Chapter 108 (1/2)

Chapter 108

MayoJou chapter 108

The work of the lord of the castle

Sir Elmer Ruk Sandall will be living here for the foreseeable future.

According to the “royal law”, should a knight ask for shelter, the lord must provide it.

In addition, the knight must offer his sword at the lord’s request.

A “law” established a millennium ago, when Shrendall dominated most of the continent.

A right of the royal family and ruling castes, it’s an obligation of their subjects, a notion of “morals” and a “general consensus” ingrained as “This is how human society works” into the people.

Most countries have Shrendall as the predominant source of their culture, thus this law is universally recognized in Cedia.

In other words, I cannot ignore this “royal law”.

[In that case, there’s no way to refuse sir Sandall’s request, right?]

A day after the banquet.

It’s time for the audience.

We are discussing how to deal with the “Pilgrim Knight” sir Elmer Ruk Sandall.

By the way, I wanted to call this the morning or liaison meeting, but it was rejected.

Leiha was respectfully refuting Irudo’s remarks.

[It seems that one of that man’s attendants is contacting with the outside]

Leiha’s report was a bit unsettling.

According to her most recent investigation, Sir Sandall’s a.s.sistant seems to be sending letters to the outside.

Unlike modern day j.a.pan, these letters aren’t distributed to the whole country after being deposited into a postbox. He hands the letter to one of the workers at the castle, then he acts as an intermediary to deliver it all the way to the territory of the father of the earl.

Leiha also said he’s just a low rank worker but, he still has skills as a spy. There’s no doubt he’s the one bringing over the letter from “Father” to the Earl Frand.

Earl Lansey Segun Frand.

Head of the council of lords of Shrendall, whose territory expands all the way to the Luce Union.

The people on his territory were well-off under his benevolent rule.... or that’s what Claura recalled.

[Regarding the letter, it was written the current state of the castle as well the fact that sir Sandall was invited to the banquet]

[...... Just how do you know the contents of the letter?]

[I pickpocketed it, read it and then put it back]

Diane, who hadn’t know of her skills until now, was staring in amazement.

Speaking of which, the rate of success for the skill “Pickpocket” in “D&B” was quite high, it was common for a high level thief to play this perverted game were he stole the underwear from the NPC girl in front of him.

[It seems Sandall quite trust this servant. So there’s the possibility the servant is influencing his actions]

[Oh I see, so he really intends to be a pilgrim knight but, the earl has him on a tight leash, right?]

[And to some extend, we have already taken into consideration the control the earl is extorting over him]

Sedam and Claura were of the opinion that earl Frand was using sir Sandall to gather information about us.

Still, for the earl to use this kind of approach, it doesn’t seems like it is just a simple gathering of intelligence.

[Elmer is a prominent knight and a general. Do you think they’ll discard him for such a foolish mission?]

[.......That’s certainly strange, Reed. Now that you mention it]

[That old man, do you know him?]

[I suppose, yes......]

After being half forcibly brought into this meeting, Reed spoke for the first time.

According to him, a few years back on Shrendall, he was fighting alongside sir Sandall againsts the dark beast.

He rarely praised another person (more like he rarely speaks), but he attested of sir Sandall’s true strength.

[Reed, what do you mean by foolish mission?]

Reed ignored Leiha’s question as he turned away.

Both of them (above level 20) became really threatening, I wish they could stop making the mood worse. Luckily, they noted I was rubbing my temples,  so they didn’t say anything further.

[I think, earl Frands intends to observe how Margils deals with sir Sandall]

[....... It seems so]

I have the same opinion as Claura.

[I get it, even if the old man inadvertently makes my lord angry the earl will excuse himself with something like “I severed my ties with that man”, and once they get along he’ll approach the old man saying “truth is, he has always been my loyal retainer”]

Such a cunning man this earl.

I’m been a bit too careful but, I’m still a completely unknown existence in Cedia.

After the successful alliance with Luce, information have been spreading but still seems appropriate to get in contact with the man who can “destroy a legion of dark beasts by dropping meteors on them”.

Sir Sandall was just unfortunate to get caught in all this.

Well, whatever the case, our options since the beginning were limited.

If earl Frand were to become our ally, our relations.h.i.+p with Shrendall will also become better.

[Then, for the meantime we will accept sir Sandall staying in our castle]

[Yes, understood]