20demayo Volume 7 - Ch 2.10
Volume 7 - Ch 2.10
Ahh, that smile of hers! That is truly a smile of a Goddess!
Because there is a possibility of developing a dependency on the outlaws in the matters related to the termination of the Bandits in the territories of those who hired them?
Thats right. After all, a part of the nobles duties is to protect the people living in the territories that have been entrusted to them, and it truly does not seem to be appropriate for the nobles part to be played by anyone other than nobles, lest they want their authority to be damaged and their right to lead their people to be questioned.
Even if this method has been implemented as an emergency one, you always have to carefully consider when it is going to be profitable to hire Bandits to hunt and kill other Bandits for you, and when the demerits of this method might far outweigh the possible merits.
I was truly impressed by Cassias words towards the Duke, but even though I felt amazed by her and wanted to stare at her in admiration, I know that I cannot do that if I want to avoid accidentally incurring the Dukes wrath at having his wife ogled by someone like me. Those eyes of his. Are those the eyes of someone whos looking at me thinking whether he should have me purged for looking at his wife with lustful eyes? Earlier, I was concerned about disagreeing with the Duke, but now Im worrying if Im not going to get punished for something much more serious. However.
Well, in that case I guess youre going to have much reasons to rejoice, Cassia, because it is no longer necessary for us to be employing that method, because Lord Michio and his Party managed to defeat Heinz the Bandit and his gang.
Looks like the things have gone well, and Im not going to have my ass purged anytime soon.
Good heavens. Is that true?
Cassia eyes opened widely when the Duke relayed the news to her, and then she looked at me with an expression that looked like a mixture joy and delight. Oh my God, these blue eyes of hers look like theyre so deep that I might end up drowning in them completely if I keep on staring at them any longer! I never felt more as if I was being absorbed by someones eyes than how I am feeling right now in this very moment.
Actually, you know what? If I was to be absorbed by Cassias beautiful eyes, then I think that I wouldnt have anything against it at all. Moreover, I would love to be absorbed by her eyes if it would mean that I would get to stay a part of her forever!
Out of all the Bandits who appeared in our territories, Simon the Mad Dog was the only one who managed to flee with his life, but without other people who would do his bidding for him, I highly doubt that hes going to be able to sow as much chaos as he did before in Selmar. In fact, it wouldnt even surprise me if he has already been killed by other Bandits aiming to exchange his Intelligence Card for money.
By a ring, do you perhaps mean this ring?
Oh.. No, unfortunately, this ring is not the one I was thinking off, because it is too new to be the one that I remember.
Well, in that case I guess theres nothing that we can really do about it, since this particular Ring of Determination has been restored to its peak condition from the beat-up state it was in the moment when I performed a Character Reset while having it equipped on me, so there is no way that its going to go back to its previous state now that it has been reborn.
Im sorry to hear it, but unfortunately this is the only ring that I found after my battle with the Bandits was over.
Dont worry about it then, were not going to doubt your words, Lord Michio. What do you think, Gozer?
Hmm, when I look at this ring, I think that the one that belonged to you had more scratches on it, but who can say if the ring has not been polished multiple times ever since you lost it?
When I had a puzzled look on my face in regards to the situation that was transpiring right now, I was promptly offered an explanation by the Duke.
Heinz the Bandit stole the Ring of Determination from the Earl of Selmar a number of years back. You see, Lord Michio, that ring was originally a family heirloom that belonged to my house, and when me and Cassia got married, I presented it to her as my betrothal gift.
That is what the Duke said. So originally, this Ring of Determination was an accessory that belonged to him? And it was something that he presented to Cassia as a betrothal gift when they were going to get married. Wait a minute
Betrothal gift?
Its a custom thats in direct contrast to the one that the members of the common folk have. In case of commoners, the role that males have is to fight against monsters. But because of that and the danger that fighting the monsters brings with itself, the numbers of the male population tend to be decreasing, while the population of the females increases. It is for this exact reason that at the time of marriage bride has to offer a dowry in order to be accepted into the grooms family, and if the dowry is considered to not be enough, then the marriage can either be called off entirely in the worst-case scenario, while in the best-case scenario it might lead to the development of polygamy. However, that is not the case among the people who count themselves among the ranks of the nobility. Since a very small percentage of nobles takes it upon themselves to actually go fight against the monsters, the numbers of male and female nobles are more or less equal. It is for that exact reason while in the case of nobility, it is a males duty to provide the bride with a betrothal gift at the time of marriage.