“First of all, as the Lord, I must thank you. Thank you for your swift response and the quick rescue and treatment of the injured.”
“I would like to thank you as well. Thank you very much.”
“Please stop bowing your head. It was just a coincidence that we were at the nearby church at that time, so we were able to rush there right away.”
“Even so, it is not that easy to start treatment right away. Your instructions were spot on.”
“I’m honored.”
At first, they thanked me for rescuing and treating the injured, but I didn’t expect that the Margrave and the Guild Master would bow their heads to me.
Sue, who was next to me, was also surprised, so their act must have been too much. Moreover, perhaps because they had already heard about the situation at the scene, she also praised me for my instructions.
“Alright, let’s once again discuss this matter. However, what I am about to say should not be shared with anyone else.”
““Yes””
“Understood.”
Before we start the topic, the Margrave warned us and the garrison commander with a serious look on his face.
What he is about to tell us must be quite a secret.
Not only Shiro, but Ao also energetically raised her tentacles in agreement.
“As you are all well aware of, this case is related to the arrest of two members of the Bakuak Family who caused so much ruckus. They were charged with sexual assault, physical injury, costly damage to property, and even robbery and assault, as well as intimidation. If they were commoners, it would not be surprising if they were sentenced to long-term forced labor.”
“After looking at the charges again, they are simply too outrageous!”
“And now, here’s the main point. I immediately informed Count Bakuak of their punishment, and he replied that they should not be charged and that I should just pretend that those charges never happened.”
““Huh?””
Sue and I were surprised by the reply we heard from the Margrave.
Both Shiro and Ao have frozen.
The guild master is also doing a face palm in exasperation and the Garrison Commander is also looking up to the heavens.
“In this area, it is common for some negotiations between nobles. However, his main is reason is that he thinks it is shameful for a child of the legitimate wife to be charged with a crime so he said that he will be paying a fine instead.”
“How much is the fine? It would be quite a large sum to clear up such a crime, right?”
“He said he would pay a hundred million gold. To be honest, that amount is not enough for a member of a Count family to get the case out of the matter.”
As I went around the market, I found that the value of gold, which is the currency unit of this world, is only a little higher than that of Japanese yen. Even if they pay about 100 million gold coin, it is small, and besides, I think that it was not right for the nobles to cover up their sins just like that.
“That’s not the big deal, even my vassals know about it. The problem is that the reply said that if I don’t accept that offer, misfortune will happen in my domain.”
“.…You mean, such as that incident?”
“Yes, that’s for sure. I think those incidents are their warning. It’s common to write threats, but causing actual damage are not that often.”
Everyone understood the underlying reason of those accidents. And because they knew, their anger is boiling.
“They are nobles, and they don’t care about the commoners. We are on the frontier, so we believe that we should work together with the commoners to protect the territory. I think they’ve exploited the weaknesses of our way of thinking.”
“It’s of no concern at all for the Count, but it’s a lot of damage to us.”
“It’s a cowardly way, but it’s the noble’s style in a way. And although an incident did happen, luckily, thanks to your efforts, the damage was kept to a minimum. Now, if we can find out the background of the person who committed the assault, we can fight back.”
It smelled fishy, and this made me realize how hard it must be to be a noble.
I don’t think I’ll be able to probe into people’s motive like that.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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