Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

Chapter 42 Citizens' Tribunal
　　The squire introduced the criminals on the open-air execution ground to Angelica and Abigail one by one. Among them was a man whose face was covered with rotten eggs and tomatoes discarded by the citizens. He called for anyone to give him a sip of water, but people looked at him with disgust.
　　"What mistake did he make?"

　　"Murder. The man was a highway robber. He didn't get a satisfactory reward during a robbery, so he killed a poor passerby in a rage. God, he didn't escape punishment in the end. He was caught and escorted here. He was sentenced to death, but he must pay for his sins before the execution. I am honored to be a member of the citizen jury that tried him."
　　"Citizens' jury?"
　　Abigail heard a new word. When the squire mentioned the jury, he could not hide his pride.

　　"The Citizen Tribunal is an advanced system adopted by our City of Justice. We all know that judges are forbidden to be bribed, but what is the actual situation? Nobles and wealthy businessmen often bribe judges and use their power to save criminals who should have been sent to the gallows from the death penalty. This is really unreasonable. Shouldn't the judge's gavel fall with justice? Under the improvement of the wise Mr. Richard, our City of Justice has given the power of judgment to citizens."
　　"Eh? Citizens have the right to judge?"
　　"Every time a case is tried publicly, twelve citizens will participate as a citizen jury. After the defense lawyers on both sides express their opinions and present their evidence, the citizen jury will collectively discuss the results. The judge is only responsible for knocking down the gavel to announce the citizens' trial results. We have sanctioned many criminals who almost escaped through the citizen jury system. Some time ago, a priest used the church as a cover to commit unforgivable acts against children. After the ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ church knew about it, it even wanted to cover up. The judges would be afraid of the authority of the church, but the citizens of the citizen jury would not! We finally sanctioned the priest who failed in his duty..."

　　"Gentlemen."
　　Angelica interrupted the squire's speech with a lack of interest.
　　“We are here to find someone who will accept us.”

　　"Oh, sorry, the citizens watching are all kind-hearted people with a sense of justice in their hearts. There must be a spare room in their house among them."
　　The squire began to question the citizens at the open-air execution ground, but no one who was willing to take in Angelica and Abigail had any extra rooms, as everyone's home was full of guests.
　　The City of Justice pays great attention to its image, so there are no greasy uncles who look sloppy and make people doubt whether it is safe to live there. The only thing to worry about is whether there are tenants with vacant rooms. The squire asked more than a dozen citizens, but still got regretful answers.

　　The three of them came to one of the fixed racks and saw a haggard middle-aged man staring at the empty rack in a daze.
　　“Why is there no one here?”
　　Abigail then realized that this was the only place on the open-air execution ground where there was no criminal being punished. After blurting it out, Abigail realized that she had asked a very stupid question. No one stipulated that there must be punished criminals on the frame. In a sense, the fact that there was no one on the frame was proof of good public security.

　　But the squire gave a clear answer.
　　"Someone was originally punished here, but the citizens' hatred for her exceeded the effect that the punishment should have. If she is not taken back to the prison for guarding in time, she will be beaten to death by the angry citizens before the execution. This criminal is the vicious mother who killed her own child with her own hands, that I mentioned to you before."
　　"……wrong."
　　A hoarse voice came from the man standing in front of the fixed frame.

　　"Kelly, she didn't do it... She was wrongly accused."
　　"Brand, no one wants to see this happen. You have to learn to accept reality. We live in the most just city. You love Kelly very much, but she has fallen into murder."
　　"I will give Kelly back her innocence."

　　"There are no wrongful convictions in the City of Justice, Brand."
　　The man's name is Brand, and he is the criminal who killed his own child: Kelly's husband. Brand, who lost his beloved son, not only did not blame Kelly, but seemed to have been insisting that his wife was innocent and that this was a wrongful case.
　　"By the way, Brand, do you have any spare rooms in your house?"

　　"I'm not in the mood to entertain guests right now... huh?"
　　Brand wanted to refuse, but his eyes passed over the squire and noticed Angelica's dress.
　　"You are a magician?"

　　"Genius beautiful magician, Angelica."
　　After receiving Angelica's affirmative answer, Brand thought about it for a while, changed his previous attitude, and decided to agree to let Angelica and Abigail stay overnight. The matter was perfectly resolved. Angelica thanked the kind squire and followed Brand back to his house.
　　"Won't you discuss the accommodation fee, Mr. Brand?"

　　"I will waive your accommodation and food expenses, and I don't even mind paying you some money."
　　During the journey, Angelica took the initiative to mention the issue of accommodation fees and received an expected answer. When Brand changed his attitude, Angelica guessed that Brand definitely had something to ask of him.
　　"I hope to entrust Miss Magician to save my wife Kelly. She has been wrongfully imprisoned. If she doesn't think of a solution, she will definitely be sentenced to death."

　　Brand and Kelly are ordinary residents living in the City of Justice. Kelly is a housewife, and Brand is the proud apprentice of the town's armorer. His skills have reached the level of a master. However, a city obviously does not need two armorers unless it is at war.
　　Brand and Kelly raised a son and a daughter after they got married. Unfortunately, their son was born with congenital muscular atrophy. Although their daughter grew up healthy, their son's incurable disease always troubled the family. Brand and Kelly did not give up on their son. Brand worked hard to make money, hoping to find a famous doctor to cure his son's disease one day.
　　To outsiders, this is a family that has encountered misfortune but still loves each other.

　　Until a month ago, when his son, who had muscular atrophy, fell from the second-floor window and died, there were very few cases of death of residents in the city of Justice, so it instantly shocked the entire city of Justice. From collecting evidence to taking confessions, everything was handled openly, even if it was just a simple accident.
　　If the process had gone smoothly, the death of Brand and Kelly's son should have been closed as an accidental fall.
　　"The problem was in the public confession process, where my wife was suspected of being the murderer of my son."

　　Brand said sadly that public confession-taking is the process of the City of Justice, which is open and transparent. It proves that law enforcement officers do not use any violent means, and it also proves to the citizens the unchanging legitimacy of the City of Justice since ancient times.
　　"Because she didn't cry when she was giving her statement."