Path of light

Chapter 144 145.Judgment

There was a sudden noise inside the trial court.

Priest Thorndike stood up from the witness seat next to Priest Theodore. He was still wearing a black Moon Temple priest robe, with his hair disheveled, and a crescent-shaped accessory hanging on his forehead, making him look like Seems very pious.

Beside him sat two other priests.

Priest Thorndike stood up, raised his head and looked around, coughed slightly, and then said to the presiding judge very calmly:

"Lord Judge, I'm ready."

After saying this, Priest Thorndike raised his head and looked towards High Priest Reed, and even stared at Roy deeply.

The presiding judge held the hanging basket with both hands, stood opposite Priest Thorndike, and asked him:

"Priest Thorndike, someone saw you in contact with the deceased Peleus in the lower city. What do you have to explain?"

For a time, many elves in the trial center were discussing, causing chaos in the trial center.

Priest Thorndike blinked and said confidently:

"That's not the case. I was just passing by the alley in the lower city and didn't know about Peleus's death..."

As soon as these words came out, High Priest Reed couldn't help but look up at Priest Thorndike.

The courtroom also suddenly became quiet. Everyone wanted to hear the next question, and the courtroom became quiet again in an instant.

The presiding judge was also a little uncomfortable, but he still tightened his face and asked Priest Thorndike:

"Priest Thorndike, can you tell me how you obtained this Holy Grail of Wisdom?"

Priest Thorndike immediately said: "This Holy Grail is hidden in a drainage canal in the lower city..."

When he saw that the trial court had become quiet, he paused for a moment, propped his hands on the table, and leaned forward:

"When I was passing by that alley, I accidentally stepped on the slate of the drainage channel. I originally planned to pick up the slate and put it beside the channel. Unexpectedly, I discovered it from the depths of the channel. The Holy Grail of Wisdom, which I then took to Master Claire Latin’s treehouse.”

The presiding judge stared at Priest Thorndike and asked again:

"Since you are a witness, what evidence do you have to prove that Priest Theodore killed Peleus?"

Priest Thorndike spread his hands, shook his head and explained to the presiding judge:

"I can't prove that Priest Theodore killed Peleus. I am participating in the trial this time just to prove that Priest Theodore agreed to the conditions proposed by Master Clare Latin and me in order to recover the Holy Grail of Wisdom!"

"At that time, I was in Master Clare Latin's tree house, and I happened to meet Priest Theodore who was doing holy light treatment on Master Clare Latin."

"Priest Theodore hopes that I can hand over the Holy Grail of Wisdom to him, and I hope that he can use the Holy Grail of Wisdom to cure Master Claire Latin's illness, so we have this agreement: as long as Priest Theodore is willing to cure Master Claire Latin , No matter life or death, in the end we will hand over the Holy Grail of Wisdom to Priest Theodore.”

"In fact, we did keep our promise and returned the Holy Grail of Wisdom to Priest Theodore."

The presiding judge waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet again.

Then the presiding judge came to Priest Theodore and asked: "Priest Theodore, do you agree with Priest Thorndike's statement?"

Priest Theodore responded with a hoarse voice:

"I agree!"

"So, do you have any objections to this trial?"

The chief judge flew over the heads of all the elves and asked loudly to everyone.

The surroundings became silent...

Now that Master Clare Latin is dead and Priest Theodore has voluntarily confessed, there are no other witnesses to prove the involvement of Priest Thorndike and Master Clare Latin.

In this way, Priest Thorndike turned out to be a witness.

The only thing he did wrong was to give the Holy Grail of Wisdom to Priest Theodore.

Even if it was such an incident, the dead Master Claire Latin would still share the responsibility with him, so the presiding judge did not continue to question other witnesses.

He slowly walked around the trial hall three times before stopping again:

"Then please give the final decision to the arbitration committee members!"

This period of time is a bit long, so everyone can only sit in their seats and wait patiently.

The arbitration committee members were having a heated discussion in private, probably because there were different voices among them.

After arguing for a while, the presiding judge suddenly flew above everyone's heads, and then stood in the hanging basket and announced:

"In view of the identity of the deceased Peleus as a thief, and Priest Theodore, as the priest of the Temple of Liberty, has the power to recover the lost Holy Grail, although he accidentally killed Peleus during the dispute, this situation is justified. It’s excusable, so the arbitration committee finally decided to convict Priest Theodore of killing Peleus, and Priest Theodore will serve 50 years in Parram Island Prison.”

Roy didn't expect that a court trial would end like this...

It was obviously Priest Thorndike, Master Clare Latin and Priest Theodore who conspired, and Priest Thorndike finally killed Peleus and Windsor, but now it is Priest Theodore who is hunting down the theft of the Holy Grail. A thief accidentally killed him.

Therefore, the arbitration committee members believed that the matter was not serious.

Since Priest Theodore shouldered the responsibility, the trial went extremely smoothly. Even the sentence given to Priest Theodore was very light...

Neither Master Clare Latin nor Priest Thorndike were even implicated in any way.

…

After the trial, High Priest Reed looked a little ugly.

He did not raise any doubts in the trial court, but walked out of the trial court with Jasper, Abt and Roy in line.

As soon as everyone walked out of the trial court, they saw Priest Thorndike standing at the door of the trial house. Next to him stood a row of priests from the Temple of the Moon. Under the shade of the Tree of Life, Priest Thorndike looked proud.

Seeing High Priest Reed walking out of the hall, he took the initiative to say hello, with a proud smile on his face:

"High Priest Reed, no matter what, I want to congratulate you. You have finally found the Holy Grail of Wisdom."

After saying that, Priest Thorndike extended a hand to High Priest Reed, wanting to shake hands with High Priest Reed.

But High Priest Reed had a cold face at this time and said to him:

"Although I don't know what price you paid to convince Theodore, but to be honest... I regret it a little. When you came to me that day, I should have let you stay in the Temple of Liberty..."

Priest Thorndike's face changed slightly when he heard what High Priest Reed said.

He stopped asking for trouble and the smile suddenly froze on his face, looking very embarrassed.

Roy, Jasper and Abbott walked past him, and Priest Thorndike didn't look at them again.

When Roy got on the carriage, he was still thinking about the verdict of the arbitration committee. He didn't expect that killing a mixed-blood elf with a history of theft would only require fifty years of imprisonment.

No matter how you look at it, this trial is full of conspiracy.

Moreover, Windsor's death was not mentioned in this trial, as if no one had ever heard of this name...