Chapter 115 (2/2)

“It’s all right.” Adrian stepped out into the hall. The chip bounced into the air over his head and then disappeared back into his grasp.

And the next morning, the trial of Eleonora Asil began.

*

Noah felt like she was going through a lot of things that she had never experienced in her previous life. She sat in the defendant’s seat in the middle of the court and thought things over.

I’ve been in the interrogation room for a few days, and the judge isn’t very scary to look at…

Worried that Noah might break down and cry again, Kyle kept reassuring her that the trial was only a formality as he brought her to the court. He even wrote the expected progress of the trial, as if his encouraging whispers weren’t enough.

“Don’t use magic with anger. Don’t think about anything, just answer the questions as you have memorized, okay?’

The trial was said to be conducted under the Emperor’s observation, with the Justice Minister taking the position of judge. The prosecutor seeking her sentence, of course, was her exclusive investigator, Kyle Leonard. Lastly, the one who would defend her was a specially hired lawyer named Jenald.

Of course, the trial was likely to end in thirty minutes at the earliest, as there was a tacit agreement between the three leading judges.

Noah looked around and found the Emperor in a splendid cloak on a two-story seat, which overlooked the presiding judge. The tip of his brunette hair was curled up elegantly.

Soon, she found a boy standing proudly on his feet with a cape on his back. Muell looked around and found Noah waving from the bottom, and immediately clung to the railing.

What, why do you have a tail?

A black arrow-shaped tail was sticking out behind Muell’s butt. He wiggled his tail excitedly at Noah, and bit the emperor’s hand that was trying to dissuade him.

“Uh-oh!”

Noah thought she heard a faint scream, but shrugged it off. She couldn’t figure out whether she ought to laugh or cry upon seeing the Emperor’s vivid fear to touch the dragon. The Emperor rubbed his bitten hand and opened his mouth solemnly.

“Now… Everybody be seated.”

It wasn’t until the Emperor was seated that all the people in the room sat down. The Justice Minister issued a formal courtesy to the Emperor before declaring the start of the trial.

“Then, I will begin the trial. First, a full-time investigator. Sir Leonard, start questioning.”