Nostria, Monarch City.
Even after earning towering merit, Ryan still did not know whether the emergence of law could truly cover the lands of the Northlands.
The existence of the extraordinary would create many difficult problems.
And beneath the lion's banner, those problems would all be suppressed until they were very, very small.
This world was indeed special, but no matter how special it was, it could not compare to the Norris Continent.
"You mean using law to govern the empire's Earl Cities and lands?"
Hildegard frowned as she sat at the same table as Ryan, looking at the only book placed on its surface.
First of all, law was not some novel term. It had existed for a very, very long time, whether in this world or on the Norris Continent.
But the crude laws of both worlds shared the same problem: coverage.
Law could not cover slaves, could not cover nobles, could not cover a tree in front of a castle, and could not cover disputes between one territory and another.
Still less could it cover matters involving tens of thousands of people.
That crude law could only punish those who committed crimes—or rather, it was a tool used to help rulers oppress the ruled and plunder their wealth and lives.
Hildegard flipped through the Ryan Code and already understood that this was not a tool, but the fuse for a transformation.
"This will be very difficult, Ryan. You want law to cover everyone, including nobles. That is very troublesome. We will be opposed by everyone."
"Not allowing nobles to make mistakes, and punishing them when they do—this will provoke their resentment."
Ryan remained unmoved and insisted, "First of all, even without this code, nobles who made mistakes still needed to be punished. The only difference was