After receiving a reconsideration of the application of the Military Department for the hilly mountains north of the Thorn Mountains and the Invercargill Forest Territory, the House of Representatives decided to open the table for review on July 21.

This matter has been spread in Wilkes City, almost one. and the night stirred up the city.

After the beast tide subsided, life in Wilkes City gradually returned to normal, and now the residents of the city suddenly have such a talking point, from the dignitaries of Wilkes City to the merchants in the streets and alleys, they have to talk about a few words according to this topic.

It is said that it is precisely because of the backgrounds of both sides that the matter has reached a stalemate here, causing four officials of the Territorial Administration to lose their jobs because of this incident.

However, these officials of the territorial administration also came forward one after another to express their grievances.

Obviously, he did things according to the rules and did not do anything wrong, but he lost his job because of this and became the first batch of scapegoats for this incident.

In addition, unemployment is small, face is big!

Everyone is a nobleman in Wilkes City, how will they mix in the aristocratic circle in the future!

……

On the one hand, there are noble lords with military backgrounds, and it is said that the Luthor Legion entered the White Forest Plane to garrison before the beast tide this time, which is some plans to brush up military merits and promote knighthood, and at the same time open up a territory.

And this matter was also supported by the Marquis of Luthor, otherwise the Luther Legion would have dared to maintain peace in Tarapa a long time ago!

It is said that the mayor of Dodan Town was suspected of blocking the road, so he was kicked back to Wilkes City.

Now that the magician has preemptively claimed the territory, it is impossible for anyone to swallow this breath like this.

……

On the other side is a magician aristocrat with a background in the Magic Guild and the Alchemy Guild, this Christopher magician is said to be the executive director of the Wilkes Alchemy Guild, and he is also well-known on the side of the Magic Guild.

He had always lived in seclusion, and few people saw him in Wilkes City, but many people had bought the magic metal he had refined.

Wizard Christopher has a unique perspective on the smelting of red copper and the transformation of the elements.

His students are all over Wilkes City's wizarding world, and now almost all the magicians in the city are in solidarity with Christopher Magician.

Both sides are a bit famous and noble, and neither of them will give up this territory.

Now that it's time for the House of Representatives, both sides are preparing for a reconsideration.

The merchant Malacombe was a little puzzled: wasn't Christopher the Wizard an alchemist? Didn't the great alchemist behind Surdak stand up to settle the dispute in this situation?

……

The morning sun shone in through the glass window on the east side, and Surdak lay on the empty bed, missing Natasha in the far away village of Wall.

Although this hotel has a maid to warm the bed, Surdak is not prepared to come here.

He rented a two-bedroom suite, and Nika and Samira lived next door, and outside there was a living room with a terrace.

The price of goods in Wilkes City is not very high, and such a room in the hotel costs only 8 silver coins a day, and it also comes with breakfast for four people, and if you want to eat lunch and dinner in the hotel, you need to add two silver pickets.

It's not too far from the military headquarters, about a five-minute walk away.

Surdak's head was a little groggy, remembering that he went to a ball with the Great Swordsman of Chester last night, and the Great Swordsman of Chester took him to meet many nobles at the ball, so he drank a little too much, and his head hurt a little at this time......

At this time, there was a knock on Nika's door outside the door, and Surdak quickly sat up from the bed and shouted to the door, "Come in......"

"My lord, it's time for dinner." Nika stood in the doorway and spoke to Surdak in the room.

She didn't go into Surdak's room, Surdak never needed her help, even if it was a tedious task like putting on leather armor, she could do it herself, and she did it well.

Surdak agreed:

"Coming soon......"

After getting out of bed, I walked to the bathroom, washed my face briefly next to the wash basin, and hurriedly put the leather armor on my body.

The waiter had already pushed the breakfast cart into the room, and the white bread, fried eggs, thin ham and green beans were served on a plate, which was very nicely presented.

Samira walked back from the terrace in a crop top and looked at her wet and broken hair, apparently having just had a morning workout.

As a second-turn powerhouse, Samira is very self-disciplined, exercising for at least an hour every morning and evening, and after the second turn, the sharpness in her light red eyes has decreased a lot, and the whole person looks more restrained.

The half-elf has a slender waist that a human girl can't reach, and people can never imagine what kind of explosive power she has......

She didn't shoot Christopher to death in the first place, and now she regrets it a little.

……

Surdak arrives at the military headquarters and joins up with the Great Swordsman of Chester and the Earl of Dunstan.

Earl Dunstan arrived late in the magic caravan, he was an outreach officer of the military department, he came from an old aristocratic family in Wilkes, and at the age of forty, his eyes were sunken, the bags under his eyes were obvious, and his steps were a little vain.

However, he is very humorous and funny, and he is very familiar with the aristocratic circle in Wilkes City, and he knows a lot of friends.

As soon as the carriage stopped on the side of the road, Earl Dunstan couldn't wait to open the door, and said with a smile to the Chester swordsman who was waiting at the entrance of the military department: "I said that you also stayed in my guest room last night, I have already arranged everything, but I didn't expect to let you slip away." ”

The Great Swordsman of Chester smiled, and without excuse, he quickly boarded the carriage, followed by Surdak.

As for Samira and Nika, they could only sit in the magic caravan in the back.

The trio arrived in front of the gates of the Wilkes City House in a magic caravan with a group of retinues.

The House of Representatives was not far from the military headquarters, and when the three of them walked down from the magic caravan, they found that there were already many nobles waiting at the door of the House of Representatives, and it seemed that they had also come to the House of Representatives to observe the reconsideration.

Many nobles were familiar with Earl Dunstan, and when they saw Earl Dunstan get out of the carriage, they came over to say hello.

Most of these nobles have some territories in the Bailin plane, and the aristocratic circle of Wilkes City is so large, and everyone usually holds various activities together, and the nobles hold more than 90% of the wealth of Wilkes City in their hands, and they can always make their lives colorful.

"I heard that Earl Billy died in Mrs. McClellan's belly last night......"

"Really? Didn't McClellan just be promoted to Viscount? I'll just say where he got so much merit from, it turned out to be a lover! ”

"If you want me to say, Mrs. McClellan is really ...... Gee. ”

“……”

The aristocrats got together, and the things they liked to talk about were all new and bizarre.

But in the next few words, the Earl of Dunstan brought the topic to the right track, and everyone talked about this territorial dispute, and was very indignant at the bandit behavior of the magician, and came to listen to the reconsideration, and also wanted to know what the House of Representatives should do about this matter.

The bell tower in the square in the distance rang a melodious bell, and the big iron gate at the entrance of the House of Representatives finally slowly opened, and two teams of guards walked out of it with halberds in their hands.

The crowd walked into the House of Representatives laughing and talking.

Wilkes City's House of Representatives is an oval building with a large patio in the middle, a lobby the size of a basketball court in the middle of the first floor, and thirteen seats on a high platform in the middle.

The middle podium looks spacious, with many chairs distributed around the podium.

As the nobles entered the hall, they sat down on the outermost chairs.

The Great Swordsman of Chester pulled Surdak and others to the audience, and the Earl of Dunstan was beside the two, whispering to explain the process of the House of Representatives' reconsideration.

It didn't take long for three magicians to hurry in from outside, but these magicians were all new faces, and Surdak didn't see the Christopher magician.

The magicians, dressed in black robes and tucked their faces under their hoods, walked to the other side of the platform in a zigzag pattern.

Later, many nobles entered the House of Representatives one after another, and a group of lawmakers in gold silk and white robes walked onto the middle stage.

Earl Dunstan stood between the Great Swordsman of Chester and Surdak, pointed to the white-haired old man in the middle of the stage, and whispered: "That is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kornberg, he has occupied the position of Speaker in Wilkes City for fifteen years, and I heard that he has asthma some time ago, and everyone is betting on when he will be able to give up his position." ”

"I didn't expect to live until now, but I still ...... it well"

Earl Dunstan muttered quietly.

The Speaker gasped a little as he spoke, and he could see that he must be in pretty bad shape.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the reconsideration of the territorial ownership of Invercargill Forest is now officially opened, and I will now confirm that the reconsideration applicant and the accused personnel have not ......," he said slowly, but his voice was clear.

When Surdak walked up to the stage, he found that the center of the platform seemed to be inlaid with amplification magic crystals.

"Requester - Military Department."

"We're here!" Earl Dunstan replied aloud.

The Speaker glanced at Earl Dunstan, who obviously knew him.

"Accused - Christopher the Magician."

"Mr. Christopher is in the midst of a crucial magic refinement, so he has carte blanche to entrust us to attend the reconsideration on his behalf." The magician in the middle lifted the hood from his head, revealing a young face.

There was an exclamation from the nobles in the audience, and the magician didn't take the House of Representatives too seriously.

Without even raising his head, Speaker Kornberg announced the opening of the Reconsideration of the Invercargill Forest Territorial Approval......

In fact, this is a complete presentation of the matter in the House of Representatives, and then everyone will judge the right and wrong of the matter in the scriptures.

Subsequently, the military department, which was the party to the reconsideration application, elaborated on the matter.

Earl Dunstan straightened his clothes, stood directly at the front desk, and said to the nobles who were hearing the trial:

"The course of the matter is clear at a glance, it seems very simple, the military department in the territorial administrative reconsideration submitted to the House of Representatives, believes that the approval of the territorial administration is not too flawed, everything is done according to the rules, but the only problem is that this undeveloped area is actually not the territory of the Grimm Empire."

At this point, Earl Dunstan paused slightly.

There was sparse applause from the audience, but calm soon returned.

"So, Wizard Christopher applies for a piece of land that is not the territory of the Empire." He continued.

Then Earl Dunstan walked up to the members of the Territorial Administration, nodded to them, and said:

"In this matter, Christopher Magician did it wrong at the starting point, the magician nobles are just simple nobles, not noble lords, and they do not have the ability to open up unknown areas, they deliberately downplayed this part of the information and misled the Land Management Bureau to make approvals."

Walking back to the stage, the Earl of Dunstan said to the thirteen councillors on the stage:

"The military department has a very resolute attitude towards the territory of Invercargill Forest, since the area north of the Thorn Mountains was opened up by the cavalry battalion led by the local garrison, there is no reason for the Magic Guild to occupy this territory before the 433 land distribution is carried out."

"The territory that the mage nobles can claim must be after the military has explored the unknown area, and after the noble lords choose their own territories, the remaining land will be handed over to the Empire and the Territory Administration of Bena Province, and these ownerless lands can be distributed."

He turned to look at the three young magicians opposite, and said to them seriously:

"Of course, the last thing I want to say is that our military department doesn't mind that the Magic Union will choose an unknown area and bring a group of magicians to fight against the natives and monsters there to open up territory for the Grimm Empire."

There was contempt in his eyes......

The magicians on the other side blushed with anger, but they were familiar with the process of reconsideration, and they had to remain silent until the Speaker said they could speak.

Speaker Kornberg looked up at Earl Dunstan and saw that he had said he had finished.

"Accused, it's up to you to speak, pay attention to controlling the time to speak." Speaker Kornberg said.

"Speaker Kornberg, all of you, on behalf of Wizard Christopher, I find here that as we all know, magicians have always chosen territories like this, we choose land that has not been occupied by noble lords, and the land obtained in this way is almost the most barren land, and some land divisions are extremely fragmented, and sometimes it takes a patchwork to put together a territory......"

The young mages were also very well prepared, and the mages were naturally reluctant to always pick up the remnants of the noble lords.

"According to Article 2 of the Territory Code of the Wizards of the Empire on page 79, the magician has the right to apply for the territory of the unexplored territory, and must carry out the ...... for the purpose of opening up the territory within three months"

The noble lords were not familiar with the territorial code of the magician nobles, and they did not expect such a clause to exist.

Speaker Kornberg turned to look behind him at the lawmaker, who was responsible for sorting out the terms of the law, and the councillor nodded slightly to him.

At this time, the Great Swordsman of Chester couldn't help but stand up and ask Speaker Kornberg, "If the military occupies an unknown area, can it apply for the land in this area as a noble domain in advance?" ”

The Speaker said to the Great Swordsman of Chester, "According to the laws of the Grimm Empire, the army cannot include unknown areas in its territory......

The Archswordsman of Chester continued to ask:

"If a team of cavalry is exploring an unknown territory in a certain plane, and a group of magicians are staring behind it shamelessly, as long as the territory is about to be completed, they will mention applying for this territory, doesn't that mean that the noble lords will never be able to get the best quality territory?"

As soon as the Chester swordsman shouted like this, the nobles in the hearing table immediately reacted, these magicians can really do this......

The nobles on the hearing table immediately shouted:

"These magicians are so shameless!"

"They're just lucky enough to awaken the magic pool, but they're actually a bunch of hillbilly rotten eggs......"

The magicians of the jury were not convinced, and shouted at the nobles:

"We abide by the Code of the Grimm Empire, a privilege granted to us by the Empire."

"What can we do wrong, the nobility itself is a privileged class, and when facing the commoners, you noble lords are not a virtuous ......"

The quarrel between the two sides almost broke the roof of the House of Representatives.

"Quiet! Be quiet! ”

Speaker Kornberg struck the bell on the table with a small golden hammer.

The reconsideration of the Invercargill Forest territory ended in a quarrel, and the final conclusion was not finalized......

Surdak will remain in Wilkes City to await a second reconsideration by the House of Representatives.