Werner chewed on the fluffy bread in his mouth, a delicacy he had never tasted in his previous twenty-three years, but he was able to eat it once he was in prison...... Ironic, right?

With the 'boiled water,' he swallowed the bread, even though it didn't cut his throat long enough, but he had long been accustomed to chewing slowly, and if he didn't do it before, it would hurt himself, but now it had become a habit.

This is his last meal before going to court, and after two verdicts, he will be sentenced, and now he is only temporarily detained.

It's a process, a process that every person on trial has gone through since the establishment of the courts, and if it is not conclusively proven, there is often a long gap between the first judgment and the second judgment, which in Wende City, even the children of the slums know.

"Werner ......"

Hearing the call outside the door, Werner looked up, and he saw his childhood friend, Hunter.

Hunter stood on the other side of the door, wearing a gray prison guard uniform, tall and straight, looking very handsome.

He looked at Werner with complicated eyes and sighed, "Get ready, it's time for you to get ready to go to the courthouse." ”

"Good. Werner nodded silently.

“...... Aisha will also come as a family member. ”

Hunter, who turned around to leave, left a sentence, and when he heard this, Werner didn't react much, just buried his head in his knees and sighed heavily.

Sitting in the ox cart that carried the suspects to the courthouse, Werner and Hunter sat across from each other, looking at each other without saying a word.

Hunter kept his face strained, and Werner kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word.

"Hunter, do you know him?"

Another prison guard sitting in the ox cart couldn't help but ask when he saw Hunter's expression when he faced Werner.

“...... Werner was my childhood friend. Hunter was silent for a moment, but finally chose to answer.

"Oh......" The other guard was stunned for a moment, didn't say anything, but quietly raised his vigilance.

But contrary to his suspicion, until the ox cart drove into the back door of the courthouse, Hunter and Werner did not say a word to each other, and there was no scene where Hunt fought him in order to save Werner, and they came to the courthouse quietly and peacefully.

However, after Werner got out of the car and walked on the way to the courtroom, Hunter suddenly said to Werner: "Werner, I believe that this sentence will be a fair sentence, although as a prison guard, I must stick to my duty and cannot defend you, but I support you - whoever it is, will take action in that situation!"

The other prison guard in charge of escorting Werner glanced at Hunter, who didn't look back, in some surprise, but now he was relieved that they had arrived at the courthouse, and the door to enter the courtroom was in front of them, and Hunter would not choose to do something stupid at such a time.

He didn't know why Werner killed someone, he only knew that Werner was arrested because he killed someone.

Werner was silent for a long time: "...... Thank you. ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the two bailiffs waiting at the side door opened the door, and the cacophony of people echoed through the empty courtroom, and when the door was opened, the voices poured into the ears of several people.

Illuminated by bright lights, Werner and the two bailiffs entered the courtroom.

Looking back, Werner saw the slowly closing door, and Hunter, who was still tall, and his childhood friend gestured to him—

'Good luck!'

Werner pursed his lips and heard a call from the auditorium: "Brother!"

Turning his head, he saw his sister Aisha standing behind a wooden railing that separated the auditorium from the defendant's dock, and on either side of the railing were two different worlds.

Werner did not reply, but stood silently in the dock, accompanied by two vigilant bailiffs, at exactly 9:50 a.m., ten minutes before the court began.

The judge was already sitting in his seat, looking down at the documents in his hand, he was wearing a pair of glasses, but this could not hide his haggardness.

At present, there are only two judges in Wende City, although the people of Wende City have not yet adapted to the existence of the court, and there are not many cases to deal with, but every time they have a trial, they need to familiarize themselves with the case and make all preparations before the trial, which is undoubtedly very tiring.

The two judges change every day, take turns on duty, and even when they are resting, they have to do some case summaries and previews, because they are pioneers on this road, and if they don't do it, the latecomers will work harder.

Their attitude in dealing with work is to learn from their head maid, try to rest when they want to rest, and finish carefully when they want to work, and only by minimizing mistakes can they build a better Wende City.

They're not mages and can't actually build on Windcity, but their work is just as important - if the knights are using their bodies to protect the Windbreakers, then they're using their brains to protect the territory they love, the country!

When—

The big pendulum clock behind him rang, and the judge picked up the gavel and knocked it down!

"Court opens!"

After the gavel fell, the discussion in the auditorium quickly died down, and Aisha sat in the front row of the auditorium, looking at her brother's back with a complicated expression.

As before, that back is still so broad, without the slightest rickets, like a silent mountain, always protecting itself...... It's the same this time.

The judge read out the facts of the case and Werner's guilt - because when he came home, he saw his sister almost being assaulted by an alcoholic gambler and manslaughter!

"Plaintiff and defendant, do you have anything else to add?" After the reading was finished, the judge asked the two men in the audience.

The plaintiff was a middle-aged woman with a numb look, and after hearing the judge's question, she glanced at Werner with a complicated expression, and then shook her head: "No, Your Excellency." ”

"What about the defendants, then?" the judge looked at Werner.

Werner was expressionless: "Me didn't either, Judge......"

"Brother!!"

Aisha stood up suddenly, and even Hunt's mother, who was sitting next to her, didn't have time to hold her.

"Judge, brother, he's for me—"

"Silence!"

The judge struck the gavel and interrupted Aisha with a loud shout.

"Please don't disturb the order of the court!" said the judge with a straight face, "I know that your brother is here to protect you, but it is also a fact that he killed someone—the law is forgiving, and if you do not try him for his crimes just because your brother has protected you, then this is contempt for the existence of the law!

Hunter's mother also hurriedly pulled Aisha's sleeve and told Aisha to sit down quickly.

Tears rolled in her eyes, and Aisha looked at the judge stubbornly, but at this time, a voice came from the dock: "Aisha, sit down." ”

Werner turned back and smiled at his sister: "Hunter told me that if I behave well in prison, I can get my sentence reduced, and since I turned myself in, I will be able to go home soon, not long." So Aisha, sit down. ”

Aisha pursed her lips, tears falling uncontrollably, she sobbed under her breath, and sat down as her brother had said.

The judge glanced at Werner with some surprise, took a deep breath, and tapped the gavel: "The trial continues!"

......

"Before I go home, listen to Hunter and Aunt Alena, don't blame Hunter, he asked me to turn myself in for my own good, and now, as long as I behave well and get a reduced sentence, it only takes a year for me to go home. ”

No matter how taciturn he was, Werner couldn't be ruthless when facing his sister.

The trial was over, and he asked the judge for some time to talk to his sister.

"To be honest, after this trial, I have more confidence in Wende City, and I can rest assured......"

Werner smiled and said, "I'm sure you feel it too, it's a fair trial, and soon, Aisha, I'll be able to go back soon." Until then, be obedient!"

Werner was then taken away by the bailiffs, and Hunter and another prison guard had been waiting for a long time.

"Aisha, goodbye......"

"Brother......" Aisha sobbed and whispered, "Goodbye......"