
White and glare.
I didn't see anything.
The world feels empty.
I was alone among this white light.
Where am I?
Suddenly I saw the figure of Louis from a distance, standing still while looking at me.
Vaguely.
I ran straight towards him.
"Louis, I'm sorry!" I said crying as I continued running towards him. But after I ran far, it didn't feel like coming.
Getting away.
Then Alexa appeared next to Louis,
Commander Lucian,
Captain Jan,
Along with Squad Commander Clement,
And a few people from the alliance army behind the five of them.
Looking at me with a blank look.
I fell down and dropped myself.
"FORGIVE ME" I cried with tears streaming down my face. "I BEG YOU!!!!"
I feel like I can't fully speak. I felt like my mouth was closed,
I only cry what I can do.
Suddenly Louis came to me alone with one hand behind and another hand stretched out to help me.
I looked into both eyes, though,
Flat and empty view.
"L—Louis?"
I immediately reached out his hand without a second thought and hugged him.
I miss him so much!
But something happened to me.
Suddenly blood flowed from my chest.
Louis stabbed me right where my heart was with his flagship knife, a dagger.
I didn't realize he was stabbing me on purpose. But nevertheless, the,
There is no pain at all. Blood flowed out of my chest a great deal. Louis's face was like holding a grudge.
What have you done, Louis?
His face turned sinister, resembling the demons I had seen.
I spontaneously took a few steps away from him.
"No way!"
I woke up right away.
Waking up from a strange dream.
"Oh my God" I murmured. I felt both my cheeks wet with tears. I wiped my tears until they dried. It turned out that I was crying in real life from a strange dream I had just had.
I try to see things around.
I found both hands handcuffed. I was lying on a clean white bed, with a white blanket covering my body. Cells are elongated and lined up in front of me. It's very bright atmosphere here.
I was in a cell in a dungeon.
How can I be here?!!
Both of my hands are not free to move because they are handcuffed in the front position.
So sore!
Both of my uniforms, which were originally complete with red jackets and the logo of the Amdis alliance, were changed into long-sleeved white shirt clothes and dark brown pants.
I immediately remembered the incident that happened to me.
Goddamnit! Why did I have to end up like this?!
Suddenly, 4 guardsmen with sturdy body shafts came up to me and opened the cell door using a special key. I see what they are doing right now. After they managed to open this cell that I occupied, they finally approached me who was staring at them confused.
"Lho, do I want to be accompanied?" I was wondering,
They immediately grabbed my arm tightly and violently to get out of the bed.
"Sorry, my arms don't get gripped by gini dong!" I said as I grimaced in pain at what they had done to me. "It hurts!"
"You'll be judged legally!" They don't care what they've done. They kept hurting me physically and kept forcing me to get out of this dusty bed.
"Guamshhh!!"
"You have made a mess in the city of Azalea and made the local people uproar" said the other.
"I didn't expect you to turn out to be a bad half-demon woman!" said one of them in a mocking tone.
"YOU MEAN WHAT?" my snapping. "I'M ATTACKED! I AM ALSO NOT MA—"
One of them immediately kicked me in the stomach using his leg knees so many times that I completely fell silent and spat out a little blood through my mouth.
It tormented me so much!
"Don't mess with us, demon curse!" said one of them while grabbing my messy hair, forcefully pointing my face right in front of her ugly face, then throwing my face.
I was speechless with a face that endured the pain in the area of my stomach that had been kicked by his knee.
My whole blood started to go up to the crown. I really want to be angry.
But, uh,
I have to hold on. Because if I break up, they'll kill me.
My sense of well-being still works.
I'm so sick of looking them in the face.
It turns out that demons are seen as very lowly by humans because they hate demons.
Just become a warden belagu very much!
We arrived in front of a large, dark-red door, complete with gold-colored and somewhat rusty door algae. There were two guards at the front door. They opened the door for me and the other guards to enter the room.
This is the courtroom.
All eyes were on me who was shabby. Their gaze was like they were staring at a strange creature that was walking into the room.
Hate views.
Therefore, I did not dare to return their gazes. I looked down with my hands cuffed in front.
It's cold here, like hell.
"Look at that demon!"
"I hope he'll be put to death soon!"
"It's a shame that her beautiful face cheats."
There are many insults recorded by my ears. I was sick to hear their insults. My heart felt torn to shreds by thousands of pointed swords.
I must be strong!
Justice is coming!
They took me in the middle of the room, right in front of the presiding judge. My handcuffs were temporarily removed and both my hands were pointed behind objects such as a fairly high iron pole, above my height then handcuffed again both hands behind so that the pole serves as a buffer so that I remain stuck there. After that they left me.
The mood began to calm.
Now I sit down. Both my knees are holding my body in the middle of the place.
My heart hurts so much!
There are so many hateful views pointing at me. I tried my best not to cry, so that I would not be underestimated by them.
It seems like after this I will die.
"Is the accused's sister healthy?" ask the chief judge.
"S—healthy, Mr. Chief Judge!" my answer.
"Watch the hearing today?"
"Yes, Mr. Chief Judge!"
"Alright" he answered. "First of all I will read the identity of the accused's brother first."
"By the full name of sister Nica Rosabelle, age 17 from Rainville, female gender, sister's job as one of Ignatius' forces in the Amdis Alliance," clearly while looking at the sheets of paper in his grasp.
"It is informed to all participants of the hearing that the agenda today is the reading of the indictment by the Public Prosecutor."
"Please, Public Prosecutor!"
"Well, thank you to the Assembly of Judges, I will read you the sister's indictment" the Public Prosecutor said as he opened a piece of paper in his grasp.
"The defendant's sister on behalf of Nica or Nica Rosabelle on Tuesday, September 5, 3029 at around 20:39 in Srov District has been proven, 'conducting riots that are very dangerous for the surrounding residents', the actions of which the defendant performed in the following ways,"
"That was originally on Tuesday, September 5, 3029 at around 19:43 sister Nica Rosabelle left the Azalea Alliance on the permission of the Azalea Alliance Commander, Luna Jrgen who was also a witness."
"Then defendant Nica Rosabelle invited a sister friend named Alexa Lumina as a witness in this trial to walk outside the headquarters of the Azalea Alliance."
"However, because the response from Alexa's sister Lumina refused, so the defendant's sister Nica Rosabelle decided to invite Rin's sister Melanie to come out together" he explained. "According to the defendant's sister Nica Rosabelle and Rin Melanie's sister in Srov District based on the radar of the troop monitors, there was a dispute between the two so that they changed their forms into demonic figures that they had damaged two boutique shophouse buildings there, based on the ability of the Azalea Alliance Squad Commander, Jacob Marshall also as a witness to this problem."
"None of the residents were injured in this incident, only material damage" the Public Prosecutor said. "But for this incident, this incident, The Amdis alliance has been found to have violated the code of conduct for the recruitment of soldiers in the form of demons and violated the laws in place in Azalea over riots that could endanger human lives and damage manufacturing."
"Therefore, the Amdis Alliance was threatened with permanent freeze and Nica Rosabelle's sister threatened the death penalty as per article 25B verse 2 which states that 'A soldier who was proven to be a traitor for her work, was put to death, then it will be put to death.'"
"Does the defendant's sister object to what has been read?" ask the Chief Judge.
"I strongly object, Mr. Chief Justice. It's definitely not what the Chief Justice thought it would be, "I said. "And to all the participants present today."
"I SWEAR IN GOD'S NAME THAT I NEVER INTENDED TO BETRAY FOR MY WORK!"
"MY GOAL IS TO PROTECT ALL THE NATIONS AND MANKIND IN THE WORLD TO FIGHT FOR REAL JUSTICE" I EXPLAINED.
"RIN IS A DEMONIC FIGURE DISGUISED IN HUMAN FORM THEN ATTACKS ME AND HE IS AMBITIOUS TO DESTROY MANKIND!!!" my yelling.
"I don't want to be the devil you know" I said. "MAMA MATHILDA WAS THE ONE WHO MADE ME ONE OF THEM!"
Suddenly the room became crowded and noisy. The people in this trial were whispering to each other.
"HOW CAN A DEMON CLAIM TO BE WRONG?" snatched one of the civilians.
"Just accept that you intend to kill us!"
"Free beauty but killer, chagrin!"
"It is the law of the woman's death!"
"You civilians, don't mind it" I said. "THAT SHRIMP BRAIN TIME!"
So overflowing was my anger, that unconsciously, the fingernails on each of my fingers extended.
"Look, the nails are elongated!"
"Based on a demon curse!"
"Just kill you!"
The words of the civilians pierced every side of my heart.
It hurts so bad.
I want to scream and scratch each of their bodies.
Suddenly two warden officers came up to me who was out of control and still cuffed. Looks like they're carrying an injection.
I don't know what the injection was.
The injection was directly stuck in my neck. Instantly I became forced to calm down and somewhat drowsy as a result of the effects of the injection fluid.
"Everything is expected to be calm!" asserted the Chief Judge while knocking on the wooden hammer many times. Instantly the atmosphere gradually became calmer and more conducive.
"Who's Mathilda's Mama?" ask the Chief Judge.
"People who adopted me while in Rainville."
"Is he still there?"
"He was killed by a pack of demons."
"Well," The Chief Judge cleared his dry throat. "This trial will continue."
"Public Prosecutor, "said the Chief Justice. "Are you ready to present the witnesses now?"
"Yes, Chief Judge, I'm ready to present the witnesses!"
"Well, please bring the first witness!"
"Good!"
The Public Prosecutor immediately called the first witness to prove the problem being tried.
"To Clement's brother, please sit in the witness examination chair!" the Public Prosecutor.
Squad Commander Clement?!
He immediately occupied the examination chair.
My vision became blurred instantly like a drunk person due to the effects of the sedative injection fluid given by the two guards so I did not clearly see around me.
Like an object that moves.
"Please introduce yourself in front of the audience!" said the Chief Justice.
"Alright," said Squad Commander Clement standing with a firm posture.
"My name is Clement Dominique. I am 21 years old from Alvist. I am the commander of the squad at the Amdis Alliance." he explained.
"Okay, brother Clement, please sit down!" said the Chief Justice. The Commander of the Clement Squad followed the orders of the Chief Justice who was asked to sit down.
"Do the witnesses know the defendant?" ask the Chief Judge.
"Yes, I know the defendant because he was in a squad with me on an expedition to Kimo Village."
"Please help witness brother Clement to explain the incident that the witness experienced with the defendant!"
"Alright," Commander Squad Clement said as he looked at this tormented one. His sight is so deadly!
"This trial has an element of misunderstanding, Mr. Chief Judge!" said Commander Squad Clement. "Nica's sister is clearly innocent."
"She saved me from being the most secure demon when the expedition to Kimo Village yesterday even though it turned out that the mission failed."
"But you fainted at that time."
"Yes, I did faint. However, thanks to this micro-chip on my forehead, I was able to witness the incident!" replied Squad Commander Clement while showing his forehead as he had shown me before.
"He was willing to die to save the left wing team!" inexplicably.
"I believe in what Nica's sister said, she was attacked by a traitorous soldier named Rin" he said.
"Certainly unchangeable, brother Clement!" cut Commander Luna from the Azalea Alliance. "The devil is still the devil!"
"Devil has never had good intentions on humans," explained Commander Luna sternly. "the devil is our enemy!"
"Yes, I agree with Commander Luna's opinion!" said one civilian. "Even more than the devil has destroyed my boutique shop."
"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!" continued.
"The devil if left unchecked will continue to endanger the salvation of mankind in the future!" commander Luna said firmly. "To be put to death at any rate!!"
"LET'S GET HIM DEAD!" Civilians chanted the death penalty simultaneously. Trying to change the mindset of the Judge.
"Please everybody calm down!" exclaimed the Chief Judge told the debate between Squad Commander Clement and Commander Luna to quickly subside as well as the disturbing noises in the courtroom.
"Don't impose your will, sister Luna! You yourself must have broken the law because you have charged the defendant to be immediately put to death," explained Squad Commander Clement.
"SHOW ME THAT SISTER NICA KILLED A HUMAN!"
Everyone is silent.
"My head will be a guarantee if sister Nica is found guilty" he continued.
My heart suddenly stopped.
I didn't expect Squad Commander Clement to say that. He was willing to sacrifice his head to be a guarantee if I was proven guilty.
"And also in this incident there were no fatalities," Commander Squad Clement said.
Suddenly he stood up from the witness chair with a firm and earnest posture.
"On behalf of the Amdis Alliance, we are willing to compensate any losses in Azalea for the incident. However," Squad Commander Clement was instantly speechless.
"Please further reconsider the sentence for sister Nica Rosabelle, Mr. Chief Justice. Thank you!" he said, then sat back down.
The Chief Justice and the other two judges immediately conferred with each other over what they had heard directly from the explanation of the Commander of the Clement Squad just now.
K—Commander Team Clement ....
Unable to speak for what I just witnessed. Hard to explain!
It turns out that all this time I thought of her being ignorant turned out that I was fooled by her appearance.
He's so different.
I've been troubling him a lot.
Forgive me, Commander Squad Clement!
I was crying while looking down.
"Reverse to the beginning of the topic" said the Chief Justice, having finished discussing the matter with the two judges on his left-right.
"Where was the brother's position when this incident took place?"
"My position within the Azalea Alliance is in conversation with brother Jan" he explained.
"I decided not to take a walk out of the Azalea Alliance territory."
"All of a sudden I got information from the radar monitoring forces that there was an attack in the Srov District" he explained. "However, I did not participate in investigating the incident and guarding the headquarters of the Azalea Alliance."
"All right," said the Chief Justice. "I think Clement's explanation is pretty clear."
Suddenly there was an officer while carrying an object towards the Chief Judge. I couldn't see it because it was blocked by the officer's body.
"What's this?" the Chief Judge said as the officer stepped away from the Chief Judge.
Louis's voice recorder.
Oh my God, I just remembered it!
At first I thought it was missing.
"That's a recording device, Mr. Chief Judge!" I said.
"Alright, I'll try to listen to this tape" he said. After the on button was activated, there was a conversation between me and Rin before the incident happened.
It's not very clear, however, it's still understandable.
We all watched the sound of the recording. The atmosphere of the trial room became silent and only the sound of the recording echoed throughout the room. The Chief Justice's face looked solemn upon hearing a conversation that would be evidence for this trial. Suddenly a noise was heard. Maybe it was a sound where I was buffeted by Rin's power at that moment. The Chief Justice immediately discussed with the two judges on his right-hand side the contents of this recording.
Squad Commander Clement's face looked serious hearing the recording while touching his chin.
Shortly thereafter, the recording died on its own, indicating that the recording was over.
The whole room was a storm.
"Please relax!" said the Chief Judge while knocking the hammer several times until it was calm.
"Did sister manage to kill that demon Civa?"
"I still don't know, Mr. Chief Judge," I replied. "Because when I managed to stab his heart, his form immediately gave off a bright light!"
"And lost his form."
"So she's probably alive?"
"Yes, Mr. Chief Judge."
"How well does she know this sister of Civa?" ask again.
"Since she was still in the training of Courtfeig Hero Academy, where she was named Rin Melanie and was very quiet" I explained. "I felt sorry at first because he was not friends with anyone, I already knew."
"Good."
"What is the problem of the accused's sister and Louis' brother with Civa?"
"I don't know, obviously" I replied. "Then I tried to ask him why he was moving away from us."
"When did he start to stay away?"
"Since after the expedition to Kimo Village ago."
Instantly the atmosphere became noisy again. The whole room whispered to each other.
"But I'm sober" I said."Civa is a female demon who attacks the left wing squads."
"I observed his movements when he attacked me during yesterday's expedition and the attack on Azalea" I explained. "And it's all the same!"
"Hmm," The Chief Judge seemed to understand my words. After that, the Judges discussed each other in this case.
Shortly thereafter,
"Well, I will read the defendant's verdict, " said the Chief Justice, holding a paper full of writing. "Please for the audience to listen!"
"For the sake of Justice, the Azalea military court that examined and tried criminal cases, the defendant was found legally innocent of the case. However, riots damaged several buildings in Azalea without causing any casualties,"
"Therefore, the verdict has been handed down as follows, with the defendant's sister Nica Rosabelle detained and in Azalea Detention House for a month, cutting the prison term" he explained at length. "And the Amdis Alliance was not permanently frozen, but was given the first ultimatum in this matter."
"The Amdis Alliance will indemnify any losses related to this matter."
The Chief Judge directly knocked the hammer 3 times stating this decision is valid.
I'm quite happy because I was at least not put to death.
Thanks to the evidence of the mini recorder, the,
And Commander Team Clement ....
I wanted to meet him to thank him for his statement. However, some of the guards dragged me out of the courtroom as the trial was closed and finished.
"Wait on! I want to meet my friends first!!"
But they don't care about me.
I'm looking for Louis' presence. However, he did not exist while the trial participants came out of the trial place. I don't see Alexa there either. Probably because there are so many people walking out of this place.
Squad Commander Clement's face fell silent and stood up leaving the location. He seems to be holding something.
He didn't look at me.
Step–demi–step, I came out of the courtroom with a feeling that is still agitated about the events of yesterday. I had to pass through a dark hallway and only fire was illuminated in every corner of this dim passage.
Without saying a word, the 4 wardens who accompanied me until I arrived in the holding cell, immediately pushed me into the cell and locked me from behind the holding cell.
"It's not relaxing!" grumbling. It was fortunate that my grunts were not heard by them because they were busy locking my holding cell and immediately left me. Now I live alone who is silent while sitting on the side of the white bed. Staring at the prisoner cell made of iron.
This is what it's like to be in a holding cell.
I got up and decided to sit on the floor, facing the holding cell while hugging my knees. Closing my eyes behind my arms. I was crying so much.
Remembering yesterday's events.
How painful it hurts my heart to remember it again. Someone who I thought was good, turned out to be a traitor.
"That's stupid of you, Nica!" grumbling. "You should have realized he was bad!"
I nagged at myself who had been lured by Rin's false kindness. The moment where I was taught how to climb a tall tree was good and right by him. It managed to lure me to cry excessively.
It's true!
Regret always comes later.
It seems like the real life is about to begin. A cruel life.
My emotions have peaked. It was time to vent my anger by crying behind my arms so that the long-sleeved shirt I was wearing wet absorbed my more tears.
I felt someone coming. I also straightened my head.
Louis.
He was even in my cell.
Either I didn't hear him come in and suddenly just showed up!
Looking at me who was sitting there crying. Unknowingly my crying stopped while looking into her eyes that were both looking at me.
"Louis, I know you hate me" I said, feeling a tight chest.
"YOU CAN KILL ME RIGHT NOW!"
Suddenly he hugged me.
Warm hug.
Like a hug he made to me when we hid from a herd of demons in Rainville.
I cried again in his arms. "FORGIVE ME PLEASE!!"
"I've ruined your trust!"
Her hand was stroking my disheveled hair.
"BE CALM, DON'T THINK SILLY!" he gripped both my shoulders.
"BUT YOU HATE THE DEVIL!"
"Yes, I do hate the devil" he said, drawing his face closer to me, full of tears.
"But I will never kill you" he said. "Even if you're a demon or even some other monster!"
"Because I know," said Louis. Suddenly the sentence stopped. Then he said, "YOU PROVED TO DEFEND THE TRUTH!"
"You have kept your promise to defend every human being, as you have said before Mr. William first," he said sure. His face seemed serious.
I kept staring at him.
"You are the hope of mankind, Nica!"
"I trust you completely."
"T—but .... " I haven't finished my sentence. Suddenly Louis kissed me.
My heart stopped for a moment.
Under these circumstances, he suddenly kissed my lips. It is so beyond reason!
Long enough in a position like this.
His left hand touched my jaw, the other grabbed my right shoulder.
I didn't expect Louis to do this.
"I love you, Nica!" said it.
What a dream last night, huh?
"A—aku .... "
Honestly I also feel very comfortable and safe around him. Ever since we were confronted by the devil in Rainville,
Survive together, together,
Join the Courtfeig Hero Academy, please,
Even an alliance.
I immediately hugged her neck so that she was a bit pushed back because of me. "I love you, Louis! Please don't ever hate me!"
Unknowingly my tears came out again.
Suddenly he laughed at me.
I let go of my arms around his neck.
Bau-bau kumat again ....
I immediately pinched both of his cheeks.
"I cry instead of being won, even being laughed at!" I grumbled and put on a sullen face.
Louis seemed immune to my pinching. He immediately held both of my hands that pinched his cheeks. His face while looking at me.
"Heh," said he. "If I really hate you, why would I declare love for you?"
I'm speechless. My cheeks immediately turned red.
"Let's rest you must be tired from the trial event earlier," he said. "So you're starting to fret."
"I'M NOT NGAWUR ISSHH," I said annoyed. Manyun's lips. However, he did not respond to it.
Both of his hands immediately wiped the tears on my face.
It's just that I don't want to lose him which is my trigger for survival. Instantly my feelings wanted to explode immediately, like a rocket that wanted to directly fly to the bright moon.
"Oh yeah," After he wiped my tears completely dry, Louis immediately pulled something out of his brown jacket pocket.
"Printed paper?"
"Clemental Commander Clement told me to give you this" Louis said, giving me a letter.
"Well, I want to see you" I said.
"Said there's a meeting between the commanders of the Azalea and Amdis squads today."
"Oh that," I said. I got the letter from Louis's hand.
"Let's read it together!" take me. Louis approached himself beside me.
To read the contents of the letter from the Commander of the Clement Squad together.
It is ....