-32- Return
After explaining the affairs of the mining workshop, Charlotte was about to return to the hotel, and she was accompanied by the werewolf Luff.
Sebas and Nice stayed in the workshop for the time being, and Charlotte became the shopkeeper, and the dog and cat must be busy in the next three days.
Along the way, Luff's gaze never took off Charlotte's eyes, and he wanted to speak again and again, obviously holding back his stomach to ask.
Of course, Charlotte knew what the werewolves were struggling with, and she didn't continue to sell it, but asked with a smile:
"Is there anything you'd like to ask, Luffy?"
Charlotte started the conversation, and the werewolf Luff finally mustered up his courage.
I saw that he pondered the words for a while, and asked cautiously:
"Lord Charlotte, you ...... Is it the royal bloodline? ”
Charlotte didn't answer directly, but asked with a smile:
"What do you think?"
Receiving this answer, which was almost equivalent to a direct acknowledgment, Lough perked up.
Even if he had already guessed, he couldn't help but get excited at this moment:
"King's Blood...... You really are a royal bloodliner! The royal blood did not disappear! Didn't disappear! ”
But soon, he couldn't help but start talking to himself:
"That's right, even the Great True Ancestor has shown signs of recovery, how can the royal bloodline, who is the heir of the True Ancestor, not reappear......"
And as he spoke, Luff couldn't help but ask:
"But...... But since you are a royal bloodliner, how did you become a saint of the Holy Court? ”
"Holy Maiden? I have never said that I am a saint of the Holy Court. ”
Charlotte shook her head slightly.
Werewolf Luff was stunned.
However, after thinking about it carefully, he was shocked to find that it seemed that Charlotte had indeed never said that she was the holy daughter of the Holy Court!
"But ......"
Charlotte's words turned, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly:
"The identity of a saint can sometimes bring some convenience."
"Perhaps...... It's also good to use it once in a while. ”
Luffy: ......
"So...... Are you no longer a believer in the Holy Court? ”
He couldn't help but ask.
Charlotte glanced at him:
"At the time of the Divine Judgment, I said that you are all devout believers in the Holy Faith, so ...... Are you really? ”
Luffy froze slightly.
This was also a question that he had been quite puzzled and curious about, their blood wolf tribe obviously did not believe in the god lord Harald, but believed in the true ancestor of the "evil god" blood in the eyes of the divine royal court.
But at the beginning, they not only escaped the judgment of the Divine Court, but even followed the fanatic believers with the halo above their heads under the divine ruling of the faith.
Luff had always felt that it was most likely Charlotte, who was a saint, who had somehow saved them.
But...... If the other party did not believe in the god Harald, how did he do it?
The power of the gods can only be countered by the power of the gods, this is a well-known truth of Miria.
Distorting the appraisal of divine rulings is by no means something that ordinary divine magic can do.
Thinking back to the conversation he had with Sebas, Luffy's heart was pounding.
Don't......
Could it be that Lord Charlotte is actually the earthly agent of Lord True Ancestor?
Yes.
It must be so!
I am afraid that only the scroll of the gods can distort the power of divine judgment.
I'm afraid, only the scroll of the gods can exert such a powerful royal power oppression!
The King's Blood Descendants are all followers of the Blood True Ancestor, but Lord Charlotte is definitely not just about believing in the True Ancestor!
"Lord Charlotte...... Actually, you're not a saint of the Divine Court, but a descendant of the True Ancestor of Blood, right? ”
Thinking of this, Luffy couldn't help but ask again.
Charlotte smiled and said meaningfully:
"Lord Luff, Sebas has already told me the real reason why you are staying at the Castel Silver Mine."
"I'm very optimistic about you, please achieve your goals, your faith...... Won't let down your loyalty. ”
Listening to Charlotte's words, Luff was in good spirits.
By this time, he no longer had the slightest doubt.
Really!
Lord Charlotte...... Definitely the scroll of the Great True Ancestor, the agent of the earth!
Looking at the werewolf's slightly flushed face, Charlotte smiled slightly, stretched out her index finger and put it to her lips, like a cute little devil:
"Oh, yes."
"Your Excellency Luf, today's conversation must be kept secret."
……
Luffy soon left as well.
Grozing, he left.
When he left, he was full of energy.
He wants to return to the tribe and try to spread the true faith of the Great True Ancestor among the miners as soon as possible!
If he had hesitated before, worried that his actions would meet Charlotte's dislike, and that he would eventually become estranged from this lord in his secular sense because of his different beliefs......
Well now, everything is without worry.
Because the other party is not only not an enemy, but also very likely to be the forerunner of his faith!
All along, they need to hide, even if they know that the True Ancestor has begun to recover, they also need to be careful of the pursuit of the Church at all times.
But now, they don't have to worry about it.
Because the supreme lord of Castel is their man, because the Count of Castel is the agent of the True Ancestor!
"Your Majesty the Great True Ancestor! Luf will definitely live up to your expectations, and Luf will definitely work hard to spread your faith! ”
"May your splendor fill the earth, and the people of your shelter prosper!"
Thinking about a bright future, the werewolf man prayed excitedly in his heart.
Seeing the werewolf Luff leave, Charlotte also had a problem in her heart.
The werewolf is her believer, and the misunderstanding must be resolved, otherwise there will be trouble sooner or later in the future.
However, Charlotte does not intend to tell the other party her true identity.
Although the werewolf's belief points to her, she still has an inexplicable weakness in her heart for directly recognizing the identity of the "True Ancestor of Blood".
Even if there are all kinds of signs that she really seems to occupy this position at the moment.
And in addition, it can be regarded as for safety reasons, even if she has the plug-in of [True Ancestor Liberation], she herself is a superman for a minute at most, and the fewer people who know her secret, the better.
Of course, there may be a little distance to produce a sense of beauty in it.
Luff is a believer.
And Sebas and Nice, although her followers, are not strictly believers.
It's not the same as talking to followers, it's not the same as talking to believers.
Charlotte wasn't ready to deal face-to-face with believers as a believer.
……
After parting ways with Lough, Charlotte returned to the Metasequoia Tavern.
When she entered the city, the mighty guards escorted her, and she experienced what it was called
The stars arch over the moon.
Because the battle was so big, even the elves at the front desk were startled, and they thought that something big had happened to the hotel, until some well-informed people told the story of the mining workshop, and these long ears who did business in the silver mining city were relieved.
However, the elves soon became excited again.
The Count of Castel's stay at the Metasequoia Hotel is undoubtedly a great publicity and the most effective recognition of the hotel.
What could be more useful than a more useful advertisement than the lord's personal stay.
The innkeeper who was alarmed, the moon elf from Lunais Island even got up from bed overnight and came to visit Charlotte in person, not only waiving Charlotte's fees, but also giving her a lot of precious gifts from Lunais Island.
The enthusiasm of the attitude is completely different from the arrogance and indifference of the elves recorded in the books.
It can only be said that in the face of absolute power and interests, even an elf with an arrogant personality is not exempt from vulgarity.
These long ears are not as old-fashioned as those portrayed in the books Charlotte saw.
In fact, many of the elves who are keen on commerce are even more sleek than humans.
In addition to the elf boss who was instantly enthusiastic after knowing Charlotte's identity, after knowing that Charlotte had come to Silver Mining City, the mayor of Silver Mining City also led a large number of officials to visit him in person the next day.
Charlotte wasn't surprised.
Silver Mining City is also the direct domain of Castel, as a lord, even if he goes to inspect the territory of the vassal family, the vassal needs to accompany him, not to mention that he will be exposed after a private visit to his own direct domain.
When she revealed her identity last night, Charlotte guessed that the next day would definitely be all kinds of officials.
However, it was more like a scared plea than a visit.
At least, the mayor of Silver Mining City slipped to his knees as soon as they met:
"Lord Earl, it's all a dereliction of duty! I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the mining workshop! ”
It seems that the old mayor, who is already sixty or seventy years old, and a group of city officials, bowed down in front of Charlotte in an uproar.
"Your Excellency Amer, please say that the Mining Workshop is jointly managed by various families, and is not under the direct jurisdiction of the Silver Mining City, and this matter has nothing to do with the municipal officials."
Charlotte said.
That's true, the Silver Mining City is under the direct jurisdiction of Castel, but the mines are not.
In order to consolidate their rule, the Castel silver mine had long been a tool for the Castel family to win over the various nobles.
However, if the municipal magistrates in front of her really didn't know anything about the silver mines, Charlotte didn't believe it either.
The matter of the Mithril Mine can be concealed so well, and the forces involved behind it are by no means as simple as one or two, and eighty percent of these officials are also unclean.
But when the water is clear, there is no fishCharlotte still understands, she has to deal with the blood clan hidden behind the scenes, as for these municipal officials in front of her...... It doesn't matter.
Many of them are not even nobles.
Uprooting the opposition and recovering the power of the territory does not mean a complete purge of the territory, it means greater chaos.
Charlotte's reign requires experienced men, and this is not a game, and it is still possible to remove a manager and replace it with a new one.
This has nothing to do with strength, even if Charlotte has the strength to crush everything, if she can't get the cooperation of local forces, she can't effectively rule the territory.
Not to mention, her invincible strength is only a few tens of seconds at full speed.
She had done her homework in advance, and in the history of the Miria world, there were examples of local nobles joining forces to force out legendary lords.
The method is also very simple, the yang and the yin do not cooperate, resulting in the complete paralysis of the entire territorial bureaucracy, and at the same time fanning the people to riot, and finally making the legendary lord helpless......
After all, you can't kill them all, can you?
There are kingdoms and churches on it!
In the world of gods, there are rules for everything, and even a legendary lord has to follow the rules, unless you have the idea and strength to fight against the rules.
As a "quasi-evil god", Charlotte has reasons and thoughts for confrontation, but unfortunately...... She's not strong enough.
It is also for this reason that Charlotte did not have the idea of transforming the Castells collar all at once from the beginning.
In fact, she couldn't do it either.
Find out the forces behind the scenes, punish the evil, and then win over all the objects that can be co-opted, sit firmly in the position and stabilize the rule, and then slowly cook it.
When her prestige has risen, when her faith is solid, Castel is not what she says?
After pacifying the officials of the Silver Mining City, Charlotte announced that she would not accept any other visits in the near future.
This is mainly for the nobles, and the Castel silver mine is making such a big fuss, I am afraid that the nobles will soon get the news and rush over.
Regardless of the meeting with the officials of the Immediate Domain, since she had already decided to officially meet with the nobles of the territory at the Beigang banquet in a week's time, if she opened an opening before that, she would not want to be idle before the banquet.
It can be regarded as expressing his dissatisfaction to the nobles from the side, after all...... She is also entitled to express her displeasure in the matter of the Mithril Mine.
As if to verify Charlotte's expectations, in the next few days, envoys from various families rushed to the Silver Mining City one after another to ask for an audience.
"Is it pretty fast to do cutting? One by one, are they in such a hurry to get themselves out of the mining workshop? ”
Listening to the various reasons for the nobles' envoys and the words of loyalty, Charlotte chuckled.
Of course, she didn't see anyone else, these words were all conveyed by the messengers, and there were even those who shouted injustice directly in the lobby of the hotel, and then were directly put down by the guards.
"Tell them that I suspect that there are nobles in the territory who are colluding with cultists, and I don't plan to meet any nobles for the time being before the banquet in Beigang."
Charlotte looked at the list that Sebas had put together in her hand and said.
After speaking, she looked at Sebas again:
"Is that all there is to the workshop stewards?"
"That's all, except for being able to find out which family is the approximate supporter behind them, the crimes committed by anyone will only involve some unimportant characters in the end."
"I even used the power of spiritual domination you gave to the judgment of the Stewards, but these stewards ...... It doesn't seem to know much, and many of them are motivated by their own greed, not orders. ”
"Master, I suspect they've been given some kind of psychic suggestion, but they're ...... It's just an abandoned son, and the blood clan behind the scenes may have already planned to abandon them. ”
Sebas said respectfully.
"Perhaps, but ...... The people behind the scenes have given up these stewards, but they still need the nobles to do things for them, and they can touch the various families along the way, even if there is no evidence. ”
Charlotte said.
With that, she stretched and ordered:
"The mining workshop will be handed over as soon as possible, and then we'll get back to North Harbor as soon as possible, huh...... The problematic stewards were also escorted along. ”
Sebas saluted respectfully:
"Do as you command."
After two more days of finishing the workshop, Charlotte left Silver City.
This time, the mining workshop was a major change, and almost two-thirds of the managers were dismissed.
As for the remaining third, it can't be said that each one is not a problem at all, but it is already Charlotte's limit.
She still needs to do things manually, and she can't really paralyze the mining workshop completely.
Again, it is enough to clean up the big problems and those small problems, warn and warn, and let them re-realize who the lord is.
As soon as she returned to the North Harbor, Charlotte received another important message from the Duchy of Boulder.
Duke of Boulder...... He died of illness.