Chapter 15: The Smile
Rob originally wanted to help Abby find her irresponsible father, but the girl only had a dry name in her hand, and there was no basic information about her surname, physical characteristics, hometown, and relatives, so it was impossible to find her target with just such clues.
But the girl doesn't care too much about this result, she hasn't seen her cheap dad since she was born, and she doesn't have much affection for each other, this time it's just a incidental thing to come out to find relatives, it doesn't matter if you can find the best not to find, the main mother used to tell her that the human world is very interesting, she listened to it too much and her heart has been itching, and finally looked forward to adulthood, and ran out of the house.
Master Ukairi explained, " I spent a while in a small tribe of orcs in order to learn the practice of a local guinea pig, and I met the child's mother at that time, and she helped me a lot during that time, acting as an interpreter for me and other people in the tribe, but I left in a hurry and didn't have time to repay her, since I met her daughter in Guderis, I always had to find a way to help, this child has a good heart, but after all, I grew up on the orc side, and I am not familiar with the human world, and I am afraid that there will be a place to trouble you in the futureใ โ
His Excellency the future Ultra Magus nodded, "Don't worry, I'll take care of her." โ
Rob rented a single room for the girl nearby, the owner is a grandmother in her sixties, her two daughters are married, and his wife died last year, the old man probably felt more lonely to live alone, so he rented a room in the house, the rent is very cheap, only two silver coins a year, living here can also help Abby get familiar with the human world faster.
Abby had a little problem with renting, but after looking at her new home, it quickly vanished, especially when she tried the bed and found it softer than any in the tribe, and in the afternoon Master Ukairi took the little girl to buy a batch of common daily necessities, while the would-be Magister returned to school to make up for the lessons.
He also heard some news in the school, at this moment the trial of Caesar is going on secretly somewhere in the city, the reason for the secret trial is because of the fear of the face of the Andrei family and the possible bad influence, but the court has issued a statement that the form of the trial will not affect the final result, if Caesar is really guilty, the court will not open up because he is a nobleman.
The Andrei family was also very concerned about the outcome of this trial, and specially sent two representatives to observe, they also shouldered a special mission, the head of the Andrei family has already spoken, if the previous charges are true, even if the court does not sentence Caesar to death, they will enforce the family's private law against Caesar.
And today is the day when the court finally pronounces the verdict, Caesar's heart is now full of despair, no one knows better than him that the nobles are this kind of person, the family honor is always above the blood kinship, and he is just a sideline, once he does something to tarnish the surname Andre, all the cold family rules are waiting for him, all the ancient nobles are amazingly consistent on this point, even if the Andrei family has the ability to save him, they will only stand by for the honor of the family.
Today, the two distant uncles came very early, they sat in the last row, looking at Caesar with a faint smile on their faces, but there was no temperature behind this smile, Caesar was about to give up hope, but after seeing these two smiling faces, his heart suddenly burst out with a strong desire to survive.
Yes, it's this kind of smile, which seems to be kind but actually contemptuous, he is obviously the most talented young man in the clan, but because of his background, he doesn't know how many white eyes he has received since he was a child, compared to those descendants he needs to work thousands of times hard to get those things they have already obtained, even if he reaches today's status and grows up to be a contender for the next head of the family, those people look at him without any change.
This kind of gaze is the biggest motivation for Caesar to climb desperately all these years, and he wants to prove to all those who have despised him that he is the best person in the younger generation of the family, and he wants to become the next head of the Andrei family, and trample all those people under his feet.
No, he must not fall here until this dream is realized!! Caesar clenched his fists.
He knew very well that the premise of all this depended on whether he could survive today's trial.
His trial had been going on for seven days, and the police had listed several charges against him, the most serious of which were betraying his teammates and betraying humanity during the freshman competition, but the charges against him did not go well from day one, although Mr. Harvey and many of the students who had been to the hive came forward to identify him as having served the monster for a short time, but unfortunately none of them had any substantial evidence in their hands.
Caesar was undoubtedly suspicious as the only living person in that lair, but this did not arbitrarily characterize him as a traitor, and those who were rescued from the white giant egg later were also at a loss, including several of his former teammates, they were attacked for a short time, and most of them didn't even realize what was happening, and then it was like a nightmare, they didn't know anything about what was going on in the outside world, and when they opened their eyes, they were in the church bed.
As a result, none of them can prove that Caesar ever betrayed humanity or betrayed his teammates.
Except for one person. She is Shirley, after coming out of the hive, everyone is very hostile to Caesar, only the freshman girl named Shirley is still willing to stay by his side, and then Shirley, Caesar and Teacher Harris worked together as a team to search for the last holy weapon, but unfortunately encountered the monster that infiltrated the inner city, Teacher Harris took the initiative to stay to block the monster, so that Shirley and Caesar escaped first, but in the end, only Caesar escaped the catastrophe.
According to the first version of the testimony of the girl after she was rescued by the church, when the monster solved Mr. Harris and caught up with him, Caesar pushed her over with his own hands in order to survive, and this testimony became ironclad evidence that Caesar betrayed his teammates.
Today, the girl, named Shirley, will testify against the latter in person, and if nothing else, this testimony and Caesar's many doubts will allow the court to convict him.
Andre's family never imagined that one day whether they could survive would depend on a small role he had never put in his eyes, and the scene at this moment seemed to be particularly ironic, Shirley sat in the position of a witness and looked at him with a complicated expression, and what he couldn't stand the most in that gaze was not hatred, not disappointment, not sadness, but the faint pity behind it.
This is what makes Caesar feel mad the most, but he also sees a glimmer of life in that pity, and the young master of the Andre family takes a deep breath and forcibly suppresses the anger in his heart to calm his emotions again.
Half an hour later, he straightened his back and walked out of the courtroom, this time no one could stop him, whether it was the garrison or the family.
(End of chapter)