Tower's Judgement [1]

["Elizabeth von Etherion, are you guilty of killing your father?"]

The voice of the Administrator reverberated in Elizabeth's head. It seemed to continually bounce on her brain and shook up her skull.

She was perplexed, not knowing how to properly react at what she just heard. Elizabeth wanted to quickly retort, but even reflexively, she couldn't do so.

It was like her memory was being jumbled up at the moment that she couldn't deny and agree with the words of the Administrator.

Uncontrollably, tears started to form in her light green eyes. For some reason, she didn't rub her eyes and just let it flow.

"H-huh...?"

Still confused, Elizabeth muttered. She didn't understand the question, but somehow, within her, she felt like she had known about it all along.

Taking up a moment, Elizabeth took a long breath that seemed like she had used every ounce of her strength to do so.

With her mouth slightly trembling, she asked: