Chapter 173 At the City Square. (2/2)

If he was part of the people that run the city he would have probably hired a band to perfore They could probablythe city’s fas like open-air theaters and musicals existed in this world but they were ot were bards at taverns or street performers There wasn’t much they could do for entertainment

The focus was clearly on the adventurers and the dungeons instead of the corowth, it would be a yet untapped market

“Silence, you are in the presence of a noble!”

A loud voice filled the entire area which quickly caused everyone to quiet down Roland noticed that the voice was backed by soic spell or enchant out was the previous city mayor and after a feords, it was time for the lord to coe?’

Roland looked at the person na that he noticed was that the younghite and blue which meshed ith the color of his hair

‘Wait… silvery-white hair color?’

For Roland, as knowledgeable about the various races in this world, it was easy to come to the conclusion that he wasn’t a pure human There were two races that came equipped with it, one were the moon elves while the others silver wolf beastmen tribes

‘Looks loves so besides his face and long silvery-white locks he couldn’t there wasn’tthat the Duke was known for, so in Roland’sdom with many races, the nobles were all pure humans There was a limit of how far an ‘un-pure’man was partiallya Duke

From what he knew, there weren’t any cases where a half-blood attained the position of Duke The most they went up to was a Baron and this only when their merits could not be denied It would take truly a herculean amount of personal power to help a person like this to be on equal footing with a regular noble

“My name is Arthur Valerian and I’ve just been appointed as the lord of this region…”

The speech started but Roland washis voice louder than the speech itself He also noticed that soht on to the fact that this man was not of pure human descent

While not everyone knehat this truly uards around hiht just be a te more than just a proxy between the true lord…’

While on paper Arthur Valerian had actual power to affect the course of this city, this ht not be what his father wanted It could have just been a place to keep this son of his, far away from the proper successor of the line

This meant that he would have to think about that present that he wanted to send If this noble was nothing , it would just be a waste of money

“As your new lord I will strive for Albrook’s i that can be achieved alone, you allyears…”

The speech continued for a while as the young noble started prattling on It seeenuine in his tone and it felt that he was trying to ith the people here

‘Is he trying to inspire the locals into working harder? He would probably need to lower the taxes and give handouts to achieve that…’

Words were just that, words Roland didn’t think that prattling on about Albrook as a whole would do ood as the people here were divided into uilds, the merchants, the adventurers, and even faroup Even he was part of this divide, the only people that he was concerned ere the ones at his home What happened to anyone else was not his proble the ed to lower the burden on them or help theood leader

The biggest problem with that would be the currently hidden masters of the city Roland knew some of them, the dwarven union was a royal pain in the behind even to this day Even with his current shop, he was notas much as he could

“That will be all”

The speech was over and the previous es Noith the lord being here, a person would need to ask for an audience if they wanted to get so more strenuous done

Without a proper court systee, jury, and executioner That is if he cared enough, most would just push this duty onto some officials that worked in the city

Roland earing a robe over a different version of his armor His face was covered as he was not sure if the noble here would be someone that he previously met With the help of his helmet, he could somewhat focus in on the noble and his retainers

What he spotted were two knights and a uards were h confir man didn’t have much pull

‘I’h…’

Judging by the long speech and how the young ain the approval of the people here Maybe he would atteh this city but if he achieved his goal only the future would show

‘Interesting… that hts…’

With the help of his radar, he was able to somewhat put nu he could tell that the two knights were around level hundred while the young woman was closer to his own level While she was up there, she was not a tier 3 class holder

Now that the inauguration speech was over he turned away This didn’t change anything, it was tirade his wares Months of hard work awaited him when he returned home Bernir was already infor to work overti lord looked to the people around hih to the populace This did not deter hi