Yun Qing returned to Fontaine with the Heart of God and began to make final preparations. The fate of the world would be rewritten by his actions, and he was also preparing to bid farewell.

{Flash Fontaine: Father, please make a reservation at the Oprykle Opera House tomorrow. I want to sue a... guy.}

……

The next day, the Oprykle Opera House was packed, and a rumor came out from nowhere that someone was going to sue a "big shot" that day.

That was the supreme judge of Fontaine for five hundred years—Villette.

Indeed, yesterday, the Attorney General's Court received a letter accusing Navilette of theft, and the letter was signed by "Ilya Obleka".

Sounds like a winter solstice name.

To this end, the Law Enforcement Court verified with the North Country Bank, and the diplomatic envoy from the Winter Country replied that such a person did exist.

And Solitaire confirmed the notes and promised to urge Mr. Obleka to appear in court.

In accordance with the regulations, the charges were valid and the trial proceeded as scheduled.

"I heard someone wants to accuse Lord Villette. Is that true?"

"Don't believe those rumors. The Supreme Judge has always been on the bench or in the position of prosecutor. How could he be accused?"

The highest judge of Fontaine not only has the power of trial, but also the power of law enforcement and prosecution. When Navilette initiates prosecution against a suspect, he will stand in the position of prosecutor and give the trial seat to a judge of a lower level.

But he never took the defendant's seat.

"Do you think the rumors are true? Is there really anyone trying Villette?"

Paimon was floating next to a seat in the front row of the opera house, chatting with the little yellow-haired boy. There were quite a few people present today. Finina was sitting in the high seat, Charlotte was next to the little yellow-haired boy, and in the back row of the audience, there was also a formidable big shot: Arecino.

"I'm not sure, but judging from the situation today, something big must have happened."

Charlotte interjected that it was curious that the auditorium was now full and there was no movement on the stage.

She had already set up her camera, ready to record the historic moment as it happened.

At this moment, the opera house suddenly became quiet, and a man walked up to the judge's seat behind the cardinal who gave the decree, which indicated that what was happening in the opera house today was a trial.

But no one knew this person, he was just an ordinary judge. This indirectly proved that today's situation was indeed unusual.

"Today's situation is special. I will be the judge on behalf of the Chief Judge. Next, please invite both the accuser and the prosecution to the stage."

The judge on the stage mechanically read out what he was supposed to say and then fell silent, because after looking at the person being accused today, he felt that it would be better for him not to be involved in this turmoil.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came to the defendant's seat, and the whole audience was shocked.

The person who walked onto the stage was the person they had been waiting for, Villette, the supreme judge who had sat on the judgment seat for five hundred years, and now stood in the position of being judged.

But he was not panicked at all. He did not think that he had done anything against the law or justice. In Fontaine, no one understood the law better than him.

Therefore, he is also looking forward to who his opponent will be.

A moment later, someone walked up to the plaintiff's seat. This time, there was an even more violent reaction in the audience. Shock, dissatisfaction, surprise, all kinds of emotions began to spread among the audience.

Everyone remembered that the person walking onto the stage now was the Fatui executive [puppet] Buratino who was sentenced to prison some time ago.

And now, the other party should still be serving his sentence.

"I need to remind you, Mr. Buratino, that in principle, prisoners serving their sentences need to undergo stricter review and approval when accusing others, and leaving Melo Petersburg without permission will only increase your sentence."

Normally, this phase should be the moment when the plaintiff and the defendant would exchange trash talk, but today both parties were extremely well-mannered and unwilling to say anything that would be unfriendly.

At least that's what Villette thought. He just wanted to defeat the other party legally.

"Blatino? Then Mr. Villette, I think you have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Ilya Obleka. In both the population systems of Zhidong and Xumi, this name and the executive officer Buratino are two different people."

Yun Qing smiled. He certainly knew the law that Villette was talking about, so he took advantage of a loophole and used the two powerful countries to forge an identity for himself.

Ilya was his name in Hearth House, and Obleka was simply his translation of his Liyue surname into the Winter language.

The people of Fontaine certainly knew that the person on the stage was Buratino who had been imprisoned some time ago, but they had no choice because the law condoned such behavior.

Perhaps when the rules were first established, the God of Justice did not expect that anyone would be able to do this, yet be willing to lower themselves to stage a farce in court.

"My wording was inappropriate. Are you sure you want to accuse me? If it's a false accusation, I can hold you accountable."

Villette was well aware of the other party's methods. Last time, for some reason, this guy made the Cardinal of the Oracle make a wrong judgment, but he was also convinced that he was innocent.

Either Yun Qing has exploited a loophole in the law again, or Yun Qing is just being unreasonable.

But one thing that is very troubling is that even if Yun Qing is found guilty, what will happen? This guy has countless ways to escape from Melo Petersburg, and it is useless to put him in prison.

What could be done? Death penalty? But using the death penalty on a high-ranking foreign official, not to mention that the imperial edict would not make such a sentence, the diplomatic pressure alone was not something Fontaine could bear.

"Of course I have. Even the Law Enforcement Court has approved my accusation. Why would I run away from the battlefield?"

Yun Qing smiled and looked at the judge in the courtroom. Now that both of them had nothing to say, should they follow the procedure and start the trial?

"Both parties to the trial are present. If neither party has any objection, the trial will begin."

The judge's tone was still mechanical, but this did not affect the audience's enthusiasm at all. There were two big figures in the plaintiff and defendant's seats, so who would look down on him, a small judge?

"Wait, I have an objection."

Yun Qing raised his hand to indicate that, admittedly, the protagonists of this play were him and Villette, but that didn't mean that the position of judge could be fooled by a guy who didn't understand drama.

"I believe the judge had a close colleague relationship with the accused and should have recused himself."

It is obvious that Yun Qing's demands are reasonable, legal and compliant. After all, they do have a superior-subordinate relationship at work, and this became Yun Qing's excuse to ask this boring guy to step down.

But this also brings a consequence. Once this person goes down, all the judges in Fontaine will need to recuse themselves. In this case, what is the point of the trial?

"Besides, Mr. Villette has a special status. I think that in the entire Fontaine, there is only one person who is qualified to judge Mr. Villette."

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