This is a collection of flashbacks related to Valter, from Glen's perspective.
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Glen remembered Valter's infamous trial…
The courtroom was silent as the jurors, all generals of Grado, silently deliberated. As Glen thought, his eyes were mostly fixed upon Valter, a far cry from his former glory as Moonstone General of Grado. The man was haggard, clad in a simple brown cloak, and obviously in ill mental health. He licked his lips often, and his gaze darted around the room as though someone might attack him at any time. The silence was broken as the first Juror stepped forward. He spoke only one word, as a juror was supposed to do. Glen listened as the man pronounced, "Guilty."
The second juror came forward after a pause. "Guilty."
The third. "Guilty."
The fourth. "Guilty."
The fifth. "Guilty."
Duessel, the sixth. "Guilty."
Seventh and last, Glen came forward. All eyes came to him as he stepped to the small platform. He slowly breathed in, and spoke the same. "Guilty." He stepped down and returned to the fold behind the railing.
Vigarde spoke. "The Martial Jury has spoken. Valter is unanimously found guilty on the 13th count of non-aggravated murder of a civilian. He is dishonorably discharged and stripped of his title, and of all the benefits from his peerage. This Military Court is closed." Rapping a large hammer on the wooden block at his podium, he left the room.
The seven jurors exited the dead-silent room in equal silence.
Glen remembered the last time he had seen his brother, shortly after he received his cursed mission…
Glen slowly walked from the throne room, his instructions fresh in his ears. "Capture Eirika. She massacred the citizens of Port Kiris." In his personal opinion, that was perfectly absurd. He had met Eirika before, and she did not seem at all a murderess.
His younger brother's voice interrupted him. "What did His Majesty say, Brother?" They slowly walked away from the Emperor's earshot.
"I've been ordered to kill the Princess of Renais. Cormag, you stay here. I'll go alone, with my two wingmen." Glen's voice was quiet, yet hard.
Cormag shrugged. "If that's what you want, fine. But I can see it in your face. You're troubled over fighting the princess of a ruined land!"
Glen chuckled at the brief moment of comic relief. "I never could let anything slip past you, Cormag." He sighed. "You're right. This duty weighs hard on me."
Glen continued, answering Cormag's unspoken question. "I met Eirika… once. Long ago, before the war began. Only briefly, but she seemed full of kindness. I cannot believe that she is evil. I… just…" He breathed the last word in a whisper. "…can't."
Cormag shook his head. "Glen, the emperor's orders..."
Glen held his hand up to stop his younger brother. "That's the problem, Cormag. His Majesty has never spoken a lie in all the time I have served him. And I am duty bound to obey. Yet, I cannot see that Eirika would do what he claimed. I simply cannot."
"What are these cowardly mutterings?" The two whipped around to witness Valter almost strutting up to them. The man had been reinstated and pardoned with no explanation. Glen resented that.
The Moonstone continued, "It is because you generals are so weak that we others must work so hard. And yet you get to kill the girl. How I long for your duty!"
Glen breathed out in a soft growl. "Valter… you treacherous swine…"
Valter struck a hand to his breast in mock pain. "Oooh!! What's this? Is this how you speak to your peers? Let me remind you, I am also a general with equal status," he replied, crossing his arms so that the moonstone ring on his second finger was very visible.
Glen's face hardened. "You were cast out for killing 13 innocent civilians, you wretch. What sort of sycophantic lies did you tell to gain pardon and reinstatement simultaneously?"
Valter kept his contemptuous calm, smoothly replying, "The Emperor felt that my services were needed again, and his word is law. On the other hand, you three… Duessel, Selena, and you, Glen, have consistently been proved unreliable. You see? Caellach, Riev, and I were brought in to plug the holes! You should thank me!"
Glen started as Cormag addressed Valter with a raised fist, saying, "Valter, if you dare insult my brother any further…"
Valter laughed his eerie, inhuman laugh, a kind of half-snicker that made one shiver. "Come now, Cormag. Would you fight me, and dishonor yourself and your brother with such disloyalty?"
Glen jumped in, addressing Cormag in an undertone. "Cormag! Hold your fist. We are all his Majesty's men. But mark my words, Valter," he continued, addressing the sneering general in a slightly raised voice, "Your crimes are neither forgotten nor forgiven." Turning on his heel, he half-pulled Cormag with him, away from Valter, as he headed to saddle Nerith up for the flight north.
End of the Flashback
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