"You mean... not only you, but also the Grass Dragon Apep has regained his full ancient dragon power?"

After listening to Xiao Ruotu's explanation to Nangong Ya, Villette pondered for a moment, finding it hard to believe that there was such power in the world.

Complete ancient dragon power means absolute control over an element in Teyvat. Even the victor in the sky will steal its power for fear of the ancient dragon's comeback.

But in this situation, there is actually a force that can complete it out of thin air...

"Yeah, how about it, are you interested? If you need it, I'll go back and ask her to touch you. I'm sure she'll be happy to do so."

Little Ruota nodded in confirmation, then suggested to Villette with a sly smile on his face.

"...Forget it. According to what you said, I won't be able to continue my work as the Supreme Inquisitor during my childhood. My responsibilities won't allow me to do so."

Navilet shook his head and rejected Little Ruota's proposal.

"Okay, but it's okay. As my brother, if you have any problems, just tell me. I'll protect you."

Little Ruota nodded, then proudly raised his hand and patted his chest to assure Navilette.

……

The time came the next day.

Today is the day of the court trial. The water goddess Funina will accuse Linni of being the murderer of the [serial disappearance of young girls case].

The [Serial Disappearance of Young Girls Case] ​​was a major case that had not been solved for twenty years, so it naturally attracted many people from Fontainebleau. The audience at this trial was even larger than Linnie's magic show yesterday, and the entire opera house was full.

"Oh, I didn't ask them to save an extra seat, so just sit on my lap little one."

Nangong Ya brought little Ruotu and little Eugolia to the opera house, but found that there were only two seats reserved yesterday, so she had to suggest this to little Eugolia.

"No need to bother."

Little Ruota raised a hand to stop little Egolia.

"Xiaoya, just sit on my lap."

Then Xiao Ruotu sat in his seat, patted his thigh and made a suggestion to Nangong Ya.

"Then forget it."

Nangong Ya curled her lips and rejected Xiao Ruotu, then pulled Xiao Egolia to sit down in her seat. In fact, the two of them could sit together, after all, they were both relatively small in size.

"Forget it."

Little Ruota was not sad either. He put his tail on his legs and hugged it.

Because he had been imitating the appearance of "Zhong Li" before, when he transformed, Xiao Ruotuo's tail was still similar to a dragon's tail. The biggest difference was the horns on the top of his head.

"Hey, hello, you guys are the traveler's companions, right? I heard her mention you yesterday."

Just as Nangong Ya and the others were waiting for the trial to begin, a woman with golden hair and blue eyes greeted them.

The other person was wearing an intricately designed dress and an exquisite hat, looking like a noble lady.

"who are you?"

Little Ruota held his tail to prevent it from moving, looked at the other party in confusion and asked.

"Well, let me introduce myself. I'm Navia, the president of the Thorn Rose Society, and also the good partner of the traveler on the stage. We were investigating the truth of the case together yesterday."

The woman named Navia explained her identity and pointed to Ying and Paimon who had just appeared in the dock. The two of them walked behind Linny and Linnet.

"Now that both parties are here, the [trial] regarding the magic performance incident will officially begin."

After both parties arrived, Villette began to make the announcement.

"Then, in order to let the audience understand the cause and effect, please tell us the magic trick, Mr. Lini."

"OK, all right."

Linney responded and then began to explain the magic tricks to the audience.

The two magic boxes yesterday were actually double-layered. One of the inner layers could be lowered into the underground room, and then sent to the bottom of the other magic box via a movable and steerable flatbed truck and lifted up, thus completing the exchange.

Since the lucky audience was told not to come out before the magic show was over, they could only feel the slow movement in the dark but had no idea what was going on.

"So this is how the exchange is achieved!"

After listening to Linnie's description of how the magic was performed, the audience was amazed.

"So, Mr. Linney, your testimony is that... you hid in the magic box in the audience from the beginning and were unable to commit the crime. Is that right?"

After Linnie's story, Villette asked him for confirmation, to which Linnie nodded in response.

"Then, Ms. Funina, as the accuser, do you have any rebuttal to this?"

After confirming Linny's testimony, Navillatte continued to question Funina.

"Of course, of course, let me light the first fire!"

"Mr. Linney, you are lying!"

"Because you want to kidnap the missing girl Halsey and kill Cowell, you can't stay in the box forever, or even be out of the tunnel for a long time."

Finina said this with some excitement, then raised her finger and pointed at Linny with certainty.

"That's just your guess based on your assumption that I'm guilty."

Linnie retorted immediately.

"Really? Did you hear anything when you were in the box?"

Furninna continued to ask Linni questions.

"Of course it's the deafening countdown. I use this to time and create surprises."

Linnie answered immediately without thinking.

"Nothing else? No sound that could have impressed you?"

After hearing Linni's answer, Funina smiled and continued to confirm with him.

"Nothing."

Linnie shook his head, not quite understanding why Furninna asked this question.

"But when the countdown reached more than 30 seconds, a muffled sound was clearly heard in the venue. I believe everyone heard it."

Seeing that Linni was still shaking his head, Furninna's face became even happier.

"...!"

Lini's eyes trembled. He didn't expect such a change to happen. After all, he... was not in the box at that time...

"Hey, hey, this is not right..."

Paimon scratched his head, not expecting that Linnie didn't know.

"Yes, it's so loud that you can definitely hear it in the box."

The audience was also a little confused, as they all remembered the sound that Funina mentioned.

As the audience's discussions grew louder, the scales of the oracle machine below the seat of the Supreme Judge began to tilt towards "guilty".

"Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to quote the magician himself: choose the time to blink carefully."

"You all saw it. This is the moment when the alibi collapses!"

"Of course, in addition to destroying your alibi, I have prepared other weapons."

"There is no such thing as unfounded confidence in the world. I have already prepared everything."

"You and Linnet are actually from [Heartland House], right?"

Seeing the balance tilting in her favor, Funina proudly continued to explain, and pointed out the hidden identities of Linni and Linnet at once.

“Hearth House?!”

Hearing the name, Paimon exclaimed subconsciously.

"Oh, I could have made a fuss about his age difference, but now it seems that's out of the question..."

In the audience, little Ruota scratched his head and muttered.

Even she couldn't help but use her brain to think in this situation, but it was a bit tiring...

"why?"

Little Egolia seemed to have some interest in the trial as well. After hearing what little Ruota said, she turned around and looked at little Ruota curiously.

"Because this will become a crime committed by the entire Fatui. The Fatui have been causing trouble for the past twenty years, and Lini is just one of the Fatui's current personnel who is related to this aspect."

Little Ruota explained to little Egolia, and of course she was referring to what the audience would think as a result of this.

This will make the audience no longer doubt why Linnie, who is so young, is the culprit in the serial disappearance of young girls that occurred twenty years ago.

……

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