Chapter 193 - Proving Innocence (1/2)

Lara's smile deepened a little, ”You don't have to worry about that.”

Hecathe sighed as he heard this and nodded his head, ”Then I'll naturally take you up on that offer.”

Lara crossed her arms and patiently waited with great interest to see what Alphius had to say for himself.

Hecathe took a deep breath in and exclaimed, ”I would like to first bring forward some of my men as witnesses!”

Suddenly a few mecha-suits came out of nowhere and stood in a line as they heard this. It almost looked as if this had all been rehearsed or planned beforehand but only Hecathe and the mecha-suits knew that this was not a part of their plan.

”Now, to speak on my behalf, I would like to call a person called Xanie,” Hecathe spoke and Xanie who was hiding till now suddenly got a little stunned as she heard her name being called.

The girl gulped as she stood up and made her way to the stage where everyone else was gathered.

She had a complex expression plastered on her face as she cluelessly looked at Hecathe for an explanation.

”Xanie, I'll let you handle the questioning,” Hecathe looked at the girl and spoke with a nod.

Xanie frowned as she heard this and it could clearly be seen that she had a lot to say to the man, but she forced herself to be silent as she nodded her head and simply agreed.

Xanie turned to look at the mecha-suits who had randomly appeared as witnesses and for the next few minutes, she was silent as she thought about things a bit deeper.

Nobody rushed her and it seemed that even Lara had a lot of patience as she sat back down on her throne and attentively looked at the girl, waiting for her to speak.

Xanie took a sharp breath in as she finally understood what she was supposed to do.

”The night that Orgon was killed, did any of you see Captain Alphius?”

Hecathe gulped as he heard this and blinked as he wondered if he had made a bad decision.

This question... Rather than proving his innocence, wasn't it just going to prove that he really was a suspect...?!

The mecha-suits looked at each other and shook their heads as they honestly answered, ”We did not see him.”

Xanie seemed to have expected this response so she nodded her head and asked, ”Do you normally see him every day?”

The mecha-suits shook their heads once again as they heard this and one of them spoke up on behalf of the others, ”Captain is always busy so he stays up in his room and only comes down for food. It is quite hard to catch a glimpse of him in a day.”

”Then does Captain Alphius never go out?” Xanie asked as she raised her head proudly.

”That's right, he doesn't go out much. The only times that he had stepped out were times when he was forced to.”

Xanie, ”Then have you seen him wearing his mecha-suit when he goes out?”

”No. Captain doesn't need to depend on a mecha-suit. He is much more powerful without it so his mecha-suit has never been used by him.”

”That's right,” Xanie nodded her head as she unconsciously agreed with the man, ”Then what about the day when Orgon was murdered?”

”Well...” This time, the mecha-suits looked to be a little hesitant as they secretly glanced at Hecathe.

”There is no need to hide anything,” Xanie re-assured as she looked at the man that had been answering for the rest of them.

”That day... His mecha suit was stolen,” The man revealed as he looked down with guilt, ”Captain Alphius had always treasured his mecha-suit since it was a gift left by his father. He had cared about it so much that he didn't even dare to wear it. However, that day, his mecha suit suddenly disappeared and we didn't dare report it to him because we feared for his reaction. Thankfully enough, the suit eventually returned and we decided to pretend that this incident had never happened.”

”Do you believe that Captain Alphius was the one who took his suit that day?” Xanie asked as her eyes narrowed down on the man.

This was the most important question and if it was answered incorrectly, Xanie would lose her chance to save Hecathe.

The mecha-suit gulped as he shook his head, ”It's not possible.”

”Why do you say that?”

With a sigh, the man closed his eyes and revealed, ”Because he doesn't know how to use a mecha suit.”

”...”