Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 158: Victory in the Prosecution
"Miss Lalatina, I'm sorry, but this matter involves the owner of this magic tool shop and the assassination of my Lord Alderp. We must arrest this guy."

The butler stepped forward with a dark face and said.

"I didn't assassinate anyone."

Miss Lich retorted.

"The owner of this store is my friend. Unless you have solid evidence, I won't allow anyone to slander her."

The fight that broke out in front of the magic tool shop soon attracted Axel's security team. Prosecutor Sena and her men rushed over and saw two groups of people confronting each other at the door.

Aqua's side was full of acquaintances, and she had also come into contact with the butler of the Alderp family.

To be honest, the person they serve, Alderp, is also the boss of their town management department.

Although he is only a nominal lord and does not take charge of specific matters, it is possible for him to interfere in management if he really wants the other party to do so.

"What happened here, Mr. Alderp's housekeeper and Ms. Aqua, could you please explain it to me?"

"This guy slandered me as a spy of the Demon King's army!"

Sena: “???”

When will the Demon King's Army be able to recruit members of the Axis Cult?
"This is just a misunderstanding. It was the owner of this magic tool shop who assassinated Lord Alderp."

The butler was originally just looking for an excuse to arrest someone and take the blame, but the eldest daughter of the Darkness family intervened, and this method of bullying the people was no longer effective. Now he could only tell the truth and accuse the owner of the magic tool shop of assassination.

"Ah, that pig Alderp, ahem, is that lord dead?"

Everyone: "..."

[Captain Sena, please take away the happy expression on your face. You have already spoken the truth! ]

However, everyone can understand that Alderp is a lustful man, and he used to rely on his power to take advantage of his female subordinates.

"Fortunately, Lord Alderp is still alive."

The butler's mouth twitched and he replied.

"Oh, really? That's great."

While saying this, Sena showed obvious disappointment on her face.

"I didn't assassinate any lord."

Miss Lich argued, and began to argue with the housekeeper again.

After listening for a while, Sena roughly understood what was going on.

She also knew the situation of the goods in Wiz's shop. Perhaps someone from Alderp's family bought some outrageous things here and brought them back, causing trouble.

“What you said makes sense, but fighting in the city over something like this really affects the safety of the town.

How about this, you two come with me to the town administration office to sue, we have a lie detector there to prevent anyone from lying."

Sena proposed a solution.

"Ha, are you kidding me that I would risk Alderp-sama's life?"

Of course the butler didn't want to go, he knew he was just trying to pass on the blame.

"I think this is best."

However, Darkness nodded and agreed.

"Hey, you're the other fourth-place contestant in the swimsuit contest who missed out on the first, second and third place?!"

Darkness’s imitation performance on the stage was also amazing. Even if we forget the second and third place contestants, we can’t forget her, and of course there’s also the Protein Queen contestant.

"Don't mention the stone breaking my chest. I am the eldest daughter of the Darkness family."

Darkness shouted with a red face. She really didn't expect that even after so much time had passed, she, the fourth place in the swimsuit beauty pageant, would still be remembered.

However, there are still people who call Aqua Miss Otter, so it’s not surprising that people remember her. This world is not a fast-paced modern world.

Every day, the topic of conversation among people in the town after dinner is what happened in recent months, and the speed at which information that can be used as a gossip is updated is really very slow.

With Darkness's statement, the housekeeper had no choice but to bring a group of guards and the security team led by Senna to the town management office.

After both parties explained what happened and Sena was unable to mediate, a lawsuit against Wiz for the murder of a noble was scheduled to be heard in public in the town square the next day.

. . . .

The next morning, the elderly judge sat on the stage, and the accusers and the accused came on stage together. Alderp, the victim, quickly filed a charge of murdering a noble.

The evidence is that after using the products sold in Wiz's shop, the noble lord Alderp almost died, and the doctor who came to rescue him can testify to this.

"Yes, after drinking the vitality potion, Lord Alderp was subjected to continuous electric shocks. He was so excited that he almost died suddenly."

The doctor who rescued him testified in court, and many guards and maids in Aldap's mansion knew about it.

However, the rumors at the time were that Alderp, a pervert, almost died from another woman's belly.

"These are the potions and props they sold. There are witnesses and evidence. What else do you have to say?!"

As a lackey, the butler questioned Wiz on behalf of his master.

“We do sell potions and items, but we cannot control how the items are used.

If we are a store that sells weapons, and someone uses the weapons we sell to kill someone, can we be blamed for that?"

After a day of preparation, Darkness acted as Wiz's defense attorney today.

“Similarly, the vitality potion we sell is a consumable product that is used to restore energy and physical strength. When taken, it will not cause any harm to the human body.

As for this mosquito repellent item engraved with electric magic, the butler was clearly told when it was sold that it should be used with caution.

At that time, I was helping sell goods in Miss Wiz's magic tool shop. I can testify to this, and I swear on the honor of the Darkness family that I will never lie."

Darkness even swore on her family's honor to prove it.

"Ah."

Prosecutor Sena nodded, and the polygraph tool next to her, a bell, did not make any sound that detected a lie.

Seeing this, the old judge nodded. Whether it was the oath or the props, he accepted Darkness's testimony.

"Then, may I ask, how is it that Lord Alderp was electrocuted by this magic item after drinking the vitality potion, even though he was told to use it with caution?

Moreover, the electric shock power of this magic item is not very strong. How is it that after being electrocuted, it is impossible to easily escape from the range of the electric shock, resulting in continuous electric shock?

Could it be that Lord Alderp used this electric mosquito repellent with a round iron ball on top as some kind of special prop and stuffed it into some enclosed part of his body, which resulted in him being unable to escape the shock range after being electrocuted?"

It has to be said that as a fellow aristocrat, Darkness's perverted thinking was actually synchronized with Alderp at this moment.

That's right, Alderp used the electric mosquito repellent that was peculiarly shaped like a dark corner as a special prop, which led to him being unable to escape from the electric shock and almost dying.

However, how could he possibly admit to such a thing? Didn't he see the people around him who were listening, all looking at him with anticipation?
"No, I definitely didn't use this item recklessly!"

Alderp denied it righteously.

"Your Excellency, if Lord Alderp wants to continue to charge my client with assassination, I request that he demonstrate in court how he was unable to escape the electric shock he suffered the day before yesterday. This will be more convincing."

The old judge nodded and looked at Alderp, but was glared at by the lord and shrank back in fear.

However, before he could reject Darkness's proposal, the crowd outside the court, led by some people with ulterior motives, started shouting.

"Yes, that's right. I've also used the mosquito repellent in Miss Wiz's shop. Although I got electrocuted, it wasn't very dangerous, let alone life-threatening."

There were many things that could be prepared in one day. Prosecutor Sena, who was dissatisfied with her fat boss, gave Wiz and the others many suggestions, including how to deal with the adventurer who had used the item before but was dissatisfied and came to return it.

At this moment, the bribed adventurers were promoting Wiz's shop outside the court. With the crowds of onlookers mobilized, and with the presence of the eldest daughter of the Darkness family, it would be difficult for Alderp to have the final say in this open court.

Facing the situation where he would be stabbed with an electric shock device on the spot if he continued to accuse him, Alderp glared at the butler who did not explain the use of the props clearly, and chose to protect his almost non-existent reputation and said: "This is a misunderstanding. I withdraw my accusation against the magic prop shop..."

A storm of accusations disappeared without a trace, and the crowd of onlookers booed without seeing any excitement.

However, this lawsuit did bring the fame of the vitality potion to the forefront of Axel.

Not to mention how Alderp would treat the butler who betrayed his master, the number of vitality potions that Broly made on a daily basis was not enough to sell.

Merchants came in droves, and they placed orders for dozens of boxes of vitality potions.

Even the high price of 40,000 eris per bottle could not dampen the enthusiasm of these merchants.

They saw a business opportunity and wanted to sell the vitality potion to other cities.

Wiz's shop entered a super profit mode. In just a few days, there were so many Eris that they almost filled the entire storage room.

"Great, with this money, we can buy a big house!"

What surprised Broly was that his master Aqua had not forgotten about buying a house. After having the money, she hurriedly dragged him, Darkness and Wiz to choose a big house together.

(End of this chapter)