Lahat ng Kabanata ng They Judged My Memories,Now They All Beg: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

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,

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

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

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