The Blond Male Lead is Too Much - Chapter 144



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August, who was caught while trying to escape, had promised to cooperate with Kaylan through tears.

‘Choose. Die by my hand, or do as I say.’

‘Poem, I will do as you say! Just spare my life!’

Howard, who had not shown any reaction until now, frowned for the first time at the mention of him. His lips, which could no longer speak, trembled.

Shailene snorted at the sight.

‘Do you want me to call you a traitor?’

It was a meeting between traitors from the beginning, so what’s the big deal?

August, who never even glanced at Howard, was asked by Kylean’s spokesman.

“Please explain the fire that occurred a year ago.”

“… Count Dempsey promised me a title and instructed me to murder Master Kylan. He wanted to make it look like he died in an accident, so I set a fire and lured him to a remote place, where I stabbed him.”

“Since when has Count Dempsey been preparing for something like this?”

“It’s been since before you became an adult. At least… … You’ve been trying to persuade me and persuade me for five years. I still have the jewels you gave me as a bribe back then.”

When it became clear that this was a planned crime, jeers and sighs erupted from all sides.

“Are you saying that the man called Uncle had been preparing to kill my young nephew for a long time?!”

“How can you be so bad!”

“What a pity about the Duke of Calciard!”

People’s criticism became sharp arrows that attacked the Howards.

The shoulders of the woman who had been acting arrogantly as if the whole world was hers hunched.

“Johanna Dempsey also helped her father in his crimes. For example, she bribed a wizard to cause the explosion of the Magic Tower.”

The spokesperson didn’t forget to mention Johanna either. Johanna bit her dry lips.

“The atrocities committed by these two people are endless, so I will submit them in writing.”

The spokesman presented the judge with a weighty document detailing tax evasion, embezzlement, and all manner of corruption and irregularities committed during their occupation of Calciad.

“We will stop here.”

“Okay. Now, Dempsey, please present your case.”

As soon as the floor was opened, Johanna stepped forward to replace Howard, who had become mute.

“… … We feel wronged.”

Large tears welled up in her eyes. They were truly dissolving eyes.

“Kailan was young then! He wasn’t old enough to lead the clan on his own, so our family just helped him!”

Johanna glared at the audience, spitting out a lame excuse.

“Honestly, if given the chance to become the head of the Calciard Duke family, is there anyone here who would turn it down?!”

She didn’t think there was anything wrong with me or my family.

How many times has this kind of intra-family strife occurred in an aristocratic society?

“You’re all the same! If you were us, you’d do the same!”

But why should we be the only ones being blamed?

It was when the resentment welled up and took over Johanna’s heart.

“No, I wouldn’t do that.”

A clear voice calmly retorted. Johanna’s head turned sharply.

The owner of the voice was none other than Shailene.

Shailene stood up and looked straight at her.

“Stop the ugly self-justification that just because Dempsey Young-ae acted that way, other people will do the same.”

“… … What did you say?”

“You and your family are bad people, so you abused and brutally murdered an orphaned child.”

Shailene’s voice hardened with anger at the end. It was shocking to see her ruin someone’s life and then, instead of reflecting on it, try to somehow get away with it.

She stared at the grumbling Johanna and declared clearly.

“Because you are trash.”

“… … Don’t make me laugh.”

Johanna, who flinched for a moment, distorted her face.

She, too, had always lived with a sense of inferiority and anxiety about having taken her cousin’s place.

Every time, she held on by hypnotizing herself that ‘it’s not just us who are bad’. But when Shailene tried to break it, Johanna screamed in a fit of rage.

“You’re supporting Kylan because he’s a duke! If he was nothing, you would’ve ignored him—!”

“Shailene is not like you, Johanna.”

Kylan interjected and responded coldly. The corners of his mouth turned up.

“No matter how much you scream and deny it, Shailene would never stand in your place, hating and being jealous of someone like you do.”

“… … !”

Johanna was speechless at the painful truth that struck her heart.

The trial was drawing to a close as she too lost the will to fight.

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“I will announce the verdict of the trial today.”

The three judges sat down and discussed the matter and reached a conclusion.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on them, and their ears perked up.

“By applying a total of 11 serious crimes including murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, and assault, the Dempseys were stripped of their status and titles―.”

A low, resonating voice filled the courtroom.

The Howards slumped their shoulders in bewilderment, while Shailene listened intently until the very end.

“I hereby order Howard Dempsey to be exiled to the North, and Johanna Dempsey to the convent on the Isle of Menir.”

The northern exile area was harsh and harsh because it was winter all year round.

In addition, because it was a place where serious criminals were usually imprisoned, the internal atmosphere was known to be rough and violent.

The convent of the Island of Menir was a place where once you set foot there you could never leave the mainland again, and it boasted such suffocating controls that many people went mad and lost their minds.

It would have been difficult for a noble young lady like Johanna, who had grown up like a greenhouse flower, to endure.

Johanna, who had already heard of the convent’s notoriety, pleaded with a pale face.

“Oh, no! I was born and raised in the capital my whole life! How can you expect me to go there?!”

“There is no reversal of the sentence.”

“If that’s the case, then at least maintain your status! How are you supposed to live as a commoner!?”

Johanna was about to collapse in agony. She was prepared to lose her status and title, but she couldn’t afford to go to a convent.

Kylan, who had been watching the dirty behavior of throwing a tantrum like a child, lightly threw it.

“Then I will seek the death penalty.”

“… … !”

Not only Johanna, but even Howard looked at him in surprise.

“Didn’t you say that you can’t live? Then wouldn’t it be easier to just die?”

The woman’s face turned pale and she shut her mouth.

Kylan’s words were not a simple threat. In fact, he had killed two people, and he deserved to be executed.

“But as a victim, I am against the death penalty.”

But Kylan did not want them to suffer briefly and then leave.

“Shouldn’t they also feel the pain of living being worse than dying?”

I hope you suffer longer and more deeply than I did.

Enough to make me want to die.

I want to die but I can’t, so much so that I’m going crazy.

The Howards were so shocked by the depth of hatred that was as quiet as the deep sea that they couldn’t say anything.

“I repeat, there is no reversal of sentence. Bring out the criminals.”

At the judge’s command, the knights approached and roughly dragged the two men away.

“Ahhh! No!”

“Ugh!”

Johanna, struggling and shedding tears, and Howard, letting out an unintelligible scream, disappeared like that.

As soon as they left the courtroom, the two were torn apart and sent into exile and convents.

It was a miserable end befitting those who coveted what belonged to others.

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After the trial.

We waited for the sword behind the courtroom. Before long, a long silhouette came walking out.

I raised my hand and waved it loudly, calling him.

“knife-!”

Then Carl, who had discovered us, approached us with a faint smile.

The sunlight streaming through the leaves sparkled as if it was shining brightly.

Hey, why do my eyes always seem to have their own filters whenever they look at a knife?

“Thank you for your hard work.”

First of all, I patted him on the back for successfully completing the trial with open arms.

Diat Gong stood next to me and tapped Carl’s forearm.

“Thank you for your hard work, Duke.”

“Thank you for finishing it cleanly without us having to come out.”

The Duke also greeted Karl with a gentle smile. Dane smiled kindly and joined in.

“Haha, thanks to you, we’ve gotten a little more relaxed. Let’s have some fun training together later.”

“Brother, don’t be so selfish.”

Deborah awkwardly nodded her head as she scolded Dane for not missing a single opportunity to dig in.

The knife also lowered its head, making a clicking noise. It was a time when I giggled slightly at the thought of being shy again.

“Shailene, I have something to tell you.”

Carl spoke out of the blue.

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