On the second day after arriving in Xen'drik, Nia finally met Joanna.

With just one glance, Nia felt relieved about this outstanding noble girl.

Because she determined that the other person was not the type that Karl liked.

Although she herself didn’t know what Karl liked, she just felt that way.

"Hello, Senior Nia!"

In the bastion hall, Joanna greeted Nia with some trepidation.

She had already learned from Moore the identity of Nia, Carl's other girlfriend.

But what Joanna cared about more was Nia's gradually growing reputation in the School of Change.

Even their teachers at Kolanburg would mention Nia's new discoveries in the field of alchemy during class.

"Well, hello, Miss Joanna, thank you for helping me with those government affairs. If you need any help, please tell me directly."

After returning the greeting to Joanna, Nia led Joanna to sit on the sofa and then talked about the government affairs of Storm Bay.

In fact, Nia is a person who doesn't want to get involved in political affairs, so she has no intention of seizing power from Joanna.

However, considering that Storm Bay now nominally belongs to Carl, she naturally has to care about it.

Unexpectedly, Joanna was so rude. After hearing Nia's words, she immediately told her about the current hidden dangers in Storm Bay.

Most of these are minor issues, but there is one that cannot be delayed any longer.

"Senior Nia, I heard that many of the people on the cruise ship you took were young landless nobles. Do you know anything about them?"

As a fellow landless noble, Joanna knew too well what these "colleagues" were thinking.

She had just sent away a nominal elder, so when she met these peers, she was not actually afraid.

But as the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in every battle, she was willing to learn some news about her peers and get closer to Nia.

But before Nia could speak, Lisanna had already started talking about this.

"Those guys are so rude! They laughed at us when they heard that we didn't have a title! Don't let me run into them on the street! Otherwise, I'll let them know why the flowers are so red!"

It is undeniable that there are indeed many sensible ladies in the world.

But it is also undeniable that women’s competitive mentality and their means of belittling others are equally widespread.

As one of the few common people on the cruise ship, it was not surprising that Nia and her friends were ostracized.

After all, the three of them are difficult to attack based on their looks alone.

"Indeed! If I hadn't considered the difficulty in dealing with it afterwards, I would have wanted to tear the mouths of those bitches apart and then throw them into the sea!"

Next to Lisanna, Mitris, who was fiddling with her mantis blade, echoed the sentiment.

As a person who lost her relatives at a very young age and grew up in the Sons of Winter, she has no good feelings towards these guys who have little real ability and no self-awareness.

Especially after hearing them whispering about him, Nia, and Lisanna.

Wiping the slight sweat from her forehead, Joanna forced a smile despite Midris' murderous look.

Although she knew that the other party was not targeting her, the murderous intent that seemed to be tangible made her feel as if she was back in the wilderness of Xen'drik, facing those violent monsters.

After sorting out her words, Joanna said seriously:

"What I am most worried about now is those nobles trying to seize power in Storm Bay. Even though the situation in Storm Bay seems to have stabilized now, there are always hidden dangers when any regime is just established.

The adventurers have just overthrown the rule of the Storm Council. If someone encourages them, they may rebel again."

Joanna had told Carl about this before he went on the adventure, but Carl did not say anything about it.

Even if it was the Morban or Dragonmark families, they could not wantonly massacre so many nobles who had caused the rebellion.

"Humph! You are just too kind, little girl. They are bullying you because your bottom line is too high.

Don't forget where this is. It's not that difficult to find a group of drow elves to assassinate those guys!"

Almost the second after Joanna finished expressing her concerns, Mitris gave her solution.

If she can’t solve the problem, can’t she solve the person who created the problem?

Anyway, this place is far away, can those nobles really find someone to come and investigate? If they really have this level of influence, how could they still be just nobles without fiefdoms! Joanna opened her mouth and was speechless for a moment.

Of course she understood the hidden meaning in Mitris's words.

But it's okay for Mitris to do this. If she does this, she will never be able to return to Throne Castle for the rest of her life.

The assassins hired by those nobles could fill up her family's manor.

"Hmm~, Mitris! Why do you always like fighting and killing? Have you forgotten what Karl taught you? You should convince others with reason!"

Lisana stood up from the sofa, pinched her waist, raised her head, and looked like "I have a solution".

As Joanna was muttering to herself, she saw Lisanna raise her hands and gesture randomly in the air with her slightly tanned arms.

"Killing is too direct! Let's destroy their hearts! If anyone participates in the rebellion, we will strip him naked and hang him in the most conspicuous place in the town! We will put a whip dipped in salt water next to him, and we will charge two copper coins for each whip. It will also generate income for the town!"

After hearing this, Joanna looked at Lisanna in shock.

For the first time in her life, she knew that the people of Eruden Wilderness were so tough! "I, I'll think about it. Well, I've been out for a while, and I still have things to deal with at the Government Affairs Office, so I'll leave first!"

With a little embarrassment and a sudden realization, Joanna left the bastion.

Although Lisanna's idea was a bit crude, she felt that this punishment was indeed the best way to deal with the ambitions of those young nobles.

Those people value their own face more than anything else.

If the punishment is too humiliating, it should deter most people from doing it.

Just as she was thinking this, Joanna had just arrived outside the Kolan Castle base on her magic motorcycle when she heard chaotic and noisy sounds coming from the base.

She frowned and immediately had a bad feeling.

"What happened!"

With the power she had gradually cultivated over the past few days, she walked into the base with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and saw a group of people arguing with her cousin Kasha and other students of Kolanburg.

"Hey! Isn't this Joanna? Your people bought food and materials from me, but it was clearly two truckloads of goods, but you only paid for one truckload. Isn't this bullying an honest person?"

In the station, a young noble who looked a little dusty looked at Joanna with a sinister smile of success on his face.

Joanna immediately recognized the other person's origin, a "fellow countryman" who was also a noble of Throne Castle.

Beside him, some adventurers who looked strong and muscular were dressed as laborers. When the young noble finished speaking, they began to accuse the students of Kolan Castle again.

"Do you think your plan is perfect? ​​Next time before you start trouble, find out the process of purchasing supplies! Kasha! Show the invoice and purchase order to this person in charge!"

Looking expressionlessly at the young nobleman who had once proposed marriage to her family, Joanna felt a great deal of rage boiling in her chest.

The young nobleman opposite suddenly changed his expression after hearing what Joanna said.

Although he didn't know what an invoice was, since this thing was mentioned together with the purchase order, it was naturally corresponding evidence.

He was about to say something else, but Joanna interrupted him again.

"Think about these conspiracies next time, Your Excellency the Viscount!"

After saying this, Joanna didn't even give the young nobleman a chance to speak and walked straight into the house.

The adventurers disguised as laborers wanted to take action, but a dwarf walked out of the house.

"Ouch! Is it over? Since it's over, just pay the fine.

According to the regulations issued by Lord Carl Ayres of Storm Bay, false accusers will be punished according to the corresponding false accusations. You need to pay a fine equal to the value of those goods, and be whipped fifty times in the market district as punishment."

Joanna, who was walking into the house, was stunned when she heard this. She really didn’t know when Karl made the law.

"You, you can't! I'm a viscount! I have immunity!"

When he heard about the fine, the young nobleman looked nonchalant. He was not short of money, otherwise he would not have been able to hire these adventurers to join him in causing trouble.

This would offend local government agencies.

But when he heard that he was going to be whipped in public, he immediately panicked.

"Hey, friend! You're using your title of Thronehold to get immunity from Stormreach's laws? Do your parents know?

Otherwise, after you are punished, go back and ask them if they have committed a crime in the Kingdom of Brooke, can their titles help them escape punishment?"

Without waiting for the young man to say anything, the dwarf chanted a spell and used phantom power towards the noble young man.

The noble young man's pupils contracted instantly, as if he had seen something that frightened him.

After a moment, he woke up from the hallucination and sat down on the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

The two students from Kolanburg came forward happily and escorted the young nobleman outside.

The adventurers hired by the young nobleman looked at each other, then scattered like birds and beasts, and no one knew where they went.

They had originally thought that the young nobleman was generous and confident, and that he could really use some ingenious trick to cheat the Government Affairs Office and then take advantage of the situation to step on the people in the Government Affairs Office to get promoted. Unexpectedly...

"Hey! Don't let these accomplices get away! Don't run! I will remember you!"

Seeing that the adventurers were about to run away, Kasha immediately chased after them.

He was not good at speaking, and he was almost committing suicide to apologize to the world after being bullied by the young nobleman and these guys.

(End of this chapter)