Reincarnation Monarch

"... well. Doubtful? Then can you be specific about that?

Your Honor asked Chester in a harsh tone.

Then Shester began to speak in good spirits as if it were water on the stand.

"I had my doubts for two reasons. There is one thing I said earlier about the opening date and time. One is that he started the trial forcefully, albeit in the absence of a lawyer. I have never heard of such an example, and is it not a serious act that is a state governed by the rule of law? Therefore, we cannot but have certain doubts about the prosecutors and the judges! That is nothing more than the suspicion that the fate of this trial has already been predetermined!

"... does that mean it's up to the verdict beforehand? Then that's different. That's not true."

"You can't trust me if they say so. Anyway, you're the kind of people who start a trial despite the absence of a lawyer."

"There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about that, but holding a hearing without a lawyer is a right given to a judge to prevent malicious boycotts by lawyers. It's definitely a special case, but it's rare. So we're just fulfilling that right in the name of the law."

This statement by the Chancellor was truly unexpected to Shester.

"... a malicious boycott by a lawyer? … what is that…"

"It's an act of trying to extend the trial by not attending court. If that repeats itself, how long will the trial not go on as late as possible? To prevent it, the judge is given the right to hold a trial even in the absence of a lawyer."

"... but then if something unforeseen is happening to your lawyer and you're helplessly late, doesn't that apply?

"Yes or no. It's not meant to be delayed, and if it means just being late, it's not going to be held."

Then Shester inadvertently embarked on himself and appealed to the judge.

"If so! Isn't it strange that the courtroom is now in session!

Then the judge gently withdrew Shester's appeal without changing one complexion.

"I don't think so."

Shester took himself up even bigger in this response and appealed forcefully to the judge.

"That's ridiculous! Why!? I can tell you the story if you say there have been boycotts like that several times in this trial before. But isn't this our first trial?!"

Then to this Shester's appeal, the judge frowned and gave a surprised look.

And he started discussing it with some other judges with a surprising look on his face.

Shester waited for the judges to finish their conversation as he met Lombardo face to face.

It was then that the presiding judge, who had finally completed the consultation, corrected the prestige and spoke to Shester with a harsh voice.

"There seems to be a lot more to it than earlier, but this is not the first trial. Everything that had been scheduled to be opened many times before had flown because the lawyer and then the defendant had not shown up. That's why this time, after finally securing them, the court was in session. Regardless, I contacted my attorney to tell him that I had secured the defendant and that the trial would be held today, but he didn't show up as before, so he announced the opening of the trial in the absence of his attorney, albeit exceptionally, earlier."