Nightmare Came to The Place I Escaped - Chapter 111

The day of Avery’s trial.

Many people gathered in front of the courtroom to confirm the end of the Avery family, who had led the nobility for quite a long time as a greater aristocrat.

Avery, who’d taken a step back from the war of the Levskaya Empire, and just kept an eye on it.

Avery, who drugged His Majesty. Avery, who stole the Imperial palace’s funds. Avery, who ran away, then attacked the carriage of the Oates family.

The streets were filled with people flocking to confirm the downfall of the Avery family, which were reputed to be cruel and tyrannical. The carriages couldn’t move any faster.

Among the many carriages lining the streets, there was also a carriage with the Oates family inside.

“Rachel, aren’t you tired?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“That’s a relief, then.”

“Are you uncomfortable?”

“Haa, it’s taking longer than I expected.”

Mike sighed a little as if frustrated by the fact that the carriage had stopped for so long.

He’d rented their carriage from a rental office because he thought it would draw too much attention if they used their family carriage.

Thanks to that, they were able to hide the fact that the Oates were inside, but it was quite hard to endure such a long time in a hard and narrow carriage.

In addition, the stuffiness inside was doubled by the curtains covering the windows.

Mike let out a long sigh, and carefully checked out the window. He looked around as if trying to figure out how much longer he would have to endure before he could get out of the carriage, then Mike opened his mouth.

“There are a lot of people.”

“Since the Avery family was originally known for their cruel punishments and an arrogant attitude, they must be curious about their end.”

Mike moved his head around as he frowned.

“It feels like it’ll already be dark by the time we reach the courtroom.”

At that time, the carriage began to move slowly, as the streets were being cleared under the control of the soldiers. Mike fiddled with his cane, and pondered for a moment whether they should walk the rest of the way.

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As soon as the Oates entered the court, the noisy courtroom became even louder.

“Look over there. It’s Master Oates.”

“Oh, I heard he was injured in the carriage attack. Is that why he’s holding a cane?”

“Rachel Oates mustn’t have been hurt.”

“Then was the young master injured while trying to protect the young lady?”

As if feeling sorry for Mike, who appeared with a cane, each one of them helped out with a word of encouragement.

Although they’d heard about the Oates’ carriage being attacked, it was the first time they’d seen the result with their own eyes. The attack that Diana instigated was so serious that the Duke’s self-restraint was severely damaged.

Duke Oates looked around at the people who were unwilling to pay respects to them.

Seeing that warning in his eyes, those sitting in the seats close to the Duke finally stopped gossiping.

As if avoiding people’s gazes, the Oates family moved to the edge of the aristocratic seating and hid themselves among the crowd.

Rachel straightened her posture even more because of those who glanced at her sideways.

“Don’t worry too much, Rachel.”

Mike glanced at Rachel and took off his hat and put it on her. Rachel nodded as if she was grateful to him, as he pressed his hat deeply to cover her face.

The long tumultuous courtroom suddenly fell silent.

“His Majesty has arrived.”

Ian was entering the courtroom with Harmond. He looked around for Rachel briefly, and soon found the Duke of Oates.

People couldn’t see Rachel, but Ian, after checking where she was, moved to the second floor.

Soon, the door inside the court opened. The Chief Justice, and the judges took the bench. They looked around the court, which was full of aristocratic and lay people, then they opened their mouths.

“We will now begin the trial of the Avery family on charges of attempted Imperial assassination, and other crimes.”

“Then bring them forward.”

When the Chief Justice nodded quietly, the former Duke of Avery and Diana were brought forward. A tearful Diana was brought before their eyes.

Her eyes were red and swollen from how much she’d cried.

“Is that Diana Avery?”

“Why is her hair like that again?”

Looking at Diana now, they couldn’t imagine her glamorous appearance from when she was a flower of society. Her hair was badly cut, and it was very unruly without even a hint of being tidied up in the slightest. Her face had lost weight and looked pale, perhaps from when she was on the run.

“Tsk, now you’re scared, aren’t you?”

“What a nice look for someone who’s being such a b!tch all that time.”

People spat out one word after another from dry, bloodless lips as shadows hung thickly over their faces.

Rachel listened silently as people spat out harsh words.

“….”

This was the end of Diana Avery. Diana Avery, who’d killed her and tried to kill Mike. From what Mike and the Duke said, she was guessing Diana would probably be sentenced to death during this trial.

Rachel thought it would be nice if she was held responsible.

However, she couldn’t help but feel complicated when she saw her crying and being unable to breathe properly.

“We will begin the witness examination.”

The first person to sit in the witness stand was the maid from the Imperial palace.

She said that Diana Avery had made her put something in the Emperor’s teacup. Even though she was shuddering in fear of the current situation, she finished her testimony.

“Huh, huh.”

Suddenly, Diana started to weep. The courtroom was once again in an uproar at Diana’s sudden tears.

The maid glanced at Diana as if confused, then shut her mouth.

If it was the original Diana Avery, she would have gone wild. Perhaps frightened by her imminent death, Diana just wept while biting her lip hard.

“Keep going, don’t stop.”

At the judge’s urging, the maid opened her mouth again.

“Huh, ugh.”

When the maid’s testimony was over, only the sad cry of Diana flowed through the court.

“No, sir.”

That was when the former Duke of Avery jumped up from his seat.

“In reality, putting the medicine in the Emperor’s teacup had nothing to do with Diana. It was all my plan.”

The Chief Justice looked at the former Duke of Avery, who had risen from his seat, and turned to the maid again.

“Who did the witness receive the medicine from?”

“It was delivered to me by Diana Avery.”

“Did Diana Avery appear to have nothing to do with this, to the witness?”

“No.”

“What made you think that?”

“It was the lady who called me. On the day she met with His Majesty the Emperor, she told me to carry out the work without error.”

Bang!

“Such a stupid thing!”

The former Duke of Avery struck the desk in front of him with a red face. His shouting and rioting caused the court to become noisy once again.

“How dare you lie about this! Diana delivered it under my name!”

“Be quiet! Why are you making a fuss in this place?”

However, no one was afraid or interested in his words anymore, no matter how much he yelled and cursed. He was quickly overwhelmed by the knights at the gesture of the Chief Justice.

“Ugh, Judge! I’m confessing. It was all planned by me!”

“A confession?”

The former Duke of Avery opened his mouth saying that it was his plan until the end.

The Chief Justice silenced the former Duke of Avery, who was confessing. It was deeply related to Diana, but when he said it was all his fault, it made the Justice’s head hurt.

“Diana Avery. Is this true? Was it all the work of the former Duke to put medicine in His Majesty’s teacup?”

“Huuu, I just conveyed what my father told me to convey. I really didn’t know anything.”

Diana burst into tears again. She couldn’t even lift her head, but she shook her head back and forth.

If Diana was acting like this, there was nothing more the Supreme Court could ask her. Of course, the evidence that led to this being Diana work also applied to the former Duke of Avery.

“I… I didn’t know anything.”

As the former Duke of Avery said, if Diana had only delivered it without knowing anything.

Diana was sobbing so hard that it seemed as though she would collapse at any second from her uneven breathing. Diana, who was so proud, was shedding tears in front of others.

Showing weakness to others was one of the things she hated the most.

The nobles in the courtroom, who’d known her for quite some time, gradually shut up when they saw Diana like this for the first time.

If Diana Avery was crying so sadly with all her pride thrown away. Could it really be that she was an unfortunate victim?

“Ha, bring in the Count of Blackbore.”

The Chief Justice sighed slightly because he didn’t know Diana would cry that much.

“Count Blackbore, why did you help Diana attack the carriage of the Oates family?”

“What are you talking about? I don’t know anything.”

The Count of Blackbore acted annoyed as if he was unsure about why he was called forth.

One of the judges held up documents to the Count of Blackbore.

“We’ve already found a ledger containing the details of your dealings with the mercenary guild. Also, Diana Avery confessed to everything. So, just tell us the truth.”

“…That.”

The Count of Blackbore frowned as if he had only realized that there was no hole for him to escape through.

“Hoo, that girl came to me and turned over platinum. She said she’d give me all that money if I hired her mercenaries. It was enough to buy a mansion outside the capital.”

The Count let out another deep sigh.

“I was blinded by money for a moment and made a mistake, but I really didn’t know that she planned to harm the Oates family. I just did it because she would give me a lot of money if I hired mercenaries, but I didn’t know anything else.”

“So, the Count of Blackbore didn’t know why Diana Avery was hiring mercenaries?”

“I really didn’t know. I thought she was just looking for the mercenaries because she needed to run away.”

Count Blackbore shook his head violently as if it were unfair.

The Count of Blackbore gritted his teeth hard, and glared at Diana Avery.

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