Yeokcheon Trial – 4
He who commits a crime will be punished. It’s a very simple proposition, and it’s so obvious that you can’t even question it. It is often regarded as a noble sacrament that is fulfilled according to nature.
But fundamentally, sin is an act. Punishment is an evaluation of the action. The expression, “It shouldn’t happen,” Is negated at the point where it has already happened.
The same goes for vampires. The two must be clearly distinguished.
Things that can’t happen and things you don’t want to happen.
“Let me ask you one question. “What was the defendant’s motive?”
Ain quickly answered my question.
“This is revenge for my mother, Lily. “She is she she is she says she is.”
“Revenge? That’s interesting. Do you remember the wind from your human days, Harpy?”
I naturally called myself a name that no one had taught me. Although it was something that could not possibly have happened based on common sense, Happiness guessed that I had heard it somewhere. It’s natural. Who would have thought that they figured out the name through mind reading?
The harpy answered.
“It has nothing to do with this.”
“Of course. I don’t know anything about what happened before I became a vampire. “For someone who experienced death once and came back to life with blood, what good is what happened before death?”
I shrugged my shoulders and continued.
“You attacked Ruskinia in order to continue revenge against Lir, holding a grudge from his lifetime…. Did you say so? But isn’t that just looking at things like Yeiling too much?”
“Lir is not Yeiling. They were classified as Yeilings because they received Lily’s blood, but considering that they also share blood with Prince Ruskinia….”
“Well said! Even creating such a baseless genealogy was Prince Ruskinia’s will!”
It may have been said because he wanted to refute it, but he waited for it to be said.
An argument is not between you and the other person. A true argument is when the other person fights with themselves. You have to hold on to the pod, wait for the other person to make a mistake, bring out that mistake, and confront the other person yourself. You can deal with your enemies, but you cannot deal with yourself.
“Mr. Luskinia made Lir attack him and go against his course. Well, I don’t know if it was in line with Liir’s will or if he was forced to do it…. Anyway, it wouldn’t happen if the Elder himself didn’t intend it. “Am I right?”
“… There is a possibility that Liir escaped his bondage in some way.”
“By what method?”
“How, you mean? “That is something that Liir himself must explain.”
“No. You also said it earlier. “Just suggesting a possibility is not enough.”
After catching the mistake in my speech, I pushed the opponent mercilessly.
“Until now, vampires have maintained a strict hierarchy under the name of blood bondage, right? Liir’s case is an exception, and my argument is that I explained that possibility in the most reasonable and reasonable way. But you claim that there must be some way to escape the bondage, but you fail to suggest what it is.”
Despite the sarcastic response, the harpy protested as to whether he still had anything to say.
“She uses strange powers. When it comes to saving her life, he is even better than Prince Luskinia. “It’s not strange if there are unknown powers.”
“There is a power that no one knows about. I did things with that power. It’s the devil’s proof. “Honored Judge, what do you think?”
There is no answer if you insist on the other side, but this space is a court. Tyr, the judge, is very kind to me. She will listen even if you try to force her, but there is no way she will ignore valid words that make sense. Tyr responded with a nod of her head.
“The lawyer’s argument is justified. It seems impossible for Luskinia to plan her comeback without her tacit or active permission. Also, there is sufficient evidence that Ruskinia intended it.”
The same was true for other vampires. Although vampires are not 100% rational, their cold blood does not allow empathy to impair their judgment. It is none of my business to know the feelings of a demi-human who is not an Elder.
The harpy cried out desperately as the situation became unfavorable.
“Even if you are a member of the family, you don’t always follow the will of the lord! If, like me, the leader disappears or falls asleep. Your subordinates can move freely! Therefore, Liir is not free from responsibility!”
“Then I can’t even ‘kill’ you. “Unless you get permission from the lord.”
“The head of the clan would not have ordered Jinhyeol to be taken!”
Oh. It’s an improvisation, but I dug into it well. Changed the focus from motivation to results.
“As your mistress said, it may have been what Prince Ruskinia intended. Of course, there is a possibility that it is not. “We don’t know that.”
Us? Well. I know.
“Whether it was intentional or not, the Elder’s true blood should only be handled by the progenitor. Taking the True Blood after the Elder’s eternal extinction is definitely treason! “Please take away the blood!”
“That could also have been Prince Ruskinia’s will, right?”
“I will return exactly what I said earlier.”
Just suggesting the possibility doesn’t change anything. Know. I also didn’t intend to be so trivial.
“That’s right. In any case, the one who has real blood right now is the defendant, and that in itself is a sin.”
“Yes!”
“… Then!”
I turned around and looked up at Tyr. It must have been quite a good entertainment, as Tyr was looking at me with a subtle smile.
As the vampires think, right and wrong are meaningless in this trial. Facts and logic are only a way to persuade the founder, and all decisions are made by the founder and no one can go against it.
Because there is a bond of blood.
“We’re not going to try the Elder murder case, are we? The game has changed. This trial was not a trial to interrogate and punish the criminal who killed Elder. “Where to place the progenitor’s true blood will be a decision that will be made.”
And I am the founder’s mistress. If I get to the pillow head songsa, I win everything.
The harpy’s face crumpled mercilessly upon realizing defeat here. It was not a lie that a family without a lineage was seeking freedom. Look. How free do you feel?
“Respected Judge, it seems that the issue of this trial has changed. As she searches for the person who killed Elder Ruskinia, she talks about how she will deal with his death.”
“But?”
“If the issue changes, appropriate preparations are needed, so I propose a recess here.”
It’s a bit long, but the more time I take, the more advantage I have, so let’s go further. But Tyr asked a question as if he was puzzled.
“One day? “Is it okay to take such a short break?”
“… “I don’t know if that’s really a short amount of time, but it seems like it’s necessary.”
“Hmm. “If that’s the case.”
Anyway, I am his mistress and Tyr is clearly on my side. After nodding her head, Tyr stood up and declared.
“The reason we opened this event was not to relieve Ruskinia’s resentment. “The purpose was to find out what had happened to him and prepare measures to deal with it.”
A vampire is sensitive to the death of her comrade simply because it is a rare occurrence. Other vampires also agreed to some of Sijo’s words.
“However, after listening to the story, there is some truth to what Hugh said. It is clear that Ruskinia attempted to reverse the situation or conducted an experiment equivalent to it. Even throwing away my life. If Luskinia had any intention in acting, she would most certainly have asked him… “The immortal cannot answer.”
The dead have no words. So the living try to relieve their resentment by guessing what the dead would have said.
However, vampires are people who died once. I’m not interested in such heartwarming stories.
“Then, the story must change. Does Lyr Nightingale deserve it? How should I deal with Jinhyeol? “Let’s take a short break and then discuss again.”
A declaration so cold that it breaks your heart, but that is a vampire. Honoring and mourning the dead is something only ordinary people do.
Yes, like a harpy who can’t control his emotions right now.
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During the trial, the feathers that stood up suddenly sank as if wet with water. The harpy, who was three or four times smaller than when I first saw him, said while clenching his pointed fingers.
“… Sijo. “Have you abandoned us?”
“I have never abandoned you.”
“Lir Nightingale comes Yeiling. He inherited the blood of Prince Ruskinia, mixed his blood, and his blood was twisted. We, the demi-humans, cannot serve Yeiling, who inherits the blood of Prince Ruskinia, as an elder.”
It was a line that went beyond the meaning of “I don’t want to do it.” If the Yeilings become Elders, and if Liir, whose rank is distorted by genealogy, rules over their Jinhyeol… Just like in the case of Lir, vampires will also be thrown out of their bonds.
The demigods of Ruskinia did not wish for Liir’s death for nothing. If Lire took that true blood, the subhumans who became Lire’s suzerain and subordinate would become alien beings in this principality. Like Lire Nightingale, who was forcibly thrown off the bridle by the elder’s will, all of one kindred will be freed from the bridle.
I saw the anxious appearance of the demi-humans and made a guess.
Perhaps, Elder Ruskinia…. I wonder if he even painted this scene.
“That, too, is not up to you to decide. This is something we will discuss in this hall tomorrow. “I will listen to everyone involved and make a decision.”
Tyr’s sentence did not dare to be countered. The harpy answered, bowing her head in her distant despair.
“… “I will follow.”
I guess I have nothing more to say. This is the end for today. I shouted on behalf of everyone.
“Okay then, this is a recess!”
Boom. The trial stopped with a heavy sound.