Rooting Out Pest

I wasn't worried about the confrontation with the baron in the least. To me, the baron was an idiot and a useless lord who had no right to rule over a city.

I didn't want to steal anything at first, but after witnessing the lives of his people, I simply decided to take everything away from him.

I couldn't stand by and watch children starve to death. Yet, in order to store food for the winter, that obese bastard starved his people.

I was perplexed as to how someone like him became a noble in the first place. It must be his father's or grandfather's.

The Empire should enact legislation that prevents aristocratic children from inheriting land unless they have demonstrated their aptitude.

I was standing in front of the castle of the fourth noble we had encountered on their expedition. The lord, who was also a baron, was currently bargaining over the price of a slew of weaponry seized from the previous baron.

When we travelled through another noble's land the day before, I despatched a mes