Rage (Part 1)

Another New Year had arrived!

Having gained a grandson, Baron Rokas braved the heavy snow to arrive the very next day. Overjoyed, he decided to spend this year in Rock Town.

According to the customs of this world, the lord celebrated the New Year alongside his subjects. Even tenant farmers who owed rent could attend the feast.

The subjects were to present their lord with bread, hens, home-brewed ale, firewood, and plates as New Year gifts.

However, this custom had been passed down from ancient times, when the population had been small.

Now, only the hereditary knightly class maintained this custom. Barons and those above them ruled over hundreds of square kilometers and tens of thousands of people; there was simply no way they could all hold a feast together.

Not to mention Viscounts.

Even so, the delighted Romon issued orders according to the customs of this world.

Every subject would receive two dark loaves, and every Free Citizen would receive two white loaves.

Representatives from every village and town would receive even more generous gifts of food.

At the banquet, there would be white bread, beef, salted meat, stewed hens, cheese, and ale. They could even take the leftovers home when they left.

As for the nobles who attended, most of them Knights, squires, and their families, they were given clothes, cloaks, fine wine, and even silver coins directly, leaving Romon's subordinates deeply grateful.

A theatrical troupe of more than a hundred people, led by bards, had also come to perform, making their grand procession to Rock Town.

Romon welcomed them, generously granting them food and silver coins. Thus, the grand evening banquet began, cups and goblets clinking amid merriment and laughter until late into the night.

What followed was a week-long holiday, during which people held all kinds