On this day, I had been going around the territory from morning to inspect the territory with the deputy lord Erdena.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with a few of these things.

''Korok is going too, bear, I want to go with my lord and Erdena.
　Before we left, Korok said that and complained about it.
　I wondered what to do about it since it's going around as official business, but I hadn't been able to do much with Korok recently because of the miscellaneous work related to the promotion of the frontier cities.
I'm just trying to be quiet.
Okay, okay, okay, okay!
　I made that promise and decided to take her with me.
　At times like this, Tiree is always with Korok, but as an ancient monster race, she generally doesn't feel well in the morning.
　Especially since the mornings and evenings have been getting a bit colder lately, Tiree, who apparently takes a long time to get up to temperature, always seems to take quite a while to get up.
　That's why he couldn't get up for today's inspection, which started in the morning.
　He must be warm because he's sleeping with Korok, but Tiree's body is nearly three meters long, and even with Korok's warm body, only a part of him is warm.
　I think I should install a more powerful heater in their room for Tiree's sake.

　During the visit, Korok was quiet as promised.
　He looked up at me and Erdena's faces in turn.
Ahem. Oh, f*ck.
　He laughed at that.
　In the middle of our inspection, Korok came over and shook my and Erdena's hands without hesitation.
　When Erdena and I squeezed his hand back.
"Heh, heh, just like mommy and daddy.
　Korok said with a smile and walked hand in hand with us between me and Erdena.

　We haven't yet told Korok that we're planning to adopt him as our daughter once Erdena and I are officially married, but lately Korok has been calling me "Papa" and Erdena "Mama" at every opportunity.
　It may be that he senses that we are behaving in a certain way, but he seems to be happy about it.

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　After finishing the inspection, I sent Korok back to his room and returned to the lord's room.
It's a good thing that you're not the only one who's been there.
　Foldente greets me with a chuckle.
　I'm chilled out by Foldente, and I laugh at him.
　After teasing me for a moment, Foldente tightened his expression and
I'll keep you posted on the King's Landing.
　That's what he started out with.

　The royal capital...........in other words, my former family home, the Greed family.
　
　I've heard that the Greed family has given away all the land under their direct control.
　The Greed family had already given away most of their lands, they kept the lands that were more or less profitable, and there was still a chance that they could be promoted to middle class nobility if they could rebuild the lands.
　However, he had given away all of those remaining direct-controlled lands.
　Those lands under his direct control had the potential to develop in the future because of the mineral veins and rich soil suitable for cultivation, but he had sold all of those lands for two or three pounds of gold.
　
　The shadow of my sister Tamar flickered in my mind when I heard this story.

　The report from Foldente was just what I had a bad feeling about.
　It's a good thing that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about the fact that you're not going to have to worry about it.
　Trying to drown her divorce resentment in shopping, Tamar went on a shopping spree, even more so than before.
　The family's coffers, which had very little money left, were apparently emptied by Tamar's profligate spending by her ex-father, Gapoli, who was willing to spend money to avoid his demotion.
　In this case, there is no choice but to rely on the nobleman's wages provided by the royal capital, but the wages provided to lower-ranking nobles are meager.
　There was no way to satisfy Tamer's profligate spending habits with such a thing.
　So Tamer took the title to the land under his direct control without permission and sold it to the Royal Capital's Chamber of Commerce for two or three pounds.
　However, this was apparently the result of Tamer's outbursts as he was unable to pay his bills as a result of shopping around for the bill.

　As a result of this, the conditions for promotion to mid-level nobility included "rebuilding the land under direct control.
It's a huge problem now, because they disposed of the land under their direct control without permission from the royal capital. It's a good thing that the Greed family won't be promoted because of this.
　As I listened to Foldente's words, I felt lightly dizzy.

　

　It is said that the current head of the family, Prideaux, had tried to talk to the king's capital to get them to settle the matter quietly, but something happened to Prideaux that was very disheartening for him.
　As a result of the investigation into allegations of bribery during his service in the army, it seems that his brother was found guilty of bribery and will be stripped of his generalship retroactively.
　All of his military records will be expunged and he will be asked to return the full amount of his salary paid to him during his time as a general.......
　It was so well known even to non-military people that my brother Prideaux, who was not in the military, knew that he had gotten to the generalship by throwing money around, so it was obvious that this was going to happen as soon as he heard that the investigation had begun... but I never thought that this decision would be made at this time...

　After that, his brother Prideaux couldn't decide what to do, and now he's holed up in the mansion and doesn't try to see anyone.
　Tamar, the older sister, is still trying to shop even though she's fallen into this situation, and she's now desperately searching for the antiques that her father and brother may have hidden away in the house.


　I muttered to myself.

　Even though the relationship has already been severed, this is my former family home.
　I'm not going to reach out to them because they had it coming, but I can't help but feel a sense of helplessness.

　I asked Foldente to continue to ask him to bring me to Liberty Combe if he sees any of the employers of the mansion or the residents of the immediate area who are dismissed and lost on the streets because of the Greed family.
　
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　The problem of the Greed family still casts a dark shadow here and there, but it seems that the King's Landing is starting to use this as an opportunity to cleanse the House of Lords.
　It is said that the royal capital is beginning to move to break the bad custom of bribing people to get promoted to higher ranks, which has become half the norm in the House of Lords.
　In the future, if this movement works and the House of Lords is cleansed, the day may come when we can say that the Greed family's problems were not in vain....

◇ ◇.

　In the meantime, the lord of the frontier city of Batcombe, Gelter, has sent me a letter requesting an interview.
　Normally, Geltar would pop up without warning to have a chat with his daughter, the deputy lord, Vibrina, but the fact that Geltar sent the letter in advance was a surprise to me.
　I told Biblina about it anyway.
'Huh?　I haven't heard anything about it either, have I?
　He twisted his head in that way.

　Well, since it was possible to open my schedule for this day anyway, I sent a reply of approval.
　On the day of the event, I asked Biblina to be present, and I went back to the lord's office to carry out my normal duties.