Cheerilee's Garden(车厘子的花园）Part.9(6)
2023-12-21 来源:百合文库
Twilight bit her lower lip. She knew almost nopony ever went to court in Equestria, it just wasn’t needed that often. The three times a royal court had been assembled during her lifetime, the accused had been found guilty. She swallowed. “S-show me this ‘proof’, then.”
“Very well,” Hooves replied, “I shall start with the Ponyville Theatre Fire.”
Twilight nodded. She was quite sure she’d done nothing suspicious there.
“We have quite a high number of ponies who swore, under oath, that you were there amongst the first. Considering your later involvement in the slaughter of the only survivor of that event, I find that to be highly suspicious.”
“I wasn’t alone,” Twilight said defensively, “several of my friends were there, too.”
Hooves nodded. “Yet nopony dared say whether they had arrived with you or not, and now ‘luck’ would have it that all five of them are dead, so we can’t even ask them ourselves.”
Twilight spluttered. “B-but... t-that’s... How do you expect me to prove... ?”
“I don’t,” he said as he turned towards the crowd, addressing them more than he did the unicorn. “But here’s my theory: You lit the fire. The five of them were together when the fire started, and close by. Perhaps they had noticed something odd about you before, perhaps it was just by chance, but they arrived at the scene sooner than you had expected, which in turn forced your hoof, forcing you to save Cheerilee or risk being discovered.”
“Very well,” Hooves replied, “I shall start with the Ponyville Theatre Fire.”
Twilight nodded. She was quite sure she’d done nothing suspicious there.
“We have quite a high number of ponies who swore, under oath, that you were there amongst the first. Considering your later involvement in the slaughter of the only survivor of that event, I find that to be highly suspicious.”
“I wasn’t alone,” Twilight said defensively, “several of my friends were there, too.”
Hooves nodded. “Yet nopony dared say whether they had arrived with you or not, and now ‘luck’ would have it that all five of them are dead, so we can’t even ask them ourselves.”
Twilight spluttered. “B-but... t-that’s... How do you expect me to prove... ?”
“I don’t,” he said as he turned towards the crowd, addressing them more than he did the unicorn. “But here’s my theory: You lit the fire. The five of them were together when the fire started, and close by. Perhaps they had noticed something odd about you before, perhaps it was just by chance, but they arrived at the scene sooner than you had expected, which in turn forced your hoof, forcing you to save Cheerilee or risk being discovered.”
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