Yondome wa Iya na Shizokusei Majutsushi - Ch. 67

[WhimsiCat]

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

Hard to have 'law' without the 'might' to enforce it.

 

[Toloran]

Hard to have 'law' without the 'might' to enforce it.

Reminds me of:

“When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you’re using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.”

- A certain high school teacher.

 

[karmsand]

When he conjured in the bugs I expected a slow "being eaten from the inside out" ending and not Wind Tunnel! + Legacy of Kain blood suck.

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

I think he got sucked in an alt dimension to be tortured forever.

I guess the problem with justice in that time is that there's no meaningful way of instant communication, so a frontier village like this can get wiped out and no one will know anything.

 

[arizonaant]

Glad that fake priest got destroyed. Him begging for his life and people like that in this story truly show how pathetic and cowardly they are. They are nothing but cowards who are only strong when fighting the weak. If they were truly brave, when they were about to die, they wouldn't fear it so pathetically. If Van ever does kill Heinz I feel he won't cower and just accept it.

 

[Xonthelon]

When he conjured in the bugs I expected a slow "being eaten from the inside out" ending and not Wind Tunnel! + Legacy of Kain blood suck.

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

He had to infest him with bugs to be able to "store" him inside his body. The fake alda priest is actually still alive.

This kingdom is a federation. The king is chosen among the dukes, so the royal court doesn't have much control over what happens in the duchies. So it would be better to view the duchies as semi-independent little kingdoms. With the actual duke dead or at his deathbed, the two princelings really have unchecked power, so long they don't stir up trouble with other duchies. And the other nobles in the duchy likely couldn't care less about what happens to a few hundred peasant war refugees. Although actually losing a whole knight order is a different matter.

 

[Madologist]

Well it's kinda true to the reality since in that era there was lack of any meaningful technology to measure crime rate or tract criminals making it almost impossible for criminal to be punished foir his actions and many times a unlucky guy would be framed for that crime. Like why were ancient and medieval punishments so so brutal and sadistic? because simple reason the criminals being captured were rare very rare so it was viewed to give one guy a punishment so horrific that it stops others from doing the same crime and in most cases the criminals werent punished by court but by mob lynchings while courts were more focued on murders in higher society, succession issues and well blasphemy incidents etc and not problems commoners faced.

Rule of Law
Noun: The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.

Who held the crown responsible, anyone who would get weaker or poorer if the king got too strong.
Who holds a prince responsible, well the king/crown of course.

Hard to have 'law' without the 'might' to enforce it.

Might gets you only so far, it is the illusion of power that keeps the people and the key-personnel, especially the latter, in line.
It's easy to conquer the world on horseback, ruling it will be the challenge, as one steppe warlord may have said.

Reminds me of:

- A certain high school teacher.

I doubt anyone in this world would recognise "civic virtue" if it came up and barked in their faces!

I think he got sucked in an alt dimension to be tortured forever.

I guess the problem with justice in that time is that there's no meaningful way of instant communication, so a frontier village like this can get wiped out and no one will know anything.

He had to infest him with bugs to be able to "store" him inside his body. The fake alda priest is actually still alive.

This kingdom is a federation. The king is chosen among the dukes, so the royal court doesn't have much control over what happens in the duchies. So it would be better to view the duchies as semi-independent little kingdoms. With the actual duke dead or at his deathbed, the two princelings really have unchecked power, so long they don't stir up trouble with other duchies. And the other nobles in the duchy likely couldn't care less about what happens to a few hundred peasant war refugees. Although actually losing a whole knight order is a different matter.

Nice. It's fun when someone gets my worst nightmare cast upon them.

The bandit plan was solid, since that would besmear the other prince responsible for the project. The princeling now aiming for the dukedom just sending knights to "put down a rebellion" because he is that petty just advertises "I am a tyrant, following me will make your life a nightmare!"
Real politikal genius there, but then again, if he had brains, he'd have never sent those men in the first place.
Still doesn't change the fact that it's still a case of "lol fantasy nobles do whatever and no one ever grumbles and no consequences arrive, aside the MC eventually fucking them over" that plagues any fictional nobility. You had civil wars and pretenders and peasant revolts and whatnot for far less in real history.
I could easily see a chunk of nobles in kingdoms behaving like that just suddenly ending up marrying the local Habsburg equivalent and then beseeching their territories to them instead of the actual liege lord...

 

[CountryMage]

When he conjured in the bugs I expected a slow "being eaten from the inside out" ending and not Wind Tunnel! + Legacy of Kain blood suck.

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

From what I remember, what you see Van doing to the false priest is actually infesting him with parasites, so that he counts as an insect for his bug summoner skills, and he got stored away in Van's body.

Orbaume isn't a kingdom, it's a collection of Duchies, so more like a union of countries. These princes aren't royals of the whole "nation" just this territory.

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thanks for the chapter!!!

 

[Shinigami_Death]

I'll be honest, it's boring. It's so boring that you don't even need to read to understand what's happening. You can literally skim through the pages in under minute to fully get what is happening in the chapter.
There's NOTHING relevant.

 

[KuroeNekumi]

When he conjured in the bugs I expected a slow "being eaten from the inside out" ending and not Wind Tunnel! + Legacy of Kain blood suck.

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

I mean, but when would the reincarnated hero/protagonist from glorious [insert country of origin here] get the chance to be the one to eventually cut the royalty a head short?

Nobody but the protagonist can get that. Then someone else but the protagonist could do something important, and get something of value. And we can't be having that in our regurgitated isekai slop, now can we? Only the protagonist gets to do important stuff and get valuable things.

Else, well... there's enough supernatural beings puppetting stuff from the shadows in this setting, that the corrupt royalty probably having free reign thanks to the protection of said beings wouldn't surprise me at all.

 

[tab2goku]

I think i get what's going on. he has talea fighting because she is the weakest fighter he has and he'll play it off as using a tamed monster to fight. Maybe.
i just realized talea is wearing one of the sisters as armor.

 

[Grikath]

Cromwell, eh? Now there's one who did of course not proceed to have everyone and everything who did not agree with his particular outlook on life murdered.....

 

[Bidorchar]

"Be nice to girls" (page 12)
Brother, if it wasn't for his size and age, he would have alredy made a country full of his own children and kin with how dry and thirsty for him his women are.

 

[Valahuir]

When he conjured in the bugs I expected a slow "being eaten from the inside out" ending and not Wind Tunnel! + Legacy of Kain blood suck.

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

problem with using Cromwell as an example if he took the throne and just became another tyrant king in all but name.

 

[Abricomas]

Real politikal genius there, but then again, if he had brains, he'd have never sent those men in the first place.

But he didn't orchestrate the bandit/false flag attack, though. His brother's reputation is in the shitter right now, and his father isn't expected to live through spring, so all he needs to do is look to be the stable one and he's set to become the next Duke.

This entire raid was planned and executed by one of his subordinates wanting to distinguish himself because the lord specifically is telling his subordinates NOT to cause a fuss, because the succession is pretty much guaranteed and the lord doesn't want anything that he's set to inherit to get broken.

 

[jonsmth]

Something that vexes me constantly is how non-existent the rule of law is in every fantasy kingdom. As if the other nobles, the court, the royal family and so on would stand by and watch, when one princeling goes rogue and starts being a petty tyrant...
It would be fun if a fantasy Cromwell would spawn occasionally to cut the royalty a head short.

Rule of law as we know it is a fairly recent thing in human history. Nobility will choose favorability over justice and integerity. This is because each significant noble is just as powerful as another, having their personal army and whatnot, being and to exert influence through force, and are allies in times of war. Kingdoms are basically federations of... kingdoms, held together by familial ties and vassalage. The law is not above this in feudalism.

 

[Madologist]

Rule of law as we know it is a fairly recent thing in human history. Nobility will choose favorability over justice and integerity. This is because each significant noble is just as powerful as another, having their personal army and whatnot, being and to exert influence through force, and are allies in times of war. Kingdoms are basically federations of... kingdoms, held together by familial ties and vassalage. The law is not above this in feudalism.

Recent...
I guess over 2000 years is recent.
Even if you ignore antique ideals, you still have Magna Carta, which applies exactly to a feudal king and them being beholden by the law. But the issue isn't the de facto that the powerful aren't bound to the law, but the illusion that they are. As long as overall everyone follows the same rules at least on paper, all is well. Once more and more start to act lawlessly then the ruling system has failed and we are back to tribal chiefs and warlords doing whatever they want - essentially chaos.
Rule of law or at the very least the illusion of it, is vital for the ruling structure to appear legitimate and stable.

Even in modern times, we all know the laws don't apply to the super rich and powerful, but they pretend it does and they don't overly overtly break them. Well, it used to be so, nowadays it seems they stopped caring.

problem with using Cromwell as an example if he took the throne and just became another tyrant king in all but name.

Well of course, that is just the nature of revolts. You remove a tyrant only to install a far worse one.

 

[Pyras]

Good shit. Another binge rereading soon it seems.

 

[Adun87]

...What the  hell is that gun design on the splash page???
Revolver barrels should not be as wide as the whole entire cylinder!

 

[phil777]

Well that would be hard due to the whole nuclear weapons thing

Fear does not accomplish anything.