Path of Light.

Chapter 908 908. Roy's Test

The deputy chief judge of the Castletown Court walked into the room accompanied by Baron Alvis.

The other Silvermoon Elf nobles and two clerks stood up.

Let's all sit down together.

The deputy chief judge was an elderly Silver Moon Elf, wearing a judge's robe and looking quite dignified.

The deputy chief judge looked at Roy deeply, then signaled to Baron Alvis that he could begin questioning.

Before the trial, there will be a series of inquiries.

Once a trial date is set, it means the defendant is guilty.

Inside the room, eight pairs of eyes were staring at Roy. Baron Alvis showed confidence in his eyes. He took out a parchment book and a pen. After he put all these things in place, he said to Roy:

"Boss Roy, we invited you here because you violated the security regulations of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom."

Seeing that Roy remained silent, he continued:
"First, your crew members carry bows and arrows. According to the security law of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, ordinary elves are not allowed to gather together and use bows and arrows."

Roy still didn't make any move. He continued:
"In addition, your crew members were fighting on the dock. From what we understand, your crew members even shot and killed some Imperial crew members, causing this Imperial merchant ship to hastily leave Castletown Harbor."

Baron Alvis paused here.

Maybe he wanted to announce it to Roy, and then he would just wait for the trial...

Unexpectedly, Roy spoke up at this time:
"What I want to say is that those imperial merchants used my name to trick the half-blood elves onto the merchant ship."

"Those imperial merchants told the half-blood elves that they would send them to my island, but in fact no merchant ship did so. So I came back this time to deal with this matter."

These Silver Moon Elves immediately showed surprise, and some of them even couldn't help but look at Baron Alvis.

Baron Alvis didn't expect that everyone wanted to hear his explanation after Roy just made a brief explanation.

Baron Alvis crossed his fingers, a meaningful smile appeared on his face, and said to Roy:

"Boss Roy, as far as I know, those imperial merchants you mentioned... they have all been driven away by you. They haven't even left Castletown Port before. So what evidence do you have to prove that they deceived the half-blood elves? They didn't send the half-blood elves on the ship to Que Island. Isn't it because they haven't set out from Castletown yet?"

"As far as I know, the half-blood elves all boarded the ship voluntarily."

"And the first thing your magic airship did when it arrived at Castletown Harbor was to attack the merchant ships of the Empire. You didn't even bother to understand the reason. You will be judged by the Inquisition for such violent means."

Roy replied:
"Because this is not the first imperial merchant ship to transport half-blood elves. The previous imperial merchant ships were also unable to deliver half-blood elves to Kui Island. As early as three months ago, an imperial merchant ship carrying half-blood elves left the port..."

Roy didn't expect these Silver Moon Elf guards to rescue the half-elves, and it didn't matter whether there was evidence or not.

"You said we should all use evidence to speak for ourselves. Okay! I agree with your approach."

"So... you said I hurt those Imperial merchants. Now they are not in Castletown Harbor. What evidence do you have to prove that my crew shot and killed Imperial crew members at the dock? Was anyone injured? Or was anyone killed?"

After saying that, Roy smiled...

Baron Alvis was so angry that veins popped out of his forehead. He pointed in the direction of the dock and said loudly to Roy:

"Many elves at the dock witnessed the fight. I will ask them to testify in court during the trial."

"In addition, your crew members brought bows and arrows into Castletown Harbor, which has violated our laws. You have lived in the Silver Moon Kingdom since you were a child, and I believe you should be familiar with the laws and regulations in this regard. Do you think I am right?"

Roy lowered his head, and one hand naturally withdrew from the shackles. Then he reached into his arms and placed a temporary pass on the table.

Then he put his hands into the shackles again, raised his head and said:
"This is the temporary pass I applied for in advance when entering the waters of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom."

"It is completely legal for my ship to carry weapons into the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, and it does not violate the so-called security law."

After saying this, Roy set his eyes on Baron Alvis and asked him:

"It is your Silvermoon Elf City Defense Guards who are so lax in their management of Castletown Port, allowing some slave traders pretending to be imperial merchants to stay at the dock. In my opinion, this... is the biggest security problem of Castletown Port."

"Who allowed these slave traders? Has Castletown Port become so corrupt?"

"They are doing something outrageous to both humans and gods against the half-blood elves, and you Silver Moon Elf Guards are not going to do anything about it?"

"I want to stop their behavior, and you have to stand up. Are you becoming their umbrella of protection?"

"All the half-blood elves in the entire Castletown City probably know that they are deceiving these half-blood elves under my name. Doesn't my open questioning of this matter prove that they are guilty?"

"Or do you condone them doing these things?"

"I remember that there was a Lord Alvis in the Partington plane. He was the largest slave trader in the history of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. I wonder if you know him..."

Roy tore off Baron Alvis's last fig leaf on the spot, making his face turn red and white, and he trembled with anger.

Baron Alvis didn't expect that he would be refuted so blatantly.

He didn't even have the slightest respect for the Inquisition, and just said whatever he wanted...

The several Silver Moon Elf nobles sitting in front of Roy had some strange expressions on their faces, and then they began to whisper and talk among themselves.

The deputy chief judge did not stay in his seat. He stood up and left the room without saying a word.

The other two Silver Moon Elf nobles also hesitated for a moment, stood up from their seats, nodded to Baron Alvis, and then walked out.

Baron Alvis was a little flustered, and then followed him out, leaving only two clerks and two elf guards in the room.

Roy sat leisurely in the chair, waiting for the next interrogation...

Not long after, Baron Alvis walked in again from outside.

Behind him followed four Silver Moon Elf guards wearing silver armor.
The Silver Moon Elf guard came in and put a pair of magic shackles on Roy again and stuffed a silk handkerchief into his mouth.

Baron Alvis sat back in his chair, his expression somewhat exasperated, but he took a deep breath, calmed down his bad mood a little, and continued to question Roy.
He looked at Roy with hatred in his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said to Roy in a very low voice:

"Now there are accusations that you are in league with these imperial merchants."

"Well, I might as well put it more bluntly."

"We now suspect that you may have conspired with human merchants to deceive the half-blood elves, taking advantage of their trust in you to lure them onto merchant ships, and then using the imperial merchant ships to sell them to the Roland Continent. So you are the slave trader..."

"Because the portal to the Partington plane has been closed, you can only continue to deceive the half-blood elves of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom." "We have sent a letter for help to the Lighthouse Garrison Camp of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion. Soon, troops will come to suppress the magic airship you have parked in the port."

"In addition, the court will hold a trial for you in a week, and you will remain in the temporary prison of the court for the whole week."

"Over the next week, we will try to find as much evidence as possible."

"Boss Roy, wish you good luck from now on... or hope we don't find anything."

Two Silver Moon Elf guards held Roy's shoulders to prevent him from moving.

Roy raised his head, stared into Baron Alvis' eyes and asked him:

“Is this how you complete the inquiry?”

Baron Alvis no longer concealed the resentment in his heart. His eyes were like a venomous snake, staring at Roy and responding:

"As for you, Boss Roy, we don't even need to ask you any questions before we can send you to the trial stand..."

……

Passing through the bustling pier,
The sea breeze chased after Leah.
The sun shone down from above, and Leah's breath was getting weaker.
Leah ran breathlessly to Brown Street, looking for Moira and Sabrina's home based on the information in her memory...

She ran across the bridge on the south side of the intersection, and turned her head to look at the flowing Dane River.
Anxious Leah is like a little deer running in the sun.

Finally I arrived in front of the house in my memory. It was already afternoon.

Leah jumped over the wall as easily as a cat. She wanted to look through the windows one by one, but then she saw Sabrina and Moira sitting on the sofa in the living room chatting...

The sisters have a really good relationship and always lean on each other.

This reminded Leah of Alice.

Alice currently lives in the camp of the Knights Templar in Sun Island Bay. She studies divine arts with a group of priests every day and leads a fulfilling life.

Leah shook the thought out of her mind and went into the living room through the open window.

"Ms. Moira, Boss Roy was taken away by a group of Silver Moon Elf guards. They said they wanted to take Boss to the Court of Inquisition..."

Leia burst into the living room and stood beside Moira, speaking anxiously.

Moira was startled by the sudden appearance of Leia, but she calmed down after hearing Leia talk about Roy's experience.

"Did he tell you what to do next? Or who to look for?"

Moira asked Leia with her watery eyes.

Leah shook her head...

Sisters Moira and Sabrina looked at each other.

With Roy's current ability, if he didn't want to be caught, the Silver Moon Elf guards in Castletown Port would not be able to take him away. After all, Roy was a second-level warrior.

"I guess he wanted to see the reaction of the Silvermoon Elf guards. After all, it was an Imperial merchant openly trading slaves at the port." Sabrina said casually.

Moira frowned and bit her nails.
"How about I go talk to Roy's friends about it?"

"Are you going to see Claire?" Sabrina asked her.

Moira nodded.

"Ok!"

She touched the small pendant around her neck.

Sabrina stood up, too, but she didn't plan to join Moira in this. She said to Moira:

"You and Leah go find Claire. I'm going back to the magic airship now. I'll stay there and wait for your news until tomorrow morning."

"If I don't hear from you before tomorrow morning, I will take the magic airship directly back to Kuei Island and mobilize the fleet from Kuei Island to return to Castletown City."

Sabrina chose a more direct approach…

Moira agreed and ran out with Leia.

Leah followed Moira to Brown Street, and Moira led her to the intersection and stopped beside a big tree, standing in the shade.

Leah was a little impatient. She wanted to ask Moira: Why did they stop so suddenly? Weren't they going to ask Roy's friends for help?
At this time, a long carriage drove over from the other side of the bridge. Four horses pulled the long carriage, which looked very shocking...

Leia followed Moira into the carriage. Moira handed two kolers to the conductor and then took Leia to sit in the empty seat at the rear of the carriage. The carriage continued to move forward. All of this was very new to Leia. She was a little dazzled as she looked at the street scene outside the window that was constantly moving backwards.

Moira is an introvert and rarely takes the initiative to interact with outsiders.

This time she took the initiative to ask Roy's friends for help, which was also a big challenge for her.

She has always lived in a comfortable circle of life.

Her circle is small, and Roy protects her very well...

Passing through the lower town area, the street market is still filled with various stalls, the most numerous of which are fruit stalls.

The windows of many rooms in residential areas are tightly closed.

In the city of Castleton, it is humid and hot. Every sunny day after the rainy season is very precious. Opening the windows to ventilate the room and hanging some wet sheets and quilts on the balcony are things that every half-blood elf resident in the lower city needs to do.

Elves also like to grow flowers and plants on the balcony, so those closed windows indicate that this room is probably uninhabited.

The carriage passed through a passage carved out of the fault mountain that completely separated the upper city and the lower city, and officially entered the upper city.

Various buildings of the Silver Moon Elf Fengge appeared in front of Leah. These statues and fountains were very different from those in the city of Padstow. Although there were many giant trees here, there were no tree houses built on the treetops.

There is a wooden door carved out of the trunk of each tree, and there are some unique steps at the door. Leah guessed that these big trees are the residences of the Silver Moon Elves, but these giant trees are only two or three meters in diameter. For the elves, such a residence is a little too small.

The long carriage stopped at the top of the mountain in the city. It was not too far from the Tree of Life in the center of the city. One could even see the Moon Temple in the distance through the gaps between the trees...

(End of this chapter)