Heaven’s Intention

This is a small town located on the edge of the ocean and the forest. Due to the proximity to the forest, most of the buildings in the town are wooden houses. There are only a few stone houses in the whole town.

However, not far from the small town of Rika, there is a castle that is more magnificent than other buildings. It is completely made of stone, and it is extremely strong no matter from which angle it is viewed. It is the residence of the lord - Fort Carson.

Fort Carson inherits the consistent characteristics of noble castles.

In fact, the full name of Baron Rocas is Lord Danson Dennis Rocas.

Danson is the name of the current baron, Dennis is the surname of the family, Rocas is the name of the territory, and it is also the title of the baron. This is a very obvious pattern of the nobility of the territory

Territorial Baronet is by no means an easy title to obtain

Because titles and territories are linked directly, conferring and promoting are extremely difficult.

To give a simple example, a knight generally has a thousand acres of land as hereditary territory. If it is fertile land, that one mu is worth ten taels of silver, and one thousand mu is worth ten thousand taels of silver.

To be named a knight is equivalent to rewarding 10,000 taels at once, not to mention the baron who starts with 10,000 mu, and the nobles of all levels who can easily be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions of mu later.

If a knight wants to become a hereditary knight, he must make outstanding contributions to be able to do so, and then to be promoted to a baron, controlling hundreds of square kilometers and tens of thousands of people, it is very difficult. As for the viscount, earl, marquis, and duke Human beings, if you want to climb up within the system, don't even think about it if you haven't thought about it for hundreds of years.

The Dennis family, after 200 years of struggle, changed from a knight to a baron, and now, it has been another 400 years. Back then, Rocas Territory was a barren place, but now it has at least one town and five villages. , is a qualified Baron

Therefore, the baron's strength is still far higher than that of ordinary professionals, if at any cost

At this time, it was already dawn, and even the Lord Baron, who didn't get up too early, was already fully dressed, sitting in the dining room and drinking morning tea, waiting for a fresh and hearty breakfast to be served.

And at this moment, a servant rushed in and reported to him something that affected his appetite.

What? Bakal is dead? The baron was startled when he heard the news of Bakal's death, but he calmed down again, and asked calmly with the demeanor of a lord: Do you know how he died? ?”

Back to Lord Baron, the tax collector was... killed by someone! Knowing that this sentence would cause thunder, the servant still said it cautiously.

What?! Killed? You mean Bakar, the tax official, was killed? Didn't he die of a disease? He didn't die of an accident? Instead, he was killed?!

At this moment, the baron was really surprised. He put the teacup on the table, left the chair and stood up, walking back and forth while asking, his face turned livid: Say, Bakar Who killed him?

Back... back to Lord Baron...

Stared by the baron's eyes, the servant's words became uneasy. ...Yes, it was killed by a boy named Romon...

Romon? What a bold pariah!

Hearing Romon's name, the Baron's face suddenly revealed an expression of incomparable anger.

Although, in his eyes, Bakar was just an official, but in the final analysis, he was also the son of a branch of his family, and it was up to the owner to beat a dog, not to mention that it was such a big matter as murder!

It would be fine if he died of other reasons. However, it is really hard for the baron to accept that such a person who was born as a nobleman died at the hands of a commoner.

A commoner dares to kill a member of a noble family. This is simply a rebellion! The baron cursed, and then asked the servant: Have you been caught?

Oh? The servant was startled.

The baron's face suddenly sank: I'm asking you, did the rioters catch it?

Even if Romon is a second-level druid and has some influence recently, he still cannot violate the laws of the territory.

Only then did the servant realize that he still had an important matter that he hadn't explained clearly to the baron.

He carefully told the baron about Romon's self-defense killing.

My lord, Bakar didn't die at that time, but was castrated. Although he was treated and sent home, Pastor Tennis couldn't do anything about it. He died at night. This matter has spread rapidly to the whole town.

Hearing that Bakar had been castrated, the lord lord had a very strange look on his face. When he found out that he was dead, there was no time to save him, and it spread to the whole town, but the lord lord's face became even more ugly.

So, Romon is still at large? Although the servant attributed the tax official's death to Romon's self-defense, the baron didn't really believe it. After all, he knew that the tax official was dealing with Romon secretly. and acquiesced.

He waved away the servants with an ugly face, 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 the former Romon, or even the Romon who just became a druid, the baron could arrest and hang him without even thinking about it, but now, the baron is a little hesitant. Yes, after all, now Romon already has considerable influence, but after thinking for a while, he decided to use the guards to arrest Romon. Just when he stood up and was about to let someone arrest Romon, a figure appeared in front of him. the door of the dining room.

Father. The baron's most beloved second daughter, Alini, walked in from the outside. As soon as she saw her father's gloomy face, she knew that her father already knew about that matter.

I heard that you went to meet that man named Romon in the middle of the night? Seeing Alini, as long as he thought of his second daughter meeting a kid in the middle of the night, the baron felt extremely uncomfortable.

The degree of concern shown by the baron in this matter even surpassed the investigation of Bakar's death.

Alini hurriedly walked to her father and explained: Father, we made an appointment there to verify the tax official's crimes, and there were other people present at the time.

Seemingly aware of her father's displeasure, the second young lady quickly pointed out the fact that there was a third person present.

Although he still felt uncomfortable, the baron finally felt a little better when he heard that the two of them did not meet alone. However, even if the matter of the meeting between the daughter and Romon could not be pursued, what about the murder.

The baron did not believe the so-called self-defense statement.

However, as an eyewitness at the time, Alini's words were extremely firm and certain.

Father, this is what I saw with my own eyes. It is absolutely true. At that time, that Bakar wanted to kill someone and stabbed at Romon with his sword. Then when the two of them fought, Romon killed each other in order to defend himself. .These are all I saw with my own eyes, and I can swear in the name of the goddess that this statement is absolutely true.

As a priest, taking an oath in the name of God is an oath that must be fulfilled. After hearing what his daughter said, the baron finally gave up the idea of ​​immediately ordering the arrest of Romon.

However, he still felt uncomfortable, and secretly scolded Bacal as an idiot in his heart—tell me what you do with a mere jobless person, and there will naturally be a way to convict Romon.

Even though everything his daughter said was true, Romon, the lord, still felt angry when he challenged the authority of an official as a commoner.

It has nothing to do with the law, and it has nothing to do with right and wrong. It's pure, it's just my own sense of superiority of the nobility, and the anger generated after being offended.

According to what you mean, Bacal is going to be tried publicly? the baron asked a little annoyed.

On this point, Alini insisted and did not back down: Yes, father, this is related to the maintenance of the law, so the trial must be conducted publicly.

Although the evidence collected by Romon only testified against the crimes of the tax officer's deduction of taxes and the theft and sale of public and lord assets, which should have been dealt with privately, but the subsequent killing of the tax officer was enough to make his crimes public. Announcement at the square meeting.

Because the square meeting is a tradition in the town, although the baron felt that it was unnecessary, in order to maintain the image of a good father in front of his daughter, he had no choice but to finally agree to pronounce Bakar's crimes at the square meeting and to attend in person.

On the day of the square meeting, 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. Bacal the Tax Collector is dead.

The cause of death was funny. Because the crime was exposed, he intended to kill someone to silence him, but in the end, he was killed by the other party instead.

As for who the murderer was, some said it was Romon's, some said it was Farfell, and finally, some even said it was done by Miss Alini.

However, as soon as this person said this, he was immediately beaten up.

The reason is very simple, Miss Alini is the pride of the whole town. Although, this time the killing was done in self-defense, even so, most of the townspeople would never tolerate it. Someone put killing on a girl like an angel.

With the convening of the square meeting, the truth of the matter was gradually announced to the public. After the clear voice of the girl pastor sounded, various crimes about the tax official were also told one by one.

And the stack of letters was used as evidence, and Romon, Farfer, and the young priest served as witnesses, and it was no accident that the tax official's crime was confirmed.

Although the tax officer was considered cautious, he had done evil things.

Seeing that someone exposed the tax official's crimes, and the tax official's body was put in front of them, some sufferers who had been blackmailed by the tax official also spoke out in public about their experiences.

All of a sudden, the square meeting turned into a crying conference. According to the stories of the sufferers and the evidence they presented, the second lady comforted the sufferers on behalf of the temple and her father.

Moreover, part of the coins seized from Bakar was taken out to compensate those people.

Miss Alini's move won the applause of everyone present, they cheered, and the scene almost got out of control for a while. It wasn't until Lord Baron couldn't see it and sent guards to maintain order on the scene that people gradually calmed down.

And then it's time for the trial of Romon's murder. However, because of the testimony of Fafeier and the second lady, Romon's charges were easily cleared.

When he stepped down, even the sufferer who was bullied by the tax officials thanked him.

The people seemed to be welcoming the hero, and gave him a passage.

In the main stand, the Lord Baron, who had been silent all this time, narrowed his eyes when he saw the townspeople embracing Romon.

Different from the feeling of seeing his daughter being supported by others, seeing that Romon has won the support of the people in his own territory, he suddenly felt vigilant. And the frequent meeting between Romon and his daughter has become an unspeakable pain for him.

Romon, why is he getting close to Alini? Could it be... Could it be to get his territory? get his place? After all, he only has two daughters, and the future heir to the lord is only his son-in-law.

Thinking of this possibility, the baron's face became even more difficult to look.

In his opinion, anyone is ambitious, let alone this Romon in front of him. What is the reason for his desperate efforts to become a druid? Isn't it to improve your status?

Thinking that the other party might have ambitions to obtain his ancestral territory, the baron felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. For this kid, he hated him from the bottom of his heart, and now, the more he looked at him, the more he felt that he was scheming and cunning.

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