Vol 3 Chapter 47

Magi’s Grandson – 47

Detest everything….

Around two years ago, his name wasn’t Oliver Schtrom.

Oliver Von Schtradius.

That was his real name, also the name of the head of a duke family which hold a right to inherit the throne.

When he was indeed a n.o.ble, he had an objection toward the way commoners were seen as nothing than a target of n.o.bles’ exploitation, with Earls.h.i.+de’s n.o.bles and commoners’ relation as his ideal, he desperately tried to improve his citizens’ livelihood.

Commoners’ child were also able to attending school.

For the commoners whose financial affairs weren’t improved, and for the children who were working rather than attending school, that ideal wasn’t realized yet but, to realizing that he was desperately trying his best to search for a way to a.s.sist them day and night.

With a cheap livelihood compared to their neighboring territory, Schtradius territory’s circ.u.mstance was become a subject at the outskirt area.

“Dear, how about you take a rest soon?”

“Ah, Aria huh. Well this area’s harvest is scarce compared to another area, so I just thought is there any way to cope with it.”

Looking at Oliver’s state who was still working at Feudal lord’s mansion in Schtradius territory, his wife, Aria, inquired that.

She was wearing a loose night dress, and her stomach was swelling a bit.

“It’s good to work for the citizens but… I’m worried with your health.”

“Haha, you also should pay full attention to your health.”

Oliver said that while gently caressing his wife’s stomach.

“Since we are finally receiving this treasure after all.”

“Fufu, I understand, dear.”

As a couple of Empire’s n.o.bles, Oliver was a very devoted husband, without any concubine he was very loving his wife, Aria, and Aria loved Oliver too.

Their harmonious circ.u.mstance was famed even among citizens, as an Empire’s n.o.ble, their popularity among citizens were unusually high.

Easy to talk and popular, their popularity as feudal lord and also n.o.ble were high.

There were many peoples who admired that kind of Schtradius territory, peoples who were living at a territory with harsh livelihood, they were wis.h.i.+ng to migrate toward Schtradius territory.

And then, of course there were people who didn’t amused by the citizens who wished to migrate, they were the n.o.bles of their own respective territory.

Empire’s n.o.bles were usually see commoners as nothing than an exploitation subject, so if the commoners were decreased then that means the tax revenue would be decreased accordingly.

And so those feudal lords were prohibiting migration, prohibit them went toward Schtradius territory.

But, whether they didn’t concerned by that prohibition, there were many people who disregard that prohibition and migrating toward Schtradius territory.

Since they were similarly inside Empire’s territory, they couldn’t suppress citizens’ flow of migration.

Then, not just feudal lords, the other dukes who also hold the same right to inherit the throne were also bore unpleasant sentiment toward Oliver.

With the increase of citizens the tax revenue would be increased too, and so their financial power which magnificently increased further, the increase of tax revenue would similarly mean the increase of his contribution toward empire, it seemed he was a step ahead at emperor election.

If that was left as it is, Oliver may become the emperor.

If that was the case, since he was harboring citizens’ precedence policy, they may lost the deserved favor which they always get thus far.

They thought that they had cover it properly but, their thought were dominated.

The one who took advantage of their thought, was a duke who at that time wasn’t had the right to inherit the throne yet, Herald Von Ritchimond.

“Everyone, thanks for coming here.”

“Wha! Duke Ritchimond-sama, you seem in good spirit….”

“Ah, you don’t need to be so formal, more importantly, I have something to ask to all of you but.”

“Yes, please order us anything.”

“Schtradius, I want you to summon him to Imperial capital.”

“Duke Schtradius… right?”

“Yes, you are peoples whose citizens were stolen by Schtradius right?”

“Th, that is….”

“Ah, I don’t have any intention to blame you.”

“Yes….”

“Schtradius… do you think Schtradius is an eyesore?”

“Of course! For him to stole our citizens and use them to fill his own pocket, I’m very detest him!”

“I thought so too, with that he could increase the tax revenue to the empire, increase his contribution toward empire, and he also would got a high evaluation from imperial n.o.ble.”

“d.a.m.n vestment who had their own territories! The h.e.l.l with evaluation without aware of our hards.h.i.+p.”

Right, Imperial n.o.bles were n.o.ble who had their own territory, vestment n.o.bles.

When n.o.bles who manage their own territory were busy to exploit and live extravagantly, Imperial n.o.bles’ job were different, to ascertain their previous territory, Imperial n.o.bles served as a vestment n.o.ble.

Moreover, even with citizens precedence policy, Oliver himself was got living annuity from the empire, so he didn’t know any pain nor harsh.

And with a high a.s.sessment from those vestment n.o.bles, that means….

“If we left it as it is, Schtradius may become the next emperor you know.”

“Th, that! If that person becomes the emperor, isn’t that mean he would apply that citizens precedence policy!”

“If that happened, that would be troublesome right?”

“We are a chosen person! We shouldn’t permit that injustice!”

“Therefore, I want you to make a fake summon for Schtradius to Imperial capital. Then at that time I’ll launch a plan to overthrow him.”

“Is that true!?”

“Yes, that’s why you should try to hold Schtradius at Imperial capital as long as possible. You could use any reason to do it.”

To that order from Herald, those n.o.bles whose heads were clouded by greed were starting to thought about some way to hold Schtradius at Imperial capital as long as possible.

“Kukuku, Schtradius… this is your end….”

Herald was laughing without minding that those n.o.bles there might saw it.

Then, several days after those n.o.bles a.s.sembly, there was a contact from those n.o.bles to Oliver’s territory.

His success to manage his territory and also increase the tax revenue, there was a request for him to teach his ability.

“Then, see you later.”

“Yes, please be careful.”

“Hahaha, you know about my magic skill right? I could even easily beat any demon which armies couldn’t defeat you know.”

“Nevertheless, as a wife I will still be worried.”

“Fufu, thank you. I’ll be adequately careful. You too, okay?”

“Yes, I understand.”

Being sent off by Aria, Oliver went toward Imperial capital.

Neighboring n.o.bles were also approving his ideality.

If he spread his ideal at imperial capital, citizens’ livelihood also might become better, and the empire might advancing further.

He went to imperial capital with that kind of thought.

Schtradius’ mansion at imperial city was visited by many n.o.bles every day.

Then while listening to Oliver about the way to increase the tax revenue, they were looking at him with admiration.

Oliver felt their response, he thought that the empire might change, he even spent his break to prolong his stay at imperial capital.

The n.o.bles who came to listen to his speech, when they left Duke Schtradius’ mansion they were abusing him by said “You d.a.m.n shameless man who don’t have n.o.bles’ pride!” without he noticed it….

Then, at the time Oliver was staying at imperial capital, there was a certain incident which frequently happened at Schtradius territory.

The incident about the disappearance of the citizen one after another.

With young woman and kid as the victims, they disappeared weren’t just at night, but also at daytime.

With that, the citizens, whether it kids, wife and girl, they were terrorized by anxiety, and grew distrust toward Oliver who didn’t take any action regarding that incident.

Then at a certain day, there was a certain man came to Schtradius city.

“You, may I have a second?”

“Y, yes… what is it?”

Suddenly called by a man who wore a fine cloth, the citizen was nervous.

The citizen thought that perhaps that man was at least a high government officer or a n.o.ble.

He never thought that he would be called by such person.

“You don’t need to be that nervous, there’s something I want to ask but.”

“Yes… what is it possibly?”

“Actually… I’m a military police from imperial capital, since there were many human abduction happened here, I got an information that there were many peoples who were captured and turned into a slave. You, do you know anything about it?”

“Hu, human abduction!?”

“Do you have any idea about it?”

Being inquire that, the citizen was telling him about the incident which happened recently.

“Y, yes… actually, recently there were many incident about the disappearance of girls and kids… it make everyone anxious.”

“Disappearance incident… that’s it.”

“Nevertheless, why does the military police from imperial capital….”

“It is actually a secret but… actually, it seems this incident is related to this town’s feudal lord.”

“Fe, feudal lord-sama!?”

“Ssst! You’re too loud!”

The citizen man couldn’t believe that. The feudal lord-sama who tried his best to support the commoner, there’s no way he would a.s.sist such kind of thing, so he thought.

“Duke Schtradius at this territory was take a policy which treat the commoner kindly right?”

“Yes, thanks to him, we could live sufficiently.”

“That was a bait.”

“Bait?”

“Yes, he a.s.semble the citizens from neighboring territory by using a good treatment toward commoner as bait… in fact, it seems he was capturing the a.s.sembled commoner and then selling them.”

“No, no way… that….”

“Just try think about it, do you really think that an empire’s n.o.ble would treat commoner kindly?”

“If, if you say so….”

At first he didn’t to believe that. But, he indeed never thought that an empire’s n.o.bles would treat a commoner kindly. The more he got the explanation, he started to think that the military police’s word was true.

“We’re going to stay at this city for a while, so if there’s something happen just tell me.”

“I, I understand.”

After said that, the military police man left.

“He also fell for it….”

So he thought, while his mouth was inclined.

Like that, herald who named himself as a military police was spread that false information inside the city, those rumor even spread till outskirt villages, raising citizens suspicion, nevertheless the peoples abduction were still happened.

Because of Herald’s work, since the information about that incident wasn’t reached feudal lord’s mansion, of course there was no way they would do any search.

To the feudal lord who didn’t take any action even at this kind of time, the citizens’ irritation was reaching its peak.

Oliver was spending his time at Imperial capital without slightest aware that such a thing was happened at his territory.

But, since his wife’s parturition was come near, of course Oliver decided to temporarily returning to his territory.

The n.o.bles who tried to restrain him at Imperial capital were thought that two months should be enough, so they let him return.

Then, they informed herald about that, and his plan was preceding to the final stage.

When Oliver departed from Imperial capital, the military police man was called out to the citizens’ men.

“Everyone, please listen to me, we finally able to grasp a trace of this human abduction. It seems there would be a carriage which come to this city soon, I want to seize that carriage but, would you cooperate with us?”

The citizens whose irritation was at its peak was attracted by that words.

Those men were walking while snickering when being guided by the man who called himself as a military police to the location where they would seize the carriage, without long a carriage with Schtradius crest was approaching them.

When the man who called himself a military police asked them to stop, the carriage was readily stopped.

“I’m going to inspect your luggage.”

“This is duke’s carriage you know? Do you think such a thing would be permitted?”

“This is an investigation order from his majesty emperor, I won’t allow any objection.”

All that he said was just a lie. His majesty emperor’s investigation order was also nonexistence.

But the citizens who were intoxicated by fury couldn’t realize that at all.

Then, when they checked the luggage….

“Oi! What’s it!?”

“That are goods which should be delivered to Duke-sama.”

Inside the luggage tray of the carriage… the women and kids who they thought had disappeared, those citizens were there while being tied by a rope.

The citizens who saw that was convicted.

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