Chapter 469: 469

Chapter 469 Handover

every time viscount dickens introduced an official to abel, that official would bow to him to show respect . by that point, abel felt a weird atmosphere arising . it seemed like there was some kind of connection between these officials .

“viscount dickens, just leave the documents and the assets’ account to my steward bartoli . i won’t question it . just give me the contract of harvest city’s military!” said abel waving his hand .

“i’ll take care of the accounts on behalf of my master!” said bartoli gently lifted up her hood, exposing a long white robe on her body . it was not luxurious, but it was made of pure silk .

“what? we will need to discuss this with a steward? a female steward?” manager edeze yelled like he had been deeply insulted as he looked towards viscount dickens . he was not planning to stay in harvest a city anyway; he wanted viscount dickens to take him along . earl abel had told a female steward to take over, which was a huge insult to his dignity .

viscount dickens did not care about him . instead, he stared at the double magic staff badge in shock .

although those officials were quite a high rank in harvest city, they still hadn’t seen much . to them, wizards only exist in legends, but not viscount dickens . he knew about wizard badges, and he knew there were only 3 wizards guarding the duchy of carmel . from his understanding, there was only one intermediate wizard among those 3 wizards .

however, there was an intermediate wizard standing right in front of him, and she was abel’s steward . he felt regret bubbling within him . maybe leaving harvest city was the biggest mistake he had made in his life .

“bartoli, go see if this manager edeze has a clean background . if he does, forgive him . if not, i’ll leave it up to you since he had insulted an intermediate wizard!” abel said plainly, his gaze brushing upon manager edeze .

abel did not have time to investigate all the dirty things the officials in harvest city, so he used a direct and rough method to resolve this . before he came, he had requested the investigation department in the kingdom of st ellis to gather all the information of those harvest city officials .

if a normal person had requested this, the kingdom of st ellis would not only say no, they would also get angry . but not abel; abel had the power to get the kingdom to use a powerful machine to dig up all the details of all the officials in harvest city .

their lifestyle, work, family, income, were all exposed . not a single bit of privacy could hide in the face of the kingdom’s scary investigation department .

of course, abel couldn’t be bothered to look at this information . he just left it all up to bartoli . as a countess who had taken care of a wealthy domain in the past, bartoli was the best candidate to manage harvest city .

bartoli took out a piece of parchment from her portal bag and began to read it out loud, “manager edeze . one wife, 6 mistresses . he has 2 children and 12 children of shame . he had sold 15312 tones of grains in private when he was the manager of the harvest grains inventory and received 56000 gold coins . ”

by this point, manager edeze’s face had gone pure white as his legs began to get weak . he didn’t even tell his family that he had sold grains in private, how could this new female steward know about it?

“viscount dickens’s, i am innocent please help me!”manager edeze looked at viscount dickens like he was his savior, but viscount dickens remained silent .

unlike the frightened manager edeze, all the other officials had just clearly witnessed something beyond their imagination . this enormous lambskin parchment had appeared on this female steward’s hand with a flick?

steward bartoli had some kind of power they couldn’t comprehend, so the most logical reaction was to get scared .

“manager edeze, i’m sure about one thing . even king algernon gorge majesty would not doubt a word from ms . bartoli !” viscount dickens said with loathing in his eyes . manager edeze had done so much behind his back, and he still had the guts to beg him .

“manager edeze, all your assets will be confiscated, and you will be sent to the labor camp until the day you die!” said bartoli in a cold voice .

“no please! i beg you! i will give you all my wealth!” said manager edeze as he sat on the floor . his entire body had grown weak as tears poured down from his face, drenching his clothes .

“drag him out!” said abel with a low voice .

afterward, 2 knights came from the door and dragged manager edzeze out like a chicken getting slaughtered .

the hall was filled with silence all of a sudden . all the officials were stunned . all officials who’ve worked as long as they must have some kind of dirty deeds . was their record on that lambskin parchment as well?

“bartoli, just take care of the handover for me . if anyone bothers you again, then just take care of it yourself!” abel commanded and turned towards viscount dickens again . “viscount dickens, where is the elite knight brigade?”

“earl abel, these are the 4 elite knights of the knight brigade . the original leader, elite knight of saroyan had left harvest city, so the brigade is now in charge of these 4 elite knights . the brigade is now in the military base of the city!” said viscount dickens introducing the knights next to him .

“the elite knight of saroyan has become a lord of a domain for 2 years . too bad, if not, maybe we have met up for a bit!” abel sighed .

elite knight of saroyan had been awarded the lord title alongside the lord of marshall . both of them had outstanding military performance, so abel remembered him quite well .

“i’ll let you guys keep leading the brigade for now!” said abel looking at the 4 knights .

the 4 elite knights had always been looking at abel with an admiring gaze . however, at first, they did not know this new earl was abel; in fact, only a few people in the entire city know .

when the 4 elite knights heard abel’s name, their heart began to fill up with excitement . abel was the pride of this city . before, harvest city was only known as a small agriculture city, but now a lot more people would know it as the hometown of grandmaster abel .

afterward, they immediately bowed in unison and said, “earl majesty, it’s our honor to serve you!”

on the other hand, bartoli was having an easy time accepting the handover . the officials took out stacks of accounting records and began to explain as bartoli kept holding the parchment in her hand . as soon as the official said something fishy, she would coldly gaze at him, and he would immediately give out the actual number .

the reporting of the officials was finished in no time, and bartoli looked at the stacks of accounting records in front of her with a slightly depressed face, but she did not make a sound . harvest city was not desirable at all . there was a big debt, and since the manager of the inventory had already been captured, maybe even his assets couldn’t fill this debt up . there also were a lot of problems when it came to the well-being of the citizens . viscount dickens didn’t seem like a skilled leader . all he had was military power to suppress others, but that doesn’t mean he was a skilled leader .

“everyone, i’m not going to drag about the past . all of you have seen my master’s power; if you just do your jobs properly, we will naturally have rewards for you . but if you move the budgets, no one can help you!” bartoli said in an arrogant tone when she lifted her head from the stack of records .

all the officials in the hall let out a long breath of relief . that lambskin parchment had given them too much pressure . now they felt reborn again .

“that’s about it for today . make sure you all do your work properly from now on!” said bartoli waving her hand .

the officials bowed and quickly walked out of the hall . this female steward was too scary .

“this new earl is too strict . he had lashed out on edeze from the start, so let’s unite from now on . if not, we won’t have any good time in harvest city anymore!” officer noyce said . he had the highest rank of the bunch .

manager ismen of the military inventory then began to look at officer noyce in a slightly mocking gaze and said, “officer noyce, you must not have heard the name of that new earl . clearly, his name is abel!”

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