The first artificial sky island, the underground city, the Leo Palace, the hall of audience.
Sitting on the throne, Annelotte looked down at Rozen, who was standing below him, and said faintly.
"Don't you have anything to say? Mr. Rorelles? "
Annelotte said this to Rozen.
Next to him, Ripa, Chris, and Emily were all here, but they could only watch from the sidelines.
Rozen was under everyone's gaze, but he was indifferent.
"What do you think I should say? His Majesty Pope? "
So Rozen asked back playfully.
This made Annelotte's face look angry.
"You heavily injured the former senator Dan Bellcru, causing him to be disabled, and he can only spend the rest of his life in bed. The squad of airmen guarding him were also seriously injured, and I don't know if it will lead to sequelae. Don't you want to admit all this?"
Annelotte scolded Rozen.
But this was Annelotte thinking too much.
"I admit it." Rozen said very calmly, "And then? Is His Majesty Pope going to punish me? "
"Hmph." Annelotte snorted coldly and said, "Don't you think you should be punished?"
This question was exchanged for a straightforward answer from Rozen.
"No."
This sentence almost made Annelotte fall from the throne.
But asked again, Rozen still had to answer like this.
"The former senator surrounded me with his own private army without authorization, and intended to hurt me indiscriminately, break my hands and feet, and smash my mouth. I just exercised the right of self-defense, what crime?"
Rozen said frankly.
"But … but he is a former senator after all. Don't you think your self-defense has become excessive injury?"
Annelotte condemned.
But trying to convict Rozen with just that?
Too naive.
"You've said it yourself. He's just a former councilor, but he secretly transferred his subordinates from the frontline fortress, the floating city, and exposed the existence of this place without permission. He's showing off here, planning to hurt us with a groundless crime. Even if you want to punish someone, shouldn't you punish that pig?" Rozen replied nonchalantly, "Besides, I'm a Thousand Melts Alchemist who advanced magitech technology by half a century. If a former councilman intends to harm me, it's the same as intending to cause a great loss to all of humanity. Do you think I should have my limbs broken and my mouth smashed?"
"This …" Annelotte was speechless.
All of this could be considered as a principle.
In terms of importance to humanity, Rozen was undoubtedly the most important.
In comparison, D 'Belkru was only a former Councilman. Even the current Councilman could not attack Rozen. Otherwise, it would indeed be a huge loss to all of humanity.
Therefore, it was reasonable to say that Rozen had no reason to be punished. At most, it was a problem of excessive harm.
However, to say excessive harm, what D 'Belkru intended to do to Rozen, and even what he intended to do to Emily, could be regarded as excessive harm.
Therefore, Annelotte had no way to punish Rozen with legitimate reasons.
Not to mention …
"I've helped you solve a big problem, Your Majesty Pope." Rozen said slowly, "It's not that I want to say, but that kind of trash obviously shouldn't be around. Not to mention that he's only an armchair strategist, what's more terrible is that he's obviously only an armchair strategist, but he insists on implementing his own policy. For this reason, he even disregards the opinion of you, the highest person in charge of humanity, and insists on doing things his own way. This kind of guy, if not eradicated as soon as possible, will sooner or later be a scourge that kills his teammates. I don't believe that Your Majesty Pope can't even see through this."
This time, Annelotte could no longer say anything.
Therefore, the bystanders finally stood up one by one.
"I think Little Brother Rozen's words are very reasonable." Emily smiled at Annelotte and said, "I also don't want to cooperate with the guy who has been eyeing the children I protect. If he hurts the children I protect, then I have no reason to stay in the human camp. Your Majesty Pope also doesn't want to see this happen, right?"
Annelotte was silent.
"… I also think that Rorelles shouldn't be punished. He's just a victim."
Chris pondered for a moment and then expressed her opinion.
"Ahem …"
Ripa saw that the opportunity could not be missed. He pretended to cough dryly and also wanted to say something, but he was stared at by Annelotte and became silent on the spot.
"Forget it, I won't pursue this matter." Annelotte sighed and said in a bored tone, "The former councilor D 'Belkru deliberately encouraged his subordinates to hurt people. His behavior was extreme and his thinking was extreme. He is now under house arrest. Mr. Ripa, please give the order later."
"Yes." Ripa agreed, but in his heart, he thought, "With D 'Belkru's current injury, I'm afraid he will have to live under house arrest for the rest of his life, right?"
That punishment was the same as nothing.
Rozen, who didn't know Ripa's thoughts, waved his hand.
"Since the matter is resolved, I will leave."
With that, Rozen was ready to turn around and leave.
Everyone was shocked when they saw that.
"Where do you want to go?"
Annelotte hurriedly said.
"Where else can I go?" Rozen looked at Annelotte strangely and said, "I'm going back to the ground."
"Back to the ground?" Everyone's face changed one after another.
But that was a matter of course.
"It's almost dawn. I should go back to the hotel and get ready to participate in the Aerial Martial Arts Festival." Rozen took a deep look at Annelotte and said, "Although the Aerial Martial Arts Festival is just a cover used by Your Majesty Pope to gather people, if I'm not mistaken, this competition is actually very important, right?"
Annelotte narrowed his eyes and was silent.
But that showed that Rozen's idea was right.
"You summoned the squads of academies and floating cities from all over the world to come here and prepare to fight against Jess. But if you rashly start a war, and Pope attacked the current council president, if Jess used it as a pretext, you will also be very distressed, right?"
Rozen directly pointed out Annelotte's concerns.
"Because Jess's status and power in human society are very high, and he has also established a brilliant record in the battle against the demon beetles. He is deeply trusted by the citizens. Unlike His Majesty Pope, who was born in a high position, he enjoys amazing support among the people, including some of the airmen. If you rashly attack Jess in the name of Pope, then not only his humanoid demon beetles, but even his followers among humans will try to overthrow Pope."
Compared with the symbolic Pope, Jess, who could come up with real achievements, would be more respected by many people. Among the citizens, the reputation and trust of the Vigt Council president was also so deep.
"In view of this, you can't expose the fact that Jess is a humanoid demon beetle, because not everyone will choose to believe you. If it eventually turns into a situation where the human airmen who revere Pope and Jess enter into a full-scale confrontation, and humans enter a period of civil war, then Jess can sit back and watch humans kill each other, and finally come out to reap the benefits."
For that reason, if Annelotte wanted to attack Jess, it must be done in secret, or there must be a stage.
It was no longer possible to do it in secret, because Annelotte must rely on the power of human airmen around the world who didn't know about it, and she couldn't let people work for her without explaining anything.
And there was one of the latter.
It was — Aerial Battle Martial Arts Festival.
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