Gold is Justice

After seeing the two "guild members" at the door, she didn't even stop for a moment, but passed directly between them, leaving a sentence——

"All follow me."

There was no negotiating tone in this voice, and there was no need for the two of them to agree.

There is not even any difference in the treatment of two "guild members" with completely different identities, cheese and mochi, and it is a completely commanding attitude.

Cheese, of course, had no objection, and immediately stepped forward to keep up.Mochi next to him was a little confused now.

Obviously, this little blood clan didn't know whether he should be obedient and follow immediately, or show his position and not follow.

But her hesitation lasted less than a second, and the cheese next to her immediately reached out and grabbed her: "Follow me! Why are you still hesitating?"

Being pulled like this, Mochi could only nod, touched the money bag in his pocket, and followed along.

The elemental cars of Song of the Mermaid have all been driven out to help the rescue work in Pelican City, so now Ariel is walking on the street where she has lived for three years.

After leaving the sentence "all follow me" just now, she never looked behind her again.It was as if she was deeply convinced that those two blood races would definitely follow behind her.

It didn't take long before her steps finally arrived at the destination of her trip——

Mayor's Mansion.

"Kick the door."

The short order, the gentleness and tolerance of the previous president have completely disappeared in the words.

Cheese on the side seemed to have been mentally prepared for a long time, without any hesitation, he stepped forward and raised his foot.

boom--!

The entire gate was kicked away in an instant, and the loud noise naturally alarmed everyone in the mayor's mansion.

However, without the people inside running out to see what happened, Ariel had already brought the two blood races behind her to the conference hall where these people were.

"Yo, are everyone here?"

Stepping into the conference hall, Ariel's eyes immediately swept over everyone here.

The mayor of round cheese naturally took a seat here without any problems.Now, when he looked at Ariel, a lot of tension and worry appeared on Ariel's face.I'm afraid even this fat man should already understand that the Ariel who came in now is not the same as the former president who was friendly and doing business.

"Ariel... President Ariel?!"

Without waiting for Round Cheese to get up, Ariel just gave him a look and told him to sit down without getting up.

Then, her eyes swept over the other people in the conference hall.

At this moment, Paladin George Peanutton of the Holy See of Light, and Eddie Invincible of the Magic Association are all sitting here well.

Seeing the two people seated now, Ariel raised her chin slightly, but soon, she came to the main table on her own initiative, pulled a chair and sat down, and put all the documents in her hand on the table swing up.

"Round Cheese Mayor."

The first time she heard Ariel calling her name, Round Cheese obviously trembled all over, unable to sit still anymore, her whole body was ejected like a spring.

Ariel flipped through the documents in her hand and said slowly: "Yesterday, our Pelican City was attacked by a group of bandits. In this attack, 54 citizens of our Pelican City were killed and 22 were seriously injured. 107 people were slightly injured. Then, 32 houses were completely burned, and 55 were partially burned. In addition to houses, the rest of the streets were damaged, street lamps were damaged, and various public infrastructures were damaged.”

"It took me a little time to make a rough calculation. If these areas are repaired according to the current market value of Pelican City, the approximate cost should be more than 7000 gold coins. Then, there is the funeral expenses for the dead and injured And the treatment cost, if you add up, you can easily break through [-] gold coins. Do you think there is any mistake in my calculation? Is it too much or too little?"

At this moment, Round Cheese stood in front of Ariel like a child being trained, shrinking his neck, not daring to move his entire upper body.But the two legs trembled slightly where Ariel couldn't see.

"I...I...should...I should...no...opinion..."

After a long time, the mayor finally choked out such a sentence.

Ariel put the document in her hand on the table, and said slowly: "Of course you have no objection. Your face is really clean, right? After the rescue yesterday, you should have washed your face and slept well, right? The clothes on your body are also clean. Yes, have you changed it? Have you ever been to the scene? It’s about half an hour’s walk away from your song place, right at the gate of our city. Have you gone there to see it? It’s not raining today, even if We got a lot of water to put out the fire, but the blood on the ground should not have been washed away. It should still be visible."

Seeing Ariel's calm expression with no anger at all, Round Cheese couldn't figure out what the president was thinking for a moment, and could only twitch the corners of his mouth without saying a word.

Ariel turned her head away, looked at the fat man standing next to her, and said slowly——

"Do you know? You are not to blame for this matter. These robbers want to attack Pelican City, which is not something you can stop with your hand."

Hearing Ariel's words seem to soften, Round Cheese's face immediately showed an expression as if he was about to be saved, and quickly showed a flattering smile: "Yes yes yes! Yes, there is nothing wrong! At that time I—"

"But do you know what your problem is?"

It's a pity that Ariel didn't allow him to finish speaking, but interrupted him very simply——

"The problem is that you don't put the safety of the citizens in your heart at all. At the critical moment, you not only failed to organize the citizens to resist, but you didn't even prevent the citizens from escaping. On the contrary, you immediately Take the lead in escaping. I am really impressed by this."

At this moment, Round Cheese's entire face was twisted into a ball. He turned his head as if asking for help, and looked at the people from the other association and the Holy See.But these two guys seem to be a little confused about Ariel's meaning now, and they didn't express their opinions hastily. "

"President Ariel..."

"You take the initiative to resign." Finally, Ariel made her own decision.While arranging the documents on the table, she said slowly——

"Resign voluntarily, I will give you a good reputation, and then give you a sum of money as a retirement pension. After that, you can run your cheese shop safely and securely."

"what?!"

At that moment, Round Cheese froze.

It was as if he had heard the most unbelievable words in the world. From trembling at the beginning, his whole body began to tremble gradually, until finally he completely collapsed and sat back on the ground.

"President Ariel, you want the mayor of Round Cheese to resign?!"

Arriving here, the knight George Peanutton over there finally couldn't wait any longer.He said directly——

"The mayor of Round Cheese has been the mayor and the mayor of this city since it was a small town, and this mayor was left to him by his father's generation! How can it be because of your words now? Just resign? President Ariel, to put it bluntly, you are also the president of the Adventurer’s Guild in Pelican City, what qualifications do you have to make the mayor of this city resign?”

"Qualifications? What qualifications do you ask me?"

Slowly, Ariel raised her head.

There were bloodshot eyes in those dust-stained eyes, as if countless angers were still being suppressed by the girl at this moment.She spoke in a very calm, even a little slow pace——

"What about you? What right do you have to question my qualifications?"

"you!"

George was obviously shocked by Ariel's eyes, he straightened up immediately, and habitually pressed his hand on the blade on his waist.

Seeing this action, Cheese at the back immediately instinctively touched the short gun at his waist, and Mochi next to him was also infected by the tense atmosphere here, and quickly pulled down the long bow on his back, pinching his fingers on the arrow feathers, constantly Look at all the people here.

"Okay, okay! Stop arguing, let's get the word out."

At this time, Eddie Invincible over there also said: "President Ariel, I understand your current mood. To be honest, Mayor Round Cheese's approach is indeed a bit flawed. But you also need to forgive! No matter what It’s not just the first time the Mayor of Round Cheese has seen such a thing, it’s also the first time I’ve seen it with the Paladin Peanutton.”

With an understated smile on the face of the flame magician, he said in a soft tone——

"This is a bandit group of more than 500 attacking Pelican City! And it's unimaginable that these bandits have such a strong morale. Therefore, it is understandable for Mr. Mayor to deal with the loss. You see, to Didn't he come to inform us in the end?"

Ariel glanced at the flame mage, looked at the smile on his face, and a hint of disgust appeared in her eyes.

However, she suppressed it, and continued: "Notify you? Notify you to come and put out the fire, so that the flames will not burn the house we are sitting in now? I am still thinking about why you are nowhere to be seen at the place where the battle is. It turns out that you all gathered Together."

George: "President Ariel, you have something to say!"

Ariel was too lazy to continue working on these languages, so she stretched out her hand and patted the table, and said slowly: "Yes, he is indeed dealing with a loss, and this is the first time I have seen such a terrible situation. Can the Mayor of Round Cheese deal with it?" It’s understandable, if you don’t have much experience the first time, then you can definitely do better the second time.”

Hearing this, the expression on Round Cheese's face became relaxed again.He got up from the ground, leaned over to Ariel's side, bent down, and smiled very humbly: "Thank you——"

"But those who died have no second chance."

Coldly, a word was directly inserted into Round Cheese's words, like a sharp sword, cutting off all his words abruptly.

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Round Cheese, the titular mayor of Pelican City, is now standing there blankly, motionless.

The smile that was still on his face just now seemed to be torn apart suddenly, the smile was still there, but the soul inside had disappeared without a trace.

After a long time, he was still standing here, as if he was waiting for some kind of miracle.But when he realized that the president of Song of the Mermaid really did not change his mind, he finally couldn't help it, his whole body began to tremble violently, and he opened his mouth: "Ariel... president... ?I...please...please...give me one more chance...! I...I really..."

Ariel didn't respond.

She was still just looking at the information in her hand, sorting it out a little, and even had a gesture of leaving after explaining it.

"I said, President Ariel."

But at this moment, Master Aidi on the side spoke again.

The flame magician stood up, rubbed his hands together, and said with a little bit of complacency——

"I know, you are very angry because of this matter. I can understand this. In other words, if I were in your position, after seeing the mayor of round cheese make such a bad move, hehehe... Seriously, I wouldn't let him resign so easily. I might even have the heart to kill him."

A look of timidity appeared on Round Cheese's face, and he involuntarily took two steps back.

"However, we also have to compare our hearts, right?"

Eddie's eyes flicked to Round Cheese's face, and he continued—

"We all know that this incident was too sudden. It was so sudden that none of us were prepared accordingly."

"Especially for the mayor of Round Cheese, as you just admitted, at this time, no one who acts as the mayor will probably have any very good countermeasures."

"So...if our mayor is asked to resign just because of this, isn't it a bit...too demanding?"

Ariel raised her head and looked at the flame mage.There was still no smile on her face, after a moment of silence, she just said slowly: "So, you think I'm too harsh?"

Eddie nodded lightly, smiled and said, "Yes, a little bit harsh."

"You think, we are all human, as long as we are human, we will easily make mistakes."

"If it's really according to what you said, as a mayor, once some strange sudden (harmonious) incidents occur in the city, and a few civilians who can be replenished anytime and anywhere die, he will resign, then this It is estimated that the entire Bilan Empire... No, even the mayors of all the cities on the entire Golden Continent may resign after two or three years."

Ariel frowned slightly, and there was a look of undisguised disgust in her eyes: "So, you think there is no need for a mayor's future if you kill a few civilians?"

Of course Eddie also noticed the disgust in Ariel's eyes.However, he still smiled slightly and said: "That's right! After all, everyone makes mistakes, and everyone will have some unwanted situations, right? Besides, in the entire Pelican City, is there anyone better than Mayor Round Cheese?" Has the mayor been chosen?"

Perhaps it was because Eddie's tone was very relaxed and cheerful, so Ariel kept her mouth shut and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, the flame magician continued: "So, let's make this matter small first, let's make it small. Hey! I'm here to be a peacemaker! Mayor of Round Cheese, you are indeed guilty! I made a small mistake that anyone would make! Like this! Wait until tomorrow you hold a banquet, invite the president of Mermaid Song and her members to have a good meal, and then apologize and admit your mistake! We all It’s a part of Pelican City, what’s the big deal!”

Seeing Eddie's relaxed appearance now, the tension on Round Cheese's face gradually recovered.He nodded quickly, ran to Ariel's side in small steps, lowered his eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "President Ariel... that... I know, I have caused you trouble... this time I really Realize that I did wrong, I promise, there will never be a next time! So..."

"So, please forgive me this time, okay?"

The obedient voice of this fat man is so soft.

Look at the round cheese now, and think about the cheese shop owner who sold the guild building to her for the first time... For a moment, Ariel suddenly felt that the person in her impression seemed to have changed.