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"It looks like a pretty prosperous labyrinth city."
"If it was Viscount Territory, this might suffice. But if you consider it Count territory, this is not enough. Think about it. Even Ninae is a Viscount."
Until this moment, Lekan was a little surprised by this information because he didn't know Ninae was Viscount Territory.
Indeed, the size of the town, the degree of prosperity, the quantity and quality of the labyrinth, which very Golbull does not extend to Ninae at all. When Ninae is said to be in the Viscount Territory and Gorbull is said to be in the Count Territory, I would like to say that it is not the other way around.
"So, where does the story tie in with Hart's Dagger?"
"Father intends to offer the Hart's Dagger to the royal family to change the Golbull Territory to the Viscount Territory."
"I don't know. Is that a wish that must be fulfilled if you dedicate the" Dagger of Hurt "? It's a wish you have to give Hart's Dagger."
"Father has been possessed by the idea since he heard that" Hart's Dagger "came out. I can't think of anything else right now."
"What do you think?"
"I think it's important to keep declaring the status quo of this town to the Royal Palace as it is"
"Are Viscounts and Counts so different taxes"
"No. But the only problem is paying taxes to the King's Capital. Even the mansion in the king's capital must be in the form of an earl house. Clothes and carriages are everything. Even with neighboring aristocrats, the Counts need to remain proud of themselves as Counts"
"Do the inhabitants have any good that is Earl territory?"
"I can take pride in being a people of Count's territory"
Lecan thought it wouldn't make him hungry, but he's noble. If you're proud, you think you can hunger.
"Not yet. Most of the labyrinth products are being bought and sold in the territory, so we are trying to do something about it. But when there's a war, it's over."
"War?
"In the last decades, there has been no great war. There are skirmishes, but that's near the border in the western part of the kingdom, and it doesn't affect this one. But if there's a big war, we have to put out our troops. The military burden of the Count Territory is not comparable to that of the Viscount Territory. My realm will be very unsustainable."
That's a long story, Lekan thought.
In the end, the Doga family is suffering now because the former Count wanted the countenance over the Viscount. They should be taking extra taxes, so the inhabitants should be suffering too.
Officials said they reported on their own initiative that it was Count Territorial Equivalent, but something must have inspired the former Count to make such a report.
Greed.
The unique greed of the nobility, the greed of honor, afflicts people.
Compared to that, the former Lord Voca can praise. A nobleman would also have wanted a title, but chose the path to prosper his own territory in the tunnel. The town of Voca, previously said to have been poor, is now considered quite rich. We are in the midst of such an inexorable prosperity.
But human beings do not fight under the conditions they are given.
Neither the present Earl of Golbull nor his sons can change the starting point that Golbull territory is Earl territory. In the meantime, I'm trying to make things a little better. I can't blame you for that.
Nevertheless, Lekan doesn't really understand the matter, but the idea of having it Viscount territory as long as there is a "Hurt's Dagger" seems very stale and short-circuited.
Think of it that way, probably because the Count people think that what ends up out of the Golbull Labyrinth on Golbull territory is their own.
With all my reasoning, I can't wait to regret and regret the fact that I was exposed to Lecan by the "Dagger of Hart" that came out of the Golbull Labyrinth. I can't forgive you. Perhaps it would not fit until it was beyond logic and made the dagger the Earl's.
But the labyrinth is not the same as agricultural land. Not like the Golden Mountains or the Silver Mountains. Just because it's in the realm doesn't mean that what you produce belongs to the lord.
As long as Lecan is an adventurer, it won't slip away there.
If you want to shed blood and take away the "Hart's Dagger" you won in the Labyrinth, fight with all your might. I don't condone it.
I talked to Tomaj Doga and once again Lecan made that feeling stronger.
"Recan. The duel decided until one of them died. But surrender if you can. Then I'll be responsible for ending the duel. I don't want to kill you."
That's what Tomaj says with his sincere eyes.
Last time I tried to drink, I felt Tomaj was an out-of-the-box samurai-skinned man. I tried talking to him today and he doesn't smell much of a ruse. I guess the feeling of not wanting to kill Lecan is genuine. For that matter, I don't have to think of him as a good one.
"A knight will have the honor and pride of a knight. Adventurers have the will of adventurers. All you have to do is kill your opponent more than you decide to duel. I will not resent you if I die. If your deputy dies, don't resent me."
Tomaj tightened his face and nodded.
"Swear."