Collapse Iron: After watching the simulation, they all turned to the dark side.

Please don't turn evil! I'm begging you.

It seemed to be an illusion; her expression quickly returned to normal, as if the question had never happened.

But you still decide to kill Katniss and then run away.

Because you still think about Heather.

Although you know that, with her unwavering resolve, she could become the queen of the siren clan even without you.

Even though she has forgotten him, he still wants to find her.

[Haisen: The gods are so kind, I love the gods the most.]

[Fireworks: Hey, hey, hey, Heather's voice is way too loud! Where's the author? Isn't this going to be nerfed?]

[Estella: My goodness, Lady Heather, do you need another loyal subordinate?]

[Alan: Miss is alive again.]

[Haisen: I politely declined; I prefer the feeling of having something all to myself.]

[Crydella: So, why do you think he can escape?]

【Kerudela: Sword and Banner, no one is allowed to covet the King's consort.】

[Haiserin: Don't berate me, Lao Gong.]

Chapter 99 Snow Night Trial (Part 1)

At this point, Katniss still believed that she was firmly in control.

The princess had no power; therefore, all power was concentrated in the Senate.

Lu Qing is a very clever and loyal person.

I feel quite reassured leaving things to him.

Moreover, he spent the last few days taking the princess sightseeing everywhere, so he must have turned her into a good-for-nothing.

Thinking of this, she picked up the white jade porcelain cup and drank the sweet hot tea inside in one gulp.

Then, a cleaner rushed into the hall in a somewhat flustered manner.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Why are you in such a panic? Xu Bo'er's sky won't fall down." She even blew on the hot tea in her bowl to cool it down, trying to appear relaxed and carefree.

The cleaner who burst into the main hall was panting heavily, his eyes wide with terror as he spoke:

“Elder Katniss, I have always been a friend of Elder Lu Qing. When I visited Elder Lu Qing’s home a while ago, I found that he had not been home for a long time.”

Katniss remained calm and took a small sip of her tea.

"Oh, what does that mean? Isn't it perfectly normal for a veteran like him to move from a more remote place to live in the capital?"

The somewhat thin cleaner in front of Katniss gritted his teeth and said:

“But I swear, he is definitely not the friend I used to be! I even found evidence in that abandoned house that the guy could never have studied! He changed the day he became the Imperial Tutor. Before, he would only eat, drink, gamble and whore with me.”

"Huh, you mean? He's been possessed? Are you kidding me?" Although Katniss said this, her face couldn't help but show suspicion.

Indeed, in her memory, this blond-haired cleaner named Lu Qing was arrogant and domineering, but his intelligence was not particularly high.

While some members of the Golden Bloodline do awaken their powers after reaching adulthood, their numbers are pitifully small.

With so many coincidences, she began to feel that something was amiss.

Moreover, recently she has heard many praises of Wang Nu's virtues in the streets and alleys, which she originally thought was some kind of vanity project by Lu Qing.

In retrospect, there might have been something fishy going on.

"I'll have to go and investigate this myself."

“No need to investigate, he has already betrayed you.” A calm and gentle voice came from not far behind Katniss.

She instinctively turned around and saw the face of an ugly mechanical race.

"Let me introduce myself. I am a member of the audience of the sacred ceremony, Lai Gushi." He smiled slightly.

Just a few systems ago.

The vortex of the imperial scepter.

Suddenly, the scepter issued an error message.

At first, Lai Gushi thought it was just another simple error message.

After all, how could there be two ocean sparks in this world? There must be something wrong with the program.

So he began to check, only to find that everything was normal.

Although he couldn't believe it, after discarding all the impossible options, only one option remained.

A rat smuggled in a spark of ocean fire from the outside world.

What a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!

How could there be any sparks from the ocean outside, and how could they have bypassed the firewall and sneaked in?

Soon, he recalled a less-than-pleasant memory from several previous reincarnations.

That man named Lu Qing had been elbowing me hard for sixty years. Before he died, he even gave the Demogue Matrix a hard punch.

Impossible, he's already dead, his soul and spirit are gone.

However, after careful investigation, he discovered something unacceptable.

Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?

The man who would grab your face at the slightest disagreement has reappeared in this cycle of reincarnation?

Without the slightest hesitation, he decided to intervene in this cycle of reincarnation, and soon he found a way to eliminate the rat.

Although it's unclear how he did it, he managed to replicate the spark of the ocean last time, and judging from the current situation, it seems he's now eyeing the spark of the law.

This time, we absolutely cannot let him succeed. Although we don't know what he wants to do with these fire seeds, Lai Gushi knows that if he is allowed to replicate the fire seeds, the Great Lord of Annihilation he is determined to create—the Iron Curtain—will inevitably be born in a difficult situation.

He must not be allowed to obtain the flame of the law.

This time, we need to kill Crydella before he becomes a demigod of the law.

But this matter is not simple either.

The other party was a man who nearly destroyed Demuggle Matrix with a single punch. Lai Gushi knew that if he angered the other party and he were to punch Demuggle Matrix again, he would be left speechless with grief.

Therefore, the only option at present is to use other methods to kill Crydella before he becomes a god.

what can we do about it?

As the number one genius, he quickly came up with a solution.

That is, using the citizens' assembly that can judge everything, also known as ostracism.

As long as he follows the rules.

He then had no choice but to accept trial.

“Instigated Wang’s daughter, illegally gathered power, deprived citizens of their right to life, disregarded the law, and rescued his father.”

After a pause, Legoth continued:

“Each charge is serious, and if added up, it will definitely lead to the death penalty. Moreover, you are the first elder, and he does not have the ability to completely sideline you in a short period of time.”

Katniss frowned slightly; she now completely believed the strange machine race before her who called themselves spectators of divine reverence.

"Really, you can know a person's face but not their heart! This elder was actually fooled by a little thief!" Katniss was almost furious. Her hand, which was gripping the white porcelain cup tightly, was turning slightly white and the veins were bulging.

Lai Gushi smiled:

"Lady Katniss, this woman is extremely cunning. It is perfectly normal to fall into her trap by accident."

Lai Gushi's inner thoughts: Damn idiot, with a pig brain, you'll never succeed at anything.

Katniss nodded viciously, slammed her hand on the solid wood table, and sneered:

"The Citizens' Assembly will judge his evil deeds. You can rest assured that no matter how strong an individual is, he cannot stand against a large city-state."

“Of course, these crimes are enough to kill him ten or eight times over.” Lai Gushi stroked his chin, everything under control.

Katniss waved her hand and gave an order to the cleaners beside her:

"Control Her Highness, convene the annual citizens' assembly in the name of the Senate, guide public opinion, and make sure that our 'dear' Elder Lu Qing is nailed to the cross of trial."

"Report! Her Highness has been taken away by Lu Qing."

"As expected, he's that treacherous beast who betrays his own people!!! But it doesn't matter, the final judgment is approaching!!!"

A small border town, a pine bar.

Lu Qing stretched lazily. This trip had helped Keludela establish her prestige, and her reputation among the citizens was growing higher and higher.

"Teacher, I'd like to offer you a toast." Kerudela seemed to be in a good mood. She lifted her skirt with one hand and raised an amber-colored wine glass with the other, giving Lu Qing a distant bow.

"It's nothing." Lu Qing also raised his glass and clinked it with Kerudela's.

According to Lu Qing's estimation, it's almost time to close the net; seizing power is within reach.

The current situation is enough for Crydella to ascend the true throne!

However, his smile quickly froze on his face.

A coin flew from afar, and he caught it. Then he looked at the coin with some cat paw prints and the little note stuck to it, which was covered with crooked handwriting.

"Get out of here! Good person, you're going to be judged, meow!"

"Guards! There's an assassin!" Kerudela shouted.

Lu Qing patted the ahoge (cowlick) on her head in a comforting manner.

"It's alright, it's just a little kitten that delivers mail."

[Aglaia: @Saifeier, you're such a cute little kitten, you were born to be eaten.]

[Saifei: I didn't deliver the letter. Do you think I would add a "meow" to the end of every sentence?]

[Aglaia: What else?]

[Sai Fei'er: You've gone too far.]

Chapter 100 Snow Night Trial (Part 2)

"You and Crydera returned to the capital of Hippar's kingdom to participate in this trial against you."

Snowflakes fluttered in the royal palace; another winter had arrived.

The bright moon shines, its cool light bathing the white earth.

Krystal wanted to drape a black nylon coat over Lu Qing, who was standing by the window.

"Can you squat down? I can't reach it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qing turned around, revealing her pale golden eyes, and then leaned down slightly.

This was the first time he had truly looked up to Krydela.

Of course, she liked to sit with her legs crossed on the high throne, wearing a three-quarter skirt, so her gaze was always drawn to the mysterious white area.

Therefore, I didn't really look at her face.

Lu Qing let Keludela drape a black nylon coat over his shoulders, let her button it up, and let her straighten the coat.

And the Citizens' Assembly is about to become yesterday's tomorrow.

"Let's go, it's late, we should go to sleep," Lu Qingwen asked gently.

However, there was no response; Lu Qing was met only with silence.

Turning around, Krydella was looking out the window, reaching out her small hand to catch a falling snowflake.

But the body remained frozen in place before my eyes, like the motionless mummies in Pompeii.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Teacher, do you know what will happen if you get more than half the votes, given your crimes?"

"The death penalty?" Although it was a question, it carried a tone of certainty.