rumors about the princes were not good, but among them, the one to whom the most evil was spread was about Julian.

Julian, Princess Amelia’s younger brother and the emperor’s youngest son, was immature and greedy, and the story of him imprisoning people who offended him at the young age of five was a very famous anecdote.

He was looking at the judge with a somber expression.

In addition, there is the dwarven blacksmith Iron Hand, the linguist Joanna, the emperor’s accountant Alfred, etc. There were many celebrities there.

Iron Hand was a master craftsman who made weapons and armor currently used by the emperor, and was a skilled blacksmith with the nickname Meister.

He was bulky and short like a dwarf. His face was red, as if he had been drinking in broad daylight.

The linguist Joanna was sitting next to him. She was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. He was looking at the court table quite glumly.

Alfred is the emperor’s accountant who handles tax-related accounting at the imperial palace.

Even though he is a young man, he possesses diverse knowledge and has exceptional skills in accounting, making him one of the people favored by the emperor.

It was a small-scale trial, but with celebrities gathered at this point, the contents and results of the trial will quickly spread throughout the capital.

Dorothy and I arrived at the courthouse before the trial began. Since we had not received permission as spectators, the guards in the courtroom approached and tried to get us out.

“Oh, I’m going to attend the trial as the Golden Lion’s defense attorney.”

The guards looked perplexed. Not only had there never been a person who called himself the Golden Lion’s lawyer, but the lawyers were mostly immature-looking boys and girls.

I spoke confidently without being discouraged, and after a while, when I got the consent of the golden lion, the judge gave permission. Dorothy and I sat next to the golden lion.

The golden lion with suspicious eyes answered with a smile.

The attention of the audience was focused on the Golden Lion’s lawyer who suddenly appeared.

“Who are those little kids? One even looks like he’s having trouble with his eyes.”

“I don’t know the details, but I guess their intention is to get some sympathy by putting the kids in front.”

The judge started to get upset. However, the judge struck his baton and asked the audience to be quiet. When the atmosphere calmed down, the judge solemnly began the trial.

“On December 5, 1202, at approximately 8 p.M., The defendant s*xually harassed the first princess, Amelia von Russell-Wittenberg, by continuously groping her buttocks and molesting her. “Do you have any objections from the defendant?”

The golden lion looked at me. I gave him a signal, and the golden lion strongly protested to the judge with an expression of great resentment.

“No! I did not molest the princess’s buttocks! I am innocent!”

I felt a sense of injustice rising from deep within my heart. In reality, he was in an unfair situation. There was so much emotion in his words that he told him to go away from method acting. He even started to cry.

“I just participated in the party to celebrate the return of His Highness the First Prince, and I was just having fun. If anything, I am the victim!”

“Are you saying that the princess’s side is presenting a lie?”

“That’s right! Rather, I am the victim! I was bitten on the shoulder by Her Majesty the Princess that night!”

“Is there evidence and witnesses?”

“Here is the scar on my shoulder as proof!”

The Golden Lion took off his top to show the princess her bite wound.

There was a scar on his shoulder from an animal bite, and when the scar was revealed, the audience looked at the golden lion as if they were looking at a madman.

That was natural. Even if the princess said that she was a human and that she was bitten by an animal while revealing the scar from an animal bite, who would believe her?

“Even to me, who has no knowledge of medicine, the scar looks like a bite mark from an animal.”

“That’s right. She’s a vampire!”

When the Golden Lion said those words, the atmosphere in the courtroom suddenly became cold. Alfred and Joanna shouted with extremely angry expressions.

“Did you see that crazy guy?!”

“How dare you say such nonsense to cover up your own shame!? Are you insulting Her Highness, the princess, who is the enemy of the empire!”

“Quiet! Quietness!”

The turbulent atmosphere was not easily calmed down. The words spoken by the golden lion were a story of insulting the princess, the emperor’s child and the likely successor to the empire. In particular, those who were close to the princess were speaking out, saying that the bastard should be caught and killed immediately.

The judge sighed.

“Plaintiff’s side please speak.”

When Princess Amelia, who had kept her silence, was given the right to speak, she slowly opened her mouth.

“It’s groundless. Everything that happened to me is true, and I don’t think there’s any need to say anything else.”

The princess’s purple eyes were transparently staring at me beyond the golden lion. She had a lot of respect for the princess who could tell a perfect lie without even batting an eye.

I should also follow that example. When the princess’s story was over, the jurors all shouted that the Golden Lion was guilty.

The trial was in an atmosphere where it could no longer be continued due to the Golden Lion’s bombshell remarks, and the judge tried to pass a verdict by slamming his baton as if there was no need to listen.

At that time, I carefully raised my hand.

“Is there anything left for the defense to say?”

The judge’s sighing voice was heard. At the same time, hostile gazes poured in on me. Ever since I was young, I was confident in my oratory skills.

Just as I did when I spoke in the Freudian order, I spoke slowly and with deep breaths.

“Respected judge. Before I make a decision, there is something I would like to tell you.”

“Please speak.”

The story I am telling you from now on was part of a plan I had secretly discussed with the princess at the mansion.

“I acknowledge that all of the comments the Golden Lion has made so far are nonsense, and as I stand here as his lawyer, I deeply apologize to those gathered here. Before making a decision, there is a story I would like to tell you. There is.”

The noisy atmosphere of the court became quiet and all eyes focused on me.

“First of all, the words he said are true for him.”

“What do you mean? Didn’t you admit that the words he just said were nonsense?”

“Yes, that’s nonsense. But we need to pay attention to the situation he’s going through. He’s extremely paranoid.”

The judge’s eyebrows twitch.

“Paranoid?”

“Yes, that’s right. Paranoia is a delusional disorder. It is a type of psychosis in which a person truly believes in and is obsessed with delusions that are far from phenomena in the real world.”

I took off the eye patch I was wearing. When the spiritual eye was revealed to the people gathered in the courtroom, they began to murmur.

“There may be people who have questions about my opinion. I am a wizard and a doctor. I will need to prove that my testimony is true. Does anyone here have medical knowledge?”

Then one of the audience members raised his hand. I asked him to ask me about my medical knowledge as a doctor. He presented some difficult problems and I solved them without difficulty.

The reason I was able to solve the problem is simple. During the time I lived as her old woman’s assistant, I also learned her medical knowledge from her.

Of course, he wasn’t really a doctor, but he had some specialized knowledge about medicine in this world. The audience member who asked the question gently nodded and acknowledged that I was a doctor.

“Even if it wasn’t my opinion, the judge and everyone who participated in this trial would have seen the evidence. He spouted out nonsense and was aggrieved. He told a story that no one would believe as evidence. That is not deception.”

I was giving a speech that made a person mentally ill. I’m sorry, Golden Lion….

“This is a remark made by a mentally ill person who distorted his memory of his actions and believed them to be true. I would like to assert that the Golden Lion was mentally and physically weak at the time he committed the crime and now that he is on trial.”

The golden lion was looking at me with resentful eyes. The golden lion was not only given the title of molester of the princess, but was also given the title of a mental patient….

I gently avoided the golden lion’s eyes and began to passionately argue to the judge that he was mentally ill.