The courtroom session on the second day caused a sensation throughout the Southern Isles, even drawing representatives from the Imperial City.
Delphine did not attend the hearing in person but sat in the small garden's lounge area, watching the live broadcast.
Almost every prominent family had dispatched representatives to observe this trial, and the live site was strictly controlled.
Ignatius Leclair stood in the defendant's dock. The man wore a custom-tailored black suit, his tall, lean figure towering like a lofty mountain. His features were as striking as they were cold and unyielding. As a man who rarely gave interviews, his sudden public appearance sparked a flurry of heated discussions. Those who couldn't get into the courtroom stuck to the live stream, unable to reconcile the image of such a distinguished family scion with someone entangled in the accusation of murdering his stepmother.
