Chapter 26: Awakening: Courtroom
"Order in the courtroom." The judge hit the gavel, silencing the entire court.
Remiel wanted to speak, but he simply couldn’t.
From the left of the courtroom, a frail-looking young man entered the courtroom and stood in the left dock.
Following that, a rather healthy-looking fella entered the court from the other side and stood in the right dock.
"Plaintiff, narrate your side of the story." The old judge ordered, ignoring Lucien, who was standing frozen in the middle of the court.
’The language is off, what kind of court is this?’ Lucien frowned, but the court continued without him.
"Your honor, Mr Aris here is the city’s guardsman. He saw a fire in the building, and instead of saving five children from the daycare, he chose to save a single girl.
"And according to the city’s Immediate Public Peril law, a designated authority must prioritize the survival of the greatest number in an emergency situation. And in that situation, the math was pretty clear.
"Hence, according to the city laws, I demand the execution of Mr Aris for his criminal negligence and indirectly murdering five innocent children."
The plaintiff finished his story, the judge nodded, and so did the public.
Lucien was also intrigued by this case.