In the afternoon, at the Opera Epiclese.
Because the defendant in this trial was Levi, the Chief Editor of the Steambird, a considerable number of citizens came to observe the proceedings.
The audience members sat in their seats, chatting amongst themselves, the sound of their discussions rising and falling.
"I never imagined that Chief Editor Levi would be the kind of person to commit such crimes. I used to respect him so much."
"Maybe the West Factory made a mistake. I think Chief Editor Levi might have been framed."
"Brother, you're brave enough to say the West Factory made a mistake. Aren't you worried they'll invite you for tea?"
"I… I was just saying, no other meaning."
Before long, Yide's figure appeared at the plaintiff's table.
He wore a black guard uniform, which seemed tailor-made for him, accentuating his upright posture, like an unyielding pine tree.
His face was handsome, with well-defined features, and his deep brown eyes were filled with indifference, like eternal ice, sending shivers down one's spine.
The moment he appeared, the temperature in the entire opera house seemed to drop several degrees, and the originally noisy discussions instantly turned into hushed whispers.
Most of the audience members looked at Yide with deep fear in their eyes.
But some young people looked at him, their eyes gleaming with admiration.
They felt that Yide's cold, resolute, and fearless demeanor was precisely what they sought and yearned for.
In a box on the second floor, Furina's gaze followed Yide's figure closely.
After their intimate encounter, she had become attached to him.
"Show-off!"
Furina snorted coldly.
Why does this guy have to be so handsome?
Subsequently, the defendant, Levi, and his defense attorney, Blake, entered the view of the crowd together.
"Hello, Attorney Blake, long time no see," Yide greeted Blake warmly.
However, in Blake's ears, this gentle voice was nothing short of the devil's whisper.
Blake tried to keep his voice steady, but a slight tremor still betrayed his anxiety: "Baron Yide, I am not here to defend my client's innocence, but rather to try to reduce his sentence as much as possible."
"Oh? Is that so?" Yide sighed softly, a hint of regret in his tone. "What a pity, I still prefer the unruly you."
His regret was not feigned but a genuine feeling from the heart.
Because for him, the reduced difficulty of the trial also meant a corresponding decrease in the experience points he could gain.
This sense of loss was like bringing 998 to a royal club, only to be told that there was only 198 service.
Soon, with Neuvillette's solemn announcement, the trial officially began.
Yide stood at the plaintiff's table, his expression solemn, his voice firm and powerful: "The defendant, Levi, is guilty of serious defamation for accepting benefits, abusing his power, and deliberately distorting facts, causing extremely serious harm to many people."
After he finished speaking, Blake began his defense: "On behalf of my client, I admit that there were indeed these improper behaviors, but I do not believe that they caused very great harm to many people."
Yide smiled coldly. "Then I will list one by one the sins committed by Levi.
Five years ago, the highly respected Professor Aello accidentally dropped his glasses on the street. When he bent down to pick them up, he inadvertently touched the buttocks of a passing woman.
This was originally an unintentional misunderstanding. However, Levi took the opportunity to make a big fuss, instructing his subordinates to write a report slandering Professor Aello as the 'Wolf of the Streets.'
Professor Aello could not endure such humiliation and ultimately chose to drown himself, using his life to defend his remaining innocence.
And Levi shamelessly slandered him as having died of shame, which is truly outrageous!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience members stood up one after another, their faces filled with anger and shock.
Because only now did they understand the truth of what happened that year. Professor Aello had suffered five years of injustice.
Immediately afterward, Yide had the witness from that year testify in court, proving everything.
The audience members cursed Levi's shamelessness and baseness.
"Silence!"
Judge Neuvillette roared with dignity, and the entire opera house immediately returned to silence, with only Yide's calm and firm voice echoing.
He continued to list Levi's crimes: "Just a year ago, an innocent child, only five years old, unfortunately fell to his death.
His mother, Angela, was attending a friend's wedding in full dress at the time. Full of joy, she received this sudden bad news.
She didn't even have time to change out of her dress before rushing to the scene.
However, at the moment when she was grief-stricken, Levi, this cold-blooded beast, actually slandered Angela in the Steambird, falsely claiming that she had arrived late after having an affair with her lover, and even shamelessly described her as having a smile on her face.
These outrageous words caused Angela to suffer countless misunderstandings and condemnations in a short period of time.
Unable to withstand this double blow, she chose to end her young life in the same way, in that sad place, the day after her son's death."
Although this incident had not happened too long ago, many people still remembered it vividly. Recalling that they had also been among those who condemned Angela, they felt deeply ashamed.
After listening, Blake didn't even want to defend Levi anymore.
How could this person be so evil?
Yide did not stop his steps. He continued to list Levi's numerous crimes over the years, each one enough to make people gape.
At the same time, he cleared the names of those who had been slandered by Levi, allowing their innocence to be recognized by the world once again.
Furina gazed at Yide in the defendant's seat, and a trace of admiration couldn't help but rise in her heart.
From today onwards, this guy's death sentence is commuted.
This trial lasted a long time, mainly because there were too many victims.
When the last victim, Euphrasie, took the stand and denounced how Levi had reversed black and white, falsely accusing her, the original creator, of plagiarism, it was already noon the next day.
Many audience members chose to leave due to exhaustion, and the opera house was empty, with only a few people still holding on.
The defendant's lawyer, Blake, could not resist the drowsiness and fell asleep on the defendant's seat.
Only Yide, like an unyielding statue, maintained his upright posture, his eyes bright and piercing, as if he did not know what fatigue was.
Furina's eyelids also began to feel heavy, constantly fighting, but she still struggled to stay awake, her eyes never leaving Yide's figure.
Finally, after a long wait and anticipation, the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale made a fair ruling: "The defendant, Levi, is sentenced to life imprisonment for committing multiple serious crimes."