MTL - The Dragon Princess Who Traveled Through Another World-Chapter 10 The status quo of barren territories

  Chapter 10 The Current Situation of the Barren Territory

   After a lot of tossing, everyone was tired.

  So, a group of people moved in, a brand new castle cleaned by the cleansing arcane of Myramie.

  Charlie fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the bed, and had a dreamless night.

  The next morning, she was woken up by a loud noise.

   Like a dream but not a dream, the noise from downstairs made Charlie curl up in the blanket.

  She tried hard to fall asleep again.

  But suddenly the maid knocked on the door in a hurry, and the noisy Charlie had to sit up on the musty big bed, which could not be saved by the cleansing arcane.

   "Not good! Master!"

  Although the situation was urgent, Charlie had to tighten his corset quickly before he hurried out of the largest master bedroom on the fourth floor of the castle.

  Run all the way down the rotating stone staircase to the place where the conflict broke out on the first floor of the castle.

  The commissioners confronted the ragged leader holding a harpoon, while the two arcanists watched from the sidelines.

   "What's going on? Put down your weapons!"

   Charlie deliberately suppressed his voice.

  She passed over the crowd in the mercenary team, and walked in front of the leaders in tattered clothes.

  These ragged local villagers are the 'emergency' that the maid ran up to her.

   There are two arcanists watching.

  This group of local residents holding a harpoon, who don't seem to be threatening, can hurt her hair even if she loses.

  He took it out calmly, and when he rushed out of the bedroom just now, he didn't forget to bring the imperial canonization order with him.

   This is a document issued by the emperor when she was canonized as the earl of the empire.

   But obviously, these are not something that the people who are almost naked and holding a harpoon can understand.

   They all looked at an old man standing at the back among them.

  The old man was full of silver hair, and his clothes were better than the strong young man standing in the front, but the original color of the clothes could not be seen from the starch.

  People in the small fishing village of Bella called him Old Tom.

  This morning, he also inspected the castle routinely, but found that the gate of the castle was smashed, and then ran to the small sea village of Bella to "respond to everything".

  Called so many people to 'siege' here.

  Although Beilahai Village has not had a lord for a long time, and the castle has been abandoned for a long time.

   But these have long been brainwashed by lawful good alignment philosophies.

  And the class viewpoint is deeply ingrained in their minds, making them unwilling to steal the finances in the castle even if they are hungry.

   On the contrary, they also devotedly guarded the castle.

  For any uninvited guests who invade here, they will use all their strength to resist.

  Old Tom tremblingly took the roll of documents in Charlie's hand with wrinkled and rough hands with black mud between his nails.

  The documents are stamped with the imperial emperor's private coat of arms, as well as the coat of arms that the royal family will only use for official documents.

  Old Tom didn't know many words, but when he was young, he had worked as a small tax collector for the former lord of the territory here, so he could read some words and count clearly.

  His rough fingers moved slowly over the document, stuttering to read the words on the document. Although he often ambiguously encountered unfamiliar vocabulary, he basically understood the meaning of the document.

  While old Tom was stuttering and reading the paperwork, Charlie looked around at the citizens who seemed to be in a sub-healthy state. Obviously they are all young and strong laborers, but all of them have sunken cheeks and ugly faces.

   Their shabby clothes can't hide the emaciated physical condition underneath.

  Jiang Mianmian, who traveled from a modern city full of flowers, couldn't help sighing. This was the first time she had come face to face with the lower class people in this world.

  In the past, the term "hungry stomach" probably only appeared in those women who were motivated to lose weight and make themselves look better.

   But now, he has a different perspective on the word.

   Just as Charlie was sighing, Old Tom finally stumbled and saw the two coats of arms printed with wax paint at the bottom of the document.

  He was fortunate to have seen the same coat of arms pattern in the previous noble lord!

it is true!

  Old Tom's cloudy eyes slowly shed two lines of tears.

  He was a little at a loss, wiped his face with his dirty, wrinkled and rough palms, and then stammered illogical words while crying and laughing at times.

   "I'm sorry.... We didn't receive any news before... Oh! Dragon God! What have we done? We have made so many rude things to the great and honorable Lord Earl!

…Oh! lads! Put down the **** harpoons! "

  Seeing that the problem seemed to be solved, Charlie was still in a low blood pressure state when he woke up early. She waved her hands, motioning for Old Tom, who was full of snot and tears, to shut up, and then said:

   "We should have arrived about 20 days earlier than the messenger of the empire, which is why you have not been notified."

   "However, I think this should not be a problem. After waiting for more than ten days, those heralds will always arrive here."

  Ah... No, she hasn't fully woke up yet, she is completely unwell to talk about business, and always feels that what she says is just out of her mind.

  So, Charlie said to the excited old Tom: "In short, you choose one person to stay. We will talk about business in a while, and the rest go back to do their own things, that's it."

   After finishing speaking, Charlie walked towards the stairs weakly. When she thought that the largest master bedroom was on the top fourth floor, she didn't want to go back to wash up...

Climbing back to the clean but musty smelling room, just rolling on the bed, thinking about squinting for a while, Charlie was so startled by the sudden burning sensation on his left thumb that he almost jumped out of the bed. Jump up on the bed.

what! It's you! Damn you dare to come out! Ahhh! Thief Ring!! I haven't settled with you after the last cheating!

  Charlie's teeth itch with hatred, but he can't do anything with Moyu.

   A mocking golden word appeared in front of her eyes:

  【Become a qualified lord series of tasks: 1. Patrol your territory. 】

  【Task Reward: (Optional) Become an Arcane Apprentice / Two Ion Stones】

  Charlie is about to explode when he sees the reward of "two Ion stones"!

   You go away!

   Still come to this set? !

  Ahhh!

  Can I fall for your second time?

  …

   Fifteen minutes later, Charlie washed up and sat down at the long banquet table in the castle.

  The mercenary team and two arcanists had breakfast with her.

  The hardworking maid served a plate of fried meat jerky and coarse stone cakes for breakfast in front of everyone.

  No way, there is nothing in the castle, and it is hard for a smart woman to cook without rice.

  They can only make do with it for the time being.

   "Where's the local resident? Ask him to come over to eat, and I just asked him about his territory."

  Charlie didn't realize that there was a problem, but the maid hesitated to speak, and the mercenary team also looked at each other in blank dismay.

   Seeing that the maid Annie was still not moving, Charlie asked, "Do you still want me to invite someone in person?"

  Anne is a qualified maid who has accepted the "training" of the nobles, so she boldly "suggests": "My lord, the vulgar citizens should not sit at the same table with you."

  Charlie frowned and said, "If I ask him questions about the territory, do I still need your consent? Well, stop wasting my time and call him over."

  For the servant trained by the widow of the earl, Charlie really felt that it was difficult to communicate, so he didn't bother to say more, and directly took out the airs of the master's house.

  The maid had to timidly respond to call for someone.

  Charlie, who doesn't have the strict concept of class hierarchy in this world, is very much like arcanists who act recklessly in this respect.

  The only ones present who were very satisfied with the scene just now were the two old arcanists. The more they looked at Charlie, the more satisfied they became.

   Not long after, the maid came in with Old Tom who walked nervously on the same hands and feet.

  Charlie held a knife and fork, struggling to stick to the grilled golden meat, and looked up at Old Tom.

  I saw him crumpling his dirty felt hat nervously with both hands.

  His muddy shoes; bleached and mended clothes; and his hands full of dirty nails are out of place with the brand-new earl's castle.

  Although this Castle Charlie, which will be full of musty smell if you don't take care of it by the sea, is ten thousand people don't like it.

  Charlie said to him kindly: "Sit down and have some simple breakfast together, just as I have a lot of things to ask you."

  Old Tom refused repeatedly in fright, but his body ran uncontrollably all the way, and finally sat at the end of the banquet table.

  The red-robed arcanist's hand hidden under the table "moved quietly", avoiding the time-wasting wrangling.

  Tom was frightened, but soon his attention was diverted by the delicious grilled meat slices in front of him that were fried until golden and oily.

  'Gudong' he swallowed uncontrollably.

  He hasn’t eaten such a barbecue for a long time, and the gluttons in his stomach are screaming. Fortunately, the banquet table is long enough to prevent him from losing his composure in front of these noble gentlemen.

   "Answer my question, the food on the table is your reward." Charlie slowly cut the barbecue strips that he was tired of but had to continue eating, and said in a low voice.

   "Old Tom must tell the lord everything he knows." Tom was so excited that he almost raised his hand to swear, everything this morning was like a dream.

   "Very good, then you can briefly introduce to me now, Bella Coast, this piece of territory belongs to me."

  Old Tom organized his words and began to stammer...

   This is a barren land surrounded by the sea on three sides and a forest of monsters on one side.

  Because it is close to the coast, sandy land is not suitable for planting.

  There are ferocious sea beasts in the sea, so they cannot go fishing.

  There are a large number of monsters in the forest, so that the people living on the Beira Coast will die or be injured every time they step into the forest to find food.

  In short, this is a desperately suffocating land.

  After listening to old Tom's numb statement, Charlie was no longer in the mood to eat the food in front of him.

   "Let's eat. Take me to inspect my territory after eating."

  (end of this chapter)