This is a small town located on the edge of the ocean and forest. Due to its proximity to the forest, most of the buildings in the town are wooden houses. There are only a few stone houses in the town.
However, not far from this Rika Town, there is a castle that is more magnificent than other buildings. It is entirely made of stone, and no matter from which angle you look at it, it is extremely strong. This is the residence of the lord - Carson Castle.
Carson Castle inherits the consistent characteristics of the noble castle.
In fact, the full name of Rokas Baron is Denson·Danny si·Rokas Baron
Denson is the name of Baron now, Danny is the family name, Rokas is the name of the territory, and it is also the title of Baron. This is a very obvious pattern of territorial aristocracy.
Territory Baron is by no means an easy title to obtain.
Because titles and territories are directly linked, it is extremely difficult to confer and promote them.
To give the simplest example, a Knight generally has one thousand acres of land as a hereditary territory. If it is fertile land, then one acre is worth ten taels of silver, and one thousand acres is worth ten thousand taels of silver.
Confessing a Knight is equivalent to a reward of ten thousand taels at once, not to mention the Baron whose starting point is ten thousand acres, and the nobles of all levels who follow them with tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions of acres.
If a Knight wants to become a Hereditary Knight, he must make outstanding contributions. And then being promoted to a Baron, controlling hundreds of square kilometers and tens of thousands of people, this is It's very difficult. As for Viscount, Count, Marquis, Duke, etc., if they want to climb up within the system, it will take hundreds of years to even think about it.
Dennis Family, after two hundred years of struggle, it changed from Knight to Baron. Now, it has been another four hundred years. At that time, Rokas Territory was a wasteland, but now it has at least one town and five villages. Now, it is a qualified Baron.
Therefore, Baron's strength is still far higher than that of ordinary professionals. If no matter the cost,
At this time, it was already broad daylight, and even Mr. Baron, who did not get up too early, had already dressed up, sat in the dining room, drank morning tea, and waited for the fresh and hearty breakfast to be served.
At this moment, a servant hurried in and reported to him something that affected his appetite.
"What? Bakar is dead?" Master Baron was shocked when he heard the news of Bakar's death. However, he calmed down immediately, showed the demeanor of a lord, and asked calmly, "Do you know how he died?"
"Reply to Mr. Baron, the tax collector was... was killed by someone!" Knowing that these words would cause thunder as soon as he said them, the servant said it carefully.
"What?! Killed? You mean Bakar, the tax collector, was killed? Not from a disease? Not from an accident? But, killed by someone?!"
At this time, Master Baron was really shocked. He put the tea cup on the table, left the chair and stood up. While walking back and forth, he asked, the expression on his face turned ashen. "Tell me, Bakar, who killed him?"
"Return... return to Mr. Baron..."
Being stared at by Baron's eyes, the servant's words were also unreasonable. "... Yes, it was a young man named Romon who killed..."
"Romon? What a bold pariah!"
Upon hearing Romon's name, Baron's face suddenly showed an extremely angry look.
Although Bakar is just an official in his eyes, in the final analysis, he is also the son of a branch of his family. It depends on the owner to beat a dog, not to mention that it is such a big deal as killing someone!
It would be fine if he died from other reasons. However, for such a person, who could be considered a nobleman no matter how unlucky he was, to die at the hands of a commoner is really hard for Mr. Baron to accept.
"A commoner dares to kill a member of a noble family. This is simply a rebellion!" Baron cursed, and then asked the man, "Has he been caught?"
"Oh?" The servant was startled.
Baron's face suddenly darkened. "I'm asking you, have you caught that rioter?"
Even if Romon is Second-Level Druid and has some influence recently, he cannot disobey the laws of the territory.
The servant then remembered that he had another important matter that he had not made clear to Master Baron.
He carefully told Baron about Romon's self-defense killing.
"Sir, Bakar was not dead at the time, but was castrated. Although he was treated and sent home, Pastor Tennis had no choice but to die at night. This matter has quickly spread to the entire town."
Hearing that Bakar had been castrated, the lord looked very strange. When he found out that he was dead, he didn't have time to save him, and the news spread to the whole town. However, the lord's face became increasingly ugly.
"So, Romon is still at large?" Although the servant attributed the death of the tax collector to Romon's self-defense, Baron didn't really believe it. After all, he knew that the tax collector was secretly dealing with Romon, and he acquiesced.
He waved away the servants with an ugly expression, and then sat alone in the dining room, thinking about this matter.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this matter will not be so simple. If it was Romon before, or even Romon who just became Druid, Baron could arrest and hang him without even thinking about it, but now, Baron was a little hesitant. After all, Romon now had considerable influence, but after thinking for a moment, he decided to use the guards to arrest Romon. Just when he stood up and was about to let people arrest Romon, a figure appeared at the door of the dining room.
"Father." Baron's favorite second daughter, Eileen, walked in from outside. As soon as she saw her father's face gloomy, she knew that his father already knew about the incident.
"I heard that you went to meet that person named Romon in the middle of the night?" Seeing Eileen, just the thought of his second daughter meeting a boy in the middle of the night made Baron feel extremely uncomfortable.
The level of care Baron showed in this matter even exceeded the pursuit of Bakar's death.
Eileen hurriedly walked to his father and explained, "Father, we made an appointment there to verify the tax officer's crime, and there were other people present at the time."
As if aware of her father's displeasure, the second lady quickly and cleverly pointed out the fact that a third person was present.
Although he still felt unhappy, Baron finally felt a little better when he heard that the two of them were not meeting alone. However, even if the meeting between his daughter and Romon could not be pursued, what about the murder.
Baron does not believe the so-called self-defense statement.
However, as an eyewitness at the time, Eileen's words were extremely firm and affirmative.
"Father, this is what I saw with my own eyes. It is absolutely true. At that time, Bakar wanted to kill someone and stabbed Romon with his sword. Then when the two men fought, Romon killed the other person in self-defense. These are all things I have seen with my own eyes. I can swear in the name of the goddess that this statement is absolutely true."
As a priest, if you swear an oath in the name of God, you must abide by the oath. After hearing what his daughter said, Baron finally gave up the idea of ordering the arrest of Romon immediately.
However, he still felt unhappy, and secretly cursed Bakar as a fool - why do you, a mere unprofessional person, do anything? Tell me, there will be a way to convict Romon.
Even if everything his daughter said was true, Romon's challenge to the authority of an official as a civilian still made him, a lord, angry.
It has nothing to do with the law, nor right and wrong. It is simply one's own aristocratic sense of superiority, and the anger that arises after being offended by others.
"What do you mean, you want to try Bakar in public?" Baron asked somewhat upset.
Eileen insisted on not giving in on this point. "Yes, father, this is related to the maintenance of the law, so the trial must be conducted in public."
Although the evidence collected by Romon only proves that the tax officer withheld taxes and stole and sold public and lord assets, which should have been dealt with privately, the tax officer's subsequent killing and silencing behavior was enough for his crimes to be published on Square Assembly.
Because Square Assembly is the tradition of the town, although Baron felt it was unnecessary, in order to maintain the image of a good father in front of his daughter, he had to finally agree to sentence Bakar on Square Assembly and participate in it in person.
Square Assembly On this day, the town square can be said to be overcrowded.
Not only the residents of Rika Town participated in this meeting, but also many adventurers who temporarily lived in the town came to join in the fun.
The reason is simple, something big happened this time. Tax officer Bakar died.
The cause of death is very funny. Because the crime was exposed, he tried to kill him to silence him, but in the end, he was killed by the other party.
As for who committed the murder, some said it was Romon, some said it was Fafier, and finally, some even said it was Miss Eileen.
However, as soon as this man said this, he was immediately beaten up.
The reason is very simple. Miss Eileen is the pride of the whole town. Although the murder this time was out of self-defense, even so, most of the townspeople will never tolerate someone committing murder to a girl like Angel.
With the convening of Square Assembly, the truth of the matter was gradually announced to the public. After the clear voice of the young priest rang out, the various crimes of the tax officer were also told one by one.
And that pile of letters served as evidence, and Romon, Fafier and the girl pastor served as witnesses, confirming the tax officer's crime without any surprise.
Although the tax officer is considered a cautious person, he has done some evil things.
Seeing that someone had exposed the tax officer's crimes and the tax officer's body was placed in front of others, some victims who had been blackmailed by the tax officer also told their stories in public.
Suddenly, Square Assembly turned into a crying meeting. Based on the complaints of the victims and the evidence they presented, the second lady comforted these victims on behalf of Temple and her father.
Moreover, some of the coins collected from Bakar were taken out to compensate those people.
Miss Eileen's move won applause from everyone present. They cheered, and the scene almost got out of control for a moment. It wasn't until Master Baron couldn't stand it anymore and sent guards to maintain order on the scene that people gradually became quiet.
Then it was time to try Romon for murder. However, because Fafier and the second lady testified, Romon's charges were easily cleared.
When he walked off the stage, there were even victims who had been bullied by the tax collectors who thanked him.
As if welcoming a hero, people made way for him.
On the main stand, Master Baron, who had been silent all this time, suddenly narrowed his eyes when he saw the townspeople supporting Romon.
Different from the feeling of seeing his daughter being supported by others, seeing Romon actually winning the support of the people in his territory made him wary of Lidun. And the frequent meetings between Romon and his daughter became an unspeakable pain for him.
Romon Why is he approaching Eileen? Could it be... could it be to get his territory? Get his position? After all, he only has two daughters, and the only future heir to the lord is his son-in-law.
When he thought of this possibility, Master Baron's face became increasingly grim.
In his opinion, everyone is ambitious, let alone the Romon in front of him. Why is he working so hard to advance to Druid? Is it not to improve his status?
Thinking that the other party might have the ambition to obtain his ancestral territory, Baron felt as sick as eating a fly. He hated this kid from the bottom of his heart. Now, the more he looked at him, the more he felt that the other party was deeply scheming and cunning.
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