Hurry up and ask Dobby to go back to the woods, and then we'll be at the warehouse.
Outside the warehouse were the village chief and Millet.
"Mr. Alfred......"
"What about the lord's hand?
"Welcome home already"
"Like the confiscation of the shield Vivi was carving the magic formation?
"... Yes"
The village chief was depressed with remorse.
"I can't forgive you! I can't get through."
Millet is angry.
"On what grounds was it confiscated?
"It's a demonic curse, and it means it's dangerous"
Valimier was outraged to hear.
"What? Does that take such reasoning? Al. Is the law of the kingdom so unreasonable?
"No, that usually doesn't make sense. No matter how many lords invade an individual's property, there's a good reason."
"It's about licking. Didn't Vivi resist either?
Asked by Valimier, Vivi lips remorsefully.
"I thought I'd fight you too... It's not easy to twist a lord's men with a frivolous arm."
"Well, that's true."
Vivi is not a combat oriented wizard. I'm not afraid of lord's men who aren't even elite, though.
I guess I'm going to encourage Vivi to regret it. Morphy was rubbing his body against Vivi.
"What if"
Vivi says as he gently strokes Morphy.
"I thought fighting would be a nuisance for everyone in the village. Cruz's shield, so I complained that it was not the property of a frivolous, or demonic..."
"Right. Good judgment."
Previously, Vivi fought Luca and started a fire. I guess there is that reflection.
"Right. I think Vivi's right."
"Yes, the village will be very difficult with the lord."
Valimier and the village chief also seem to think Vivi's decision is correct.
Cruz swells his cheeks in dissatisfaction.
"That shield, originally, was mine."
I'm sorry.
When Vivi apologizes, Cruz shakes his arm like he denies it.
"It's not Vivi's fault! What's wrong with you is your lord! We have to punish him."
"Here. Cruz, it's short-circuited. Because Vivi put up with it."
"Yes."
Cruz is honest.
Millet asks with a serious eye.
"Mr. Al. Is there no way to take it back?
"An official who comes directly to the village is around the deputy assistant under the deputy, right? The robbery of assistant deputies' private interests, personal greed, could work it out."
The great noblemen who become lords spend much of the year in the king's capital.
Basically, deputies rule. And it is the deputy assistant who works as a deputy.
"I'll have to sue the deputy's boss. If I can't, I'll have to sue the lord."
"Are you a lord...... I've never had one either."
The village chief had a dark look on his face.
The Lords are on the clouds for the villagers. The degree to which you feel crowded through assistant deputies.
I also know through the actions of assistant deputy deputies that I don't like demons.
"The lord has the right to judge the lord. I think it depends on how the lord judges it."
"If the lord doesn't approve of the robbery of the deputy assistant, there's nothing he can do?
"Through the Ministry of Justice, you can appeal to the King's immediate Zongchi dormitory (yes, Tsurugi)...... It might not be realistic."
Buddhist dormitories are institutions that seize the discipline of nobility and so on.
But the Lord's discretion in his own territory is great. How much to make taxes and what laws to make.
Lords are quite free to decide.
If you're defended as part of a tax, it's hard to argue.
Millet asks with a serious look.
"Isn't that realistic?
"I have a system to complain about, but that's what I'm complaining about, like grabbing evidence of treason against the royal family, killing a bunch of villagers, enslaving them and selling them off."
"Are you saying that you won't move around as much as a thief?
"In fact, it's definitely a burglary, but burglary itself is within the realm of the Lords' jurisdiction. Besides, I don't know what the lord would do if he told me it was part of the tax collection that took up the shield."
"Really?"
Millet is going to regret it. The villagers are powerless.
I am noble, but almost powerless in other lords' dominions.
That's how powerful the lord is.
"In the first place, lords are nobles, but nobles."
"A grand aristocrat, after all, the Justice Department too, Souchitsuru? Or do you shy away?
"Regardless of Sochi Dormitory, the Justice Department will be reluctant"
Nobles with territories are special among the nobles.
Me, Luca and Julina are Viscounts, but we don't have territory.
Normally, it becomes more than a marquis to have territory.
Cruz, the Count, also did not have territory until recently.
Cruz was given territory because he crusaded to the Demon King after he became Count in the Demon King Crusade.
Besides, Cruz is extremely popular with the people.
The period of time is too short for the Marquis to make him (soggy). But you can't just leave the Count. So I got my territory even though I was the Earl.
It is close to the special case that the Viscount Valimier was recognised as a territory of Lindbal Forest.
It had already effectively ruled the forests of Lindbal. That's the big one.
In addition to that, the merits were great, plus the military power already held, because the number and quality of the golems were mighty.
The village chief becomes a darker and darker face.
"Lord of Murgu Village is famous for hating Demons... You might be glad to hear you took your shield from Vivi, the Demon Clan."
"Grunt. I can't forgive you. Whew, Vivi."
"Sister, you're right! You can't even put it in the wind of a lord."
Valimier and Vivi, the demons, were angry. It is also natural.
I ask the village chief.
"By the way, who's assessing taxes?
"It's higher than usual. Not by normal standards."
"... because it was a rich crop?
"It's so expensive that it can't even be taken into account. It's going to be tough this winter."
"That sucks."
"... Yes"
The village chief has a serious look on his face.
We need food to get past the winter. And we need money to get food.
"I think this year's officials are worse than usual"
Millet also has a dark face. Tax rates are a dead end for the village.
"Village chief, it's more serious than shield theft, isn't it?"
"Yes, I'd like you to manage to keep it down to your usual tax rate..."
"You might have to sell a big raised cow and demon stone and somehow make a gesture"
When I said that, the village chief and Millet nodded.
"Some lords were terrible."
"Right."
"I can't forgive you."
Cruz's outrage with a strong sense of justice was not concomitant.
Then we talked to the Lords' Hall.
Even when it comes to the Lords' Hall, it is the deputies who reside there.
"Which area is the Lords' Hall?
"Is it about half a day on a horse? If it's a branch of the office where the assistant deputy is stationed, it's about two hours."
Apparently the village chief has been there during his tenure as village chief.
The village of Murg is far away because it is also on the edge of the territory.
"Will deputies admit the vices of assistant deputies?
Millet looks anxious.
"I don't know. If the deputy doesn't admit the vice of the deputy assistant, we'll have to sue the lord directly"
Vivi says with a serious face.
"The lord is still in the king's capital, isn't he?
"I think it's probably the king's capital. Maybe a villa."
It is often summer that the great nobility is in the villa.
It would be more likely to be in Wang Du because summer is already over.
If I were to talk to you about that, it would be evening.
Luca and Julina are back.
"What's going on? You look serious."
"What happened?
Explain the situation to Luca and Ulina.
"So I'm going to go to the Lords' Hall tomorrow."
When I said that, Luca and Yulina snapped their necks with a strange face.
"What's up?
"Huh? Oh, well"
"What? Luca."
Speaking of which, I didn't say it.
"Yeah, you didn't say that."
"What are you talking about?
Luca says with a serious face.
"I didn't tell you, but the lord here is Cruz?
"" Huh!?
Millet and the village chief surprise me. I was surprised, too.
"Ya!!
"Won"
"What?
Sigi was surprised by Millet's astonishing voice.
Fem is surprised too. When Fem is surprised, he sounds funny because he sounds like a dog in his reading.
Morphy doesn't seem to understand. He was hammering my hand.
Cruz stands up from his chair with Gatan.
"Huh!? Really?!
"... why is Cruz most surprised"
"Eh heh."
When I said that, Cruz was lit up for some reason.