Knights, Let’s Smash Them

118 – Being a patient is not sober (1)

“You’ve been through a lot, Lubern.”

“No, Count.”

“As you said, the newly appointed administrators and officers are doing their job well enough. Put aside your worries about work for a while and get some rest. If you need anything, tell me anytime.”

Count Dionaos Rupel wholeheartedly congratulated me on my hard work. The Happening, which had been going on for almost two months, was finally finished.

He stood on my side and strongly criticized the Heretic Inquisition Bureau and the Imperial Family Inspection Department.

As the legitimate lord of a territory that was about to cause a catastrophe due to the attack of the Blue Cross Society, he submitted a petition to the emperor and the emperor.

He literally protested against the leaders of the two giant groups that are currently ruling the world.

It was a great consolation just that he, the count of the outskirts of the empire, moved directly, even though he could not have done a little trick.

Of course, even if it’s an emperor or a court emperor, it’s a scale that can’t be ignored.

The imperial family sealed a portion of the grain belt in the southwestern part of the Rupel estate, which was directly under the imperial family’s control, as territory.

According to that, the Imperial Office came to establish a new Parish of Rupel.

The granary is also a granary, but the biggest harvest from Count Rupel’s point of view is the parish.

The difference between having a parish in charge of a manor and not having one is quite large.

What was the reason we immediately brought the wandering priest Decart into the Knights?

It was to reduce friction with the Imperial Office even a little, and enjoy religious benefits.

If the imperial family controls the empire externally, the Imperial Office controls the empire internally.

In the empire, the estimated figure to believe in the law reached 90% of the total population, and the weekly ‘offering’ collected from them was so enormous that it was impossible to even properly estimate it.

Yes, offerings.

Actually, it’s an offering, not to the territory, but to the Emperor’s Office, so I wonder what it has to do with it.

The problem was that this offering was managed by the parish.

All dioceses had to return 20% activity tax to the territory as a welfare fund based on a decree mutually agreed upon by the monarch and the 10th pope at the ‘First Lateran Council’.

At the time of the ninth emperor, it was a decree designated to root out the rampant corruption of the church.

Even now, the power of the Emperor’s Office cannot be said to be small even with empty words, but I can’t even imagine how strong it must have been back then.

What…… I’ve said enough to dethrone the empress of the Boliver Empire, who was doing well at the time.

Anyway, because of this decree, the diocese is now more like an ATM that gives you plenty of pozzi every week.

Actually, lords and bureaucrats also give offerings in the same way.

But what if our territory is not designated as a single parish, but is in the state of being under the multiple jurisdiction of the neighboring territory?

The offerings from our estate will flow into the next estate.

It’s a case of giving someone away at best.

From noble mtl dot com.

And that’s the situation the Rupel estate has been in so far.

That doesn’t mean you can’t not pay the offering, these idiots from the Imperial Office, like insurance salesmen, calculate the donations collected from each region of the empire every month and choose the territory with the lowest participation rate as f*ck?

If you’re thinking, ‘Can’t I just get a kick out of it?’, That means you haven’t dipped your toe in the mud of politics.

As the Imperial Court is deeply involved in the lives of citizens, the political power they possess is beyond imagination.

It’s not for nothing that I hear the joke that the emperor bought power by giving money to the monarchs of each country.

If the Emperor’s Office starts to properly apply pressure, from that day on, the territory will become a territory of idiots who can’t even pay offerings properly.

The lord in question shouldn’t be surrounded by countless Mesgaki nobles around him.

-Heo & The lord of cocksucking who can’t properly manage the faith of his citizens is absorbed by our territory &

With the selling that makes your head hurt just imagining it, the support base is ripped off, competent bureaucrats are ripped off, estates are ripped off, and eventually the intestines are spilled to face a disgraceful end.

This is the Yeongjijeon of these days.

How terrible and terrifying is this?

I heard that before the Grand Expedition, a one-on-one battle in a real man’s field was prevalent.

Since the great expedition completely evaporated the power to do so, the emperor would mobilize the central army to develop and kill both forces when he showed signs of fighting a territory war like that.

Anyway, it’s a single parish.

Since the establishment of a new diocese is not something that can be done by investing just a few days, the dispatch of St. Catherine and the Emperor’s Office in their own way compensated as much as they could.

“It is surprising that despite the fact that even the dragon and the old dragon knight were resurrected, there was little damage to Young Ji-min.”

“Still, the Imperial Court and the Imperial Family would not have bowed their heads unless it had such an impact.”

“That is true too.”

Earl Rupel murmured bitterly.

In other words, if the Blue Cross didn’t do anything stupid to save the gold dragon Epirothraksia and Orgius, and simply attacked Tiffen Village…….

I could have protested back then, but it probably wouldn’t have been this much of a focus.

Since you dragged the aggro in one way or another, the Imperial Court and the Imperial Family promised enough compensation that they would not be disappointed with the Rupel estate.

Once you get to know them, how nerdy they are.

“Oh, and I don’t know if other friends have told me, but the iron road completion project is still going well. Baron Kirten took over right away.”

I was in a coma for two weeks, just in case I was curious, the Count said and laughed.

If you show that kind of reaction, I’m like a workaholic who finishes what I must do.

But that’s true.

It’s the same with the fact that Compton told me to stay calm, and Tiffen Village must have been in chaos already.

How can you coolly scratch only the itchy areas?

“Oops, look at my mind. A meeting with the retainers was scheduled for this afternoon. You didn’t even notice the time passing, so we talked.”

“You must be busy, so please go inside.”

“Let’s do that. I hope you recover quickly too.”

Dionaos Rupel disappeared with a kind smile until the end. He’s a really good looking guy every time I see him.

“Haa… ….”

By the way, a new parish was established in a new fief.

“There will be more things to do after I get discharged.”

Should I say this is good?

Should I say it’s bad?

It was a very vague feeling.

***

Two weeks in a coma.

And then another three weeks for recovery.

A total of 5 weeks passed helplessly.

Definitely, Zadok was Zadok. They told me to use it only for the last time, but they said it was just for friendship.

The teacher said he had never used Zadok before…….

-Yeki! Hey! If I use it, it goes straight to the goal!

-Is that enough? If you use only a very small amount…….

-Have you seen such a brute!

At that time, “Um…… Why are you extremely angry?

A high-level alchemist is attached as a personal doctor, and an elf spirit knight who has risen to the level of a diamond-level adventurer is also sincerely cared for.

In addition to the recovery magicians that Count Rupel himself inquired about, and the priests urgently dispatched by the Emperor’s Office to save face.

Even if the emperor of the empire, or even the grandfather of the emperor of the empire, would not have been able to see this level of medical welfare service.

Anyway, despite receiving such welfare, it took five weeks to fully recover.

“Even after doing this, aftereffects can remain. Since the liver must have been damaged by detoxifying beyond the limits of the body, it is absolutely forbidden to consume alcohol, cigarettes, and other potions that may have side effects.”

“Even alcohol…… You mean?”

“Then of course!! To think of drinking even in the midst of this, is it not a human being, but a spirit of alcohol, or something like that?”

Behind Compton’s absurd speech, real madness came.

“Oppa, from now on you will only smell like alcohol. Then I’ll lock you in my room and take care of it.”

“Petra…… Why are you like this…….”

“I even sent you off to come back safely, but I came back almost half dead, so please bear with this, brother.”

I just decided to keep my mouth shut.

Because I really thought I would do it.

Anyway, as of today, I’m officially reinstated as the Administrator of the Snow Leopard Knights and a member of the 8-person Order of vassals.

Since five weeks is not such a short period of time, there were piles of things to be done.

The first thing to do is…….

“Baron Ayloi of Luverne, Marco Firenze is waiting for you.”

Starting with the ‘Marco Firenze Rupel Brewery’, which is about to have an official opening ceremony soon.

It’s related to brewing, but as I was told, I won’t drink alcohol.

…… Maybe?