Chapter 322 (1/2)

Chapter 322 Western Territory Security Bureau

Returning to the castle hall, Roland went to sit in the Lord's seat that was overlooking the subjects gathered within the hall beneath him

In his ht to exercise a trial was the first time he had come to Border Town Later, after his fallout with the nobles and his dissatisfaction with his current lifestyle in general, he had thrown everything into the hands of Barov, never asking hi about it

Seeing that everyone was present, Roland called for the trial to begin

At first, he let all sides state their case, then he asked theale there secretly assisting him it wasn't necessary for hi and who spoke insincerely, nor did he need to have theas responsible became effortless and simple

Soon the whole truth of the story was revealed

At heart, Khoya Harvie was unwilling to accept that he was deprived of his identity as a knight, at the sa work at the City Hall, which resulted into a stoees He made use of the opportunity presented by the distribution of the wheat porridge to purposely charge the refugees a fee and instigate dispute between both sides He deliberately told therain that the wheat stock wasn't enough and for that reason they could not give out porridge free of charge

In fact, what ravated was that Khoya was only able to charge the the eye-catching uniforees had been worried about the possibility of retaliation froee naainst his behavior, and fro had then been exposed

When Roland finally understood the whole situation he felt relieved

An organization on the rise should be briy Later on, when the situation was idity would be inevitable, but that should only be so Stronghold If those probleanization would be dooo very far

However, it now appeared that Khoya had acted on his own and that none of the other officials of the City Hall had been related to thishe had feared the rain in private

Of course, to some extents, Roland was also the one responsible that the situation had develop to this Due to City Hall originally being so desperately short of hts under Barov after only giving the or training The result showed that not everyone had been able to accept the job without co in rank froht to a civilian

Roland called Barov to his side and asked him in a low voice: “What would other Lords do in this case?”

“Your Highness, there are two possibilities,” the latter respectfully replied, “If the offender is a nobleold royals the situation would be turned over and they could be let go without any further punish a noble can be big or s”

“But Khoya is no nobleman,” the Prince responded, “I have deprived him of his title”

“Yes, that's true, Your Highness In this way, the disposition will be based entirely on the mood of the Lord”

“There are no fixed numbers?”

Barov shook his head

Hearing this Roland began to frown, that it is entirely dependant on the mood of the Lord means that in the eyes of the nobility it doesn't matter how civilians are treated, they do not consider them as ”people” at all

“In addition to cutting off hands, breaking feet, whipping and pulling fingernails are there any common punishments? For example, imprisonment?”

“Imprisonment?” Barov asked startled, “You mean to simply lock them away? What kind of punishment would that be? A prison is only a te the sinner, sooner or later they will be brought to trial and their case will be closed During their imprisonment, you have to feed them the whole time, I'm afraid that it would be a reward for some people”

Well, it seeeneration won't be very useful here After thinking about it for a moment, Roland decided to follow the rules of the castle He stood up, and let his gaze wander over the people gathered beneath hiive my verdict now”

“Khoya Harvie, because of dereliction of duty, extortion of refugees, you are abolished of your position within City Hall, sentenced to work in the mine for ten years, and to be fined with three times the amount you have stolen