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Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: Work

Posted on 2016-08-03by StarveCleric

“Lord! We, the Demirams, have been rearing goats for a living for generations after generations. That day, after finally finding a fertile grassland with much effort, just as we were loosening the restraints on our darlings, the demons came!!”

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“That’s right, she stole our darlings and even tried to steal our possessions. Look, she even said that she was a law enforcer, where on Earth do you find such a thief-like law enforcer.”

 

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In front of me are a bunch of indignant Demirams. These short and diminutive Beastman are well-known to be cunning and annoyingly talkative and right now, tears were flowing down their cheeks and their face speaks of indignation, as though they have met with great injustice.

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“My Lord, you must redress our grievances! Our entire property have been stolen by these demons.”

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“That’s right, my poor little Sia, he was just barely 2 months old, not even past the stage of breastfeeding, yet he was taken away from his mother by those demons. How can this be allowed!?”

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“When the wind from the south blows, the snow floats along. Our goat is still so young, but that heartless wolf, coming to our house and…”
TL: Lyrics from 北风吹、扎红头绳, no idea what it means.

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I have seen many pitiable people in court, but the sight of the Demirams gathering in a group crying together and lamenting as a group isn’t what I get to see everyday. As expected from the artistic Demirams, they started singing about their grievances.

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Initially, I was still rather touched but after watching for half a day, I realised that their standards were so-so and their lines were repetitive. I lost my interest, yawned and started to announce my verdict.

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“The law enforcers are not guilty of malpractice, the Camusi Demiram tribe can retrieve their goats under custody after paying their fines. This is my final verdict, the plaintiff are not to file any appeals.”

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“My Lord!!”

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“This is unfair!!”

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On the defendant seat, Town Security Vice Captain Yawen heaves a sigh of relief. The plaintiff side was still busy bemoaning to the heavens about the verdict, but I refused to budge on my stand.

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“Court Police, bring them out. Next one.”

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“Corrupted officials are rampant, our justice system isn’t fair!! The foolish judge sides with the evil officials!!”

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Sigh, it always ends up like this. But being called a foolish judge to my face, I felt slightly displeased.

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“Intentional slander towards the judge, I fine you 10 gold coins. As a side note, the next time you set release your cattle on the city’s greenery, your cattle will be confiscated directly.”

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While they do have the rights to rear their cattle, but to use Liu Huang Mountain City’s own greenery for ranching, it is no longer a problem about personal freedom and more of damaging public property.

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Just within this 6 months, the damaged grasslands and gardens, simply calculating just how much it takes to repair the destruction and the manpower involved, we spent a few hundreds of thousands of gold coins and what the amount of money they saved is just a few hundred gold coins of grass feed.

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The Demirams specialty of arguing right from wrong have worked against themselves this time. They actually tried to sue the Town Security for malpractice in enforcing laws, they must be taking me for a fool.

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“Right, just now the one who said that I was a foolish judge, go to the community center and volunteer 2 months of free labor. Anyone who adds in anymore crap will end up like him. Next time, go to the grass patches to buy grass feed or ranch outside of the city. If you were to continue ranching as you please, your entire tribe will be driven out of Liu Huang Mountain City.”

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Towards the scheming but lazy Demirams, taking a nap while bringing the goats out for ranching is already the most tiring job.

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To make them work just like other races could be considered a harsh punishment, and for the greedy them to do free volunteer work for others is definitely a harsher punishment than the death penalty.

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The more you speak, the harsher you get punished. Instantly, the crying and singing stopped as they lined up orderly to leave the court.

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Thus, I nodded my head, satisfied.

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“Next!”

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Following that, I look at the case files, stare at the smiling defendant and started frowning. No wonder the other judges would leave this case to me, this isn’t an easy case at all.

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“Defendant, Herault.Beifeng, Dracon Hunter, accused of kidnapping and inappropriate sexual actions.”
TL: Beifeng(悲风) literally means Sorrowful Wind.

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The evidence on this fellow is sufficient and the man himself have confessed, but this case still leaves one with a splitting headache.

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His methods may be dirty, but Hunter Beifeng have just completed the dream of hunters by succeeding in capturing a Druid as a pet. But after he succeeded, he committed obscene acts with his ‘pet’ in public on numerous occasions and what’s more, sometimes it is a bear, sometimes it is a panther, sometimes it is a bird, just that there isn’t a single time they did it in human form… Furthermore, the Druid is male and Beifeng himself is a male himself…

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“Too dirty! Too disgusting, this is severely affect the social values of the entire Liu Huang Mountain City. I strongly request subject this homosexual with beast-fetish to the death penalty under the reason of ‘correcting the social values of Liu Huang Mountain City.” The Gnome prosecutor on the plaintiff seat speaks passionately. This case had been brought up from the ground level to the Supreme Judge and now is the critical period.

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“We must heed notice to the identity of the Dracon defendant. In their eyes, ‘To be partners with beasts’ is a tradition and a natural thing to do. Liu Huang Mountain City’s citizens have long prided itself on being accepting towards the culture and traditions of other tribes. The basic principle of our codex states that we can only punish those who have tread on the laws and in our codex, is the act of engaging in sexual activities with wild beasts prohibited? Since it isn’t prohibited, then it isn’t a crime and thus, he cannot be passed off as guilty and even more so, cannot be punished!”

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Reading out her interpretations towards the codex, the Elf defense attorney Krose manages to gain the upper hand although his looks towards his defendant was just filled with despise and disdain.

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In the eyes of the Elves who respect nature, Hunter Beifeng’s behavior should have warranted his death a few thousand times but in the court, he cannot lose his professionalism as a lawyer for his personal gains.

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Just as Krose mentioned, due to the lack of a law dictating that the action is a crime, the prosecutors are not even able to name out the exact name of his crime, then how can we determine the punishment he should be receiving.

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“Which codex of law would outlaw such a disgusting crime like bestiality!! If this bastard turns out to be innocent, then how can continue to uphold the dignity and fairness of the law!”

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Hearing that, the Gnome prosecutor was filled with fury. Even though he is wearing a silver mask which covers his facial expressions, but from his furious tone of voice and the veins popping from the mask, he seems to be on the verge of exploding.

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But, this is to be expected. For this case, he spent great effort and went to court twice and now that they were in front of the Supreme Judge, he was even more determined not to let that pervert escape the claws of justice.

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I looked at the lizard face of the pervert and he looks back at me. His face was calm, not a single hint of insecurity or restraint a defendant would normally have.

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Furthermore, my SemiGod court robe was still in its activated mode. To exhibit such calmness under the pressure of a God equipment, it could only show that he really believes himself to be innocent and that his heart was free of guilt, thus rendering the equipment ineffective.

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“Different culture? No, the other Dracons do not share the same hobby as him. He probably has knowledge on the law or have been informed of it, thus making him aware of the fact that we aren’t able to judge him guilty. Hoho, as expected, there are always interesting crimes in a foreign world.”

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“Hoho, so can I go back now? My pet is still waiting to be fed.”

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As I started laughing, that Dracon started laughing along with me.

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That seemingly calm expression and laughter was a kind of interesting challenge to me.

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“Bam!”

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The gavel strikes down and I make my judgement.

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“Judged innocent, the defendant is to released.”

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The codex did not state such an act as illegal, and since the laws that I wrote have a loophole in them, I shall admit defeat this round.

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Hearing this, that Herault.Beifeng gave an honest laughter, but his smile was full of glee.

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“Of course, Liu Huang Mountain City’s judicial system is the fairest in the world.”

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But…

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“Prosecutor Lowe, don’t be mad.You should have known earlier that since it is not deemed as a crime in the codex, I cannot judge him guilty.

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Lowe knew this, and it was because he was aware of this that he was so furious. To allow a sinner to escape the reaches of justice, this was as good as an insult to the Supreme Court and the judicial system itself.

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“But, my lord…”

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“Have you finished preparing for the law drafting meeting at the Hall of Legislator next week?”

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“Hmm?! Oh, I understand!!”

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Due to my sudden seemingly unrelated question, Lowe was stunned briefly before realisation struck him and a smile creeps across his face.

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As the Supreme Court, we are not only an organisation that deals with judging criminals. Among the 4 subordinate halls, the Hall of Legislator is responsible for drafting up new laws. The Supreme Court, other than doing the final inspection, has the authority to create new laws and define its legal understanding.

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“Yup, since our friend Herault helped us to find a loophole in our legislation, then let’s fill it up. Krose, when the new law has passed through, send a few plainclothes to talk frequently with our friend to send him here earlier. After all, we have to give our thanks.”

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These words didn’t seem to have pass by Herault.Beifeng. In this instant, his face steeled, as though imagining the moment when he gets caught in here again.

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As for deciding never to do such a disgusting act in the future? From the very start, for him who views “treading along animals” as the greatest kit in life, it wasn’t an option from the very start.

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Hearing this, even the defendant attorney Krose’s face was filled with joy and relief.

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“Yes, my lord, I will go handle it immediately. ‘Treading along animals’, such an unnatural and disgusting action, he should be punished. Doing it public, his punishment must be doubled!”

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“Right, remember to add in a section against the abuse of animals. Such actions should warrant the removal of the owner’s rights to own pets. This should be sufficient to serve as an insurance to block all the means of that guy to commit such actions.

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As an honorary member of Liu Huang Mountain City’s Pet Lover Club, who can I allow such a person to continue oppress those cute little animals.Let’s just directly remove his rights as a pet owner.

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Finally, Herault.Beifeng started crying. If he were to want to continue staying in Liu Huang Mountain City, then his hobby of treading with animals would have to be halted from now on.

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Thus, under my planning, the dignity of the law was preserved.

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What if that fellow decides to turn over a new leaf? Let’s first not talk about how I personally think how difficult it would be to change his fetishes, if he really succeeds in changing, it would be a good matter.

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“Next…” Even though these case are troublesome and boring, but aren’t all jobs the same.

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Boring, tasteless, but sometimes, it feels significant and meaningful.

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Legislation refers to the act of drafting up laws
Judiciary is the branch which is in charge of the interpretation and application of the law (i.e The Courts)
Law Enforcers refers to the people who go out and catch criminal (i.e The Police, Town Security.)
The defendant is the one being sued (the one which charges are being pressed against i.e the DemiRams and BeiFeng)
Prosecutor is the lawyer who institutes legal proceeding against someone (helping the one suing i.e the Gnome prosecuting lawyer)
Defense attorney is the lawyer on the side of the defendant (i.e Krose)





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