“Your Highness, these are the documents you requested. I’ve placed them here for you.”
Cohen placed a stack of files on the left side of Viola’s desk.
“Oh? That was quick. Your abilities are a little beyond my expectations, Cohen. I’m really satisfied with the person who brought you over.”
Viola rested her face on her hand and smiled at Cohen.
Viola really didn’t expect Cohen to be so capable, and her smile deepened.
“It’s my duty, Your Highness.”
Please, don’t you take a look at where I used to work? And Remiande, most of her work was also digested by me.
But she must be having a hard time now without my help, right?
Cohen recalled the miserable scene of last night.
As soon as Cohen returned home last night, he found Remiande sitting gloomily on his sofa.
The moment he opened the door, she immediately turned her head and stared intently at Cohen.
After confirming the target, Remiande directly launched herself from the sofa towards Cohen and cried out in a tearful voice:
“Wah!!! Cohen, don’t you want me anymore? Isn’t it enough that you have me? You heartless man, ahhh!!”
Cohen was quickly led astray by Remiande, following her into confusion.
“What are you talking about, An-jie? What do you mean I’m a heartless man? I don’t even have a girlfriend?”
Remiande still persisted, her pink-golden beautiful eyes filled with crystal-clear tears, crying as she said:
“You clearly do! You have…”
Remiande’s voice became smaller and smaller until the words behind her were completely inaudible.
She couldn’t say it. She didn’t have the courage yet.
She wasn’t prepared for the courage to be rejected by him.
Cohen asked in confusion: “Have what, An-jie? How come I don’t know?”
Sometimes Cohen really thought that Remiande was very neurotic and strange, but if she wasn’t so strange, she wouldn’t be the Remiande that Cohen both loved and hated.
“In short! I’m very angry! You must coax me well, or I won’t leave!”
Remiande crossed her arms, deliberately making her delicate face puffed up.
She probably just wanted Cohen to care about her more.
“Okay, okay, how about strawberry pudding tonight, An-jie?”
Cohen smiled reassuringly, completely tolerant of Remiande’s eccentric temper.
“Really!” Remiande’s eyes lit up when she heard this. She had no resistance to Cohen’s desserts.
She was still so easy to handle.
Back to the present.
As Cohen was still immersed in his memories, Viola tapped the table with her slender finger and said to Cohen earnestly:
“I don’t think I’ve ever told you that I’m left-handed, have I? Your movements were so natural just now, did you investigate me? Otherwise, how would you be so familiar with it?”
Cohen was startled by these sudden words. He quickly explained:
“No, no! How would I dare to fool you casually? I really put it down casually, and I really didn’t know you were left-handed.”
Viola couldn’t help but laugh at Cohen’s flustered appearance.
“I didn’t expect you to be so interesting. You’ll get tricked if you’re this honest, Cohen. Do you understand?”
“I am absolutely loyal to you, Your Highness! I would be willing to be tricked by you!”
Viola still smiled. She felt a sense of ease when she was with Cohen, a sense of reality away from lies and hypocrisy.
She liked this feeling very much.
Cohen, how many secrets do you have that I don’t know?
But ah~ if you’re too honest, you’ll definitely be tricked away~
“Knock knock.”
A rhythmic knock sounded on the door. Viola frowned slightly.
It was really unpleasant to have her pleasure suddenly interrupted.
“Come in.”
As soon as the door opened, three or four people in black uniforms entered the office.
After observing the surrounding environment, they locked their eyes on the two of them.
Viola frowned even tighter. She really didn’t like people disturbing her so suddenly.
A person leading the group straightened his hat and said:
“Which of you is Cohen?”
Cohen was surprised. He didn’t understand why they were looking for him, but looking at their clothes, they seemed to be from the academy’s political and legal department.
“I am. Is there a problem?” Cohen decided to step forward and ask.
“Then come with us. You’re suspected of infringing on the personal rights of others, attempting to use force to coerce and endanger the personal safety of others.”
“Ah?!”
Why were there so many surprises? How did he infringe on the rights of others?
Viola on the side was also a little shocked. Someone like Cohen shouldn’t do such a thing.
However, she was also very curious about what Cohen still had that she didn’t know.
Her love for amusement exploded. Viola’s eyes widened, and her gray eyes sparkled. She was really curious.
“Then Cohen, you can stop here for today. I’ll go with you.”
Seeing Viola like this, Cohen also understood that she mostly wanted to watch the fun.
Damn it, was the life of a villain so cheap?
In this way, Cohen was taken by these people to the hall of the academy’s legal department.
Along the way, people’s eyes were focused on Cohen, discussing one after another.
Pond, who had fought with Cohen, also kindly went to ask about the situation when he saw Cohen’s situation.
But Cohen himself didn’t understand what had happened.
Pond had already regarded Cohen as his good brother, even though he didn’t win gloriously.
But strategy was also part of victory. Pond didn’t care too much. He was very gratified that he could have a decent opponent.
Now that his good brother was in trouble, he had to help, so he also went to Cohen together.
Arriving at the hall, a pure white color came into Cohen’s eyes.
Several judges were located in the center of the hall, with huge stands and juries on both sides.
Cohen felt a sense of déjà vu when he saw this scene, as if he had seen such a scene somewhere before.
Cohen saw many acquaintances in the audience, Charlotte, who had been glaring at him, Remiande, who looked nervous,
And Yenika, who was uneasy on the right side of the judge. Lockheed, who had a smug look on the left.
Viola and Pond also went to the audience seats.
He didn’t know why Charlotte was so angry, and Remiande seemed to have a lot to say to Cohen.
Cohen was brought to the very middle of everyone and then put on trial.
So this was what the defendant’s seat was like. He had become a criminal in his lifetime.
The chief justice in the chairman’s seat spoke when the time was right:
“Cohen, you have attempted to coerce the personal rights of others. Do you know your guilt?”
Cohen said righteously:
“I do not plead guilty. I was brought here before I even knew the reason.”
Damn it, could he be randomly arrested and charged? Give him a reason at least.
The judge spoke again: “Then let the plaintiff explain the cause of the matter.”
Lockheed stood up from the side, pretending to be very innocent and sad as he said:
“Cohen is simply too hateful. He actually wanted to break up me and my beloved. He even went so far as to attack me!” After saying that, he pretended to cry.
“I didn’t! I haven’t even seen you have a girlfriend, okay? And I hit you because you were harassing other girls, okay?”
Cohen felt that Lockheed was a little inexplicable. Was he like himself and still a virgin?
“Saying that he didn’t, he wanted to break up the sweet love between me and Miss Yenika. Isn’t he hateful?” After saying that, Lockheed showed a piece of paper.
It was a contract, or rather, a marriage contract with the crests of the Lockheed family and the Yenika family.
Cohen’s head became clear when he saw the marriage contract.
He was too excited to fight with him. How could he have forgotten that he and Yenika had a marriage contract?
Lockheed was pestering Yenika for a reason. He kept harassing Yenika with a marriage contract.
It was the protagonist who had been protecting her that caused Lockheed to want to use the marriage contract to force the protagonist to retreat.
In the end, it was the protagonist who used his fists to convince Lockheed to give up and become experience points.
How could he have forgotten this plot? Damn it, this was originally a trial aimed at the protagonist, wasn’t it?
He should have never tried to raise Yenika’s favorability so early. Cohen regretted getting caught up in so many messy things.
“You are so intent on destroying the pure love between me and Yenika, Cohen. Aren’t you ashamed? Judge, my statement is complete, thank you.”
“Well, Miss Yenika, do you have anything to add?”
Yenika grasped her skirt tightly with both hands, her lips tightly closed. She wanted to say something, but she didn’t say it, and just said coldly:
“Lockheed is right, I have a marriage contract with him.”
Yenika regretted her words and deeds, but she was powerless. It was a foregone conclusion.
She had dragged Cohen down again. Her heart felt like it was pierced by a sword, so painful that she couldn’t breathe.
He had confessed to her a few days ago…
She couldn’t forgive herself, her face was gloomy and she couldn’t see her expression.
No, she couldn’t fall here.
If he was convicted, he would lose the opportunity to raise her favorability and completely become the third party in someone else’s marriage, infamous for eternity.
What could he do? This stinky villain was targeting him so much…
Villain…
Wait, wasn’t he a villain himself? Why was he still acting so properly?
Cohen thought of an equally disgusting way to deal with Lockheed.
Since you are unrighteous, don’t blame me for being unrighteous, accept it.
“I have something to say, Judge.” Cohen said.
“Well, please speak, defendant.”
“I, like you, also love Miss Yenika, Lockheed!”
I, Cohen, am also a pure love warrior!
Immediately, there was an uproar in the hall.
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