The king had been sitting there silently the entire time, as if he wasn't bothered by anything that they were saying.
But now that the defense attorney had directly appealed to the king, it wasn't as if he could remain silent anymore.
The king looked at the defense attorney and said, "Then can you prove that what he did was not treason and was actually for the good of our kingdom?"
The defense attorney was taken aback when he heard this since he clearly didn't expect this. After all, no matter how one looked at it, General Gardner was just protecting their kingdom by killing the enemies.
This was not any form of treason at all.
So why was the king saying such words?