IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING TREASON,
THEN IT MUST BE FROM THE TALGISIN CASE, RIGHT?
GOING ALONG
TALGISIN...
...WAS A TRAITOR WHO ATTEMPTED REBELLION UNDER THE GUISE OF LYCAN INDEPENDENCE...
...AND BUILT UP FORCES IN SECRET ALONG THE BORDER.
THE ONE WHO CRUSHED TALGISIN...
...ALONGSIDE THE BLACK EAGLE BATTALION...
...AND THE ONE WHO SENTENCED HIM TO DEATH UNDER THAT SPECIAL LAW ARE BOTH PRESENT.
AND NOW,
SOMEONE ELSE HAS COMMITTED THE SAME CRIME.
IN THAT CASE...
IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO OBJECTS TO MY RULING, RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS!
HOW CAN YOU APPLY SUCH A RIDICULOUS LAW TO MY SITUATION?!
HOW IS THAT THE SAME AS THIS?!
ARE YOU SAYING I'M THE SAME AS THAT INSANE LYCAN?!
CALM YOURSELF, DUKE WHEATON.
I AM NOTHING LIKE YOU.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN BECOMING KING!
I WAS ONLY TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THAT TERRIBLE WOMAN!
OH MY.
HUH?
AH...
AFTER BRINGING DOWN THAT VILE WOMAN,
I WAS JUST GOING TO SELL HER OFF TO THE EMPIRE...
I TOLD YOU TO CALM DOWN, DIDN’T I?
I... UH...!
THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT TO SAY!
DAMN IT!
NO!
THIS ISN'T RIGHT!
I DIDN’T MEAN THAT!
THIS CONCLUDES THE MATTER AT HAND.
WELL DONE, DUKE KIEL.
YOUR WISDOM IS TRULY UNMATCHED.
A ROYAL TREASON ACT, HUH? I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW SUCH A LAW EXISTED.
SCOFF
SHE DIDN'T KNOW?
SPEECHLESS
SEVEN HOURS EARLIER, AT THE TEMPLE OF THE NAMELESS GOD
WHAT SHOULD I WRITE?
I'LL START BY ASKING ABOUT HER WELL-BEING,
THEN APOLOGIZE AND SAY I INTEND TO RETURN...
To Her Majesty, Queen Arsinoe,
IT’S BEEN A WHILE, DUKE KIEL!
HUH?
SUPRİSE APPEARENCE
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!
THREE HOURS LATER, AT CENTRAL COMMAND
BROUGHT HERE WITHOUT EXPLANATION, SCRUBBED CLEAN AND POLISHED UP
I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ATLIND.
HE SAID YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND, SO I HAD YOU BROUGHT HERE.
HM, I ADMIT IT WAS A BIT ABRUPT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
OUTFIT CHANGE
AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE.
THIS IS JUST SO ABSURD.
I FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT TO COLLAPSE FROM THE SHOCK!
I'LL BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME.
THINGS MOVED FASTER THAN I EXPECTED, SO I'M IN A BIT OF A RUSH.
A RUSH?
AND SO, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
SO YOU'RE CLAIMING IT WAS ALL A COINCIDENCE?
PLANNING TO DECEIVE THE NOBLES, ARE YOU?
HMPH
IF ONE PERSON TELLS A LIE, IT'S DECEPTION,
BUT IF MANY SAY THE SAME THING, IT BECOMES OPINION.
AND...
...IF SOMEONE WITH AUTHORITY SUPPORTS IT, IT BECOMES THE TRUTH.
Episode 32
SHE REALLY IS SHAMELESS BEYOND BELIEF.
I WAS THE ONE WHO RECITED THE RULING IN THE TALGISIN TRIAL.
IN LAW, PRECEDENT ITSELF IS A VERDICT.
THIS MEANS THAT IF THE JUDGE IS THE SAME,
THEN NATURALLY, THE OUTCOME WILL BE TOO.
SHE ORCHESTRATED ALL OF THIS...
...YET CLAIMS SHE KNEW NOTHING?
THUMBS-UP
WHY GO THROUGH ALL THIS TROUBLE?
HMM...
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE A TYRANT.
ALL I WANT...
...IS A STABLE GOVERNMENT AND A STRONGER NATION.
A STABLE GOVERNMENT?
A STRONGER NATION?
IS THAT TRULY WHAT SHE DESIRES?
YOUR MAJESTY, MAY I HAVE SAY MORE THING?
AS YOU WISH.
THANK YOU.
IN THIS CASE, YOUR MAJESTY DISREGARDED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE...
...AND TREATED THE DEFENDANT AS GUILTY FROM THE OUTSET.
THAT IS UNLAWFUL.
A TRUE SOVEREIGN UNDERSTANDS THE WEIGHT OF THE LAW AND ABIDES BY IT.
AS ONE WHO UPHOLDS THE KINGDOM'S LAWS,
I, GODEL KIEL, FORMALLY SENTENCE YOUR MAJESTY TO THREE MONTHS OF PROBATION.
FATHER AND SON, UNWILLING PARTICIPANTS IN WHIS' "KIDNAPPING EXPERIENCE"
In Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 32, Duke Wheaton is tried for treason in Queen Arsinoe's court. A special treason law is applied through the Talgisin precedent, Wheaton angrily objects and accidentally reveals his plan with a slip of the tongue. While Duke Kiel's move shifts the balance, Arsinoe says she wants a stable government, and Godel Kiel gives her three months of probation.
