Over, it’s completely over!
At this moment this voice kept echoing in my head.
The miserable ending that awaited me was already evident.
Imprisoned for the crime…
Living the second half of life in a detached prison of elves, until death…
The angry elves would form a large army to march into the valley and flatten my tribe….
My name will be passed down among the exiled survivors: the sinner of Bloodaxe clan, the disgrace of orcs, Brock, who committed evil deeds towards the elven maidens to satisfy his dirty desires, causing the elves to launch an all-out war on my tribe…..
NO!!!! I laid weakly on the bars of the cage, hung my head down, and in my heart gave out a cry of despair.
“Witness! As the victim is underage, you are obliged to conceal the victim’s name!” the presiding judge solemnly reminded Felina.
“I’m sorry. I was negligent ” Felina turned towards the bench trial again.
“Then, returning back to your testimony, you said that you and the victim got attacked in the forest, right?” asked the presiding judge.
“Yes,” Felina nodded.
“That is to say, at the time of the crime, the principal defendant, the orc Brock Bloodaxe, intended to violate you and the victim, was it like this?” the presiding judge continued to verify.
However, this time, Felina pursed her lips and did not immediately give an answer.
“Witness?” the presiding judge called again.
Standing on the witness stand box, Felina took a deep breath, and then slowly said: “No”
Huh?
Did I… did I just hear something wrong?
I unconsciously raised my head and saw that the presiding judge frowned slightly: “witness, did you just deny it?”
“Yes, I deny it.” Felina calmly replied, “things are not like what you said. ”
“But you just stated that you and the victim were attacked.”
“We were attacked, but it wasn’t the orc who attacked us.” Felina lightly said, “ but the beast in the forest.”
“Beast?” the presiding judge’s eyes widened.
“What?” the prosecutor also had an astonished look on her face.
Only Felina looked very calm: “Yes, beast. We were attacked by the beast and almost died under its claws.” she paused, “it was the orc who came to rescue us.”
This statement shocked the audience.
The women elf in the audience rose in surprise, and the presiding judge and other judges looked at each other.
I too was completely dumbstruck.
This… What was going on?
“How could it be possible!” A few seconds later, prosecutor Winsari suddenly rose and shouted.
“Silence! This is not the time for you to speak!” The presiding judge reacted and slammed the gavel to stop Winsari’s outburst, and then looked at the witness stand box and said, “witness, you just made a testimony which contradicts the evidence submitted by the prosecutor. Would you please tell us the process of the event you witnessed from the beginning?”
“Okay,” Felina nodded, “at that time, that is, the night of the full moon festival, I and An… the victim, you mentioned, went into the forest, but were attacked by the beast in the forest. When we were about to almost die, the orc showed up and stopped the beast. He offered to hold the beast and let me go to call for help. He fought with the wild beast and bought time for me to leave the forest. I found teachers in the academy and told them something happened in the forest. The teacher organized a search party for the forest. I don’t know what happened afterward.”
The presiding judge was stunned for a long time, blinked her eyes, and hesitatingly asked; “do you mean to say that the principal defendant did not violate you and the victim, but saved you?”
“Yes.”
“Chief crime scene investigator, were there any signs of wild animals at the crime scene?” the presiding judge turned towards the chief crime investigator().
“Ye… yes, there were footprints and claw marks, but we considered it reasonable that there were wild animals, so we did not consider them relevant to the case, and did not write it in the report…” the Chief crime scene investigator replied timidly.
The presiding judge blinked and then turned towards me with a complicated expression: “Principal defendant, since the testimony is in your favor, according to the regulations, you now have the right to defend. Do you have anything to say?”
Saying this, she picked up the crystal, and at the same time, I felt my clenched teeth relaxed.
She lifted my ban.
However, at this moment, I could not think of anything to say.
Felina’s testimony was a little different from the actual facts, but it wasn’t harmful to me.
What is she trying to do….
The doubts in my heart surged like a tide, making it impossible for me to sort out my thoughts.
I stared blankly at the figure on the witness stand box, but she didn’t look this way and just kept staring ahead.
“The principal defendant?” the presiding judge raised her voice and called out again.
“Huh? Ah! Yes!” I recovered and replied vaguely.
“Please answer, is the witness’s statement consistent with the facts?”
At the moment, Rolanna coughed loudly. I subconsciously glanced towards her and found that she was winking at me.
It gave my heart a little stability.
So I turned towards the presiding judge and answered, “Yes, that’s correct.”
“This…” the presiding judge hesitated for a few seconds, turned her head, and exchanged glances with the other judges, who looked equally surprised, and seemed to “discuss”
The audience also whispered to each other in shock.
Taking advantage of this gap, I leaned close to Rolanna, who had a smug smile on her face, and said in a lowered voice: “so you have already arranged this?”
Rolanna should have learned the truth of this matter and found Felina to give this testimony in advance, then this would explain the things.
However, to my surprise, Rolanna shook her head.
“No,” she said with a meaningful smile, “I’m not the one who asked Felina to give this testimony.”
“Huh?” I couldn’t help but be confused.
“Impossible! It’s nonsense!” Once again, prosecutor Winsari slammed the table and stood up.
“Prosecutor, please don’t disturb the order of the court!” the presiding judge slammed the gavel.
“Presiding judge, there are suspicious points in the witness’ testimony. I request to question the witness!” Winsari raised her hand and said in a loud voice.
The presiding judge thought for a moment and nodded: “Approved to question.”
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