Knights, Let’s Smash Them

88 – My magistrate! (1)

“Ah, I am happy.”

It was a day when such words flowed naturally.

After waking up in the morning and finishing a light workout, I have breakfast with food prepared by chefs with excellent cooking skills.

And after leaving the baron’s house, they leisurely strolled around downtown Monterto, a free city, and at around noon when the sun rose brightly, they went into a store that moved their hearts and quenched their hunger.

In the evening, I return to the count’s house, finish the day’s worth of paperwork, and once again finish an exquisite dinner.

From then on, it was all my free time.

Wielding a sword at the training ground neatly managed by Chen, the leader of the People’s Knights.

After that, 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 5km run.

Relieve fatigue in the large bath heated by the head maid, Izayoi.

And if you lie down on the king-size (softness: MAX) bed separately prepared in the foreign guest room, it is literally paradise.

Of course, the life of the Knights wasn’t bad, but it seemed like they were living in groups, and with the recent increase in personnel, the entire headquarters building was overcrowded.

I haven’t had any time to myself lately. Wherever I go, I always run into people.

Add to that.

-Dad!! Play with me!

-No, Lucy, look here. Can’t you see this stack of papers?

-I don’t know! Play with me!

-No, you can just play with the kids…… Why don’t you go out and play today?

-All my friends went home. It’s 8 o’clock now!

Because when I worked frantically without realizing that it was well past dinner time, a blonde break snatcher with a full stomach always appeared and harassed me.

As the squires came in en masse, she was left with relatively little work to do, Xianne, who was entrusted with training or correction.

Naturally, parenting came to be my responsibility.

-Magistrate of Luberne, you should spend some time with Lucy…… !

-Chief Xianne, what should I do if I order him to work and then tell Lucy to watch it!?

-I think I’m going to die too…… Please…… I beg you……. Last time I heard you were my husband!

So if I said that, it’s a bit like an office wife, I put up with it because I thought I would be divided into 16 equal parts by Xianne’s Eraine inspection.

When she looked at Xianne with her eyes drooping over her exhaustion, she couldn’t help but agree.

I’m sure she’s taken good care of Lucy in the meantime.

I never thought the responsibility of raising children would be so heavy.

I wonder if Lucy was the result of me and Xianne playing with fire.

In fact, taking care of the lineage born between a person named Orgius and a gold dragon to this extent was eating away at both Cianne and I.

Did you even think that one day it would be nice if puberty came and pretended not to know her mom and dad?

“Phaaa… ….”

Still, as she tried to warm herself in the hot water, Lucy’s face began to shimmer in front of her.

It feels like I can hear Lucy’s voice laughing in my ear.

Even though I hate you, you’re my baby, really.

It’s been about two days now and I already miss you.

The reason I visited Baron Kirten in the first place was to proceed with the Iron Road completion project.

Simply my status has been upgraded from a vassal dispatched from the count’s family to a minor lord of the baron’s territory, but the schedule itself has not changed.

Designing a road connecting Monterto and Tippen Village with surveyors and professional builders who had opened a kite while working for the Knights of the Black Lion at one time and setting the direction for the initial construction.

Since it wasn’t something that could be completed in a day or two, the dispatch schedule was also set for about two weeks.

Well, actually, it takes about two weeks to complete the road, which isn’t that long.

This was purely because the traffic in Monterto was so good.

Generally, it would take at least several months.

The reason Baron Kirten readily accepted being dispatched to Tippen Village was because the road construction between Petalonto and Tippen was twice as difficult as Monterto.

At this point, there is a reasonable doubt that Baron Kirten may not have been Korean in his previous life.

Originally, after watching the ending content, Koreans are so crazy about the level of inferno.

“Youngju So?”

At that time, a woman’s voice was heard from outside the bathhouse.

“I have prepared the simple milk and refreshments you mentioned.”

“Ah, thank you. Izayoi.”

“Then I’m done… ….”

Trumbling.

The sound of footsteps is getting farther and farther away.

As expected, Izayoi.

It’s only been three days since we met, and I was surprised that he handled things so quickly that I wondered if he really stopped time.

Baron Kirten is truly blessed that even a mere maid is so smart.

Anyway, the schedule in Baron Kirten was wrapping up today.

Tomorrow, we decided to meet the people who came up from the capital in earnest, so we should just eat refreshments and go to bed in advance.

I finally feel the true value of ‘freedom’ to sleep when I want to sleep, eat when I want to eat, and take a bath whenever I want to take a bath.

I stretch all the way.

Dive.

I put her face in the hot water.

***

“Here is their list.”

“There are only 10 people in Monterto, and only 50 people in the Baronies combined… …. Even if you include the workers who will come up from the capital, there will only be about 100.”

I put a hand on my forehead and said. Then, the adventurer’s guild leader sitting in front sighed deeply.

“I can’t help it. Isn’t it too tight to fit all the criteria?”

No, why is that?

From noble mtl dot com.

It’s like a rogue client who gave me a call sign after requesting modifications several times.

Of course, I didn’t ask for a revision.

Aren’t they mainly composed of people who would never have done something like this, but when they put a 12-year-old on the list, it really freaked me out.

I know someone who is a child abuse farmer in Somalia.

A 15-year-old wouldn’t know, but a 12-year-old was way too much.

In addition to that, people who are likely to cause accidents in road construction were thoroughly filtered out.

The answer is no if an industrial accident happens after putting it in for nothing.

Is there such a thing as industrial accident insurance in this world? The moment I stumble, I will take the responsibility as it is.

“First of all, let’s go like this. Well, for the lack of manpower, we have to hire mercenaries, even if it means paying more.”

“Okay.”

“And don’t think I’m being too strict. There’s been an uproar lately in the imperial family about to take the reins of each province, but if each one of these things is captured, it’s only a matter of seconds for Baron Kirten, whom I respect so much, to fly away.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

At first, even those who tried to play hit-and-run magic turn into docile sheep when Baron Kirten Mexis is mentioned.

Just as Count Dionaos Rupel has the overwhelming trust of the territories in Petalonto and other cities, it felt like the situation of Baron Kirten was similar.

To walk the hard way on my own feet, leaving such a happy life territory.

Workaholic is so scary, folks.

“Youngju So, the guild leader.”

“??”

Just as I was about to hand over the documents to the guild leader, the guild receptionist poked his head through the curtains and said,

“Guests from the capital have arrived.”

“Oh, tell me you’re leaving now.”

We got up and went outside. The number of people has been decided, so now we have to send an official notice to the entire barony and wait for people to come.

In the meantime, I had to measure and design the direction and width of the road with a builder from the capital.

As soon as I got out of the guild room where I was alone like that, the guild lobby was crowded with many people.

‘What is it? Did you bring all the workers? I heard they are leaving separately.’

However, I checked the familiar people in armor and froze in place.

Because they weren’t my guests.

Steel full plate armor painted black, black fur like a lion’s mane adorning the back.

The pattern drawn on the scabbard attached to the waist dance is a double-headed eagle symbolizing the ‘royal family’ of the noble Volibert Empire.

Why are the Knights of the Black Lion here?

It wasn’t long before I even thought of such a question, and there was one person who broke through among the knights. A red cloth that stood out clearly among the black armor.

A shoulder-length brown hair that flutters over it.

“Monterto Adventurers Guild Leader! Come out right now…… ?”

“Eh?”

“Lubern Magistrate?!”

Petra Bastian.

A former colleague and the current head of the Black Lion Knights.

Why are you here?

***

The head of the adventurer’s guild in Monterto bowed his head in front of Petra and me. It’s pitiful, yet disgusting, to tremble with your hands as you shrivel up unsuitably for a bear-like size.

“Guild leader, do you admit that you hired a child as a porter to retrieve the dungeon harvest?”

“Yes…… I admit…… Do… ….”

Tsk, I clicked my tongue.

I told you. He said he recognized it from the time he secretly put in the children when he first organized the manpower.

The reason why Petra and the Imperial Black Lion Knights went all the way to Monterto was because of the guild leader right in front of them.

The guild leader was accused of manipulating the ages of children who could not be hired as porters and dispatching them to the dungeons managed by the Knights of the Black Lion.

Porters in this world were very useful jobs for inexperienced adventurers or those in need of money to earn money.

However, the risk was doubled compared to that of simple service work, so it was stipulated by law that you must be at least 16 years old to commit.

The head of the guild in question blew a pakyu coolly toward the law.

It’s not that he didn’t know, it’s even worse in that he knew.

What…… It is true that the original law is violated by everyone knowingly or unknowingly.

Although it is true that a problem is not a problem if you do not make it a problem.

It’s not okay to drive children to death with money as collateral.

“The parents were reassured by selling the name of Baron Kirten, who manages this place, and what was actually put in was the dungeon’s recovery station, right?”

“Oh no! I did not sell the baron’s name!”

“That’s strange. It is different from testimony. The moment you testify, your crime will become even more severe. Can you prove it?”

“Really! Besides, there was no other reason for hiring children! There is no job that can make money as surely as collecting goods produced in a dungeon…… !!”

“I’m afraid nothing has happened so far. If there were monsters in the dungeon that hadn’t been dealt with yet, a terrible disaster would have happened.”

The guild leader finally shut his mouth at Petra’s harsh words. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a serious Petra, and I feel a little awkward.

But every time she meets her, something seems to be missing. She is also strictly a comrade with whom she rolled with in the Knights of the Black Lion.

If Petra hadn’t had this talent, I wouldn’t have her at all. Because she was an excellent administrator and judge.

On the contrary, there were many times when he showed more competence than me in the legal field.

“Therefore, I confessed all these sins. In accordance with Imperial statutes, all positions currently held will be stripped and sentenced to two years in prison.”

At the word prison sentence, the guild leader’s face turned pale.

“Oh my gosh, Chief Executive! Please have mercy! If I leave, who will raise my children!?”

“Your child is precious, and other people’s children are not?”

“It wasn’t really like that! Believe me! Even the dungeons we put in in the first place weren’t high-level dungeons!”

“Where are you raising your voice!!”

Petra overwhelms a stout man several times taller than herself with just her voice.

Kyaa, our juniors are cool!

“Uhhhhh… ….”

In the end, the guild leader accepts everything and is on the verge of falling into a cold prison.

“Hey! Where are you going to go!!”

“Oops, sorry!! Please don’t do that!! I was too scared to speak properly!!”

A man with the appearance that no one would care if he forgot to drink right in front of his eyes collapses into the room.

He was big enough to be the size of a guild leader, so he was completely mismatched with his humming voice.

“Please don’t punish the guild leader! Please!!”

Uh…… Wait for a sec.

Are you the porter in this story?

And crazy.

Why is the development of children these days?

You look exactly like the 15-year-old Dwayne Johnson I saw on the Internet.

Everyone looked at her appearance, which looked like she was at least thirty, and when she looked at her surprised Petra, she too was quite shocked.

“Executive Officer… ….”

“Huh? Uh… ….”

“Then how should I apply the imperial decrees…… ?”

Petra asked, her eyes quivering.

Why do you ask me that?

(It looks like this for reference)