ARCHDEUS

ALEXANDREIA(1)

The Barony of Alexandreia is a new barony in the region of Otilia. The barony was formed from the remains of the government of the Barony of Ducoumont.

The barony is located north of Otilia and is directly adjacent to the County of Yorksall in the west.

In the fief war Otilia there were at least five local nobles who preferred to side with Canadia and Peter instead of supporting Otilia as their overlord.

In the end, with the victory of Otilia, all the treacherous local nobles were punished by Otilia by passing the death penalty and the destruction of their entire dynasty was no exception to the Baron of Ducoumont.

Of course under normal conditions Otilia and the treasonous barons had to go through a national judicial session by dragging the case to the Royal Court. However, because Otilia was in a state of feudal war and weak central influence, it unilaterally executed its prisoners of war.

Now with the change of dynasty and the name of the area that is now the Barony of Alexandreia then this also changes the pattern of community life.

Society or commoners are very vulnerable to the impact of any behavior of the ruler. This is due to the lack of protection of human rights and effective rules of law.

Whenever there is a change of power, what the common people understand is only one thing, tributes may be asked again.

The population of the Barony of Alexandreia is 700. That's well below the average barony and viscounty population of 1,800 in Otilia.

The main cause was the death penalty given to the barons and the dissolution of the previous dynasty which led to uncertainty in this area. Some people who had wealth decided to move to a much better area or even move from Otilia to another county. While those who are here are the ones who are indeed financially or physically unable to leave.

It is now entering autumn.

The farmers in the barony are harvesting their crops. Most of them grow wheat, corn, and soybeans.

A young fifteen-year-old woman was helping her family harvest corn.

When the fief war occurred, his father was forced to join the military and had died in the war so that he, his mother, and six brothers remained.

This woman is the second oldest child.

The first child was a young sixteen-year-old man who was also currently harvesting corn.

Their lives have been difficult enough and now complicated by the departure of a father. They are having trouble finding clean water.

When the war broke out many rivers and springs were polluted. This was deliberately done by the warring parties whether it was Canadia or Otilia.

They would poison the water source to make the entire opposing army poisoned. However whether they were aware or not but their actions had harmed the citizens around the river.

Like the family of this woman who had to be willing almost half her fields were damaged by being watered by polluted river water.

As a result, the yield of this crop is very unsatisfactory.

If normally they could sell quite a lot of corn to the market but now maybe the harvest this time could only be for their own needs.

The condition was not only experienced by the young woman's family but all residents in the barony, now named Alexandreia, also fared similarly.

They did not know to whom they should complain because at this time their area did not have a god.

I don't think the sun is starting to get over my head.

The farmers went to shelter.

At first everyone thought it was a quiet day as usual.

The carriage convoy was waving a foreign flag that did not look like it belonged to the previous god.

The citizens began to be on alert especially when they could see the flag being flown was not at all the flag of Ducoumont or Otilia. Especially when everyone still has trauma with the fief war that has been going on for some time before.

Yet a horseman who was moving far in front of the convoy suddenly shouted to everyone.

"Lord has come! The lord has come!"

The horseman seemed to tell everyone the coming of their new Lord.

The citizens immediately gathered by the roadside to see the convoy carrying their new lord.

Although they could not see their god but they might realize that the most luxurious looking horse carriage was probably the horse carriage that their lord was riding on right now.

But even if they look enthusiastic in fact in the heart of everyone there is a sense of fear. They were afraid of the god whom they still could not guess his behavior. Either the god would become better than the previous god, or vice versa, becoming more ruthless than they could have imagined.

The horse-drawn carriage stopped at a large single building far from the entire slum of the inhabitants.

This was the mansion belonging to the Baron of Ducoumont and now belonged to Alex the Baron of Alexandreia, the new ruler of this region.

The building of this mansion looks quite well maintained. Though it should have been after the previous owner was executed and his dynasty destroyed, there should have been no one to take care of him anymore. But fortunately during the wait for Alex's arrival, the Otilia volunteered to help take care of the mansion. This is nothing more than their form of gratitude.

Even when the Otilians learned that Alex's entourage was in his territory to head to his new barony, soon the Otilians sent a messenger who could be a guide.

Alex got off the train. He was currently wearing a plain white shirt that looked simple and not as wasteful as ordinary noble clothes.

In this company Alex brings his men:

two adopted children, Merry and Alven;

His subordinates, Rain and Justin;

The adventurers of Orion;

A few servants from the village villa and ten ordinary non-role warriors.

The servants and soldiers had formally and legally changed their oath of allegiance to Lord Alexandreia, no longer to Lord Fertiphile and it was witnessed by representatives of the two families.

Actually Clara, Alex's mother had offered to have Erline and some knights come along but it was rejected by Alex.

The reason is simple, he deliberately did not bring soldiers who have roles to anticipate leaking information about himself and some of his subordinates, especially the identity of Merry who is no longer human and the ability of Alven and Rain in controlling mana.

In addition to the four, Alex also initially wants to bring Francess, an apprentice student who has been caring for her magic plant. But Francess must now return to the capital for her studies.

So Alex's practical efforts in building a magic plant business have been delayed. However, Francess promises to help Alex and will find some necessary manpower.

The adventurers from the Orion party were also in this convoy. Alex purposely brought them in because for some reason. First he needed a bodyguard mainly because the soldier he was carrying was not an aura user or mana. Second, these adventurers will help Alex in conducting a raid to clean up dangerous creatures such as magic beasts and demihumans. Lastly and foremost, he would ask them to train Rain and Alven.

Alex realized his busy life as a noble had slowed down the learning process of his subordinates. So to accelerate their learning progress, then at least they must have a teacher.

Satisfied, Alex leads the way into the mansion that has become their new home.