Reincarnation Monarch

Episode 495: A fictional story

"So Mr. Lukak hasn't worked in particular for the last six years, and he's been living his days of reading in the house, right?

Shester caught Lukak with a strong gaze that shrugged.

Lukak was surprised and answered slightly.

"... yes... but that's because I'm a deserter..."

Then Chester's expression softened as quickly as possible.

"No, Mr. Lukak, I'm not blaming you for not working anything else. I'm not going to preach about what the duty of labor is. I'm not going to be hairy. I am also well aware that this was a situation in which you had to hide. So I'm just asking if you've been reading for six years."

"... that's right. I used to read all the time. Because there's nothing else to do... and you shouldn't have read it?

"No, that's not what I meant either. Mr. Lukak, if I may ask you a few questions, what the hell genre of books did you read primarily?

"... what genre... well I wonder if it's a story... I'm not very smart enough to read a hard book..."

"There's a lot to tell in a story and a bite. For example, a historical object?

"No, no, I can't read that because it says something small and difficult. Easier... you know, the kind of guy a kid reads..."

"So much so that when it comes to children reading… like adventures or something?

"Yes, yes! And then there was a lot of legendary talk and stuff. Anyway, I've been going through a lot of easy, long stuff, over and over again. Of course I can't kill all my time just reading a book, so occasionally I try to make a chair with an easy carpentry job..."

Then Shester sharply blocked Lukak's talk.

"Very well! So Mr. Lukak preferred to read all fictional stories (...), not historical objects, etc.?

Then Cohle, the prosecutor in chief, screamed, sharply sensing Shester's intentions here.

"It's a guided interrogation! Your Honor, this is a guided interrogation!

Then immediately Shester turned to the judge and shouted.

"No! That's not a guided interrogation! I have now proceeded to speak very carefully so as not to be a induced interrogation. So Mr. Lukak said the genre of the book by no means because I guided him, but because Mr. Lukak himself said it retrospectively! And I have described the genre of the book that Mr. Lukak likes to read as fictional stories in one piece, but if you sum up the stories of adventures and legends, wouldn't anyone normally describe them as fictional stories?!?"

Then the judge looked at the two faces and said, staring at Shester's face.

"I admit it. Defendant, please continue questioning."

Shester shouted delightfully in his heart.