"Bang!"
The heavy door was slowly opened, and the appearance of the venue finally came into view. However, before Ida had time to take a closer look, she was gently pushed by the two guards behind her, which forced her to give up her hesitation and step in with her legs.
And soon, under the surveillance of four guards in front and behind, she went to the metal back chair fixed on the ground in the center of the venue and sat down.
Immediately, with a "clatter" of metal collisions, four magic chains instantly appeared from four inconspicuous holes on the ground, and were firmly connected to the shackles on her wrists.
To be honest, this feeling of being trapped in a chair and being watched by people really made Ida feel a little panicked. But now, the thing that scares her the most is still the fatal three-day deadline, so now she doesn't care so much about the trial.
Therefore, after the magic chain stopped moving, her attention quickly returned to observing the surrounding environment.
The metal chair was facing north, which meant that when she raised her head, she could see the members of the Federation sitting on the trial bench.
Perhaps in order to create a sense of psychological oppression for those under trial, from Ida's perspective, the seat seemed very high. In addition, the lighting in the venue was not very sufficient, which indeed made Ida feel a sense of depression.
She could feel that actually from the first step she walked into the venue, the witches and wizards sitting in the venue had already focused their attention on her. But if she wanted to look up, most of the faces could not be seen clearly due to the angle and light.
Especially the row at the back of the seats, from where she looked, it was almost pitch black.
At this moment, Ajinbad, who was sitting in the first row of the trial seat, spoke.
"Ida Brandt," he said calmly and solemnly, "according to the report documents provided by Ms. Dumitru, the vice president of our federation's tribunal, and Mr. Ionescu, the congressman, at Beauxbatons that day The living corpse who committed violence in the magic school and caused the chaos was you... Do you admit this?"
When Ajinbad came up, he directly questioned Ida, which seemed a bit sudden. But at this moment, most of the people in the room focused on the extremely normal Ida in front of them, and they had no intention of paying attention to Ajinbad's questions.
And this is the biggest reason why Ajinbad hid Ida as soon as possible and immediately announced the trial meeting - he wanted to hide Ida before most other people knew about it. Having gotten rid of the situation of being transformed into a living corpse, we can take advantage of this opportunity.
"Um?"
Just after he asked that question, Ajinbad seemed to notice something and glanced slightly to the left side of the viewing gallery. It can be seen that in the already empty dining room, a witch quietly stood up and left the table.
At the same time, on the other side, Ida, who heard Ajinbad's question, didn't know how to answer. After all, Ajinbad didn't seem to have told her what to say at the trial.
After a moment of hesitation, she whispered:
"Then... yes, that's me. But—"
"You just answer yes or no."
Ajinbad didn't know what he was thinking, but when Ida was obviously about to reveal that she was being forced by the family master, he interrupted her very promptly.
But then, Ajinbad noticed again that another wizard left his seat in the auditorium and sneaked towards the entrance and exit at the rear.
It was at this time that Ajinbad continued to ask:
"Then the second question - why did you become a living corpse? Is there any purpose? According to Ms. Dumitrou's investigation, you should have turned into a living corpse in a certain parlor in Beauxbatons, and at that time You... seem to be meeting Madame Maxime? So, do you want to murder Madame Maxime? "
"Yes... yes, no! No!"
Ida's mind was a little confused, so she seemed very shaken when she answered.
"Is that true?" Ajinbad still looked calm. Seeing her stumbling and being vague, he immediately asked again.
"No," Ida said immediately, "I didn't want to 'murder' Madame Maxime, but... I wanted to 'frame' her. In fact, it was someone else—"
"I said, you only need to answer 'yes' or 'no', and I will ask you for other things if needed."
Ajinbad reminded this again.
But after that, he glanced left and right as if on purpose - there were not many people in the venue, and when he looked at it, almost everyone was not missed.
And then, I heard him add:
"Also, Miss Ida Brandt, remember not to lie or make excuses to evade important matters! I have invited Miss Luna Lovegood and others from Camp Granger in Cherbourg, France. Any words from you It’s impossible to get away with lies!”
However, before he finished speaking and Ida showed no reaction, Ajinbad noticed that someone secretly left the trial seat again. Although he didn't look back, based on the direction of the movement in the seats, it seemed that the person who went out this time was the Congressman Ionescu whom he just mentioned.
So far, three people have left the venue! As for their whereabouts... there is no doubt that these guys must have gone to report the news.
"This trial is finally about to officially begin!"
Ajinbad sighed in his heart, but then he suddenly fell silent. At this time, some discerning people at the table had already noticed that perhaps everything in this trial would be under Ajinbad's control from the beginning to the present.
Yes, just like the calmness he showed before.
Of course, those "discerning people" definitely do not include Miss Brandt, who is still sitting on the metal chair in the venue - even now she is still wondering why Akinbad keeps interrupting. What about your own statement!
And just after a few minutes of tacit waiting by the whole audience, suddenly, there was a knock on the door at the main entrance of the venue, causing everyone to subconsciously look over there.
"coming."
Old Ajinbad narrowed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but murmured softly.