Then Don't Blame Me

Lyra Beryl was not the head of Count Beryl's Family.

At the very least, she was not at present.

Beryl Count's Territory contained more than just the border city of Mitt. There were quite a few cities within this territory.

The mayors of those cities were either direct or collateral members of the Beryl Family, or vassals of the Beryl Family, just like Kaludi, the City of Iron in Maypros Territory back then, where the Hatite Family, a vassal of the Maypros Family, had served as the administrators.

These people were granted the authority to govern a city within the territory by the lord, making them the local landowners of those cities.

That was how Lyra Beryl had become the mayor of Mitt, responsible for managing the border city.

Her older brother was the current head of the Beryl Family. Though she was already past middle age, she had not left the family. Her husband had married into the Beryl Family, so she remained a high-ranking direct member of the family and had been sent to manage the border city of Mitt.

It was a very important assignment, because the Luke Kingdom had been extremely restless in recent years. It might even launch a war against Queen Tistis's Kingdom with the support of the Small Countries Alliance.

As the border city closest to the Luke Kingdom's territory, Mitt had to bear the heavy responsibility of resisting the Luke Kingdom and protecting Queen Tistis's Kingdom, both because of its geographical location and its strategic significance.

Lyra Beryl had accepted that responsibility.

Perhaps she was not the strongest person in the family, merely a second-rate mage, but when it came to administrative ability alone, she was undoubtedly the most capable person in the family. Even her brother, the head of the family,