Hazure Skill "Kage ga Usui" o Motsu Guild Shokuin ga, Jitsuwa Densetsu no Ansatsusha - Ch. 40 - Decision for a Friend

[TestAddress]

The king realised that, that's why he told loran he hadn't heard anything. Basically just told him to never mention it again and do what he must

When Rockefellers died there is a new group that came in. I am wondering why the king is so obsessed with revenue.

Violence

The use of violence is not in ITSELF IMMORAL. It is the intention of using it that makes it immoral. People ARE READY to TAKE ARMS when their lives, their family or their friends ARE AT STAKE.

"No greater love man has than to lay HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND." - JESUS

 

[TestAddress]

Bro is about to teach someone a lesson.

Bringing justice is not a lesson, it is a king's order.

 

[TestAddress]

Loran said Laila doesn't have the magic to cast her new spell. I've been thinking this for a while, but isn't it time that he got rid of the magic-sealing collar on her? I mean, she has never once tried to oppose him(that I can remember), and I no longer see a reason for her to have it on(unless she thinks of it as some kind of wedding ring or something)...

It's a wedding collar, you guessed it right. Laila is NOT HUMAN after all.

 

[Llangion]

He's about to take a very enthusiastic walk.

 

[CountryMage]

King should know better than anyone not to cross this murderhobo.

How dare you, he's not a murderhobo, he's got a nine to five job and a home.

 

[Vergift]

Well...I mean, he manage to assassinate a demon lord. So, assassinate a noble should be easier.

That's why the king turn a blind eye to his deed.

 

[welcome2atlantis]

That aristocrat brought this upon himself.
He should wash his neck and start praying.

 

[Elhao]

Definitely can’t blame the king too much. This dude brings in 25% of the kingdom s revenue. Think about how many thousands or tens of thousands would die without his support. Even just giving mc permission to kill him is probably gonna cause a lot of innocents to die.

never easy when the corrupt dude is actually competent and useful. Sure he can be replaced but it’ll take time for the new guy to learn the ropes, he won’t have the same connections and he may never be as affective

It's not as if that money would disappear in its entirety. Taxes would continue to flow regardless of a change in administration and if the main source of that income was illegal activities or exploitation of the people the king should wish to put a stop to that.

Add to that that the marquis is definitely lining his own pockets as well.

 

[mokonaarappa]

 

[R3DD13]

I can’t wait for him to do justice, I hope the noble gets what he deserves plus more.

 

[tekkenshu7]

The monarch in a society represents the will of the people to 'progress' and survive. I understand why the king can't make his own official move to 'disenfranchize' a noble (this is how civil wars start), especially one who contributes a lot to the country; that is just politics at work, and he is just looking after the greater good of the people, and he is right to say that 'ideals alone does not make a king' and in general, 'ideals alone will bring a country to ruin', which happened to a lot of nations in our world. Grey areas are always where everyone will need to work on. But of course, like what Loran is facing now, there are issues as corrupt as this, that it actually is detrimental and will hinder growth of even more of society.
This is why throughout history, there is always the 'asymmetric diplomacy' approach, which was arguably where a certain faction once called the 'Hashashin' exemplified in and actually had a hand in steering history in ways documented or unseen. It is not just about 'eliminating someone', it's more like changing something out of view of the eyes of politics, making things look like they happened natural, like a change of heart/mind, without any messy political discourse or full-scale wars.

 

[GengisKong]

Someone is going to get a visit from Baba Yaga....

 

[ismaelh]

Everyone here being so nice to absolutely useless King, the fucker cant even stop a noble from embezzling ONE orphanage and stop him from manipulating a weapon of mass destruction from the hero party, even through normal/corrupt government channels (im not even saying he should start a civil war vs corrupt nobles, just go and say "hey buddy, you went too far").

No no, its not hard, its just that this kingdom has long stopped working at all. Way too corrupt, and the leadership is useless. I'd just pack up and go.

 

[chendu]

Tanks for the food

 

[popo53414]

kiru

 

[kaezeribato]

That's why kings, like Louis XIV, did everythings they could to take get an absolute power over their country and diminish the one noble had, so they where not be tied down by noble family and could prevent corrupted one from doing whatever they wanted.

Regicide is about to be on the menu if this idiot King doesn't shape up.

The king just said that he couldn't do anything, killing him would be totaly retarded. Or do you think that he can punish a family that have 1/4 of the entire kingdom's income?
If he tried to do anything this family could just tell the king to go fuck himself and group with the other noble to remove him or directly split from the kingdom.

Sadly, the king can't actually do much if that family accounts for so much of the state budget. This is the case in the real world as well and the reason Ireland doesn't want to interfere with the 10 companies that pays 50% of their corporates tax income, for example.

Or why south Korea dont do anything against the handfull of corporation that control everything.

 

[RiverSticks]

Logistically speaking. arresting murdering or deposing the whole family and donating the land to another family (preferably split up) would solve the problem and the kingdoms "funds" would be mostly unscathed.

I have to disagree. The house wouldn't stand idly by as the king tries to dismantle their whole noble status.

Even if the king succeeds, the other houses will see this as an unacceptable threat. The nobility would band together to depose the king to stop him from digging their own dirt and using that to claim their land.

Revolts rarely happen because the people are mad. Revolts happen when there's a strong group supporting/manipulating the mad people so the the old leaders are removed

 

[RiverSticks]

King should know better than anyone not to cross this murderhobo.

Brother, he ain't no murderhobo, he's the murder professional.
He's not even a demon lord, he's the one you send to fuck kill the demon lord

 

[KiraEllion]

I have to disagree. The house wouldn't stand idly by as the king tries to dismantle their whole noble status.

Even if the king succeeds, the other houses will see this as an unacceptable threat. The nobility would band together to depose the king to stop him from digging their own dirt and using that to claim their land.

Revolts rarely happen because the people are mad. Revolts happen when there's a strong group supporting/manipulating the mad people so the the old leaders are removed

not if the king distributes the reclaimed land/profits among the remaining families.
they get rid of a rival years ahead of them if that number the king cited is accurate and more land/power. the king get's rid of a huge problem.

i mean quietly murdering them all is also an option but he has choices here.

 

[RiverSticks]

not if the king distributes the reclaimed land/profits among the remaining families.
they get rid of a rival years ahead of them if that number the king cited is accurate and more land/power. the king get's rid of a huge problem.

i mean quietly murdering them all is also an option but he has choices here.

That's a good tactic, buying your opponent's loyalty is a classic strategy in politics.
This would have consequences though.

• It sets a precedence. The royalty can now successfully annex even the strongest noble family and buy the silence of the rest. This will plant the seed of doubt and fear among nobles for the near future
• The richest noble family will not allow themselves to be eliminated and have their lands distributed to their rivals. In fact, they will become extremely desperate when they realize the royalty intends to gut their noble line. They will leverage that 1/4 income share to try everything to survive. A cornered rat is very dangerous. And this rat has resources to convince a predator to go after you

These downsides are workable though, hence why I said it's a good idea. The gutting of the noble family needs to be swift and decisive. It needs to happen faster than anyone can fully react to.
Funnily enough, assassinating their leadership would be a good first step for this.
But that dolt of a king would never capitalize on that