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They Judged My Memories,Now They All Beg

They Judged My Memories,Now They All Beg

بواسطة:  Eirlysمكتمل
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My best friend Chloe jumped off a cliff and killed herself after being assaulted. I was the only one who knew the monster who did it. Yet, I refused to tell anyone the truth. When her mother knelt at my feet and begged, I turned my back on her and walked away. The citizens cursed me, calling me a monster, and drove me out of the city-state. I accepted it all in silence. For the next ten years, I lived a miserable, lonely life in the woods, barely scraping by. Until I was weak and on the verge of death. Juliette, the best friend Chloe and I shared, returned to the city as the High Priestess of Athena. The very first thing she did was drag me to the Altar of Divine Punishment. "Olivia, you vicious bitch! You protected the monster who ruined her! We were blind to ever call you a sister!" "Chloe has been dead for ten years, and you let that bastard walk free for just as long!" "Today, I’m going to use Athena’s Mirror of Truth to see exactly who you’ve been protecting with your life!" But when the real culprit was finally revealed, Juliette broke down completely, dropping to her knees in pure disbelief.

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Chapter 1
Juliette made a massive spectacle of the trial.Every citizen in the city-state gathered around the altar. The square was packed tight. I was dragged to the altar by Juliette’s guards.After years of surviving on wild herbs in the forest, my body was incredibly weak. I had no strength to fight back.Like a true sinner, I was forced to face the judgment of the entire city. A man lunged forward, grabbing my throat and screaming, "Olivia, why did you protect him?! You evil bitch! You ruined my family! Why don't you just die?!" He choked me until my vision went black.The crowd was boiling over with rage."She's cursed by the gods! Her friend was assaulted, and she knows who did it but won't say a word!""Her friend jumped off a cliff, and she didn't even open her door when the poor mother was bleeding from begging on her knees!""She’s disgusting! Put her to death!" The insults washed over me like a tidal wave.Juliette stood off to the side, watching it all with cold eyes.Aside from
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Chapter 2
The first scene was three days after Chloe’s death.Everyone was asking me who did it.The city's Archon, Chloe’s parents, the citizens—no matter who asked, I just kept my head down and stayed silent. Finally, it was Juliette.She grabbed my shoulders, shaking me with tears in her eyes. "Tell us who it is! Don't you want to avenge Chloe?!"My lips trembled, and I only managed to say, "Stop asking, Juliette."She left in disgust. A few days later, the city lost its patience.I was dragged to Chloe’s grave. The crowd cornered me, demanding a name.They spit on me. They threw rocks at me.People yanked my hair and held me down. Fists rained on me until I was covered in bruises and blood. I managed to break free and ran for my life, a furious mob chasing right behind me.I finally made it to my house, only to see it engulfed in flames. The angry citizens had burned it down.Ignoring the fire, I rushed inside and saved the only thing my parents had left me: a portrait of them. Homeless,
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Chapter 3
Juliette’s agonizing screams echoed from the phantom screen."Chloe! Don't leave me!"It was the day Chloe’s body washed up on the rocks after a storm.It was raining hard. Juliette and I threw ourselves onto Chloe’s body, crying our hearts out.She was bloated, freezing cold, and stiff.She looked nothing like the beautiful, smiling girl we knew. I stumbled back home like a ghost and curled up in a corner, sobbing uncontrollably."No!" I beat my chest in the memory. The pain of losing my best friend was tearing me apart. Bound to the altar, I relived that pain. I squeezed my eyes shut, tears pouring down my face.My broken voice echoed from the screen."Chloe! Why were you so stupid?! Why..."I was completely drowned in grief. My heartbreaking reaction left the crowd confused."What's going on?""Why does she look so sad? How could she..." Chloe’s father yelled out furiously."Fake tears!"He gritted his teeth. "When my wife knelt at her door until her head bled, she wouldn't even
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Chapter 4
Juliette slammed her staff into the ground and commanded."Olivia! You’re still fighting back?! What kind of monster is worth risking your soul for? He’s just a sinner who ruined our best friend!" Ten years ago, Juliette had yelled at me just like this.When Chloe’s bloody note was made public, I became public enemy number one.Everyone demanded a name.It took Juliette less than a day to go from trusting me, to doubting me, to hating me.She was the only one who knew where I hid in the city.When they tore up my parents' portrait, I begged her for help, but she just slapped me.Staring at me with burning eyes, she said."Olivia, we grew up together. We treated you like a sister. What were we to you? For a rapist, you threw away your best friends!" That night, I was almost stoned to death by the citizens.Juliette’s mother pulled the furious Juliette away, and two days later, their family moved to another city-state, never to return. Now, Juliette’s eyes were ice cold.She raised he
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Chapter 5
"Look! The crime scene!""Gods... the truth is finally coming out!"The crowd erupted.Juliette spun around, her eyes locked on the projection. The rainy woods looked terrifying.In the memory, I held a torch, shouting timidly, "Who's there?"No answer. Just the pouring rain hitting the leaves.Suddenly, a flash of lightning illuminated a dark figure in a cloak running past. I fell to the ground in fear.The figure vanished into the dark. Juliette’s pupils shrank. She nearly lost her mind, grabbing the priest."The face! Why is it just a back?! Why can't we see the face?!" The priest scrambled to amplify the Mirror's magic to clear the image.But it remained blurry. Just a dark back, and a faint glimpse of a golden pattern on the hem of the cloak. The priest wiped his sweat, helpless."High Priestess... it must be because in this memory, Olivia never saw his face to begin with! So the Mirror can only show what she saw—his back." Juliette flinched, then snapped."Impossible! I don'
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Chapter 6
In the projection, Juliette’s mother, Cassandra, brought out the clothes the Archon used to wear, preparing to burn them.Seeing her father’s cloak, Juliette’s eyes teared up."Mother, I want to keep father’s cloak. As a keepsake." But Cassandra’s face changed. She looked away and said, "He's dead. What's the point of keeping clothes? Just burn it."Ignoring Juliette’s protests, she tossed the cloak straight into the fire.In the firelight, the unique golden pattern on the hem was perfectly visible. The image froze.On the altar, Juliette was dead pale. She stared at the cloak, paralyzed with disbelief."No... no... This is impossible! Impossible!"She stumbled backward, breathing heavily, her voice shaking."How could my father's cloak be exactly the same as that monster's? No, no! It can't be the same one!" The priests immediately replayed my memories, comparing the cloak from both scenes side by side.During the process, it felt like a knife was twisting inside my brain. The pain
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Chapter 7
The square fell dead silent.Juliette froze, her voice trembling."Mother... what are you talking about? How could father be a murderer?!"Tears spilled down Juliette's cheeks in total disbelief. Cassandra walked slowly toward me. Seeing how starved and battered I was, her eyes turned red.She bowed deeply to me, saying with heavy grief."Olivia! I am so sorry. I beg for your forgiveness!" I kept my eyes shut. Tears instantly blurred my vision, and a lump in my throat stopped me from speaking.I wanted so badly to tell her I couldn't hold on anymore. Seeing the Archon's widow react this way, the crowd exploded."Gods, it really was her father?""So Olivia was innocent this whole time? She was framed?!"Instantly, everyone looked at me with pity."Ten years! She took the blame for ten years.""How did she survive? No parents, no family, living in the woods, her only keepsake destroyed!""And she just took the Mirror's punishment... gods, that's tragic!" On the altar, Juliette collap
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Chapter 8
Juliette went totally pale."Then why did you say it was an accident?" Cassandra cried, "I made up that lie to save whatever dignity he had left."Juliette’s tears fell fast."Why? Why lie to me?" Cassandra looked at her with pure helplessness. "Juliette, your father was dead, but we still had to live. If people knew what he did, how could we survive?"That one sentence summed up all her desperation. The crowd was furious."You needed to survive, so you stole Olivia's life?!""You ran away, let your daughter become a High Priestess, while Olivia was cursed and ruined for years!""Olivia never betrayed her friend! She must have recognized the cloak at the funeral! She kept her mouth shut to protect Juliette!" Juliette’s face was ashen, her lips trembling.She slumped on the ground, crying so hard she couldn't even make a sound. She just shook her head."Impossible... impossible..." Just then, she remembered me, lying half-dead on the altar.Overwhelming guilt washed over her, and s
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Chapter 9
Once the truth was out, everyone knew Juliette’s father was the killer.The city was in an uproar, and many people turned their anger toward Juliette.But she didn't care about any of that.She was burning alive in her own guilt. She knelt and apologized to Chloe’s parents.They threw rocks at her until she bled, chasing her away.She cried every day, desperate to make amends.Before Athena’s statue, she took off her High Priestess robes and gave all her property to Chloe’s family. Then she found the best healer in the city, begging them to save me.I had fallen into a coma since the trial and wouldn't wake up.The healer sighed. My life force was entirely drained, and the Mirror’s divine punishment had shredded my soul. I only had a few hours left to live. Juliette broke down completely, dropping to her knees by my side."Olivia... I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't know anything! I misunderstood you! I was so stupid! We were sisters for years, and I doubted you. I didn't believe
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