Not a Villainess but a Maid

#050 Class Trial (1)

Student President Citrine walked towards us with a confused expression and said this.

“···Ruby Sarca. According to the student council rules, I will require you to attend the class trial.”

“What do you mean, the lady is on a class trial?”

“Did you see the papers scattered around the school? A motion has been filed against her for the matters listed therein.”

According to the rules of the student council, a formal request for trial could not be rejected.

“···I don’t think Ruby would have done that either. But, rules are rules.”

Ruby, who had been looking at her Citrine in silence, nodded her head.

“I understand. “I will attend.”

“Lady…”

There was no way to know now who did this and with what intention.

Ruby and I had no choice but to silently walk towards the judge.

The student council, all members of the free activity club, including Ruby and I, and all members of the musical instrument performance club were gathered in the courtroom.

According to Citrine’s explanation, it seemed that it was the girls in the musical instrument department who applied for this trial.

As this was a trial held because of Ruby, her seat was clearly in the middle of the courtroom.

I was naturally going to follow Ruby and sit down, but I was stopped by Citrine.

“Amber, your seat is over there.”

“Yes? “Can’t I stay next to you?”

When I questioned the roadblock, Citrine shook her head with a slightly sad expression.

“Please understand. “I don’t want to do this either.”

“···I understand.”

This was the first time Citrine had this serious attitude since the letter incident.

I’m sure she is equally distressed by this trial.

In the end, I accepted it and quietly headed to the seat next to me.

When I sat down, Dia, who was sitting in the seat next to me with a confused expression, spoke.

“···It’ll be okay. Amber.”

She overlapped her hands as if trying to calm me down.

But I couldn’t quite calm down.

Because the women in the musical instrument club who were sitting pretending to be victims looked so disgusting.

“···If you can’t prove your innocence, what happens to you?”

She thought about my words for a moment and then shook her head.

“That situation will not come. “I promise.”

“···.”

When I saw DIA’s face answering so refreshingly, my doubts actually increased.

Is there a corner of belief?

After waiting a moment, Citrine approached Ruby, and she spoke so that everyone could hear.

“Ruby Sarca. From now on, listen to the questions and answer them truthfully.”

“···Yes.”

Citrine looked at the paper she had brought with her and recited her testimony one by one.

“4 Cases of physical violence, 2 cases of threats, and 5 cases of extortion of money. This is the result of synthesizing the testimony so far. “Is this what you did?”

“···I have no idea about this.”

“Really?”

Ruby shook her head firmly, and Citrine finished her question without going any further.

Then she turned and pointed at the women in the musical instrument playing club.

“Members of the department, please come out one by one and tell us about the damage she suffered.”

At Citrine’s words, they came to the center one by one and began to perform passionately, wiping away tears.

“That day was the day I returned from the club. Ruby suddenly called me and stopped me…”

It was as if all members of the department had put together an alibi, and the testimonies fit together with perfect precision.

I don’t know how they found out, but the time they said Ruby committed the crime was when I was away from her.

On purpose, only the time when Ruby was alone was mentioned as the time of her crime.

As the testimony continued, my expression became increasingly sour.

“What nonsense…”

When she got upset and tried to get up from her seat, Dia held her hand and whispered.

“···Calm down, Amber. “If you speak without having the right to speak, you may be kicked out of the courtroom.”

“···.”

She listened to her advice and calmly put her head down.

No matter how angry you are, if you get kicked out of the courtroom, that’s the end.

Right now, I have no choice but to stay still like DIA said.

Her final testimony was already over, and Citrine asked Ruby again.

“Ruby, you said you were innocent.”

“···Yes.”

“So, if she didn’t commit the crime at the time mentioned in her testimony, can you tell me where and what she was doing?”

“···I was in my dorm room.”

“Was there anyone who was with you?”

Citrine looked at my face while asking that question.

It seemed like she wanted me, her maid, to be by her side.

However, Ruby shook her head and answered.

“···I was alone all that time.”

Citrine clutched her forehead as if her head was hurting, and she let out a sigh of regret.

“Huh… Your testimony alone cannot prove your innocence. “If only at least one person had stayed with me…”

My expression became more gloomy as I watched the situation.

Citrine also seemed to want to reveal Ruby’s innocence as much as possible, but she couldn’t, and it was good in her eyes that she was sad.

Student president Citrine, who had finished asking Ruby her questions, returned to her seat and spoke.

“Certainly, looking at the testimonies so far, there is enough time left for Ruby Sarka to commit such an act.”

She continued her words while keeping her expression as calm as possible.

“However, due to an unfortunate incident that occurred not long ago, its veracity is in doubt.”

Citrine looked towards the instrument player and she asked.

“The head of your instrument performance department has been continuously sending threatening letters to Ruby Sarka. “How are you going to explain that?”

The members looked at each other and whispered, and one of them answered as the representative.

“That was a timid revenge that the manager sent towards her Ruby.”

“Revenge?”

“He couldn’t stand seeing our members suffer from Ruby, so he tried to get revenge in that way. “He cared for us so much…”

How can someone lie so shamelessly? It was almost disgusting.

Citrine, who was listening to their story, shook her head resolutely.

“That said, all the testimony that has come out so far has come only from among your members. “I think it will be difficult to admit it unless a third party provides additional testimony.”

As Citrine said, there was no direct evidence.

All there was was a rumor that they had seen it among the members, and no third-party testimony was confirmed.

Citrine was about to lead the case due to insufficient evidence, but one of her associates shook her head and said,

“Of course, if you are a witness, you are here.”

“···He’s in this place?”

“Yes. “Clara from the Freedom Activities Department saw everything.”

Clara’s name was mentioned in the mouths of her associates, who pointed their fingers at her.

‘Clara saw it…?’

Everyone in the court looked at Clara in astonishment, and when she was singled out, she suddenly stood up from her seat with a stern expression.

I asked, confused by her sudden behavior.

“Clara…? “What do you mean by that?”

“···.”

Clara did not respond to what I said, but she walked out to the center.

Citrine looked at her like that and made an angry expression on her face and said.

“···Clara. “If what they say is true, stand over there and tell me what you saw.”

“Yes. “Let’s do that.”

Clara confidently climbed onto the stage and opened her mouth with a complex expression.

“I am…”

She was just about to say her first words.

“Ugh…”

She, who had not shown any sign before standing on the podium, suddenly grabbed her head and let out a moan.

“Ugh…!”

A moment later, Clara was tearing out her own hair and letting out her horrendous scream.

‘Why are you acting like that all of a sudden?’

She sensed something strange about her, and quietly asked Dia who was sitting next to her.

“Dia, Clara’s condition is a little strange…”

“···.”

As I said that and turned to the side, I was shocked to see the diamond in front of me.

“Diamond?”

She was trembling with both her hands on her desk and was glaring openly at Clara.

The beautiful blue eyes slowly turned black, and the expression became more grim.

It seemed like the reason Clara was suffering so much was because of the diamond.

I was surprised to see that her appearance did not look normal at first glance, so I shook her shoulder and said,

“Dia, what are you doing…!?”

Despite my question, Dia’s gaze was directed straight at Clara.

Clara becomes more and more distressed as time passes.

-aaagh…!

Clara screamed increasingly horribly, covering her head and slamming her head against the platform, screaming wildly.

As I continued to shake her shoulder, she shook me off and said,

“Don’t disturb. Amber…!”

Before we knew it, Diamond’s eyes had completely turned black, and her dark red blood was dripping from her nose.

When the entire courtroom was in an uproar and the students were screaming one by one, I strongly hugged Diamond’s waist and shouted.

“I’m going to die like that…!”

Diamond, who was suddenly hugged around her waist, flinched from the shock and let out the breath she had been holding in.

“Ha. Under···.”

Diamond’s black eyes that were looking at me returned to blue again, and her breathing became harsh.

“Amber, why are you interrupting me…?”

“What…?”

Even if she pretended to be in my eyes, she didn’t feel normal.

Not her usual expression, but a face filled with hatred.

Dia spoke to me with an evil expression.

“You too want Ruby to do well. Is not it!?”

I strongly shook my head as I saw Dia, who was very excited and had blood dripping from her nose.

“I didn’t want it to be this way…! “This is strange…!”

Dia looked conflicted at my words.

Even though she looks at me with surprised eyes, she cannot give up her attack on Clara.

“No one wants this!”

“···.”

I desperately looked at her, praying that she would come back to her senses.

Dia, who continued to make eye contact with me, eventually sighed and withdrew her hand.

“···I understand.”

When she withdrew her hand, Clara, who was being supported by her other students, became as fine as she lied.

After the commotion calmed down to some extent, Citrine asked Clara.

“Are you okay…?”

Clara looked confused for a moment, then nodded her head in response.

“···Yes. “I have a brief headache…”

She seemed embarrassed, but there didn’t seem to be anything major wrong with her body.

Clara’s collapse was dismissed as an incident caused by her unexplained headache, and when she got up to the podium, she caught her breath and opened her mouth again.

“···I am Clara, a member of the Freedom Activities Department. “There is one thing I would like to reveal to you here.”

Clara’s eyes turned to me.

I don’t know why he was looking at me, but I was certain that he was looking at me with eyes filled with complex and subtle emotions.

‘···Clara?’

Clara looks at me for a strangely long time.

After looking at my face for a while, she turned her head straight ahead again.

Then, she crumpled the paper she was holding and said.

“All the testimonies that have come out so far are all fake.”