The Novice Alchemist’s Store

"Get the manager out!

It was a young man who finally came inside the shop with such a rough voice that he took all five of the men who looked like they had a bad pattern.

When I was in my early twenties, I was low in height and slightly thicker on the side.

Were you a rich merchant or a nobleman because of its shape, which is visible to the reckless?

Either way, it only stinks of trouble.

I subtly hid Lorea behind my back, and if I stepped forward, Mr. Iris and Mr. Kate also stepped forward and lined up next to me.

"I'm the manager, though?

"Well, you're the alchemist in this store. - Not bad."

The grin that the man has put on properly builds up an unparalleled aversion and strives to keep a distorted look on his face.

"Can I help you?

"Non is Associate Baron Kirk. Yesterday, there was an allegation that I had been subjected to unwarranted violence in this store. If you ask, they have noblemen to talk to. Then the civilian population will have a heavy load. Lord Tatsuno came all the way out here."

He calls himself Associate Baron Kirk, who says that while turning his gaze to Chirali and Mr. Iris.

Do you mean Mr. Iris?

Although he's a junior, Iris, the son of a knight, is a historical nobleman.

However, there is little chance that Kaguya Ruptured Door will know Iris' face, and to see Iris and Kate's bitter expression, there seems to be no doubt that Colle is Associate Baron Kirk himself.

I mean, the other day, the customer who broke out at the store, that was a setup... troublesome.

- Well, it's just a hassle. I don't have that much trouble.

I lift my eyebrows and control Mr. Iris, who went out front, and I open my mouth.

"No reason for me? If so, you don't have any idea. I knocked out the broken door that broke in the store, but that's a legitimate thing to do."

"Oui, that's terrible with a broken door. Poor victim, huh? If the victim sues you, you'll have to judge him well as a lord.

To Associate Baron Kirk, who laughs and says, I grin even deeper and return the words.

"That's hard work. But don't worry. It's not about annoying the lord's hands."

"Am I?"

"The territorial law does not apply to what happened inside the Alchemist's shop. I mean, there's no need for the lord to bother you."

Applicable in respect of alchemists is basically Kingdom law.

This is dictated by the country's policy of wanting to place alchemists all over the country, and no matter what strange law the lord has made, that law will not encroach on the rights of alchemists.

This is also the case in this case, when 'there was an act of violence in the store' comes out, I will not be unjustly tried, but of course I will be bound by Kingdom law, so if I am an alchemist, I can wield power, there is nothing like it.

Explain that carefully to bite and include, and add the words "If you are (...) harmed (...), please tell them to sue the judicial authorities in the Wang capital", and the face of Associate Baron Kirk will turn red and his voice will leak out of his mouth.

Well, there can't be anything like suing me, can there?

It's like hustling that there's something behind it if the lord dares to complain about the extent to which he was violently evicted from the store.

There is no darkness behind me, and the judicial authorities of the King's capital are not corrupt enough to make a ruling in favor of the lord with it.

"But it's a lot of diligence not knowing that a lord would bother to move to that degree of appeal, isn't it? You seemed busy at Hell Flame Grizzly."

If you tell them to tell you that they didn't even help you after the fact, the most able-bodied of the men who held back behind them roughed up their voices and awesome.

"Temeye! Shut up and listen, and tell Master Kirk a joke -"

But Associate Baron Kirk controls such a man and raises the corner of his mouth as if he had regained a little room.

"Of course there's no way a busy non would just come for that. You're next. I heard there was a field that didn't pay taxes. I came here to check on you.

To the words, I frown unexpectedly.

I have also been asked by Mr Elles about the taxes in this village.

According to that, in this village, where agriculture is not thriving, a certain amount is collected as a tax each year, regardless of the harvest of agricultural land.

It's like a head tax in shape, but if it's not worth the hassle of grasping and managing the population, the tax will remain the same, whether the number of villages increases or decreases.

Taxes that can be collected in such a small village are not a huge amount, so in a way they are reasonable.

However, that amount is never small in terms of this village's earnings, and even more so in comparison to the average headcount tax + tax charged on agricultural land in this country.

Even before, in recent years, when the number of collectors had decreased, they had struggled to pay for it.

I guess that's why Mr. Erin planned to build herbal fields so that he could make steady revenues......

"Stupid!? Farmland in this village shouldn't be taxed!

Instead of me saying nothing, Mr. Iris stuffed up with Associate Baron Kirk, but he shrugged his shoulders laughing with Niyaniya.

"If you think of someone, aren't you the rural daughter of the Poor Knight family? In this place, what's the matter with the gatherer? Is it hard for a poor man without money?

I hear you know Mr. Iris and Associate Baron Kirk.

Associate Baron Kirk dares to put it in a way that would hinder his eclampsia, even though he wouldn't notice Mr. Iris, who wasn't hiding.

"Lords have the authority to determine taxes. Poor nobles with no decent territory might not know, though, huh? The herbal fields are now taxed, the other day!

Look at that niggling surface and let Mr. Iris wave the fist he held, but I take that hand gently so as to calm him down.

In fact, it is up to the lord to decide what things to tax.

It is the Lords who determine the type of tax, from general objects such as headcount taxes allocated by the number of residents, commercial taxes multiplied by the size of the business, to objects operating only in some territories, such as maternity taxes, adult taxes, marriage taxes and death taxes, which are important rights.

The amount also varies from a small amount to a high amount that cannot be easily paid.

Depending on the territory, 'I was born but I can already speak the language', 'I'm old but I'm not an adult', 'I can't even die without saving money', or even there's such a situation.

So the decision to 'tax the herb fields too' is not a problem in itself.

Unfortunately, if you're in your own territory, you can go through it even if you're unscrupulous, because you're a lord.

"That's hard work. Surely it is the Lord's job to determine taxes."

"Ho, you seem somewhat wise, unlike the countrymen over there. So..."

- Anyway, it's none of my business.

"I just don't know that there's such a herbal field, I'm oligarchy...... because where did you hear that?

He frowned and glared at me, blocking the words of Associate Baron Kirk with an unpleasant grin, and if I smiled nicely.

"Ah? There will be, but right next door. The herbal fields."

"Yes, yes! I don't care what you think of that, it's a herbal field!

"You think you won't find out if you surround yourself with a fence!

Associate Baron Kirk shows the direction of the neighboring field with his jaw, and the men behind him ride that ass horse too, but I laugh and shake my head "heh".

"Oh, is that it? That's my field. Alchemist's fields are not subject to tax. This is also stipulated by the laws of the Kingdom."

If it's to be exact, it won't be tax revenues for local lords, should I say?

Because all taxes paid by alchemists can be paid against the country.

Herbs grown and harvested by alchemists can also be taxed if processed as smelting drugs (potions), so the fields themselves cannot be taxed.

Compared to other businesses or something, reporting and so on is a lot of detail and hassle, but if you think of it as the price of generous protection, it's acceptable.

So you can fight a troublesome lord?