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Retired - Chapter Seven – Emperor’s Blade

... a warrant. The duchess will be truth-scanned today. He did ask why you brought a body back as part of the evidence.” “Do you have pictures of the body?” “Yes. It is her headman. I am not sure it is evidence though.” “Pull out the pictures and look at the right hand.” The emperor had one of the servants bring him the file. When he opened it, he looked for only a second, then he started to look for the close-up shots of the hand. “He has the scar. He has the goddam scar!” I nodded and then I smiled. “That is not her headman, though. It is his twin brother.” Both Robert and Asta looked at me. Then Robert started to laugh. “Now that is something I never thought of. Why did we never check his birth records?” “Because we were trying to figure out how he did it, not how they did it. If we had thought in the plural, we would have caught them then.” “Drake, as leader of all the military, it is your job to make sure shit like this does not slip through the cracks anymore.” “I will do my best.” “I know you will.” Three days later, we stood in the judge’s chamber of the capitol building. The Lord High Judge entered the chamber. The judge sat in his chair. “Please be seated.” Then he turned to face Robert. “Your majesty, do you have faith in me as the justice in this case?” “My faith is yours, Lord High Judge.” “Bring forth the prisoner.” The judge waited until the Duchess stood in front of him. “Grand Duchess Daria, do you understand the charges that have been leveled against you?” ...

... “No, your honor. I have done nothing wrong.” “Under truth scan, you admitted to more than twelve attempts to kill the Empress Astalynn Rythan Melcoir-Stavio-Noir. This constitutes treason against the crown. You have also admitted to illegal use of neuron disrupters, trafficking in forbidden substances, illegal seizure of a planet out of your realm, murder in the first, second, and third degree, human trafficking, kidnapping, illegal disruption of communications, reckless endangerment, illegal jump protocols, misuse of public trust, harboring a fugitive, racketeering, extortion, bribery, subversion of public officials, interfering with the rightful succession of a monarch, regicide, illegal use of weapons, illegal use of explosives, illegal hacking of identity codes, and speeding. Do you now understand the charges that have been leveled against you?” “I have done nothing wrong. I am a noble and have the right to ignore the law for my own purposes.” “A noble does not have the right to ignore the law. A noble must be held to a higher standard. It is the finding of this court that you are guilty of all charges. For these charges, you are to be stripped of all rank and lands, then taken to the block of justice. At that location, you will be executed by the champion of the empire. This sentence is to be carried out today, for it is the belief of this court that your unaccounted-for henchmen will attempt to rescue you.” We were all stunned, the court usually gave a prisoner at least a ...