I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 93
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#93
I was startled and looked toward where the screaming sound was coming from.
But I couldn’t see anything because I was wearing a cloth over my eyes.
“It’s all my fault! So please stop!”
Aldor’s desperate screaming didn’t stop. The trial hadn’t even started yet, so why was he acting like this?
“Young Master Aldor Hutton, do you admit that everything is your fault?”
Priest Clima asked solemnly.
“Yes! I admit it! I, I did it! I committed a crime while drunk and didn’t know how to handle it, so I lied!”
Aldor’s confession continued.
Someone untied the cloth that was covering my eyes.
Then I saw Aldor sitting collapsed on the floor, crying like a child.
The chair he had been sitting on was soaked as if water had been spilled on it.
His pants were the same.
Aldor couldn’t stand properly and crawled toward me on his knees.
“I’m so sorry. I’m truly sorry, Count Tebesa!”
What on earth… what happened here?
Did Aldor’s divine trial end while I wasn’t looking?
That couldn’t be. Didn’t Priest Clima say we would take it together?
Then I had no idea what had happened, so I stared at Aldor in bewilderment.
Aldor disgustingly spilled tears and snot while pleading with me.
“Please forgive me just this once!”
I didn’t know what had happened, but it was clear things had ended in my favor.
“Do you admit that I am innocent?”
I asked him again to confirm.
Then Aldor nodded his head vigorously and answered loudly.
“Yes, yes!”
Ha. If he was going to admit it so easily, why did he resist so stubbornly before?
It was absurd, but I was glad he confessed now.
Of course, I didn’t think Aldor was sincerely repenting and apologizing.
He was clearly just terrified and pretending to repent while apologizing to me.
‘Even so, I have nothing to say about it.’
I couldn’t tell him not to act when he wasn’t sincerely repenting, could I?
And what mattered was that Aldor admitted his crime and apologized to me.
And in front of so many people at that.
“Could you please call Count Hiltain and Baron Hutton?”
I called for them to make things more certain.
As soon as the tightly closed door opened, Baron Hutton burst in. Count Hiltain followed behind him.
Baron Hutton frowned when he saw Aldor collapsed on the floor, crying loudly.
On the other hand, seeing me standing perfectly fine, his face contorted even more.
“My son is in such a state, so why is Princess Tebesa perfectly fine?”
Baron Hutton asked Priest Clima fiercely.
“Don’t tell me you only gave my son the divine trial?”
“How could that be?”
Despite the murderous gaze, Priest Clima answered with a smile.
“The divine trial hasn’t even started yet.”
As I thought. The divine trial hadn’t started yet.
I wondered if I was too dull to notice, but that wasn’t the case.
Then why was Aldor acting like this?
I was puzzled, but before I could ask, Priest Clima answered.
“The moment we placed the laurel crown on Young Master Hutton to conduct the divine trial, he suddenly changed and began confessing like this.”
So he got scared beforehand and confessed all his crimes?
It was bewildering yet amusing.
“Pfft.”
When I couldn’t hold back my laughter, Baron Hutton’s sharp gaze pierced me.
Though it wasn’t scary at all.
“Young Master Hutton.”
I looked at Baron Hutton while addressing Aldor.
“Did you plan this incident alone?”
“That’s…”
“Stop it!”
Before Aldor could finish speaking, Baron Hutton shouted angrily.
“How long does the Princess plan to torment my son!”
“I’ve never tormented him. I was simply trying to confirm the truth.”
“Aldor is greatly shocked right now and can’t speak properly!”
I thought I’d heard this somewhere before – it was what Diane had said earlier to defend me.
Hearing Baron Hutton say the same thing was too funny.
The current situation was too.
“Then do you also admit it, Your Excellency? That this incident wasn’t caused by mutual misunderstanding but was Young Master Hutton’s wrongdoing.”
“…”
“It seems you can’t admit it.”
When Baron Hutton didn’t answer, I immediately spoke to Priest Clima.
“To conclude this matter definitively, I will continue with the divine trial.”
“No!”
Aldor let out a shrill scream and jumped up from his seat.
“This incident wasn’t something I planned alone! Everything…!”
“Aldor!”
Baron Hutton’s shout echoed loudly throughout the room.
Aldor’s eyes widened as he collapsed back down.
Baron Hutton’s shoulders heaved as he breathed heavily. His face was hideously contorted.
“I admit it!”
Baron Hutton cried out in great anguish.
“I’ll admit it’s all my son’s fault! So please stop here!”
“Yes, I will.”
Since even Baron Hutton had admitted it, there was nothing good about making this matter bigger.
I nodded obediently, and with that, everything was concluded.
As soon as the matter was resolved, Baron Hutton took Aldor and disappeared as if fleeing.
It’s over… isn’t it.
As the tension suddenly released, the strength in my legs gave out too.
Count Hiltain supported me as I was about to collapse to the floor.
“Thank you.”
Count Hiltain silently helped me stand upright.
Priest Clima approached and asked worriedly.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
It wasn’t just empty words – I really was fine. Aside from losing strength in my body, my mood was better than ever.
Because I had proven my innocence and received an apology from Aldor.
I was very pleased with this different outcome from what happened with Andante.
“More than that, there’s something I want to ask.”
“Yes. Please speak.”
“What did you do to Young Master Huten?”
I was extremely curious about what he had done to make Aldor so frightened that he was making confessions even before the divine trial had properly begun.
At my question, Clima Priest smiled softly and brought his index finger to his lips.
“It’s a secret.”
It definitely meant he had done something.
I was curious, but since he wouldn’t tell me, there was no way to find out.
“Let me say one thing.”
Clima Priest’s gaze fell on Count Hiltain. He smiled brightly and continued speaking.
“Count Tebesa has a very good guard knight.”
* * *
On the way back from the temple to Baron Hutton’s estate by carriage.
Unlike when we went to the temple, Count Hiltain rode in the carriage with me.
Through Clima Priest’s last words, I could tell that Count Hiltain was involved in Aldor’s strange behavior.
There must be good reasons for not talking about it, so it would be right not to ask, but I was still too curious.
“Don’t you plan to explain what happened, Count Hiltain?”
I tried bringing it up casually, but as expected, he had no intention of telling me, and as usual, he remained silent.
He didn’t bring up any other topics either, so only awkward silence filled the carriage.
Eventually the carriage arrived at the baron’s estate, and I got out of the carriage with Count Hiltain’s escort after he got out first.
“Count Tebesa.”
Just as I was about to go straight to the annex, Baron Hutton approached.
Count Hiltain stepped in front of me as if to protect me.
“What is it?”
“I have something to say to Count Tebesa.”
Something to say to me? Is he going to talk about what happened earlier?
“Please speak.”
“Ahem.”
Baron Hutton cleared his throat loudly and then spoke.
“I apologize once again for the sin my son committed. He’s not usually like that. I’ll give him a stern education.”
“Please do so.”
“So, could you let this matter slide? If this kind of thing becomes known, the Hutton Baron family’s reputation…”
Indeed, if it became known that his only heir had done such a thing, Baron Hutton would no longer be able to hold his head up.
“Alright.”
When I readily agreed, he looked at me in surprise.
“Really?”
“Yes.”
It would be nice if Aldor’s ugly behavior became known everywhere, but if that happened, despite being the victim, I would also become the subject of gossip.
If that happened, it would become troublesome in many ways, so I decided to bury this matter here too.
I had already received sufficient apology from Aldor, so I was satisfied to bury it here.
“Then you won’t report it to His Majesty either, right?”
Baron Hutton looked at Count Hiltain, not me, as he spoke.
Come to think of it, he would need to ask Count Hiltain too.
“Count Hiltain, I’m asking you a favor.”
I earnestly requested Count Hiltain.
“Please don’t report this matter to His Majesty.”
Count Hiltain looked at me silently and then nodded.
It was affirmative. Baron Hutton also seemed relieved at last and let out a small breath.
“Then I’ll be going now since I’m tired.”
“Yes! Go quickly and rest!”
I quickly headed to the annex, leaving Baron Hutton behind.
Count Hiltain followed behind me.
I had things I wanted to say to him and questions I wanted to ask, but there were too many watching eyes here, so I held back for now.
When we almost reached the annex, I stopped walking and turned to look at Count Hiltain.
Here there would be almost no watching eyes, so it should be fine.
“Thank you.”
I expressed my gratitude first.
“You’ve been protecting me all along, haven’t you? Thank you so much. Thanks to you, I’ve been safe until now.”
“…I haven’t done anything.”
Count Hiltain answered in a low, weighty voice.
“Rather, I failed to protect you at the moment I should have protected you most.”
He suddenly knelt on one knee and bowed his head respectfully.
“I’m sorry.”
The person who should truly apologize doesn’t, yet the wrong person gives a heartfelt apology.
“N-no! Count Hiltain did nothing wrong. It’s all Young Master Huten’s fault.”
I waved my hands in panic.
“So please get up from there.”
“…”
“Quickly.”
Count Hiltain finally stood up when I grabbed his arm and pulled him up.
“…His Majesty.”
And he looked at me with subtle eyes and said.
“He told me to kill anyone who touches your body without your permission.”
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