When the village chiefs tell the truth safely, the contract stops burning.

That was the most important proof that the village chiefs were not lying.

"Oh, there's money in my purse."

"Me, too."

A villager checks his wallet to make sure the money is coming back.

"Well, now you know that the contract has been honored, that the money has returned to the village, and that it was the village chiefs who killed my father."

When told without expression, all the villagers turned a chilled gaze at the village chiefs.

In the wake of such a gaze, the village chiefs were wolfish.

Anyway, the village chiefs not only had spent the money the village had been saving over the years or had killed the father who had questioned it, but buried it outside the village and treated it as missing, pushing us into debt, a family, to borrow money from the Count.

There is not a single person who trusts the village chief.

"What, those eyes!? I'm the village chief!

No one treated me as a village chief.

"You take my father!

My brother was about to slash me with his hand on his sword when he finally got pretty by the village chief, who had no way of reflecting at all.

But that was stopped by my colleague, the magnificent knight.

"Senior!"

"Unfortunately, we have no right to judge your father for his murder."

"That's what I'm talking about"

The village chief was laughing when he heard the words.

If in a pioneering village, even a minimum tax is included just because it is entrusted with autonomy, events in the village have discretion for the village chief. If the village chief says it's black, it goes black, and if the village chief commits a sin, there's no one to judge. Originally, there are celebrities as auxiliaries to avoid becoming village chiefs' dictatorships, and soldier chiefs have stronger powers to investigate cases, etc.

But with regard to this case, three people with authority have sinned.

In the case of killing my father, there is no one to judge, even if we can find the killer.

So I just made my sins public even when I knew the truth, and I didn't do anything.

It was necessary to make the village chiefs plead guilty to the sin of killing their father, while at the same time pleading guilty before the knights to the fatal sin they had taken.

"Village chief. You seem anxious to have to be a village chief without being trusted by the villagers, but you don't have to worry about that."

Remove the rope from the storage ring and give it to the magnificent knight.

"Oh, please use this"

"I don't care. I left all my tools in the carriage, so it helps."

Everything was carried according to plan, so everything you will need is in the storage ring.

"As Count Alistair's family, I will detain you three."

A magnificent knight gives a piece of rope to another knight, so I gave the rope to my brother.

Three knights quickly detained the village chiefs with ropes.

"What is this!? Why, we have to be caught!

My brother and senior knight don't seem to understand, but they still just restrained me because I was instructed by a grand knight.

A magnificent knight who knows the circumstances tells the village chief.

"The charge against you is fraud."

"Fraud? We didn't do that"

As village chief, I don't suppose he meant to be a fraud, but it turned out to be a fraud.

As for the Count Alistair family, angry with the village chief who handled the doodle, the reason could have been anything but. It just seemed like a scam could be applied.

"You borrowed money from Count Alistair."

"Oh, what's wrong with that!

"The reason is that one of the villagers is having trouble running away with the village money, so I want him to compensate for the amount that was carried away until the money comes back. And I heard later that the villager who escaped was the soldier, Lord Chris, who was found as a white bone body."

"Oh."

When explaining the circumstances to the Earl of Alistair, the village chief lay low about the name of the murderer who had escaped. I decided to lend Dayton Village about ten gold coins without pursuing them in depth.

"Let's get this straight. You borrowed money from an aristocrat, the Count, for making false reports of being taken away, etc."

"Oh, that's..."

"Moreover, the man did not flee, and he was already dead... no, after he was killed by your hands. In other words, you lied to the Count that you had been 'taken away', knowing that you had not been taken away. I will therefore restrain you."

"Yes, no... I don't want to die"

The village chiefs began to beg for their lives pitifully.

"Rest assured. You will be tried as a sinner, but you will not be sentenced to death."

I was relieved to exhale when I heard the words.

But when you can poke reality, your expression freezes.

"Perhaps we will be forced to work in harsh environments in mines and elsewhere as criminal slaves. I'm supposed to be freed from years of labor, but I haven't worked out since I've been here, and given your age, it's going to be hard to get out alive."

The village chiefs are old men who have already passed forty.

Forced labor in harsh environments by such a person.

"Oh, I don't like that either..."

"Unfortunately, you deserve it. Make sure you pay for your sins."

The captive village chiefs are driven towards the corner.

The magnificent knight has not held a position such as Knights Commander, but is an elite member of the Knights who has served since the time of his predecessor Count Alistair and is empowered in a different way than the Knights Commander.

"Now, the village fame will be gone, including the village chief, but the absence of the person responsible is very bad. I don't mind surrogating, so could you decide who's in charge here?"

Pull out the sword the magnificent knight put on his hips and stick it to the ground. If you put your hands on the pattern and let the intimidation go, the villagers can't even look directly at you.

That's a veteran knight. I also know how to intimidate a deaf villager.

"If that's what you mean, it's me."

While most of the villagers were constricting, Lew came out confidently.

If you look at that happy look, you can see that you are happy with the situation you are in. Anyway, since I was in the village, I've been aiming for the status of village chief, and that's about as far as dating Karen, the village chief's daughter, was concerned.

"What about you?

"This is Lew, who was going to be the next village chief."

I'm only calling myself that because I'm not married or the village chief admitted it.

Still, no one makes a difference in this situation.

"Okay. I know you're a little young, but you're gonna be the next village chief."

"Yes."

"Does anyone disagree?

The villagers don't react.

"Okay. I will also tell Count Alistair to recognize you as the next village chief. I know it's going to be tough, but hang in there."

"Thank you"

Lew bows his head respectfully.

But the lowered face must be nibbling at the thought of my time, which has circled faster than expected.

But the world isn't that sweet.

"First, we need to repay ten gold coins owed by the Count."

"To?"

I was surprised to hear unexpected words.

"You should be aware that the Count has lent you money without setting any particular repayment deadline, but if you don't return the money you borrowed from the nobles forever, they may think you intend to step down and you may be trampled by looting"

At that time, I will join you in the war. He says, nicoting, etc.

That guy knows everything and goes.

"Duh, what do you mean?

"Nothing... money borrowed from people would be normal to give back"

"I hear Mars returned the money."

"Lord Mars? Why do you have to pay me back, Mars, which has nothing to do with Dayton Village?"

"Oh, that's..."

"I do indeed receive ten gold coins from Lord Mars, but that is money completely unrelated to the ten gold coins loaned to the village of Dayton. As the new village chief of Dayton Village, you have to pay off the debt you took over from the former village chief."

That's what they're supposed to do.

That's not part of my plan around here.

"We don't have that kind of money in the village."

"It's okay, because if we scratch from all over the village, we've confirmed that there are 39 gold coins alone."

Successful in collecting 39 gold coins by the power of a pledge (Gears Roll).

"Even if we didn't have the village savings, if we keep bowing our heads to the villagers as village chiefs, we might be able to collect the money for ten gold coins."

"Knock."

Lew, who had seen the village chief's extravagant life, assumed that he could live extravagantly as well if he became a village chief. But when I actually became village chief, it was a matter of having to bow my head to the villagers, being chased to pay off the debt of ten gold coins.

Besides, that's not the only problem.