Volume 16 Chapter 37 (2/2)
The judge then put another stone, and the scale tilted toward the employer
『N-no way! I worked the hardest! Those guys lazed around while they made me do their job! I worked for real!』
『It appears that the defendant has a habit of lying』
『I-I'!』
Really, what a sickening one-sided trial
”This is all nothing but a kangaroo court Master, aren't there ?”
”Magic that can manipulate time doesn't exist, you know”
It'd be easy to prove for him if there were
”I wonder why they couldn't interrogate him with a Truth Discerner?”
Sera muttered so
Oh right I forgot because this looked like a trial, but this world had Truth Discerners who could see through lies in an interrogation
Looking around at the Map, there's no Truth Discerner at this place
They seereatcalled Judicial Bureau, while the several re ones are in the Main Temple
Lots of theuessing that they can't afford to send them to trivial trials
『I shall pass your judgment! The defendant shall reimburse his employer with 200 emir, and pay the same amount to the court for the criht here and now, you will be detained as a debt slave』
『M-e wasn't that much! My entire pay is 3 emir!』
The currency of this country, edoold coins
If you just think about it, that's an abnores
”SSatou-san”
”Could you do so about it?”
”Leave it to me”
I nod to Zensan and Sersan, I step forward before these guys
”Foreigner, you'd do well not to trespass upon a Trial before God”
”Please excuse dom”
I silenced the unfair judge with the brand power of a large kingdoe
”Allow me to pay the penalty for that beastkin”
”You will?”
”Yes”
”Are you acquainted with this beastkin?”
”What good is in telling you that?”
I try to behave as haughtily as I could
These types of people tend to be ith social ranks after all
『Master, you're not gonna kick theuts?』
Arisa talked to ic [Telephone]
『Don't worry, I'roundwork, hold on a bit okay』
I wait for the judge's reply after responding to Arisa
”V-very well”
Since I got his agreement, I paid for the beastkin's penalty
Of course, the beastkin looks really anxious
Please endure it for a bit, I'll explain to you later
I talk to the e to himself
Might as well use this chance to use two ic to loosen his wariness
”The eood at his works?”
”Naw, he was useless, always skipped out on works”
He was so engrossed he forgot to use polite speech against a noble
”Has he been working under you long?”
”Since half a year ago--you have a problem?”
”Nah, it just piqued my interest a bit”
Now that I've got the employer's words, I talk to an employee who seems like a senior
These employees seem to have been pro on the silver coins he's counting
”I presu time”
”Yeah, been there for 10 years”
”Hee, you h too”
”There's no way that stingy er woulda pay much”
”Was it 20 emir a month?”
”The heck, yer' one digit off At ot 6 emir a month--”
The senior eot ahead of himself noticed his verbal slip
”No, wai--”
”Judge!”
”Objection!”
I called the judge before the senior employee could correct himself
For so a pose froame
She , no doubt about it
”What is it, Earl-sama”
”This guy just confessed to his criht red-handed in a fraud”
”--Fraud? Don't be foolish”
”Who do you think you arefools of earl-sama!”
Arisa shouted at the stunned judge
I contested to the shrinking judge, that if a diligent long serving worker only got paid 6 emir a month, there is no way that a lazy beastkin who had only worked for half a year got more than six times that amount at 40 emir
As it was right after a careless ree readily accepted my point
”Since he tried to fraud Earl-sa a crime slave, wouldn't he?”
”Y-yeah”
”P-please wait, judge!”
Toward the still vainly struggling employer, I whispered, ”if you still have a proble this case to the Truth Discerner at the capital?”
Additionally, it appears that the other employees have to pay for penalty for the cri what they sow, I' to defend them
”N-noble-sama, thank you very much”
”Don't mind it, it was just a whim of mine”
I hand over the ave me, to the beastkin
This is different from the money I paid out earlier
I'm told that 20 of the lawsuit suot 40 emir out of that deposit as a consolation
I handed over all of it to him
It's higher than what he originally would have got, but I think the aht to compensate for the trouble
We parted ith the ape beastkin as bowing repeatedly, and got back to our city tour
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”--E”
”This was a local specialty wasn't it”
”But it does taste better than Gabo fruit”
We entered the first dinerbecause ere starving, but the cuisine left a lot to be desired
Zensan was the only one who continued to eat even while s wryly, Arisa and Sera quickly threw in the towel
”Even forgetting the dry texture, the sour aftertaste was just too much”
”This seems to be called Sheriffa Potato”
I conveyed the info fro Arisa
According to the Map, there's lots of gallete-like cuisines made from Sheriffa Potato and flour made from it
”hello, I'm here for your delivery”
A fairl entered the door
”Oh my? This aroma is--”
”Bread”
I remember this aroma
It's the bakery girl whom Arisa claimed to have a stalker
”Oh you're late, I aiting for you”
”I'm sorry, landlady-san”
”Is anything wrong? You're not looking well, you know”
”It's nothing I just couldn't sleep well lately”
The feeble-looking girl nodded at the worried landlady and went toward her next stop
I ended up is thanks to Arisa and her stalker stuff
”Custoot some freshly baked bread here, want some?”
”We do, we do!”
Arisa swiftly jumped on the landlady's offer
It ood, Sheriffa Potato dish had nothing against it
I took this chance to ask for the landlady's perot some jam and butter out for the bread
”Still, this country sure loves its trials”
Arisa gru on the bread
Most of the parks we happened to see on our way here had ongoing trials under the blue sky
”But I'lad that they were all ordinary trials, besides that one time”
Zensanthe palate cleanser tea
”What's this, are you guys here to attend the Trial of Scales at the capital's Judicial Bureau too?”
The landlady who see to do call out to us
”-Trial of Scales?”
Couidebook did mention that [Judicial Nation] Sheriffald had a peculiar trial
”Yeap It's a trial that makes use of God Urion's sacred treasure 『Golden Scale』 Ulrirab”
I see, the golden series this time is a scale huh
”Libra, which enderbent version ht now”
Arisa's inner voice leaked out in low voice
I know the reference, but control yourself a bit
”How does it work?”
”It can see through sins that a Truth Discener's 『Fathonize”
The landlady folded her arms like she was done with the explanation
”That sounds a”
I reeable response
I don't really get it but it must be some kind of complicated trial when [Fathos
I should ask the details e visit Urion Main Temple
”Yea, it really is! But that's also exactly why the waiting ti”
According to the landlady, even nobles have to wait for three months, while commoners three years
”So if you want to have a trial quickly, you should go to the capital Judicial Bureau and ask Saga Ei-sauish evils, you see”
The successor of Hero Meiko who almost became a cripple at the Weasel Empire huh
”Aren't you, like, getting a bad feeling about this?”
Arisa, stop setting up that kind of flags please
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