Leon's eyebrows arched.
He had never cared for kneeling, and certainly hadn't arranged this display. Those two lads... were purely venting their personal anger, weren't they?
Never mind.
"Criminal Boris, in the presence of all the subjects, I, Lord of Selva, now accuse you of multiple crimes.
First, gathering a mob to rob me and my companions.
Second, using sedatives to commit burglary.
Third, under the knowledge that an alert could have been sent to warn against an attack by the Kantadar people, you concealed information, effectively standing by as the massacre unfolded."
As Leon spoke the initial accusations, the villagers simply listened in silence.
Yet as the third charge was made, the emotions of those who had lost family members suddenly boiled over like scalding water.
Some men, who had lost their entire family, were hot-tempered, hurling curses, and even pushing through the crowd to administer vigilante justice.
Boris' pale lips trembled in fright.
"Silence!"
