The Manic Tyrant and his Monster Tree

Jasmine 4

They did not know what else to say in order to not let Jasmine's character be trampled anymore.

The leader did not care for their words either. If they said anything, he would easily turn it into something that could make them suffer further.

If they did not say anything, that would only help him as he would finish his mission faster and while doing so he would also enjoy watching the suffering of everyone around.

Everyone turned silent but the leader did not stop the topic there.

He looked at jasmine and did something that no one around could look at nor could they forget.

But till date, it was something they all so badly wished to forget and yet couldn't do so.

That is the reason, just one word from Caesar about the incident was enough to make everyone recall everything that happened that day and made all their faces ugly.

"My Lord.." One of the people around Caesar tried to speak but after calling out he did not know what to say anymore.

"What happened? Don't dare to talk anymore? Yes. You all are cowards anyway. You didn't dare to talk that day. And you don't dare to talk today. What had changed in you all cowards after that day? Nothing. The cowards remained the cowards. It is my fault for actually expecting something from you bunch of cowards," Caesar let out most of the words in his heart and no one dared to refute him.

Not because he was now their 'King' but instead because they really do not know how to justify their actions from that day.

Caesar then turned to look at the police officer that just shouted at him, "Oh? Do we have a police officer in our town? Why didn't I see any police officers on that day? I also never noticed the police handling the case of a murder that occurred in the middle of the streets.

"Say, Mr police officer, you do not do the duty that you ought to do and yet you are here to shout at a man who was sleeping at the side of the street? Look at the place where I sat."

He pointed at the tree, where a small board was hung saying 'take rest when needed' and continued speaking, "This place was supposed to be a rest place for all the townspeople. It is not like this place is blocking anyone and yet you are waking me up from my rest? Most importantly, I did not do anything against the law. What did I do wrong, huh? Why are you shouting at me?

"Oh, I know. It is because you can't do anything against murderers or anyone that 'actually' committed a crime and so you want to shout at others to show that you are actually doing your so-called duty?"

Caesar did not give any chance for the police officer to speak as he rambled on and on about his duties and what not.

Every word that came out of his mouth was dripped with either sarcasm or a hurtful accusation.

What could the poor police officer do though? It is not like he wanted to do such a job. On the day the incident occurred, all the police officers were called to the city for some urgent work.

Once they were back, they got to know what had happened. They immediately wanted to take the action but surprisingly they got an order from their higher ups that there is no need for them to take care of that case because it belonged to another case that they were handling. They said that they will take care of the matter but it has been a couple of years and yet there is no news regarding the case they talked about.

Whenever the town's police asked for the details, the higher ups always said that the case was confidential and they were not to know of all the details.

They slowly started to understand that something was up about this case but they couldn't point their fingers at anything.

In the end, time went on and the case continued to drag and they slowly started to forget about it.

In fact it was an incident that every single person in the town wanted to forget about. It was only Caesar that did not want to forget.

Of course how could he so easily forget? He had loved the girl after all.

They understood his emotions. But they are also a little irritated by his adamance.

The police officer then looked at Caesar and talked back, "This is a place to rest, yes. But do you know that you also caused a public nuisance?"

Caesar raised his eyebrows.

"Look around. Because of you, so many people gathered here and the roads were blocked. No vehicles could go through this street because of you."