Knights, Let’s Smash Them

131 – Now this tithe is ours (7)

“Lilia, I heard you are going to see Magistrate Alroy in Luvern.”

While she was being decorated by her attendants, Lilia Hebron’s father, Duke Harald of Hebron, came to her room.

Because I was Lillia, who originally pursued freedom by nature and liked to express her will to the fullest.

Harald Hebron did not get very involved in her daughter’s daily life after she assumed the position of leader of the wolves and reached her level.

I didn’t particularly question him about going to Rupel’s estate without an escort during his vacation last time.

Considering that she is an only child, there is nothing to say about her being really pampered.

That’s why true parents respect their daughter’s opinion first.

It was a way of parenting worthy of the monarch of the Duchy of Hebron, who is receiving overwhelming trust and respect from the people of the territory and his subordinates.

“Yes, Father.”

“Be friendly with the magistrate. Just like now Leave the debt if you can.”

The Duke said with a twinkle in his eyes. Of course, for what purpose did she go? Lilia, who knew how to pursue her, broke down at the moment.

“Yes…… ?”

“He’s going to be much bigger than he is now. He must be a man who will be of great help in your future life.”

She was taken aback. He is a father who rarely underestimates others.

Harald Hebron has always been a person who values both the result and the process, and he always puts that standard on others to evaluate him as much as he is strict with himself.

But to think that such a father would go so far…….

This is really the first time I’ve heard of it.

“Although he has a title that is only an administrative officer, his ability was not recognized by the Imperial Black Lion Knights, so he made it his own. It’s not something anyone can do.”

“His own order of knights…….”

“Do you think it makes sense that the Imperial Knights of the Black Lion would collapse just because one chief magistrate quit?”

Harald continued his speech towards his daughter, who did not understand him.

“I still wear the title of administrator of the Snow Leopard Knights, but in reality I’m not just an administrator. Could a mere Templar Administrator fail to revive the dying county and usher it into a new golden age?”

“… ….”

Lilia was quick to respond. Even with her own common sense, it was impossible.

But what she thought was impossible was unfolding right in front of her eyes.

By the same Lubern Alroy!

“What kind of request did you decide to meet?”

“Until then…… I do not know. He just said he needed my help.”

“Even if it’s a bit of a long journey, it’s okay. Be sure to see with your own two eyes what he is doing next to him, engrave it in her head, and come.”

Harald Hebron turned around with his hands behind his back.

“Because I will show you the way forward as the lord of the dukedom.”

Lilia threw out her meaningful words and looked at her father’s back for a long time as she vanished.

That was just two days ago.

She honestly has no idea what she meant when she said that.

It was only now that she realized what her own father was talking about.

A dispute over the territory of Karahan. As the daughter of the Duke of Hebrondo, Lilia, she knew all too well what “Single parish” Meant.

From the point of view of the marquis, it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand why it came out like that.

However, that method is so disgusting, and it’s just funny to pretend not to know when the neighboring estate is really having a hard time, and now try to eat it.

In case it was a private request, she expected it, but after a moment of disappointment, Lilia readily accepted Lubern Alroy’s request.

Besides, isn’t it in line with what her father said?

While chasing after Luvern, Lillia watched every detail of the process of him cooking the Marquis.

She knew from a long time ago that she had a close relationship with Marco Firenze, the magnate of the south.

However, when she skillfully twisted the principle of separation of church and state and even obtained the cooperation of Saint Catherine Cissella of Laterano, even Lilia herself was surprised.

She said, ‘Not only did she ask me to accompany her, carrying the name of the duchy on her back, but she took the treasurers of San Mariano with her and gave her a clear advantage in terms of money. Besides, an unofficial alliance with her saintess…….’

With this amount of strength, it was enough to press not only the Marquisate on the periphery, but also the dukedom close to the center.

In the middle, when I asked if it was necessary to go this far against the Marquess, Luvern smiled leisurely and said, “A lion does his best even when catching a rabbit.”

I haven’t even reached the marquis’ territory yet.

Lilia already had the feeling that her goddess of victory was smiling at Count Rupel.

And finally.

Ever since arriving in the Marquis of Karahan, Alroy’s eyes in Luvern suddenly changed.

“It seems that you are seriously mistaken about something, Lord Farneri Karahan.”

It is by no means the tone of a county’s magistrate talking to the lord’s deputy of a marquess’s. At that voice, which contained rudeness and hostility, the deputy lord of Karahan shouted out loud.

But Lubern didn’t care at all. His gaze remained fixed on Farneri, as he tapped the desk with his fingers.

“First, you are not the Marquess of Lord Liege.”

The moment she heard those words, Lilia Hebron felt like she had been hit in the back of the head with her hammer.

‘Right.’

Farneri Carahan has come here as a substitute for the Marquis of Saxony Carahan, who is currently critically ill.

Apart from being able to use all of the lord’s powers, there is practically no title given to him.

It was a very natural thing.

Just because the Duke of Hebron vacated the territory for her expedition, Lilia’s status doesn’t suddenly change from her princess to a duke.

It’s just that in the aristocratic society, those who implicitly perform the duties of proxy for the current lord are recognized as holding the title of proxy.

Strictly speaking, he is nothing more than the son of a marquis without any title.

Thus, in terms of status, Lubern Alroy, the regular baron of the county, is one step ahead.

Farneri Karahan, who lost even the advantage he had in his position, began to crumble.

The climax came when Lou Verne Alroy took out the ‘Imperial Crest’ from his pocket.

Even Lilia Hebron really nearly screamed back then.

A connection with the crown prince?

If you think about it carefully, it seems that Luvern Alroy has mentioned the name of the crown prince several times before.

At that time, it was so confident and natural that I didn’t realize what was wrong.

From the fact that she arbitrarily used the title of crown prince, who could be considered the second highest in the empire after the emperor, it was not an attitude that would be seen by a mere administrative officer.

As soon as I took out the golden shining sentence, the battering started like a storm.

All the justifications of Farneri Karahan have already been deleted.

The treasurers of San Mariano tear the Marquess to shreds with the teeth of the Imperial Code, like hyenas devouring their tender flanks.

The priesthood of St. Catherine Sisela, who had only come on a ‘pilgrimage’, dusted off the church of Karahan Territory, which had entered the secular path, as if dusting it off.

And finally dozens of documents thrown on the table.

Farneri It was Karahan’s wrath and was the most vulnerable.

‘It’s over.’

Lilia Hebron was convinced.

As he was convinced, Lubern opened the way for Farneri Karahan to save face, and the lord’s assistant, who had been glaring at him until just a moment ago, accepted the deal without hesitation.

There were no more tyrants there.

There were only losers who collapsed miserably and were overcome by lethargy.

With one negotiation, Count Rupel canceled all the debts that were strangling him, and cut all the leashes held by the Marquis of Kara Han.

‘From start to finish…… No, the winner was decided from the moment the Marquis of Karahan decided to oppose Luvern Elroy in the first place.’

I got goosebumps.

Lubern Alroy was not just a man who was strong in improvisation.

After having everything perfectly prepared, the ‘hunter’ plays with the opponent on the palm of his hand.

Thinking she can escape, the harder she struggles, the noose tightens her neck and her blade cuts her skin.

Then, in the end, exhaustion from exhaustion leads to death.

A well-polished quill is mightier than a forged sword.

It was a phrase that I would never have understood as a child, but Lilia Hebron thought it was the correct answer.

Under the same circumstances, could she make such a choice herself?

Is it possible to make the maximum profit with the minimum conflict by setting the trap that cannot be escaped in advance?

“I sincerely hope that the protection of the light will be with the Marquis and the lord of Farneri Karahan.”

Gulp.

Lillia shifted her gaze to Lou Verne Alroy, who proudly left the conference room.

Her widely spaced shoulders looked even bigger today.

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“Damn it! This, like a dog!! From unheard of!!! Administrator bastard!!!”

After Princess Lilia of Hebron and Luvern Alroy left the meeting room.

Farneri Karajan tore the papers in front of her eyes to shreds and struck the round table with her fists.

“Quaaa!!!!!”

At the moment, even among the vassals, no one can step forward in the face of the runaway lord’s deputy.

A man wearing a robe approached slowly.

“Agent Yeongju.”

“I told you not to call me that…… !”

The deputy lord, who was ready to growl and tear whoever his opponent was, bit his mouth shut. He was one of those people who couldn’t budge on his vassals or his own children, who treated them randomly.

“High Advisor Erha.”

“I understand your frustration, but it is time to take a step back.”

“Can you stand it? Seriously insulted me That damn administrator! Carrying on top of the baron given to him by the count and stretching his neck like that…… ! It wouldn’t be enough if I hung that head from an old tree in the garden right now!!”

Rage.

The corner of his mouth smirked beyond the shadow of the robe that was covered by the obvious negative emotion.

“Haven’t you already put the seal on yourself? No matter what happens, you can’t back it off.”

“That’s okay! If only I could get rid of that bastard magistrate!”

“Umm…… Then how about trying this?”

The voice of Senior Advisor Erha penetrated Farneri Karahan’s ears.

A voice so sweet that even the anger that was filled with it was subdued to the bottom of consciousness.