Chapter 94: Awareness (2)
Even as a baron in a border region, at most one was a minor noble responsible for a couple of villages.
Especially in a remote region like Rodelen, tax revenue was minimal, and the number of available troops rarely exceeded a few dozen—within the nobility, they were regarded as little more than leaders of peasants.
The border barons Trisha had met usually had long beards and wore worn leather armor.
Most rolled up their sleeves to personally take care of village affairs or went out themselves to hunt monsters—they were people of action.
For such a noble to have renovated an old mansion as a residence was already unusual, but for the lady of the Duchy of Rochester to be present there was even more absurd.
The Rochester family was one of the most illustrious of the high nobility.
“I apologize for last time. My gaze was rather aggressive, wasn’t it?”
Trisha, who had reluctantly agreed to sit with Siern, already wanted to go home.
However, Siern received her with more refined manners than she had expected.