Chapter 531 - Dont You Dare! (2/2)

Roland waited a little longer, and seeing that no more people came in and that the time was just right, he closed the forum.

He sat up straight, and the eight people below saw his movement, but they all ignored it, still talking among themselves.

Roland snapped his fingers, and two huge blue Hand of Magic appeared, clapping lightly. The sound was as heavy as the beating of a drum, attracting the eight people’s gazes.

Roland asked the middle-aged steward standing beside him, “Is everyone here?”

The middle-aged steward was about to speak when a voice suddenly came from below, “All are here.”

Hearing this somewhat raspy voice, the middle-aged steward stopped talking and took two steps back.

Although Roland did not look at the middle-aged steward, his mental perception ability was amazing, and the steward was no more than three meters away from him, so he noticed something strange about him immediately.

It seems that something’s wrong!

Roland stared at the man who had just spoken.

The man was wearing a relatively loose n.o.bleman’s formal dress with blue trim and silver background, a somewhat peculiar style of dress in Roland’s eyes.

But after a closer look, he found that the other man was wearing magic equipment.

Seeing Roland looking at him, the man stood up, bent down slightly, and smiled. “Sir, the new temporary lord, we are all here.” “Then introduce yourselves. After all, we are going to spend quite a long time together, so let’s start with me first.” Roland smiled. “I am Roland, a Golden Son, and I have been entrusted by the First Princess to manage all the affairs of Motasos County. All right, you’re next.”

“Since the steward has already confirmed the appointment letter, we will not read it. We trust the steward’s loyalty to the royal family.” The man standing stroked his stubble and said, “I am the captain of the cavalry regiment, Judson Fareins.”

A last name of Fareins?

Descendants of the royal family!

Seeing this man state his name, the others stood up and stated their names as well.

After the eight people introduced themselves, Roland also had a first impression. The three officials involved in government affairs did not have any reaction to Roland’s arrival.

They were neither happy nor sad.

The remaining five people, who were all in charge of the military, were not friendly to Roland.

And two in particular, Judson and the other one in charge of the city defense, Tuttle Gram, seemed to have an antagonistic intent toward Roland.

After hearing this, Roland swept his gaze over the eight of them and finally said, “You don’t have an archery regiment here?” The First Princess Stephanie had the right to recruit troops, and with her ability and character, she would have created a perfect army.

Archers were so useful that it was impossible not to have them.

At this time, Judson said indifferently, “No, but the captain of the archery regiment has not been feeling well recently and has been lying at home recovering from his injuries, and it is difficult for him to take the field. For the time being, I will also be the captain of the archery regiment.”

All eight of them smiled in unison, and it looked like they were planning something, but Roland felt that they were laughing at him.

It was a Mage’s intuition.

“Then Mr. Judson you’ve worked hard.” Roland nodded. “I will visit the captain of the archery regiment later sometime, but for now let’s get down to business.”

They looked at Roland silently, and the indistinct scorn on the faces of the five men leading the troops remained.

“The First Princess has entrusted me to manage all the affairs of the territory. Including you all!” Roland swept his gaze over them and said in a slightly cold tone, “Within this entire territory, from now on, my words are the same as the First Princess’s—you must all obey.”

The other party was in a confrontational mood, so Roland naturally wouldn’t show enthusiasm for their coldness.

Besides, before he came here, the First Princess had already said to punish whoever disobeyed; there was no need to worry about her.

Stephanie was now very clear on things.

A Mage who could build a floating city in the future, and who was already preparing to work on it now, she could imagine how powerful and rare this would be. In comparison, the few officials in her territory, no matter how talented and capable they were, were not worth mentioning.

Judson felt Roland’s oppression targeted toward him. He frowned and said, “Even if your orders are wrong?”

“Of course.” Roland smiled. “I’ll decide whether the order is correct or not, not you.”

Judson looked a bit upset.

At this time, the city protection official, Tuttle, slowly stood up and sneered, “Brat, don’t be too arrogant. Even if the First Princess makes you the temporary lord, we don’t agree.”

Roland laughed aloud. “When did the First Princess make a decision that required your approval? Do you think you’re part of the royal family?”

These words. .h.i.t the nail on the head. Tuttle was speechless. But he was only upset for a little while before he smiled again.

He felt that the pretty Mage had a sharp tongue and that he would not be able to argue with him, but the five of them were of one mind and did not need to take cues from the temporary lord to act.

Even against the First Princess, they felt that, together, they could slightly sway her will.

Roland looked at Tuttle. “I’m the temporary lord, that’s already a fact. Whether you accept it or not doesn’t matter. Anyway, I don’t have any expectations of you. At worst, I’ll replace you.’

After a few seconds of silence, a murderous aura suddenly spread.

Judson gritted his teeth and stared at the temporary lord. “Don’t you dare!”

The other four military officials, who trained soldiers, jumped up almost simultaneously and pounded the table hard.