Chapter 161: The Witch and The Contract of Magic (3)
In a specific domain, it was nearly impossible to punish the lord’s family, no matter what atrocities they committed. After all, the law of the domain was decided by the lord in the first place.
If the domain belonged to a kingdom, it should follow the kingdom’s laws, but even this was difficult to be punished unless it was something as serious as treason.
In an era where the act of moving from one domain to another was dangerous without considerable force, wealth, or luck.
It was not only unrealistic for victims to go to the royal family to report, but even if they succeeded in reporting, unless it was something like treason, there was no reason for the royal family to step up for a mere victim.
Unless they wanted to expand their direct royal territory or needed some tribute as a pretext.
Even when the crime was clear as day, the Tin Knight’s suggestion to raid the lord’s wife’s private facility just because it was suspicious was extremely violent and showed ignorance of how the world worked.
For a sensible organization, such an absurd plan would naturally be shelved after a few words of criticism… but unfortunately for the lord’s family, Dorothea’s party was far more accustomed to burying common sense in the ground, spreading a mat over it, and sleeping on top.
Once the goal was set, the planning was quick.
“How about getting official permission to enter? Considering the lord’s favor towards Adel, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“If the goal is just to enter, that would be fine, but if the goal is to understand the internal situation, that won’t work. They might hide things in advance or set up other schemes.”
[The ‘Tin Knight’ says why not just enter boldly from the front and beat up anything that blocks the way!]
Without even responding to the Tin Knight’s words, Dorothea took out various materials from the pouches at her waist and scattered them on the floor.