Episode 14

"You-all… Christian's friends. “Why do you both have faces like that?”

The friends swallowed their saliva and spoke hungrily.

“I was assaulted while trying to stop Christian from doing something wrong.”

“… “If it’s a mistake, what are you talking about?”

“Drunk... “He killed the person who served him and dumped the body in the river.”

“!!”

Count Kazar stumbled with a white complexion.

“Is that true!”

“Yes, it is true. sorry! “We tried to stop Christian, but we weren’t enough.”

Count Khazar covered his face with his hands.

There was silence for a long time, and without anyone noticing, Butler Cox exchanged glances with Christian's friends.

'Good job.'

Deacon Cox handled the matter as he intended.

But why?

My friends trembled and averted their gaze.

It was a strange sight, but Deacon Cox was too excited to think about Christian's complete downfall.

‘I finished off Christian as he told me to do, and now I will receive a big reward.’

Him.

Butler Cox hid his sinister expression.

he said to Count Khazar, feigning abominable concern.

“… What should we do with you, Mr. Master? “I don’t think this incident can be taken lightly.”

Count Kazar opened his mouth heavily.

“Bring Christian to the Main Court. “I will use my right to summary judgment.”

* ? ?* ? ?*

Christian was brought to trial immediately.

All the major figures of the count family gathered at the court.

“This is you, Master.”

The Mines brought Christian to court.

However, people who saw Christian's appearance looked puzzled.

It was too neat.

There was no sign of him being drunk at all, and he didn't even show any of the wild debauchery he had shown not long ago.

On the contrary.

‘Similar to when I came to my senses?’

Some demons thought so.

Count Kazar gritted his teeth and asked Christian.

“… “Is it true that he committed murder?”

Chris looked at Count Kajar before answering.

With clear eyes, as if he had returned to before.

"no."

A firm answer.

Count Kazar's eyes wavered.

“Are you lying? “There are definitely witnesses.”

“Be an eyewitness. “Who are you talking about?”

The friends standing on the witness stand stepped forward with white complexions.

“Uh, it’s us.”

“Let me ask the Count one thing. Is the authors' testimony trustworthy? What I mean is, is there any evidence to corroborate the testimony?”

Count Khazar became completely dumb.

“There are witnesses who saw you dragging the person who was serving you to a secret place.”

I didn't just hear testimony that it was Count Khazar.

The circumstances were investigated separately and it was confirmed that the victim went missing after Christian took her to a secret location.

“Hmm. “I think there’s some misunderstanding.”

Chris shrugged his shoulders and spoke afterwards.

“Please come in.”

“!!”

Then, an additional person appeared in the courtroom, and Deacon Cox's eyes widened as if torn.

The girl who was killed by Chris and abandoned in the river has emerged unharmed!

“Oh, no?”

“What happened?”

The girl said in a trembling voice.

“Master Do, he felt sorry for my situation and gave me money and told me to go back secretly so that no one else would find out. “No harm was done.”

“I guess so.”

Chris chuckled.

“How did this happen?”

People were perplexed.

His innocence was proven so cleanly that it was almost pointless.

People's attention was focused on the friends who gave false testimony.

“If I’m innocent, then maybe that’s why there’s this commotion.”

Chris said coldly.

“They plotted against me.”

“!!”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed.

Count Kazar shouted.

“Make them kneel!”

“Ooh, we… !! “Kaaak!!!”

The demons roughly forced their friends to their knees on the ground.

They swallowed tears with thoughtful faces.

They had tried to frame the Count's sons, and now they were dead.

No matter what I did, I couldn't survive.

But they couldn't help it either.

‘We didn’t want to do this either!’

Actually, this is Chris's own play.

They did this under Chris' orders.

But I couldn't refuse.

seal of bondage.

Because the curse engraved by Chris forced their actions.

Following the curse, they opened their mouths again against their will.

“Ooh, we… “It was just an instigation.”

“Buy it for me?”

"yes. I received orders to slander you. Hehehe.”

Count Kazar's eyes heated up with anger that threatened to explode.

“Who is that killer?”

Everyone's eyes were focused on their friends.

They raised their trembling faces and looked at one person.

A person with a face as pale as theirs.

“This is Butler Cox.”

“!!”

Everyone was in shock.

It was a completely unexpected nomination.

In particular, Count Kazar had a blank look on his face.

Butler Cox is someone who has worked for the Count family for a long time.

In particular, he was so trustworthy that when the count led the knights into battle, he entrusted him with the count's household chores instead.

But someone who believes that way instigated this?

Of course, Deacon Cox jumped up and denied it.

“This is a ridiculous false accusation! No, this is… So, it's clearly a prank that you and his friends are planning! “Young master, you’ve been playing such terrible pranks!”

Deacon Cox keenly realized that the current situation was planned by Chris.

He reacted harshly, baring his fangs.

“How much I have cared for you, Master! You're trying to put this false accusation on me! No matter how much of a scoundrel you are, there are some things you should do and some things you shouldn’t!”

‘I have to somehow insist that it was that bastard’s evil accusation!’ Butler Cox thought urgently to himself.

It was a reasonable method.

He has built up trust over a long period of time, but that bastard has always been distrusted by people.

If you somehow insist on it, you will be able to blame it on the foolish mistake of a fool.

But Cox paused.

This is because Chris' eyes did not waver at all.

It was as if Cox had expected it to come out like this.

That guess was correct.

Chris thought to himself.

‘Do you think I didn’t know you would turn out like this?’

“Count, as the victim of this incident, may I ask for one thing?”

Chris spoke to Count Kazar in an official tone.

“… “What is it?”

“May I personally try Butler Cox on behalf of the Count?”

trial.

The plan is to ask Cox directly about this incident.

Count Khazar was silent for a moment.

‘… why?'

Count Kazar looked at Chris' face.

He doesn't trust his son.

It was natural.

But still.

Also, what does that look mean?

An arrogant yet confident look that shook his heart.

Count Khazar made an incomprehensible decision.

“… Okay, don’t leave it up to you.”

“Count!”

Butler Cox shouted in surprise.

“However, if an inappropriate action or statement is made, the qualification will be immediately revoked.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

Chris grinned.

“I’ll finish it soon.”

Everyone looked at what Chris was doing with puzzled eyes.

“I will ask the defendant on behalf of the will of His Majesty the Demon Emperor, the great ruler of the Magic Empire, and as the representative of Count Kazar, a member of the Dark Maga who rules the eastern wing of the Southern Magic Kingdom.”

People who heard what Chris said were impressed without even realizing it.

You probably have no experience conducting a trial like this, but this was the exact phrase before the hearing.

“Does Defendant Cox swear to tell the truth when asked by the authorities?”

“… “I swear.”

“As the representative of the Demon Emperor, I ask you again. “Does Defendant Cox swear to tell only the truth when asked by the Department?”

“… “I swear.”

Two oath phrases.

It was just an oath given as part of psychological warfare, but Chris raised the corner of his mouth meaningfully.

“Then I will ask. “Have you ever instigated them to try to slander the headquarters?”

"doesn't exist."

“Can you swear to that fact?”

“… You can."

“I will ask again. “Can you really swear?”

This was when Cox was about to reply that he could do it again.

His eyes hardened.

'what? 'Can't you speak?!'

An incomprehensible phenomenon.

He tried to answer, but his tongue wouldn't move.

Chris' face appeared in his eyes.

A winner's smile.

Cox sensed that what was happening to his body was related to that idiot.

“Well, to me… What now... Do… ?”

“What are you doing? “I’m trying to help you tell the truth.”

Chris held his hand forward and opened his palm.

“Didn’t you just swear to me? “I will answer only the truth.”

“!!”

Astonishment appeared on the faces of the demons who saw the pattern blooming on Chris's palm.

“The seal of bondage!!!”

It was a terrible curse black magic that could enslave the opponent under certain conditions!

It's a 4-star dark magic, how?

“No, it’s a little different!”

“No way, improvement? “Who improved it like that?”

People couldn't even imagine that Chris had accomplished this.

Improving 4-star black magic is only possible if you become a black magician of a higher level.

Of course, Chris was an exception.

‘If you completely understand the principles of the magic, you can improve it even if your level is low. Instead, the power is much weaker.’

Chris smiled.

The seal of binding was originally a black magic that could not be used at his level.

First of all, there was not enough demonic energy, and the achievement of black magic was not enough.

So he modified it in his own way.

The effect was drastically reduced to reduce the consumption of magical energy, and the ‘conditions’ for being cursed were strengthened so that it could be used even if the achievement was insufficient.

The result that was born was this.

‘You can force someone to do exactly what they swore twice.’

The binding seal that Chris had improved could not manipulate the opponent freely like the real binding seal.

All he could do was make the other person follow what he had pledged.

And that cannot be done with just one oath.

I had to swear two oaths.

That's why we created this place.

Because when you stand in court, you usually have to swear twice.

‘Now he can only answer my questions with the truth.’

Butler Cox's face turned white when he realized the situation.

“This, this… no."

Butler Cox pulled up Magi.

He is also a 3-star demon who has achieved his own level of achievement.

He is trying to break the curse.

Damn, the curse that Chris had cast shook.

‘Do you want to last for 1-2 minutes?’

At best, it's a 1-star curse, so you'll only be able to endure it for a long time.

But it didn't matter.

One minute was enough time to make me spit out all the truth.