Chapter 119: The trial (2)
"When Perseus came to rescue the Golds, were the 2 terrorists from the organization that backed the red sword with him?" Ben asked ignoring the beep that proved Balor's lie earlier
"Yes, there was 2 of them" Balor answered "So he did colluded with terrorists, I believe that's all my questions for the current witness"
It was then our turn to question the witness.
"I'll do it" Professor Steel then approached his stand "Unless any of you want to?"
"Damon?"
"No, go ahead" Damon answered
"Why did you kidnap Count Golds and his family?" he asked
"It was to lure Albert out, and with his family there, him and his bond won't be able to fight back"
"So did you intend to kill them?"
"Yes, I planned to keep Albert alive till Perseus came and help, I thought that he won't be able to fight when he see his own friend's life on the line, but then he came with 2 terrorists and the next thing I knew, I was asleep and awoken in a cell, where he threatened the lives of my family"
"And why did you want to kill them?"
"James said that those 2 were a threat, so eliminating them both will make the civil war go smoother for our side"
"If you succeeded, what were you promised in return?"
"Objection!" Ben got up
"Overruled" The king responded before Ben could make any statement "I believe that this will be relevant to the case"
"I was promised the hand of the 3rd princess, princess Eleanor Magus in return" Balor answered
"So you were willing to join a movement that risk starting a civil war? Which may have hurt his majesty in the process?" Professor Steel continued
"Yes" Balor nodded
"I believe that's all for today" Professor got back to our stand
"Short, simple and to the point, I like it"
"Let's not get your hopes up, we have a long way to go" he replied
-This world's court system is awesome, are we being recorded right now? We could maybe end up on TV and get famous-
-This world doesn't have TV, remember?- Dabria replied -Though you are being recorded, I sense several recording devices in this room-
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It was break time before the trial could proceed any further.
"Can't you guys just take these cuffs off now? It's really restricting"
"I would, but people here don't want that since they think that you are a very dangerous threat" The headmaster shook his head "Just bear with it a while longer, we plan on putting you on the witness stand"
"Cool"
"We will speak of your values and contribution, because right now, their side is definitely going to the charge of you 'colluding with terrorists' despite you were not going with them willingly" he continued
-I mean you already took them off- Dabria said
-Well we can't show them that we know how to take them off now, can we?-
-Yeah, they might actually put us in cages, and I do not want to relive that memory again- Siege added
"You really are relaxed just like Elliot says" Albert commented as he walked up to us
"You know, me and Aenon planned to break you out, but we decided against it" Lucas chimed in "Too annoying to deal with it"
"I don't think that you should state your previous intentions in the court" Cecily coughed
"You don't have to worry that much, Aenon is a white core dragon, I'd be surprised if anyone in this room can hold him down for long" Lucas argued
"Well that may be true, but you are being a little bit reckless, Lucas" Aenon said "So are you going on the witness stand, young Perseus?"
"Um yeah, but by the end of the day, whether I'll be found guilty or not, I'll be alright, these chains aren't gonna hold me"
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Our side then presented our evidence for our side, my contributions blah blah blah, it's all really boring so I won't make the author type it out.
| You're not my boss, but thank you |
An armband similar to the one Balor wore was than placed on me in order to detect lies.
"Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and you will keep secret all of the proceedings of the grand jury conducted in your presence?" a knight says as he placed my hand on a book with the royal crest
"Yeah sure" I replied as I was then questioned by professor Williams
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It was finally the prosecutor's turn to question the witness which is namely, me. Ben Dover (Hilarious name, just saying) then approached me
"Were you the one that killed the Gallant family?" Ben asked
"No" I answered as no beep was heard meaning that I hadn't lie which shocked the the nobles and the prosecutors
-Yeah, since it was me, Ace and Siege were the one who technically did it, so you technically didn't lie- Damon chuckled
"Do you know the identities of the assassins that killed them then?"
"Yes"
"Were they the same ones that helped you in your assassinations of the households that planned the rebellion?"
"Yeah"
"Would you mind telling us the name of this organization?"
"Assassination's creed" I could barely hold my laughter as I said it
"Are you involved with them?"
"Technically yeah, I'm with them"
"Are they a threat to this kingdom?" He asked louder this time
"If you want them to be"
"Answer me properly"
"Like I said, if you want them to be a threat, they'll be more than happy to"
"Since you're with them, would you consider yourself a threat?"
"Can you just ask some other questions? This is boring, you're just repeating yourself"
"So you would be happy to be a threat to this kingdom if you want to?" He asked as he smirked
"Of course, do you seriously think that I'm scared of anyone in this room? No, let me rephrase that. How long do you think it will take for this kingdom to stop me and my bonds if we were to take our revenge? I'll probably kill everyone in this room by the time before this kingdom can stop us" I then use 'Presence' to scare them a bit, I didn't use it in its max power in, but just enough to make Ben wet his pants in front of everyone
"Your lie detector isn't going off, it means that I'm not lying right? You can ask everyone who knows me well, Benjamin, I don't fake my confidence if I know I can do it" I continued as my eyes glowed "Go on what's your next question? I'm waiting, make it more interesting this time"
A few people were screaming in fear as I use 'Presence' to scare the prosecution. I looked over to Urie and Rex, Rex was profusely writing in his notebook, and Urie had an amused smile
"Order in the court!" The king ordered "Guards restrain Perseus from doing what's he's doing, Marquis Dover, get someone else to do the questioning because it seems like you are currently not in the right state of mind to do so"
-Fun, too bad they won't give us popcorn- Ace sneered
"Back away, I already hate being restrained by these chains and I don't want you guys touching me" I then turned 'Presence' off as another noble took Ben's place