Peace Hunter

"A major evil plan is being carried out in this kingdom?"

"What is she talking about?" asked the people who had come to watch the trial.

They seemed confused by what Miss Karina had said. Meanwhile, Duke James, who had been sitting in his chair, immediately stood up upon seeing Miss Karina and halted the proceedings.

"What is this, Ms. Principal? You suddenly came and interrupted this trial just to say that there is a major evil plan being carried out in this kingdom? But why did you only give His Honor a crystal? What evidence can be obtained from that crystal? Or are you just stalling for time to delay the trial?" asked Duke James.

"You'd better be quiet, Lord Duke," said Miss Karina.

Duke James, hearing this, looked angry and tried to approach Miss Karina.

"How dare you tell me to shut up, when you're only the principal of the academy and I'm a Duke. My rank is higher than yours," said Duke James.

"Please be proud of your title as Duke, Lord Duke, because it will soon be revoked," said Miss Karina.

"What did you say?" asked Duke James, growing increasingly angry.

Duke James intended to attack Miss Karina, but she immediately used her plant magic to create vines that bound Duke James.

"You, how dare you do this!" said Duke James, who was bound by the vines created by Miss Karina's magic.

The people in the courtroom seemed shocked by what Miss Karina had done, and the knights guarding the courtroom were seen preparing to attack Miss Karina. But Queen Kayana immediately stopped them all.

"Stop, all of you," said Queen Kayana.

The knights preparing to attack Miss Karina immediately turned to Queen Kayana.

"But this person has disrupted the proceedings, Your Majesty," said one of the knights.

"I said stop! You must all obey my command," said Queen Kayana, looking angry.

Queen Kayana began to emit a pressure that made the air in the room feel heavy. The pressure Queen Kayana exuded made it difficult for some in the courtroom to breathe.

"Your Majesty, why do you allow this woman to act as she pleases?" asked Duke James.

"It would be best for you to remain silent for now, Lord Duke," Queen Kayana said, glaring at Duke James.

Duke James was surprised when Queen Kayana gave him a sharp look. Meanwhile, Miss Karina continued walking to the center of the courtroom, passing the knights who were silently watching her. Miss Karina continued walking until she finally stopped in front of where I was sitting. Then Miss Karina looked up at Judge Roswald. Judge Roswald had been staring at the crystal stone, oblivious to what was happening in the courtroom.

"What's wrong, Your Honor? Why have you been staring at that crystal stone all this time?" asked Miss Karina.

"It's nothing. I just can't believe I'm seeing this thing again," said Judge Roswald.

"It seems you've used that thing before, so I don't need to tell you how to use it," said Miss Karina.

"Yes, I have. You said earlier that it contained evidence of a major evil plan, right?" asked Judge Roswald.

"Yes, Your Honor," said Miss Karina.

"Then I'll listen to the contents of this device. But it seems the situation in this courtroom is unsettled," said Judge Roswald.

Judge Roswald finally realized that the situation in the courtroom was unsettled. This was because Queen Kayana was continuously emitting a pressure aura that was making some people in the room uncomfortable and having difficulty breathing. After Judge Roswald said this, Miss Karina turned to Queen Kayana.

"Your Majesty, please cease your aura pressure, as it is disrupting the proceedings," said Miss Karina.

After being informed by Miss Karina, Queen Kayana immediately ceased her aura pressure.

"I'm sorry," said Queen Kayana.

After Queen Kayana's aura pressure disappeared from the room, the atmosphere slowly returned to calm.

"It seems the situation has calmed down, so I will listen to the contents of this device," said Judge Roswald.

Judge Roswald then channeled his mana into the crystal. A few moments later, the crystal began to emit a sound.

"Do you think my threat is a joke, Enzo? Quickly tell me who ordered you to kill me and why. Otherwise, this time I'll cut off your left leg."

The voice that came from the crystal was mine. It was my voice when I was interrogating Enzo. The voice from the crystal shocked everyone present, and even I was surprised to hear it.

"I was only told by Miss Karina to activate a crystal given to me by channeling a small amount of Mana into it, but I wasn't told what it was. When I said it was a communication crystal, Miss Karina replied that it wasn't. I knew Miss Karina was planning something by giving me the crystal, but I didn't expect it to have such a function," I thought.

Then the people who heard the voice from the crystal began to talk to each other.

"So it's true that that kid killed Young Master Enzo."

"But didn't you hear that Young Master Enzo was the one who originally intended to kill that kid?" they said.

Then the crystal continued to make sounds while I was interrogating Enzo.

"T-The person who ordered me to kill you was Senior Florian. Not only Senior Florian, my father, the Duke of San Angela, also contacted me and ordered me to kill you. The people who intercepted and attacked you earlier were also ordered by the same person."

After hearing that, several people in the courtroom began to stare at Duke James.

"W-what? N-no way, I couldn't possibly order my son to commit murder," said Duke James, still bound by the vines.

Not only that, the people also stared at Duke Darwin because Senior Florian was Duke Darwin's son. Duke Darwin, who had previously been sitting quietly in his chair, immediately stood up upon hearing the voice coming from the crystal ball. His face looked pale and agitated.

"N-no, that must be slander. There's no way my son would do that," said Duke Darwin.

But the voice from the crystal ball didn't stop there. The voice continued until finally it announced something truly shocking.

"My father was aiming for the moment when the San Lucia family and Her Majesty the Queen would arrive at the event together. T-That's because he wanted to kill the entire San Lucia family and Her Majesty the Queen at the same time at the event."

After hearing the voice from the crystal ball, everyone in the room was shocked. Everyone was shocked, except for Miss Karina and Queen Kayana, who had likely heard the conversation first.

"What exactly happened?"

"Lord Duke San Angela intended to kill Her Majesty the Queen and the entire San Lucia family?"

"I never thought Lord Duke San Angela would do that," said the people present in the courtroom.

Duke James's face grew paler as everyone stared at him and began discussing.

"N-no, I didn't intend to do that, I swear," Duke James said.

After Duke James said that, Duke Louis, who had been sitting in his chair, suddenly stood up and began walking toward Duke James.

"What do you mean, Lord James? You intend to kill my entire family?" asked Duke Louis, looking angry.

Duke Louis was now standing in front of Duke James, tugging at his collar.

"N-no, Lord Louis, I swear I didn't intend to do that," Duke James said.

"Enough, you don't need to lie anymore, the evidence is clear that you intend to kill my entire family because the one who said that was your own son," said Duke Louis.

Duke Louis then prepared to punch Duke James in the face, but Commander Asier swiftly stopped him.

"Stop, father," said Commander Asier.

"Let go, Asier. Didn't you hear that he was trying to kill our family? I suspected something was wrong with the ~Matchmaking Battle~, and it turns out I was right. He intended to kill us and even Her Majesty the Queen," said Duke Louis.

"I know, father, I was listening too. But right now, we better calm down," said Commander Asier.

"What Commander Asier said is true, Lord Duke San Lucia," said Judge Roswald, suddenly joining in.

Duke Louis turned to Judge Roswald.

"Your Honor," said Duke Louis.

"I ask that you all calm down first, because what was discussed in this crystal stone is not over yet," said Judge Roswald.

The people in the courtroom began to quiet down after Judge Roswald's order. Then the voice coming from the crystal continued.

"Furthermore, it wasn't just my father, Duke San Angela, who was involved in this plan. Duke San Minerva was also involved, and so was the person who created these 'subjects,' namely—"

After that, the sound of Enzo vomiting blood was heard, and then the voice from the crystal stopped.

"It seems the conversation heard in the crystal has ended," said Judge Roswald.

After the voice from the crystal stopped, the people in the courtroom began to stir again.

"Before Young Master Enzo could name the last person, it seems he was already dead."

"I truly never imagined that Lord Duke San Angela and Lord Duke San Minerva would plot to assassinate Her Majesty the Queen and the entire San Lucia family."

"Rather than that, what was the 'subject' that Young Master Enzo spoke of earlier?"

"After listening to the conversation in the crystal ball, it seems that kid is innocent in this incident."

"That's right, because that kid was the one Young Master Enzo wanted to kill from the start. That kid was forced to kill Young Lord Enzo in self-defense."

"But I never thought that kid would survive. In the previous newspaper, it said that that kid had killed many people in Hevea Forest besides Young Master Enzo. If I heard the conversation in the crystal ball, doesn't that mean the people he killed were the ones who intended to kill him? I never thought he would survive after fighting off so many people who tried to kill him," the people said.

The people began to talk among themselves after hearing the conversation from the crystal. Meanwhile, Duke James and Duke Darwin looked uneasy. Their faces were growing paler.

"W-what was said in the crystal must be a lie. It's slander created by someone else to corner us," said Duke James.

"T-that's true. There's no way we, as Dukes, would plan something like that. I'm sure the conversation that took place in the crystal was a fabrication created by the academy principal and that kid. They intended to discredit us," said Duke Darwin.

Miss Karina and I didn't respond to their comments and chose to remain silent.

"See, you see. The two of them are silent. They haven't tried to deny what Lord Darwin said about it. So it's definitely their fault. It seems they cast illusion magic on the crystal, making the voice coming from it sound like my son, Enzo," said Duke James.

Some in the courtroom felt that Duke James's words were true. The crowd began to hesitate over who to support.

"No. What's being said in this crystal is a genuine conversation, I can guarantee it," said Judge Roswald.

Duke James and Duke Darwin were shocked by Judge Roswald's words.

"How can you say that so easily, Your Honor? Don't you find that crystal strange? No crystal can record the voices of past conversations," said Duke James.

"Of course there is, Lord James. This crystal is an example. It seems you don't know about this crystal, so I will explain. This crystal is an object that can record the sound of an event. How to use it is by inserting a small amount of mana into this crystal when you want to record the sound. After inserting a small amount of mana into this crystal, this crystal will be able to record the sound that occurs around it. To stop the sound recording, just insert a small amount of mana again into the crystal. Then to listen to the sound recording in this crystal, the user must continue to channel their Mana until the sound in this crystal stops. That's what I did earlier, I continued to channel Mana into this crystal until the sound in this crystal stopped,"

"This crystal also has a feature to cut recordings that are considered unimportant or delete the recording completely and replace it with a new recording, but I will not explain about this further," said Judge Roswald.

"The owner of this crystal should have two identical crystals. If one of them is used to record, the sound recording will also be heard on the other. So I suspect the principal gave the crystal to a boy named Rid Archie and let him record the events that occurred in the Hevea Forest. Since the principal also has the other crystal, he doesn't need to worry about the fate of the one held by Rid Archie. But if the principal had already prepared this, does that mean he already knew something would happen to that boy named Rid Archie?" thought Judge Roswald.

After hearing Judge Roswald's words, Duke James was shocked, as was Duke Darwin.

"Wh-Why do you know about that object, Your Honor?" asked Duke James.

"Didn't I tell you before that I've used this item? It's an item made by the Dwarves of the Dwarf Kingdom. I tried it once when I visited the Dwarf Kingdom. It's arguably one of the most expensive items sold in the Dwarf Kingdom. I never thought the principal of the San Fulgen Academy would have one. Where did you get such an expensive item?" Judge Roswald asked Miss Karina.

Miss Karina smiled at Judge Roswald's question.

"You don't need to know where I got it, Your Honor. Instead of asking that, you'd better think about what to do with those two Dukes. No, I mean the two 'former' Dukes," said Miss Karina.

-To be continued

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