"If the final verdict is that Rod is guilty, I will raze this place to the ground and take you out of Winvi to a place where no one knows Rhodes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info watched quietly as the empire collapsed and disintegrated as the core of power evaporated from the human world, plunging into turmoil and chaos. The mother's expression was still gentle, as if she was saying something for granted, but the content of the words made Rhodes think that he had misheard: "Then, I will find another kingdom at random and let it send troops to annex the territory of Midland and retake all the population and infrastructure of the original empire...... After this great change of dynasty, who will remember that the son of a young duke was sentenced to death by hanging by the ruler of the former empire who killed several soldiers on impulse?"

"But if you do that, no matter how smooth the process is, there will be a lot of people who will be displaced or lose their lives in the chaos. Yani frowned, guessing that Raven should be scaring her son: "So...... Xiao Xiaoluo, no matter what you think, even for the sake of those innocent people, you must restore your innocence after today's public trial!"

"Of course I don't want to affect the innocent, but human energy is limited. I can't protect the world and protect everyone in the world at the same time, and if I don't force myself to try, my efforts will be as futile as trying to water the whole forest with a bucket of water. Raven nodded in affirmation of Yani's statement, "Resisting the demonic invasion and preventing the destruction of the world is undoubtedly the highest priority, but I can't watch my own children's safety be threatened, but at this juncture, there are people I don't know to cause trouble for me again and again, and I can't watch Rhodes all day...... Therefore, if this time the matter cannot be solved in a satisfactory way, I will choose a quick solution to solve the problem at the source. ”

"I understand, I'm not going to come here. Rod made a serious reassurance.

"Hmm. Raven was satisfied with her son's reaction, nodded and stopped talking, but raised her hand to smooth the soft and beautiful fur of the little silver fox in her arms over and over again, until the little fox hummed comfortably. Rhodes is here for trial today, and it is obviously too presumptuous to hold a fox, but the Duchess has no scruples.

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The boy is not stupid, his mother and Aunt Yani sang and harmonized like this, obviously just worried about him for fear that he would make trouble again, but no matter how fanciful he was, he couldn't change the essence of the matter - this time he had a disaster with a wide impact and extremely bad impact, and finally had to rely on the power of his parents to get away with it.

In his heart, of course, he sincerely decided to change his impulsive and reckless fault, but he also understood that if he was an ordinary person, he would not have gotten this opportunity to reform himself. If the world is so simple that everything runs according to the rules of truth and law, you will be on the gallows without any suspense.

Rod waited depressedly for the beginning of the trial, but Roy's eyes beside him flashed with longing, and his mother's answer just now set off a monstrous wave in the girl's heart-the so-called turning hands into clouds and hands into rain, referring to the existence of his own parents. This is the real generosity, this is the courage and vision of the guardian of the world. Even if he subverted a small Narig, he had to try his best to borrow external forces, and even betray some hues to succeed, while his parents could decide the life and death of an empire in a conversation and laughter...... It's a pity that I don't know when I will grow up to be as strong as my mother?

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"Well, both sides have arrived, and the trial can begin. On the stage, the emperor spoke with great majesty: "General Carlyle accuses Sir Rod Forster, son of the Duke of Foster, of treason, and the accused has been present, if there is any doubt about his identity, please raise it immediately, if not, move on to the next link!"

Naturally, few of the audience on the periphery were familiar with Rod's appearance, but many of the nobles and officers sitting on the edge of the scene watched him grow up, and it was difficult to find someone to replace him with the conspicuous features and appearance of a young man. This step did not waste much time, and at the prompting of a judge, General Carlyle, who was burly but had slightly grayed hair, loudly presented his accusations against Rhodes from the plaintiff's bench - of course, there were no rumors circulating in the streets and alleys that Rhodes was flying and oppressing the people, only facts, at least what he thought to be: Rhodes had colluded with the Resistance Army of Anteli to ambush an Imperial army in the village of Hill in the southwest of Anteli, causing more than 30 casualties among the Imperial soldiers, at least four of whom were killed by the hands of the teenagers.

The old general did not deliberately mention that his son was among the four, and it was clear to everyone present that the identity of these four soldiers would not affect the severity of the verdict at all, given that His Majesty the Emperor had obvious intentions to favor the Foster family.

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Rhodes stood up, denied all the accusations according to his mother's arrangement, and explained that he had been separated from the guards on the battlefield, groped his way back south, and finally met his mother in a village hundreds of miles south of Sartenburg, and had never been to the small village near the Cavehall Forest and General Carlyle's mouth, so he naturally could not do what the other party had accused.

As a family member, his mother naturally cannot come forward to testify, and he has no one else to prove his movements, but considering that he was separated from the guards and "disappeared" on the battlefield, it is understandable that he could not find any witnesses.

Then came the time for the prosecution to present evidence, and General Carlyle provided human witnesses: there were quite a few soldiers who survived the ambush, including twenty-six of them who had not been affected by the trauma of the operation, and who had arrived in the imperial capital more than ten days earlier.

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"Witness names?"

"Connor Levi, Ebna Bolin, Philin Lidia......" Twenty-six soldier witnesses were brought to the scene and their names were reported one by one. The identity of their active soldiers has been confirmed by the military department, and the fact that they participated in that battle can also be proved by the more uniforms of the troops to which they belong, plus they belong to the elite advance corps, and the members are all professional soldiers loyal to the empire rather than temporary conscriptions, plus the testimony is unfavorable to the son of their immediate boss, which can be regarded as a weak enemy and strong, no one doubts that they will lie, and the testimony has considerable credibility.

"Well, before the testimony begins, it is necessary for me to remind the witnesses that you are before the Emperor, the Supreme Ruler whom you have sworn allegiance, and this is a trial of treason that I have personally conducted! If you testify falsely in this trial, you will not only be guilty of perjury, but also of deception, and your testimony may decide the life and death of many people, and have some impact on yourself. You have half a minute to reconsider, and I'll start asking questions later. ”

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