An Extra’s POV

Rey already knew he couldn't win—at least, not absolutely.

He had a pile of evidence against him, and the truth was even a lot more implicating than what he was being tried for.

As a result, he settled for a stalemate.

'The only thing I didn't expect was the entire thing with Lady Vida. She really came at me strongly…'

Fortunately, it didn't completely derail his plans.

'In the end, no one can prove I did anything, and there's no proof I'm guilty.'

That was good enough for Rey.

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"After reviewing all of the evidence presented here, and considering the testimonies given, as well as the defenses of the accused… we have arrived at our judgment."

The Royal Council, after leaving the Royal Court for about twenty minutes, finally returned with their verdict.

'They were gone for quite a while…' Rey thought to himself as he looked at all their faces.

Per the judicial system practiced here, there had to be a majority vote among the five Royal Council members for a judgment to be valid.

'I guess it takes time for them to reach a reasonable arrangement, even if it's not a consensus…'

Out of the five, Rey only needed three people to take his side. He could already rule out the Lady Vida, so he was left so the only four other options

Taking his time to study their faces, he considered his chances.

'Lord Conrad seems like a reasonable person. He should be able to see sense in this…'

He didn't know too well about the other members of the council other than the fact that they were boomers.

As a result, Rey could only cross his fingers and wait for his judgment.

"Rey Skylar will be placed under house arrest and constant surveillance while an active investigation is conducted on the matter."

The moment Rey heard this, his heart sank.

"This is to determine the truth of what happened, and also to ensure no injustice is meted out."

good news was that Rey could return to his old room,

he

that is over, he will return to his room and spend

little sting in his heart

'My responsibilities? These guys…!'

began to grit his teeth, but did his best not to let his inner

to show

It only

problem was the constant

going to deal with his current

'This isn't good…'

Listrio concluded the verdict in his calm but

Skylar… do you have

like rolling

could take forever,

everything he had built up thus

'Damnit… damnit…'

calm facade and

"None."

my time. If

jumped to his feet as his voice echoed within

wide open as he shifted his attention to the

had no choice

is the matter, Hero?" Conrad asked with a calm facade, though his tone depicted a slight hint

approve of this constant surveillance business! Why are you

the air, murmurs

matter of necessity, Hero. You have to

us, to save your world. You can't treat him like this when

proof had either been debunked by Rey's truthful words, or

Rey, they had to have sufficient reason to

right now…

all looked at one another,

seemed they had made an

sufficient surveillance. The House Arrest judgment

moment, no

that this is for the safety of the entire Nation,

had been proven completely innocent, he couldn't be allowed unsupervised

understand. Is that fine with

the absolutely stunned Rey, the latter was