KT Chapter 261

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「In other words, the feudal lord’s son became the new feudal lord?」

「No, more accurately, it seems that he hasn’t yet. I don’t know about the details, but it seems that he needs to be approved by the king.」

「But, he did a bunch of things, didn’t he?」

「Maa, since he would definitely become the feudal lord.」

The conversation went back to what happened a week ago. The feudal lord who had retired due to being sick for a long time had passed away. The townspeople were saddened by the feudal lord’s passing, but there was also a person who was happy about it. That was the feudal lord’s son. He imposed various taxes on the mourning townspeople, as if adding insult to injury. 

It seems that at such a critical moment, the vulgar adventurers used the feudal lord’s name and went crazy. 

And so, why the orphanage was suddenly being visited, apparently their objective was the plot of land here. Although it was within the inner wall, it was on the edge of town, far away from the town center, but the building, open space, and the field were spacious. In this town that was undergoing development, it would still sell at a high price.

And, Director-sensei had borrowed this land from the feudal lord. Though I said that she had borrowed, it was free of charge, and it seems that if she’s operating an orphanage, she would be able to borrow it semi-permanently. Of course, even if the feudal lord was replaced, even if the Director-sensei was replaced, that contract would still hold up. That should’ve been the case.

It seems that while the feudal lord was confined to his bed, the feudal lord’s son played a trick and started saying that the contract would come to an end when the feudal lord passed away. Of course, Director-sensei had the written contract as well and he was not able to arbitrarily change it, so the rumor was full of problems and was invalid, but the other party, though rotten, was a noble. Our objections were not accepted. If we entrusted this issue with the feudal lord of this region, who had a higher status than the feudal lord of this town, they would probably be able to do something about it, but it would be difficult to discuss it with them. That was because of the feudal lord of this town.

「Come to think of it, what happened to the young children?」

「Aah, it’s dangerous, so we had them evacuate.」

「Since those guys come every day.」

It seems that the vulgar adventurers who were coming were so-called land speculators, and it seems that they tried to forcefully drive out the people from the orphanage. Maa, it seems that things were not going well, but the children, who couldn’t have anything happen to them, were made to evacuate to the clan house and the farm. What those guys wanted was the orphanage’s land, so it seems that the clan house was fine. To begin with, the clan house was bought through the guild, so the feudal lord would not be able to lay his hands on it. 

「So, what are we going to do?」

「Nn~, as things are, we can only live here or leave, right?」

「That’s right…, maa, thanks to Shuu and the others, there is the option to leave.」

At first, it was me, but now, it’s because of everyone.

Indeed, thanks to everyone at the orphanage, we were able to do adventurer work, production work, do business, and leave the familiars in their care.

「In the end, do we change tactics depending on who we’re dealing with?」

That’s right, if the feudal lord’s son and the vulgar adventurers keep coming in the future, as expected, we will have to consider giving up this place.

I wanted the guards of the town to do something about this, but their employer was the feudal lord, so how would they be able to deal with this. Let’s ask the usual gatekeeper next time.

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