Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 247: -35- Scared her!_2

Chapter 247: -35- Scared her!_2

The Bloodline girl Agnes shook her head and said,

The middle-aged Knight couldn’t help but mutter,

"But I don’t see Count Castel as particularly tall either..."

Agnes gave him a blank look,

"It’s a metaphor! That was a metaphor!"

The middle-aged Knight hesitated,

"So we..."

"We continue muddying the waters. If we can figure out what they’re up to, great; if not, we’ll look for a way to profit off this. Even if we’re suspected, it doesn’t matter; we can always run away!"

Agnes explained.

As she spoke, she poked the middle-aged Knight’s elbow,

"Come on, stop frowning. We’re finally here in North Port; let’s enjoy ourselves. Besides, we have to go to the Mercenary Association tonight to handle the paperwork and incidentally post our commission."

The middle-aged Knight’s eyes twitched,

"Are you really planning to sell the castle? If I may speak frankly, considering we might already be under suspicion, wouldn’t posting a request in the black market draw their attention?"

"The Blood Counts are too rare. Even the one you managed to kill before was because he had weakened from a long slumber and had been poisoned... I’m very worried that even if we do find a Count, he might be one of those guys."

"Their warning today also confirmed that they probably won’t make a move on Count Castel unless absolutely necessary."

Agnes remained silent.

Her expression changed several times before she finally gritted her teeth and said,

"If that’s the case, let’s do this... We won’t directly seek the help of a Count of the Bloodline, but instead, we’ll auction the commission directly. Once we get the money, we can look for a Blazing Sun in the black market to do the job! After all, the Blazing Sun isn’t exclusive to the Blood Counts!"

"As long as we fulfill the Third Prince’s commission and get the Kingdom’s grant of a fiefdom, that’s all that matters!"

The middle-aged Knight Rahael fell silent.

After a long while, he sighed,

"Miss, will the Third Prince... truly keep his promise?"

Hearing her Knight’s words, the Bloodline girl Agnes also fell silent.

Some time later, she heaved a light sigh and said in a low voice,

"We’re already of the Bloodline; do we have any other choice?"

"After all, he’s from the Royal Family. Whether he’ll honor the promise or not, we should at least try, even if there’s only a sliver of possibility."

Having said that, Agnes slapped her own cheek,

"Right! We take it one step at a time! For now, let’s just sell the castle and make a hefty profit before our true identities are revealed!"

...

Perhaps gradually everyone realized that Count Castel truly had no intention of meeting any nobles before the banquet, so after returning to North Port, the number of requests to visit Charlotte had decreased significantly.

Charlotte found herself unusually relaxed.

It might seem odd to call her relaxed, considering she had just assumed the role of a Lord, and conventional wisdom suggested she should be incredibly busy.

But that was the reality.

Charlotte was refusing visits, the cabinet of the Count Territory was at a standstill, and the City Officials were handling the big and small matters of the directly administered domain... Aside from reviewing some detailed information about her territory, Charlotte truly had no official duties to attend to at the moment.

The only busy area, the Mining Workshops, had already been handled by Sebastian.

In fact, this was a common state for Mireya nobles.

Truly, as Lords and administrators, Mireya nobles often didn’t manage their territories hands-on.

Controlling transcendental powers, they could coordinate effectively with higher and lower-level officials and nobles to maintain control over their domains. As for specific management... delegating authority was normal.

As a Lord, one simply had to make decisions on significant matters.

In reality, many Transcendent Nobles likely spent more of their energy on increasing their own power and fulfilling their duties to their Lords.

Especially the nobles who were part of their Lords’ cabinets.

Rather than fretting over their territories’ management, they were probably more concerned with fulfilling their obligations to their Lords and jockeying for position within the higher levels of the noble system...

For Charlotte, who had neither served in the Duchy’s government nor had full control over her territory yet, it was perfectly normal for her to have free time.

Delegating more, focusing more on superiors.

The advantage of such an approach was clear: it allowed Mireya nobles to free their hands and devote more energy to other matters.

But the downside was also obvious.

If the Lord’s power was inadequate, they could easily be undermined, especially during transitions between generations of nobility.

In some sense, the difficulties Charlotte encountered upon her return to her domain stemmed from this reason.

That was the norm for Mireya.

Considering from another angle, Charlotte believed that the current situation faced by the newly appointed Duchess Eleanor of Bold was unlikely much better than her own.

Charlotte, unapologetically, even considered herself a thorn in the side of the Bold family.

Of course, being "relaxed" was relative. Charlotte continued her practice of Talent Magic while familiarizing herself with her domain’s affairs, and time flew by quickly.

Soon it was evening, and the time had come for her appointment with Sebastian to visit Viscount Laval at the Mercenary Association.

Like Bold City, North Port was also divided into Inner and Outer City Districts.

The Inner City District, located on the earliest constructed shallows and islands, was also known as the Inner Island District, with more land routes than waterways; while the Outer City District had been expanded by Mages over hundreds of years through land reclamation, featuring more waterways than roads, hence called the Outer Island Zone.

As an institution that had existed since North Port was founded, the Northern Land branch of the Mercenary Association was located in the Inner Island District, not too far from Charlotte’s Count Mansion.

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