Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: Chapter 20: What, you’re not convinced? (1/2)

Chapter 21: Chapter 20: What, you’re not convinced?

Baron Hovern’s smile vanished abruptly, and he exuded a serious and undeniable presence from within.

“I have already thoroughly investigated the entire incident with extremely adverse effects, and I will share with everyone what has happened,” he said.

Having said that, he gathered everyone attending the banquet and calmly explained:

“The tragedy that occurred in the night is chilling to the bone. After I returned, I investigated carefully at the first opportunity, and here is what happened.”

Everyone was silent, simply waiting for Baron Hovern to continue, knowing that his announced “investigation result” would become the irrefutable “fact”.

“First was a despicable servant from the town chief’s house, who conspired with the jungle natives to abduct the town chief’s granddaughter. Out of desperation, the town chief mobilized all the patrol guards to search for his granddaughter in the jungle.”

Irene and Lucius already had a good understanding of Baron Hovern’s thoughts on handling the town chief upon hearing this much.

Baron Hovern continued, taking a deep breath, and said, “With the sheriff leading the patrol team away, that servant opened the gates at night, ultimately leading to the horrible tragedy.”

“The patrol team has arrested that servant, and in a few days, I will personally judge him. Those jungle natives are truly despicable, and the town chief has also lost his granddaughter, his grief immeasurable.”

“He is willing to give up half of his wealth to fund our campaign against the jungle natives, believing their blood will appease the souls of the Cyart people.”

He paused for a moment, calmly looked into each person’s eyes, and asked:

“People of Nasir Town, are you satisfied with such investigation results and handling measures?”

Before anyone had a chance to speak, loud clapping suddenly resounded in the banquet hall.

It turned out to be Lucius from the Fischer family, who was surprisingly smiling while applauding loudly, saying:

“Worthy of Lord Baron Hovern, the handling is extremely appropriate. The Fischer family is very satisfied!”

The crowd followed suit with their stances, feeling that everything the Baron said was perfectly reasonable, with no dissatisfaction at all.

Irene silently observed the crowd, knowing there was a familial relationship between the town chief and the Baron, but she had still harbored a sliver of faint hope.

After all, more than fifty people perished overnight in Nasir Town.

Many were neighbors she knew, including a mother and daughter who sold eggs for a living; both had died. She had once treated the mother for an illness, and the daughter had since then brought a basket of eggs to the Fischer family every month with a smile.

After consuming eggs for more than half a year, Irene and her family could no longer stomach them, and out of politeness, couldn’t refuse, so they quietly distributed them to the family’s servants.

On the surface, she coordinated with the members of the Fischer family to tell the mother and daughter that the eggs were consumed by the members of the Fischer family themselves.

They had struggled to maintain this pretense, but now there would be no more need for it.

That morning, as Irene passed by, she saw some of the chickens the mother and daughter used to feed early in the morning had been burned to death. Other chickens which had returned after the disaster were wandering back and forth quietly in the same spot, still waiting for their owners to feed them.

At this moment, praises were sounding incessantly around her.

She wanted to say more, but her shoulder was firmly held down by the robust hand of Lucius.

Lucius’s face beamed with an exaggerated smile, like he had encountered an extremely delightful event, and a feeling of unprecedented joy emerged from deep within him.

Finally, Irene nodded silently and saw the serious expression on Baron Hovern’s face break into an elegant smile once again.

“And you, Lucius Fischer, the warrior of the Fischer family, my friend, you are our true hero!”

“I have decided to award you a modest honor in my personal capacity, please accept it as it is all for the glory of the Cyart people!”

After the banquet, various families from Nasir Town sent money and supplies, some even offering personnel.

The Fischer family contributed ten Gold Coins, without providing any manpower, and in turn, the reward they received from the Baron was a “Metal System low-level Knight Bequest.”

Those with metal affinity bloodlines could progress to an Extraordinary Exponent of the first level by training with this Knight Bequest in conjunction with a Magic Potion, which included a matching defense combat skill, “Full Armor.”

The value of the low-level Knight Bequest was around fifteen Gold Coins. In essence, the Fischer family had profited five Gold Coins.