Helping with Adventurer Party Management

Episode 425 Signature and Consent

Pulpan had lost half his mind, but the little man was sane, so he would read out every single asset that Pulpan had embezzled and violated the property rights of Priest Nicolo, where it was the result of a study written on parchment.

Honestly, it's been a pain in the ass, but that's the procedure.

First, the amount of taxes collected in the territory and the number of villagers before Pulpan took office.

On that basis, we will compare the amount of tax paid centrally since Pulpan took office with the tax actually paid by the villagers.

As regards the latter, the village chief and the church had a tax record for wheat, so the actual amount is calculated annually, combined with the market price for wheat.

In addition, the various taxes that Pulpan was adding on its own were converted into monies imitating the method of calculation described above if they had been collected in wheat.

Furthermore, if there had been a sale of the villagers, the amount shall also be added together.

Since Pulpan was kerchiefing the costs of running the village to the extreme, there was also a lack of backlog regarding the protective fence around the village, the number of exterminations to be requested from the Adventurer Guild, and the cost of maintaining bridges in the village.

Besides, it is a common warehouse wheat that should be managed throughout the village. According to a tracking study, he was investing in the development of other territories.

"... and the above are the findings"

"What a well..."

"This is..."

A whispering voice leaks from the priests.

Six years after Pulpan took office as the village's deputy, I can't seem to hide my surprise at the magnitude of its diffuse management and the amount of money it has seized.

However, half of that surprise may have been directed at the vastness of the asset list I gave you and the stubborn findings.

Anyway, I had a hard time getting you this far. Thanks to the efforts of the new officials and the cooperation of the villagers.

"Lord Pulpan, do you agree with the above findings?

There is no response from Pulpan to the call of the judge's priesthood.

Thank you. Half the time, you look lost.

"I agree," the little man next door replied on his behalf, pretending only to listen.

"Now sign that the findings regarding this list of assets are correct."

A judge asked him to sign the list of findings.

Interesting to see what he would do with his mind lost, the courtier was causing his body and the judge and the little man were forcing him to hold a pen in his hand to write his autograph.

"Frightened..."

My voice leaks unexpectedly.

What matters is the procedure, and ultimately the will of the person is irrelevant?

He's in the shape of a modern trial, but he's a lot different.

One mistake, he's forced to sign it unconsciously, and that figure wasn't weird even for me.

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"Well. It is that the consent of Lord Pulpin has been obtained, and it may be said that the specific amount has been finalised. How should the territory be brought back to the status quo? Does Priest Nicolo have a plan?

Never heard of a trial where a judge and plaintiff would stand on the same side of the seat, but given the nature of arbitrating disputes within them, isn't that so strange?

"Right. Fortunately, Lord Pulpan seems to have a rich family, so it's the muscles that will make amends."

As Priest Nicolo says, Pulpan is quite rich. Anyway, I have a house in 1st Precinct.

Most importantly, after the outcome of the trial, everything is likely to be in the past.

Pulpan will also have a clan, so he won't do that much rowing imitation, but he will be asked to give a considerable increase in the damage and give a reward.

With the power of the Church, there is no escape.

If the money I set up is to be invested in the territory, it won't mean that it's an abandoned village when I'm deputy.

Finally, is this farce over?

I heard a conversation between the judge and Priest Niccolò as he removed his shoulder strength while cleaning out the parchment in a bag in a hoax.

"So what are you going to do about the deputy whose Lord Pulpin will be resigned?

"Right. Fortunately, I have my next deputy, so I was wondering if I might be able to take office sooner."

No, no, wait.