Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 239: -32- Return_2

Chapter 239: -32- Return_2

Lost in dreams of a bright future, the werewolf man fervently prayed in his heart.

Watching the werewolf Luf leave, Charlotte also felt a load off her mind.

As a believer of hers, misunderstands certainly needed to be cleared, otherwise future blunders were sure to arise.

However, Charlotte didn’t plan to reveal her real identity to him.

Although the werewolf’s faith was directed at her, she still felt an inexplicable sense of guilt about directly acknowledging the identity of the Blood True Ancestor.

Even if various signs indicated that she seemed to really occupy that position.

Apart from that, it was also for safety’s sake. Even with the "True Ancestor Liberation" cheat, she could at most be a superhero for a minute, so the fewer people who knew her secret, the better.

Of course, perhaps there was also a sense of beauty derived from keeping a distance.

Luf was a believer.

While Sebastian and Nisi were her followers, they were not strictly believers.

Conversing with followers is different from conversing with believers.

Charlotte wasn’t ready to deal with believers face-to-face as a worshiped figure.

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Having parted ways with Luf, Charlotte returned to the Water Fir Tavern.

Entering the city with a grand escort of guards, she once again experienced what it felt like to be the center of attention.

The spectacle was so grand that it even startled the elves at the front desk, who thought some great trouble had befallen the inn, until some well-informed individuals explained the events at the Mining Workshop, which finally put the long-eared merchants of Silver Mining City at ease.

However, the elves quickly became excited again.

Earl Castel staying at the Water Fir Inn was undoubtedly a massive advertisement and the most effective form of approval for the inn.

After all, what could be a more useful advertisement than the Lord personally staying there?

The startled innkeeper, the Moon Elf from Moon God Island, even climbed out of bed in the middle of the night to personally visit Charlotte, not only waiving her charges but also warmly gifting her with many precious presents from Moon God Island.

The enthusiasm was a far cry from the pride and indifference typically ascribed to elves in books.

It just goes to show that in the face of absolute power and interest, even proud elves can’t avoid being conventional.

Nor were they as rigid and conservative as the books Charlotte had read suggested.

In fact, many elves who are keen on trade could even be more cunning than humans.

Besides the innkeeper who became extremely warm upon learning of Charlotte’s identity, the mayor of Silver Mining City also brought a group of officials to pay a visit the very next day.

Charlotte wasn’t surprised by this.

Silver Mining City was also a directly administered domain of Castel, and as the Lord, even if she was just inspecting a vassal’s territory, the vassal was expected to accompany her, let alone after revealing her identity on a private visit to her own domain.

Charlotte had guessed that officials from all quarters would come the next day when she revealed her identity the night before.

However, their visit seemed more like an anxious plea for forgiveness.

At least, the mayor of Silver Mining City immediately knelt on meeting her:

"Count, it is our negligence! We had no idea such a thing would happen at the Mining Workshop!"

The elderly mayor, who looked to be in his sixties or seventies, with a group of City Officials, kneeled before Charlotte begging for forgiveness.

"Please rise, Lord Amer. The Mining Workshop is managed by various families and is not under the direct jurisdiction of Silver Mining City, so this matter is not related to the City Officials here,"

Charlotte said.

What she said was true; Silver Mining City was directly administered by Castel, but the mines were not.

To consolidate his rule, the Castel silver mines had long become a tool for the Castel family to win over the Nobles.

However, Charlotte didn’t believe for one second that these city officials were completely unaware of the silver mine’s affairs.

The Secret Silver Mine had been kept too well-hidden. The powers involved behind the scenes were far from simple; most likely, many of these officials were also involved.

But Charlotte understood the principle that an exceedingly clear river harbors no fish. Her target was the Bloodline hidden behind the scenes, not the city officials in front of her...

Many of them weren’t even nobility.

Weeding out opposing forces, consolidating power over her territory didn’t mean she had to thoroughly purge the land, which would only lead to greater chaos.

Charlotte needed experienced hands for her rule; this wasn’t a game where one could just replace a manager with a new one and expect things to keep running smoothly.

Her strength was irrelevant; even if Charlotte possessed overwhelming power, without the cooperation of local forces, she couldn’t govern her territory effectively.

Not to mention that her invincible power only lasted a few dozen seconds.

She had done her homework; in the history of the world of Mireya, there had been cases where local nobles had banded together to oust a Legendary Lord.

The method was simple: support him in public but oppose him in private, paralyzing the entire bureaucratic system of the territory, while inciting public unrest, leading to the Legendary Lord being helplessly overwhelmed...

After all, you can’t just kill everyone, right?

The Kingdom and the Church were watching from above!

In a world with deities, there are rules to follow; even a Legendary Lord must act according to rules, unless you have the will and power to defy them.

As a "Quasi-Evil God," Charlotte certainly had the reasons and will to resist, but unfortunately... she wasn’t powerful enough.

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