Tax Investigation Case (Another 11,000-Word Update Today-Aren't I Working Hard? Please Vote Monthly Tickets)

The Central Government Office Military Enforcement Department would not stop investigating a matter just because the Knight Order it had dispatched had been wiped out. It would only send a second Knight Order, restarting the investigation while also looking into the details of how the previous one had been destroyed.

Having received Count Brittany's warning, Charlotte made preparations.

More than ten days later, he welcomed the second investigation!

The enforcement officer leading this Knight Order truly handled matters "impartially." After investigating thoroughly, he found no evidence that Charlotte had "sheltered" wounded Black Phoenix Army soldiers. He truthfully wrote up a report and submitted it to his superiors.

After this Military Enforcement Department Knight Order departed, Charlotte had thought the matter should be over. He had only just breathed a sigh of relief,

when a third Military Enforcement Department Knight Order arrived soon afterward.

This time, they had come to investigate taxation in the South Seraph Region.

This was troublesome.

Especially because the person leading the team was actually named—Ellens Cook!

This twenty-sixth-rank, fourth-level Administrator Chief from the Central Government Office Logistics Department was neither more nor less than one rank below Charlotte. He had been temporarily transferred to the Military Enforcement Department for a perfectly legitimate reason—he was an expert in taxation.

Ellens Cook did not approach Charlotte directly. He made a circuit around the South Seraph Region and quickly gathered a large amount of firsthand evidence. This evidence showed that Charlotte had never collected taxes!

He then delivered this investigation report directly to Count Brittany.

Charlotte had not expected this matter to still not be over!?

Yannick Aure's methods had truly been too crude.

This was how a proper great noble operated. They would not push someone into open rebellion, but they would make that person as miserable as