The council was finally ready for the hearing of Lykrevia in connection with the murder of Aranare.
The king himself were present, but made it clear that he was just observing, and that his brother Prince Heraklis was responsible for the hearing.
Present was also the victim's family; Aranares wife Amunet, and the two oldest children Qabbaab and Maahiah.
The defendant was also allowed to bring three persons of her own choosing. She had chosen a spokesperson, Kyrios Monachos Saphiris, and her sister-in-law Kyria Mpatíni Asijaka and her husband Kyrios Eteokardiás Asijakas. With the exception of Kyrios Saphiris, none of them had been participants in a hearing before.
The council was led by Kyrios Biannas, who asked the defendant if she took any responsibility for the victim's death, which she answered she did not.
Then she was asked to tell her side of the story, her relationship with the victim, where she was on the specified day, and why she believed she had been blamed for the misdeed.
The council listened without interruptions, when Lykrevia claimed that she had a good relationship with her father, that she was at her employer Kyria Amsharu's house on the night in question, and that someone wanted to deprive her of her rightful inheritance to the farm.
- I see, Kyrios Biannas said, That means we can start the question round. Do you want to start Prince Herakli?
- Of course. Kyria Kitanétou. If your relationship with your father was as good as you say, why did you keep your marriage secret from him, and lie to the people in the temple about having his permission to get married?
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