Volume 2 The Birth of the Demon King Chapter 124 The Return of the City Lord
After the battle, Byron arranged the affairs of White Peak, and then followed the emir back to Blackpool.
It was the middle of the night, and in order not to let the people notice that he had been away for a while, Emir quietly slipped into the city lord's mansion.
Returning to Blackpool with him were Ophelia and Anne, Melissa originally wanted to follow her sister, but after thinking about it, if the Knights didn't have her, Charles would definitely not be able to do anything, so he chose to stay.
At this time, looking at his sneaky actions, Byron couldn't help but be puzzled, after all, he thought that the emir was really the lord of the city here, but he didn't expect that he had misunderstood.
Ophelia, who was on the side, knew the reason very well, and when she saw Byron's puzzled expression, she leaned into his ear and told him the truth.
"Poof," Byron couldn't help but laugh, "and this kind of thing?" ”
"Oops, I'm smiling." The emir scratched his head, embarrassed.
The crowd then entered the mansion through the back door, and the Emile moved to the hall to receive Byron, who was a candidate for the throne.
As soon as I entered, I saw three people sitting in chairs, it was Rena, Paglis, and Grea, they didn't know if they were thinking about the problem, or they were in a daze.
"Ahem," said the emir, with a few light coughs, "why haven't you rested so late?" ”
“…… Ah, it's the lord of the castle! Rena couldn't help but exclaim, and she leaned in front of the emir with an excited face.
"Rena, be aware of who you are." Pagris stood up at once, but tremblingly, and reprimanded Rena with a straight face.
"Uh-oh." Rena has become a little more reserved.
"Oh, Emile, you're back," Grea grinned as she came to him, "and I've been worried about your absence, and I've been worried about how I'm going to live if something happens to you." ”
"Okay, okay, don't say such sensual things." The emir frowned and stopped his whiskers from slapping his horse.
To this day, he still remembered the promise he made to the people, saying that ten nobles would be selected from among them in three days.
However, if he remembers correctly, he seems to have missed the appointment, and it is now the fourth day.
"By the way, how is the selection of nobles going?" The emir looked at Paglis, after all, he was the only one in the lord's mansion who was the most stable.
"Ahh......h
"Did something happen?"
"Oh, that's right, let me explain," said Guerrea, who volunteered, and then said, "Alas, those people are really a bunch, they blocked the door of the mansion early this morning, and loudly threatened to see you, or they would not leave, but you never returned, and we were very embarrassed, and Mr. Pagris had to tell them that the lord of the city had suddenly become seriously ill, and could not see anyone for the time being, and they did not believe it, and had to come to comfort you in person, and finally Mr. Pagris ......"
He didn't say any more, for Pagris was looking at him frantically.
"Why did it stop? Say it! The emir urged impatiently.
"This ......" Grea was speechless for a long time.
"Forget it, Rena, what the hell is wrong with Paglis?"
"I ...... I'm sorry, Mr. Paglis, although I know that you don't want to deepen the conflict between the city lord and the people, but I really can't hide this matter," Rena didn't want to say, but after she glanced at Paglis's rickety figure, she still made up her mind, "That's the case, no matter how we reasoned after that, they just didn't listen, and said that if you don't see the city lord, you will leave the city and let you keep the empty city alone, although there are also two people who are constantly fighting in the round, but the others are likely to be maliciously instigated and just want to make trouble." In the end, Mr. Pagris could not bear it anymore and got into a physical altercation with them, and then he was kicked several times by those men, and fell to the ground for half a day and could not get up. ”
"Tsk, how did these guys do it, they actually took revenge, if it weren't for the emir, how could they have survived until now." Ophelia said indignantly.
"Oh, that's what humans are." Anne sneered.
"Alright, I'll deal with it then," said the emir, motioning for them to be at ease, then walked up to Paglis, helped him to his chair, and asked with concern, "how are you doing now?" Is it better? ”
"It's okay, it's really okay." Pagliss lowered his head, not daring to look at him.
"Paglis, this is not like you before, haven't you always hated the common people?" The emir said seriously, "Why do you have to struggle to support yourself now that you have been wronged? Can you see who kicked you? ”
Pagris shook his head, then a pleading expression.
"Please, don't pursue this matter, okay? They are the only people left in this town, and if you drive them out for my sake, or even kill those who kicked me, you, the lord of the city, will be dead in name only. ”
Paglis's words were really moving, he really hated the common people, and he had not changed until now, but for the sake of the future of the emir, he was able to ignore the common people who offended him.
If it was the previous emir, he would definitely agree to Paglis's request, but now he is completely different, and for the sake of the big picture, he must eliminate those black sheep.
And he didn't agree with Paglis, even if there were only a few people left, he was the lord of this Blackpool town.
However, as soon as he thought of this, he suddenly reacted, he didn't seem qualified to be the city lord, because Leonard didn't appoint him.
At this time, perhaps seeing his embarrassment, Byron, who had been standing next to him, came over and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.
"Emir, don't be so quick to be discouraged, from now on, you will be the city lord of Blackpool Town, with me behind your back, see who dares to say that you are not qualified."
"......" Emir was stunned for a moment, then bowed to him to express his gratitude, "Thank you for your weight, I understand." ”
After this, the Emile asked Rena to prepare another dinner to serve the guests.
However, when the Amir heard that they had been grieved all day because of the disturbances of the people, and had not eaten at all, he decided that they would eat together after the noble Byron.
"No, no, no, emil, there is no need for this," Byron immediately refused, and he explained, "I am not a pampered nobleman, and I do not discriminate against the common people, you only treat me as a guest...... Oh no, just friends. ”
"Yes, Emir, you're welcome." Ophelia also persuaded.
Since they had said so, the emir had no choice but to do so.
When the meal had been finished, the emir solemnly promised that he would go tomorrow to seek justice for Paglis.
Although Pagris still tried to persuade him, Emir reassured him that the town did not need that kind of people, and that swallowing their anger would only make those people worse, and it would inevitably harm the town in the end, and the others also supported Emir's approach, and then Pagris finally nodded, and then, with the help of Rena and Grea, he recalled the three people who kicked him.
……
The next morning, the Emile arrived alone in the central square of Blackpool, and before that, he ordered Grea to gather all the people.
He didn't let Ophelia and Anne come with him, after all, it was his responsibility as the lord of the city to deal with this kind of thing, and he had to do it himself.
Curious, however, Byron was curious about what Emir was going to do, and joined the others in observing from a nearby building.
At this time, the emir stood on the high platform and looked at the people below with a serious face, and then a respected old man stepped forward and said.
"Lord of the Castle, you have finally appeared, what happened yesterday ......"
"I'm sorry, Lord Castle, but we've tried our best to persuade you." The woman standing with the old man also hurriedly said.
"I know, don't talk yet, and then I'll make a judgment that conforms to the facts." The emir said lightly, but it made people feel a sense of majesty.
"Yes." They nodded and retreated into the crowd.
The emir then looked at the others, coughed lightly, and then said, "I once promised you that I would select ten nobles from among you, and you agreed, but there was something wrong on my side, so I couldn't fulfill the agreement in time, I have to apologize to you, you can scold me for not being trustworthy, or you can leave Blackpool Town directly, but you shouldn't hurt the people around me...... Oh, it's wrong, it seems like Pagris did it first, but isn't that the fault of those who deliberately make trouble? So, what I want to say is, I can give you a chance, as long as you confess the troublemakers, or those people take the initiative to stand up, and then apologize to Paglis, I can not blame the past, otherwise, I will not be the lord of the city, and whoever likes it should go. ”
Hearing him say this, Byron, who was standing not far away, couldn't help laughing, thinking that this last sentence really seemed like a child's words.
However, he secretly admired the emir's methods, if his brother could be half the level of the emir, it is estimated that he would have died without a place to bury.
Of course, the emir knew who they were, but he just wanted to see what they would do.
As he finished saying that, there was a dead silence in the audience, no one confessed the initiator, and naturally no one stood up, but this did not mean that his words were ineffective, because he could see that everyone was hesitating.
Sure enough, after waiting patiently for a few minutes, someone finally came forward, it was two men and a woman, both in their thirties, they were dressed in quite expensive clothes.
But unlike other people who originally came from well-to-do families, even after a few days of sloppy life, their bodies were still spotless and not disgraced.
At this time, the emir always felt that these three people were a little embarrassed, and he carefully counted the people present, and there were actually seventy-nine people.
He remembered that there were eighty-six people at first, and then ten people left because he asked the people to work, which upset some people, so now there should be seventy-six left.
The only possibility is that three of the ten people who left ran back again.
At this time, they took the initiative to stand up in the face of the emir's questioning, and then they immediately prostrated on the ground and kept kowtowing to the emir.
"Lord of the city, the old housekeeper's matter is indeed our fault, we will confess our guilt, you can punish us however you want, but there is only one thing, please give us a way to live." One of the women said with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, we know that we are wrong, we shouldn't have objected to you in the first place, and we didn't plan to be rude to the old butler, we just wanted to see you too much, so we were emotional...... Either way, it's our fault that everything goes wrong. The other man also said with a sad face.
"Lord of the city, we don't dare to be nobles, let us be slaves forever." The third one was even more ruthless.
"Uh......"
Dumbfounded, Emir looked at the sun in the sky, as if it had not come out of the west.
However, he still wondered how absurd it was that according to the character of these people, even if they died, they would not be slaves, and that these three people had reached such a point that they still paid great attention to their image and dressed up in the dust, but now they could say such a discovery of conscience.
Despite the fact that they had behaved so humbly and begged for mercy, the emir was angry and he began to think about how to punish them next.
After a while, he came up with the idea of having them come to the lord's mansion as servants and leave them in the hands of Paglis.
After settling the matter, the selection of nobles finally began, because the emir had to make amends for failing to fulfill the agreement, he decided to increase the number of nobles to fifteen, and those who did not choose the nobility would also receive a large sum of money from the emir, as well as the opportunity to continue learning cooking skills from Rena.
At this point, everything was settled as perfectly as possible, and the people were satisfied, but there was only one person who was disappointed in the Emir, and that was Byron, who had been watching from a short distance, and who he thought was too mild to have a deterrent effect on the people.
If he made the decision, he should kill those three people in public at this time, and then only appoint five nobles, as for those who failed to choose nobles, they can only blame themselves for being too useless.