Chapter 323 (1/2)

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”Milord, Count Chujway definitely knows about our ht He seems to be quite fearful of you But what I don't understand is why Forund's little prince, his knight, and that blademaster don't seem to know about the situation

”Didn't you provoke theht? I saw Count Dalek was just about to stand up but Count Chujway stopped him almost reflexively,” said Howard

They were currently on their way to the inn After Lorist's killing of the gold-ranked knight, Henriasted Even Duke Fisablen, as prepared to enjoy his show, had his eyes popping out of their sockets as he stared incredulously at the knight's corpse

In one ht's throat had been coile body -fast reactions, could ht like him lose his life so helplessly Even if Baron's Felim and Shazin were confident they could beat the man, they certainly couldn't do it in any less than a few hundred exchanges They ht have to trade an injury or two

Duke Fisablen was completely shocked, Blademaster Rimad stared terror-stricken at the corpse, while Bladely The last sparred with Lorist regularly, so he could see that Knight Henrie hat had sealed his fate Lorist ave a small step forward tothe way prevented hi out of his attack; he could only watch as Lorist's hand reached for his throat and crushed it

This is absolutely subliht, awed by Lorist's movements

Blade swordsaints Lorist was only 34 People able to reach the gold rank at his age were already considered absolute geniuses

But Milord is no genius he's a e, it would beif he didn't advance to the swordsaint rank than if he did

Josk urged his horse to Lorist's side

”Did Milord notice that Count Chujway tried to make it sound like the four duchies were the conflict's victiant Forund idiots? I think Howard has a point; the count definitely knows our house well”

”Hehe, you've noticed it too? Well, how about this Take a few guards e get to the inn and invite the count over I have a few questions for him,” answered Lorist

Lorist had s Henriman and asked the little prince whether he would like to send so man was already so terrified that his bladder let loose as he shook his head Lorist felt there was no point in staying any longer and bid the duke goodbye Duke Fisablen knew that Lorist already had an inn reserved near the south gate, so he didn't stop hi

Not far froate was an inn called Anna's Abode It was five storeys tall The first floor was a tavern and the four above it rooms Anna's Abode was quite well known in Windbury, not for its service, but for the tragedic story linked to it

During the fifth en, Windbury was a city that had just recently developed its livestock trade There used to be an old grocer's where Anna's Abode now stood Its owner's daughter, Anna, was a irl who frequently took in stray animals and even looked after orphans

When Anna grew up, she waslad and the two ran a huether and adopted just over ten orphans as their own The couple eventually saved up enoughwith their inheritances to build a two-story building The lower floor was made into a tavern and the upper floor into rooms which they rented Because of their sincere and honest service, their business fared rather well and Anna also had h money to rear the stray animals and orphans she so frequently took in The couple eventually expanded the building to five floors

Unfortunately, the expansion drew the attention of several greedy nobles They charged her husband with s, had him arrested, and threatened Anna with his life should she not sell the business and the building to theold coin She had no choice but to accept

When they received word of her acceptance, the nobles did indeed return her husband but as a mutilated corpse Anna's mind crumbled when she saw her husband She knelt at the city's hall for three days and nights straight before letting out a despairing cry and banging her head against the flag pole's stone base to her death

During her three-day catatonia, there were thousands of citizens who surrounded the city's hall and offered her food She touched none of it She did not move when others advised her to either The citizens rallied together toresolution to Anna's case, but the mayor just holed up in his manor Unfortunately, before the people could pressure theaction, Anna committed suicide

Her death sparked the first recorded civilian revolt in the ery citizens and merchants set fire to the city's hall They broke into thehim When word of the revolt reached the iate the hable part was that the first aht off by the nobles involved in Anna's case He put the blame for the whole matter on the mayor The protesters, however, refused to accept this conclusion and flooded the city with armed bands

In response, the first ambassador ordered the nobles of the province to mobilize their forces and suppress the revolt The nobles outside the city, however, refused to take action They were convinced the fault lay not with the citizenry, but the greedy nobles When word of their refusal reached the ehts deployed and tasked the brigade's commander with the issue's resolution

When the knights arrived at Windbury, the arht away They also submitted a letter of complaint that detailed the chain of events and requested the nobles be punished

Confronted with such a clear statehts took immediate action They killed all the nobles involved, around two-thirds of the nobles in the province were stripped of both fief and peerage The first noble a as a result

In the history of the Krissen Empire, Windbury's revolt was quite a well-known event It was also the first confrontation between the imperial family and the rest of the nobility While the ioverning their own territory, they definitely wouldn't allow them to stretch their hands into imperial territory Windbury and a few other major cities were under the imperial family's control, and the nobles enjoyed decreased tax rates for conducting business there Their intent to procure the citizen's businesses there was akin to reaching their hand for the imperial family's profits

Because of the incident, Krissen V suspended many business operations the nobles had in the city and that hy olden age

Nowadays, Anna's Abode was run by the couple's relatives and descendants Even during the second prince's reign after Iblia's founding, nobody dared to reach their hands into the inn's business To the nobles, the building was a disaster waiting to happen, so the deraphic of the inn's customers was dominated by merchants and mercenaries Almost no nobles bothered to stay there