Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1614 Trial
"This," Hermanubis sat down in astonishment, "I...I can't prove it."

“If you can’t prove it, then I’ll make the decision to try in absentia.” The old man looked at him. “I’ll ask you one more time: are you a legal representative of Yaru? If you are a legal representative, then you can represent Yaru without authorization.”

"I...I'm not. I'm just a doorman."

"Then, it's all over." Croesus stood up. "Then, it's all decided. The defendant, Amun-Zeus, did not appear; this case is decided in absentia. Because this case concluded at the legal trial stage, the judgment was not made through legal proceedings, but rather through an administrative ruling. In the name of the victorious Sun Mithras Helios, this court finds the twilight Sun Amun-Zeus to have lost the case. He must give a proper response within seven days, or Lord Helios will launch a campaign against Amun-Zeus."

Having said that, he brought down the gavel: "Case closed!"

However, when the hammer fell, Chroixus froze. He looked towards Helios—whose white lion was strode towards the platform.

The enormous lion stepped out of the audience, skipped over both the plaintiff and the defendant, and walked toward the judge's seat.

"Lord Heleus, what is this?"

"Have you forgotten something?" A stern voice rang out from nowhere, seemingly coming from all directions.

"Lord Helios, it is I..."

"You ruled that he was not qualified to represent Amun-Zeus? Why didn't you find out before the trial? That's a procedure that should have been followed before the trial. What exactly were you doing?"

"My attention was drawn to the panda..."

“Foolish! Shameful. You're here to hear cases, and a panda can grab your attention? Your attention is cheap—you're fired. I won't revoke your degree, but I'm banishing you from practicing law as a citizen. Your position at the Oracle is also revoked. I've heard you've been disrespectful to Apollonia, haven't you?”

[Yes! That's him! This guy has always been defiant towards me! It's that old geezer! He's always going against me! Brother, take him down!]

Do you admit your guilt?

"Could it be...could it be that they came here today specifically for me?"

The lion roared, and its questioning voice descended: "Do you know your crime?"

"I confess my guilt! I confess my guilt!"

"Now, I will make the judgment." The lion turned to the crowd. "This court finds that although the defendant could not prove his identity, his act of opening the court signifies the court's recognition of that identity. To only consider verifying his legal representative after the trial has begun is a gross procedural error. Therefore, the judgment is invalid, and this court will not decide to conduct a trial in absentia for Amun-Zeus at this stage. Furthermore, with the legal review stage passed, it is necessary to conduct a separate examination of a series of facts. Hermanubis."

"Yes! I'm here!"

"You must produce sufficient documentation in court to prove your qualifications as a representative. Otherwise, this court will still issue a judgment in absentia. This is the core issue: if you can represent Amun-Zeus, then all the conversations can proceed."

"understand!"

"Starting today, this court is summoning Amun-Zeus for three consecutive trading days, that is, three Thursdays starting tomorrow. The factual hearing will begin three weeks later on Friday. I hope all those involved will be present on time. This is my ruling in this case."

Outside the venue after the meeting.

"Wow!" Zhu Ling, holding the bear, exclaimed to Faetong in surprise, "So your dad is this amazing!"

"So I didn't dare say a word."

“If I had a father like that, I wouldn’t dare say a word either—he’s so reasonable.”

"He was in that position so that others would have a place to reason with him."

"That's really good. He's much better than Apollonia."

【Huh? What does this have to do with me?】

"Didn't he say you and that old man were evenly matched?" [Ha! That's because I didn't have any troops before. Now I do! With a single command, I can blast the oracle to the heavens.]

"It can't be that bad."

[Just kidding. But you'll help me, right?]

Zhu Ling said in surprise, "So you're going to use our bombs to blow it up? Then we'll have to listen to my brother. Ah, but your brother is really good to you."

"Right. Not bad."

"As expected, my brother is the best person in the world."

It would be better if he were more human. Unfortunately, the way he is now, he's not human at all.

"It's good enough that it's like this. Sometimes I think my brother is not human. He can eat two or three pork knuckles in one meal."

"What's wrong?" Yang Jing asked suddenly as Zhu Xianxi stopped eating, "You don't have an appetite today?"

I think I'm a little too full.

"How about trying this? You said my dad's sausages were delicious last time, so he sent some over again."

"Where? Where? I can't see it."

"It got mixed into the vegetables."

"I won't eat it."

"You eat," Yang Jing said, looking at him.

"Okay, I'll eat." He reached for the greens with his chopsticks. The greens seemed like something dirty, and he just didn't have the courage to touch them with the tip of his chopsticks.

"Sister Han, put some food on his plate."

Sitting on the other side of the table, Lady Song stood up to pick up some food—

As the court lady-in-waiting specifically in charge of the Queen's personal affairs, she would dine with these two every day. However, she would not use her own chopsticks to touch the food, as this was against etiquette. She would use "serving chopsticks," which were prepared just for her, to pick up food and put it into her own bowl before eating.

She is also responsible for serving food, which is customary. For example, when Zhu Xianxi eats pork knuckle, she will first help Zhu Xianxi disassemble the knuckle and then serve it to her.

However, according to the old rules, although she would also have a meal with the two of them, she would only start eating after they had finished.

But this is the rule now. The number of palace attendants has been drastically reduced, and Zhu Xianxi doesn't like having many people standing next to him while he eats. Therefore, only Song Shanggong serves him meals.

Since there were few people, there was no need to wait until later to let her eat something cold; she could eat it directly.

Song Shanggong was about to use serving chopsticks to pick up some food for him—

"No, no, no! I can do it myself! I can do it myself, okay?" Zhu Xianxi was still hesitant, but he had already reached out his chopsticks.

"You have three seconds to eat some vegetables. If you don't, tell your mother that the reason you haven't gotten pregnant is because you don't eat vegetables."

"Stop! What are you doing?! What kind of trump card is this?! I'm scared of you, okay?!"

(End of this chapter)