Chapter 287. Accused intimidation act (2)
Dalgrak. Dalgrak.
The carriage rocked.
A high-class rattling different from the wagons in the marketplace.
However, no matter how luxurious the wagon was, it did not have a suspension device like a car, so it was the same as rattling.
But Lloyd thought it didn’t matter.
Because the trial ended safely.
Because he got the result as he intended.
‘Well, fortunately the head of the aristocracy and the other nobles in the aristocratic house are like that too. Since they’re nobles with so much to lose, the threat worked.’
Lloyd smiled faintly.
Memories in the courtroom that come to mind for a moment.
I was relieved.
It was refreshing.
The head of the aristocrat, the Duke of Tuscany, acted as we wished.
The nobleman, famous for his stubbornness, granted all of their requests.
Thanks to this, I am going back to my accommodation sitting on a large, soft seat made of the finest leather with such a fresh feeling.
“Isn’t that right, Xaviel?”
At these words, Xaviel turned his head.
He took his eyes off the window he had been staring at, and stared this way.
“What do you mean it’s not like that? Anyway, what the hell did Lloyd-sama do?”
“Uh huh. What are you doing?”
“Today’s trial.”
The guy looked at me and said.
“No matter how you think about it, it is strange. The Duke of Tuscany. Wasn’t that aristocratic leader the one who took the lead in condemning the accident that occurred at Lloyd-sama’s site in the first place and criticizing Lloyd-sama?”
“huh. It did.”
“But I don’t understand why he suddenly changed his attitude in the courtroom today or why he was defending Lloyd-sama.”
“So you doubt me? I thought I was cheating on something?”
“yes.”
“Hey, it’s a handful. Now, even if you openly write such words, you are calm.”
“Lyd-sama used the word handicraft.”
“Anyway, I mean, I did something in the middle and the attitude of the head of the aristocrat and the aristocrat changed completely because of that. Right?”
“Yes, that’s right. Are you really up to something?”
“uh.”
Lloyd grinned.
There was no need or reason to deny it.
He said.
“I threatened you.”
“It’s a threat.”
“Literally intimidating. The day after the noble house filed the indictment to bring me to court.”
“What are you threatening? You never left the dorm.”
“I sent you a letter. through the twine. To the Marquis of Bergamo.”
“A letter?”
“huh.”
Lloyd nodded.
Suddenly, the events of the past few days came to mind.
An accident in which the heart of winter ran out of control.
From the time the accident was resolved until now.
He didn’t just rest like others saw.
I pretended to be lying around and did everything I could.
‘I did an accident scene analysis. Fortunately, when I arrived at the scene of the accident, I was unconsciously using my surveying skills. Thanks to that, all the data in the field could be scanned.’
A refrigerant injection chamber that was swept away by an explosion.
A broken special control box.
Two royal mages and six royal knights lying around.
The appearance of things being broken and scattered.
Placement of fragments.
Even the posture and position of the fallen people.
All information was scanned and left as data.
Thanks to this, I was able to take out the situation intact, analyze it thoroughly, and chew it thoroughly while lying around in the corner of the room.
“I have found conclusive evidence. Fifth son of the Marquis of Bergamo. At the time, the only royal wizard who was dead at the scene of the accident. Clear evidence that he is the culprit that caused this accident.”
“…What was it?”
Xaviel wrinkled his forehead.
Lloyd shrugged.
“A special control box that contained the heart of winter. A whole piece of human palm skin was torn off and stuck to the outside of the broken box.”
“You mean palm skin?”
“uh.”
Really.
It really was.
The skin of a person’s palm that had been completely ripped off and stuck to the outside of the special control box.
That was conclusive proof that the 5th son of the Marquis of Bergamo was the culprit behind the accident.
“When you are very cold in the middle of winter. Do you know what happens when you put your tongue against cold metal?”
“I know. It sticks.”
“yes? What if I try to forcefully remove it?”
“It’s a big deal. The skin is frozen and clings to the metal and is torn away.”
“Exactly. However, the leather on the palm attached to the outside of the special control box was just like that.”
“…Could it be that it was the palm leather of the 5th son of the Marquis of Bergamo?”
“huh.”
Lloyd nodded confidently.
“I saw it when I arrived on the scene. Blood was spilled from the palm of the royal wizard of the Marquis of Bergamo. Even though the blood was frozen in the tremendous cold, it was a wound that had been cut open to no avail.”
Actually, it’s a lie.
To be honest, I didn’t see anything like that when I arrived at the scene.
I was so careless that I didn’t even observe that.
But I could tell.
I could confidently say that.
It was because I was able to look back at the scene of the accident with the data obtained with the surveying skill.
Because I was able to observe and analyze through the scanned data.
“What does that mean? Just before the accident happened, the magician from the Marquis of Bergamo touched the special control box with his palm, and in that state, the heart of winter started to run out of control, cold air leaked out and his palm stuck to the control box, you know? The control box can’t stand it and pop.”
“I was pushed back by the explosion, and as I forcibly removed my hand from the control box, the skin on my palm was ripped off and left on the outside of the box.”
“answer.”
Lloyd grinned.
It was exactly as Xaviel had guessed.
“The evidence was too conclusive. Originally, there was circumstantial evidence that the son of the Marquis family was the culprit, but there was also a testimony from the guards that he stabbed a fellow magician in the back, but there was no testimony from a person who directly witnessed the incident.”
“I guess so. It could be a situation where a sorcerer stabbed in the back pretends to be the victim and tries to frame his comrades.”
“Exactly. Because they are wizards. Although the possibility is low, it is not very impossible. It would be possible to stab yourself in the back with a dagger controlled by magic and hold it in the hand of a comrade.”
“However, the evidence of the ripped palm that Lloyd-sama said seems to have erased all possibility.”
“uh. Because it’s so convincing.”
Xaviel furrowed his eyebrows.
“Then I see. That’s why you sent a threatening letter to the Marquis of Bergamo. If the attitude of the noble house does not change, the court will expose all the evidence of the crimes committed by the fifth son of the marquess. Is my guess correct?”
“uh. How is it?”
Lloyd’s mouth ate.
painted a sinister smile.
That guess was true.
“If all the allegations are revealed, what will happen if even the conclusive evidence is uncovered? Perhaps the Royal Investigation Bureau will conduct an intensive reinvestigation of the exposed evidence. So what’s the result? The direct responsibility for the accident will surely fall on the Marquis of Bergamo. me? Of course, that’s not to say he’s not entirely responsible. I am the site manager. It’s an accident that happened at my site. However, the level of punishment itself will be different from the cause of the accident that will be clearly revealed.”
“I guess so. Because Lloyd-sama became a hero to the citizens.”
A bitter smile appeared on Xaviel’s lips.
Really.
Over the past few days, Lloyd has become a hero to the citizens of the capital.
The reason was simple.
Count’s heir.
A public servant of the Magentano royal family.
It was because he risked his life and dedicated himself to saving the workers who were commoners even though he had such a great position. It was thanks to the good news that it spread like wildfire through the workers and their families and friends throughout the capital.
“Citizens’ public opinion is already inclined towards Lloyd-sama. The truth that there is no direct cause of the accident. The cotton bat punishment must have been earned.”
“uh. In addition to that, the status and privilege of being a public servant of the royal family. It probably went beyond the scolding of His Highness the King. It’s like a verbal warning. On the other hand, what about the Marquis? There must be an uproar.”
“I guess so. If Lloyd-sama had revealed that crucial evidence in court.”
Finally, Xaviel knew.
thought together.
This fake Lloyd right in front of you.
I feel it every time, but I’m really clever.
Indeed, he was mean, mean, and even petty.
so that’s really great
‘that’s right. If the evidence was exposed, the marquess family would not have been able to avoid heavy punishment as they were the direct cause of the loss of the royal family’s personal belongings. A greater sin than rebellion? In the worst case, the entire marquis family could have collapsed.’
That’s not all.
The sword of punishment may have been swung even to all the families that were related by blood to the marquis.
It was a story that was possible enough if it was a punishment that was heavier than the rebellion.
‘However, the Marquis of Bergamo is also married to the Duke of Tuscany, the aristocrat. Because the Marquis’ father-in-law is the Duke of Tuscany.’
In other words, in terms of blood ties, the Duke of Toscano was the maternal grandfather of the real culprit of this incident.
And that wasn’t all.
Most of the central nobles who moved the aristocracy were deeply intertwined by blood ties and school ties.
So, what if the marquis family is punished close to extinction?
It was obvious that most of the nobles of the aristocratic family involved with the marquess would have suffered damage, big or small.
‘It’s such a mean thing.’
The more I thought about it, the more bitter laughter came out.
“That’s why the head of the aristocracy changed his attitude. I almost risked my life to protect Lloyd-sama.”
“What do you mean?”
A bitter smile crept across Lloyd’s lips.
The intimidation designed with each grab worked well.
If this gets scratched.
It was a threat that his neck would be blown off.
Central nobility with a lot to lose.
They were not free from the web of kinship and kinship delays.
On top of that, he gently put a bribe warning that if he moved as requested by this side, there would be something to profit from in the future.
Thanks to them, they succumbed to threats and bribes.
The trial went according to the will of this side.
The king also responded to the flow.
It was a king who wanted to side with this side, but had no justification.
But why does the head of the aristocrat suddenly advocate this side?
As if calling for pleasure, he gave the advocacy an impassioned choo-im-sae.
The aristocratic chief, Lloyd of Count Frontera, is a true patriot! If you say
The king said, “The ball is right.”
The head of the aristocrat said that punishing Lloyd for this incident would be a bigger loss than losing the old one! If you say
The king said that the ball’s opinion was indeed right, and carried a beat.
Are you there?
All I had to do was to say, ‘I will simply follow the will of your great majesty.’
That is how the king’s judgment was passed.
The loss of royal family items is truly a painful loss.
But there is no big responsibility on this side.
Winter’s heart loss is due to runaways caused by magical instability.
This is a situation of force majeure that cannot be prevented by human power.
However, it is an overly harsh treatment to ask Lloyd, a public servant of the royal family, for all the sins.
Therefore, only a small fine will be imposed on Lloyd Frontera for neglect of site management.
over ground.
It was a verdict.
“Thanks to you, I was able to receive a judgment like this with a cotton bat. I passed this one safely. So, should I go to work now?”
Yes.
There was no time to rest just because the trial was over.
Lloyd resented his fate (?) and immediately went to the scene.
‘I really want to grab this guy by the collar and shake him.’
Why did I come to live in this worldview?
He commanded the scene with a lamentation over his new situation.
Continued the construction of Tauranga extraction in the underground of the royal castle.
At the time of the accident, it was almost in the final stages of construction.
from the bottom to the top.
bottom-up vertical excavation.
It was approaching the independent pillar at the bottom of the royal castle where Tauranga was embedded.
Thanks to that, the rest of the construction didn’t take long.
After five days of vertical excavation, we reached the target point.
‘found!’
Foundation independent pillars finally revealed.
Tauranga was embedded in the ice in the middle.
It was a rectangular rock about 5 meters wide and 6 meters high.
Since then, Tauranga has been carefully pulled out.
He joined forces with Podongi.
Xaviel was also called.
A lump was pulled out and a rock to be replaced was put in its place. The joint repair was completed with cement.
The process was repeated twelve times.
The moment when the last twelfth lump of Tauranga is safely pulled out.
Ding dong.
[You have acquired all twelve pieces of Tauranga, the key material that makes up the Jewel of Truth.] [
You have succeeded in excavating the first key material of Aotearoa, the jewel of truth that was destroyed with the end of the Age of Mythology.]
[This is a historically very rare excavation achievement.]
[When the Jewel of Truth is restored in the future, your name will remain in the history books for a long time as the core material excavator of the jewel.] [As a bonus
for this rare achievement, a large amount of RP will be specially paid.]
[2000 RP acquired.]
[Current RP: 4655]
‘What?’
I got an unexpected achievement notification and a large amount of RP.
It was a truly monumental moment when the RP to use the time freeze skill was secured.
