There are many ruthless bosses living in my territory

? ? ? ? ? ?

Liszt was full of questions.

No! Is it necessary to use connections for this kind of thing?

Have you ever wondered why there isn't even one person in my territory who practices blood, arcane, or holy light?

I just don't want people from the Holy Land to interfere in the affairs of the territory. Doesn't he just want to be far away and have no one to interfere?

Sister! You are really my sister!

Thank you (TM)!

Lister suddenly remembered that he had told Madara before that the United States would not pay attention to his territory.

Is this what it means to set a flag?

No! He must save himself!

If he lets the church's priest live in his territory, what will happen to the secrets of plant life, ninjutsu, ghost arts, and people from another world? !

Help!

Sosuke, I need your mirror flowers and water moons!

Chapter 23 Horrifying Clues

Liszt knew his sister was concerned about him.

After a church is built in the territory, one can get a certain degree of funding from the church to develop the territory.

But!

He doesn't need those small favors at all now, and having people from the church would only get in the way.

Now, Liszt really wanted to curse her for being big-breasted and brainless, but after thinking that his head was probably not as hard as his sister's fist, he held his words back.

"Sister, let me go first."

Melv Eller raised her beautiful golden eyebrows and pinched Lister's face.

"Sister's embrace is not good?"

"Great! That's really great! So let me go first! I really came back for something important!"

Liszt escaped from the suffocating embrace.

He is 1.80 meters tall, half a head taller than Melv. In order to show her dignity as an older sister, she forces him to half-kneel every time she hugs him, which is so uncomfortable.

"Let me introduce you first. This is Mr. Madara who saved my life."

Only then did Melv turn her attention to Uchiha Madara.

He was dressed simply and looked old, but that couldn't hide the aura of a veteran.

Not ordinary people!

As these thoughts flashed through her mind, she lifted her bright red dress with both hands and performed the most standard aristocratic thank-you gesture.

"Mr. Madara, thank you for taking care of Lister."

Uchiha Madara was a little bit unable to describe his feelings at this moment. He hadn't heard thanks in the ninja world for a long time.

“It’s just an exchange of interests.”

After saying this, he became like an old monk in meditation, silent and silent.

Compared to Lister's family affairs, he wanted to study the power that Melv had just burst out, which should be "blood".

But now is not the time.

"Sister, please arrange a place for Mr. Madara to stay first. It would be best if it is near my room."

"Also, I want to talk to my father in the study."

At this time, Melv smiled, her pride evident on her face, which made Lister's eyebrows twitch wildly.

"The study is already mine, so if you want to talk, talk to me."

???

"So soon? Even if the old man wants to retire quickly, it will take more than half a year just to go through the procedures!"

“Who said I can only get it after I’ve gone through the process?”

Melv coughed and her voice became deeper.

"My dear daughter, from today on you are the future Grand Duchess of White Moon."

"If that bastard who abandoned his title comes back, tell him I won't see him!"

"Don't let him come to the garden and disturb Cecilia and I's sweet new life!"

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Liszt's expression was very interesting, a wonderful mixture of "as expected", "being abandoned so easily", and "do they still want me as their son".

"Okay, I'll arrange someone, now come with me to the study."

Melv grabbed Liszt. She had already thought about how to show off to her brother in the study.

Liszt turned around and said to Reina and Erza.

"Reina, Erza, go to my room and clean up and prepare the things I need to take back!"

The two nodded silently, as if they were invisible.

They knew that their existence was disliked by everyone in the Eiler family, including Liszt's parents and sister.

Orcs were supposed to be the lowest-level slaves in the inner city, but... they became Lister's close attendants, which was not allowed.

Being ignored is pretty good.

……

Melve took Liszt's hand and strode into the mansion.

Although she was wearing high heels, her movements were very agile.

Along the way, many neatly dressed butlers and maids saluted the two. After passing through the crowd, Lister and Melv entered the study on the third floor of the mansion.

The study is where successive Grand Dukes of Eller think and study, and is regarded by all family members as the most serious place.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see a wide space and a large number of bookshelves filled with books.

The study was very large, spanning the third and fourth floors. Melv took Lister to an elegant mahogany desk, then patted a copy of "A History of the United States" on the table.

"You have loved reading since you were a child. In the year or so since you left, your father sent people to make copies of most of the books in the study. They will be sorted and sent to Red Maple Territory soon."

"You don't have a study room yet."

Liszt was silent for a while.

"Thank dad for me."

"Pfft, he calls me father when there's something going on, and he calls me old man when there's nothing going on. His face has become rough, but his personality hasn't changed."

Mavni made a casual joke and then straightened her face.

"What important matter are you talking about? Don't worry, no servants will come to the study, and no one can eavesdrop."

Liszt subconsciously glanced at his badge.

Never mind. There's no need to hide it.

"I've been in an assassination attempt before."

Melv frowned immediately, she thought of what Lister said before that Madara had saved his life.

"Someone assassinated the heir of the Duke's family? What was the purpose?"

"I don't know, but I recognized that the one who assassinated me was an assassin who used arcane power and a suspected sixth-level 'Puppet Making' caster."

A sixth-level spellcaster? !

Melv stood up in surprise.

The Code stipulates that the king can recruit spellcasters of level five and below, the emperor can recruit spellcasters of level six to level nine, and as for higher-level wizards, they cannot leave Tallinn to serve the nobles at will.

Therefore, sixth-level spellcasters are considered elites in the United States and should enjoy offerings and honors in the royal or imperial capitals.

Why would he assassinate his brother who had already given up his title?

Wait? The assassination attempt by the sixth-level spellcaster failed?

Liszt saw Melv's doubts.

"Even though I have never met anyone from the Holy Land, I believe that Mr. Madara's strength is definitely at the highest level in the Holy Land."

Melv opened her mouth, wanting to ask how such a person could leave the Holy Land, but she thought it was better not to delve into it further.

"Sister, what I care about is the way they assassinated me."

Liszt expressed his speculation.

The assassins controlled the Jackals to attack his territory, and then tied him up with a rock golem made by the puppets at a critical moment, trying to kill him.

If it weren't for the accident with Madara-sama, the plan should have been successful, and then there would be survivors who would bring the news of his death to White Moon City, triggering hatred between the Eiler family and the Dick family.

Because in the Kingdom of Rennes, only the Dick family studied arcane magic and the representative spell used by the casters in the family was "Puppet Making".

There were a few more wrinkles between Melv's eyebrows.

She took a deep breath.

"Liszt, I need to tell you something. In the past three months, conflicts between us and the Dick family have suddenly increased. Now the relationship between the two territories is very tense."

Ok?

Liszt also frowned.

"Sister, let me see this year's inspection text."

The inspection text is a territory inspection document recorded by inspectors sent by the parliament. After each month's record is completed, a copy will be given to each ducal family.

Because there are criminal records in the inspector's text, reading the inspector's text can help you understand the current chaos in the territory within the kingdom.

Lister opened the text, extracted some of the data and important events and made them into charts.

After he sorted out last night's charts and laid them out on the table and examined them, his eyes suddenly widened.

this is!

Who is stirring up internal conflict in the kingdom? !

Chapter 24 The Danger Hidden in the System

Pure numbers can easily mislead ordinary people's perception. Lister believes that he is not a person who is very sensitive to numbers, so he likes to draw corresponding charts when analyzing data.

This was a habit of his in his previous life, and he often used this technique in this life.

The seriousness of the problem became apparent when he made several charts using the data from the inspection texts.

"Sister, look at this."

Melv looked at the chart and roughly understood what it was.

"Within the jurisdiction of Baiyue Territory, the number of armed fights this month has increased by eight compared to last month."

"Compared to the total of 364 cases, it is really nothing."

At this time, Lister pointed to the bar chart and line chart.

“But this month there are eighty-six more cases than last year.”

“Every month there are ups and downs, but overall it’s gone up a lot.”

"Look at the others."

Lister pointed to the fan chart again.

"Theft is also on the rise and accounts for a very high proportion of total crime. Whenever there is an increase in fighting, there is also an increase in theft."

"Sister, you should focus on combating theft."