After finishing dinner he said to Crowley"give my thank's to the chef he has some good skills".
He responded" I will conveye you praise to him he and all the kitchen stuff would be glad to hear it "
The he turned for chamberlain telling him to give a quick some of the territory the important things he should give his intention right away and leave the minor one to a more formale metting.
The answer he will hear from whom he thinks the would be chamberlain of the castle really baffled him.
at this moment jean really was in a situation which no body would love to be it all started two weeks ago when a lettre arrived from the sovereign of this land grand-duke arthas Pendragon or from his given title by the local the absent baron.
The lettre contained praise for the chamberlain for his meticulous governing of the field in his name but also a shocking news and terrible news for him who acted and lived like a real baron here and holding absolute power over the populace.
The news was that two weeks from now the territory would be taking over by Damien who by all accounts was a good for nothing in his eyes and until that time he would be the acting baron and after transfering the authority to him he could come back to take an administrative position in the grand-duchy .
He doesn't know who wrote that lettre but it made Dylan which is the name of the chamberlain effectively the baron for 2 weeks not wanting to go back to be a subordinate after being the top dog and a local tyrant here for many years he grew accustomed to people frowning upon seeing him to get his favour and just a nod from home will change lives here and nobody like to relinquish power even if it's juste temporaire or borrowed one.
So he wrote two documents giving himself half of the treasury of the barrony' and the right to govern the port town of mayenhime which was the only other town in the territory aside from the capital and it's main hub for importing and exporting by sea.
Effectively taking control of the maritime trade in fief.
and the second document contained a pardon for a group of pirates and an invitation for them to settle in the town and acte as his personnel guard and peace keepers in the town and if the rumour to be believed they accepted.
Now his has to tell all this bad news to the baron and hope that he wouldn't be the target of his anger.
So after a second of his mind wandering of he started talking ' first a would like to welcome you baron in the name of all your citizens secondly I am jean my lord and I am the finance minister or more precisely the account of the territory.
as for chamberlain Dylan after receiving the letter from the Duke of which the writing could be interpreted as making him baron until your coming here to become the baron.
he transferred to himself half the treasury and the ownership of the port town Manheim " he stop talking but Damien could tell that there are other bad news but Jean probably didn't want to tell him fearing his anger.
Clearing his throat 'ahem' he said ' you can continue to speak you have nothing to fear after all it's not your fault'.
Hearing what you said you could tell from the beating of his heart he started to relax .
Sighting 'my lord he issued another document on which he offered a group of pirates Amnesty and made them his guard and if the rumour to be believed they accepted and Their numbers are around five hundreds veterans pirates and ruffians '.
After a moment you looked around you saw Angers in the eyes of your fateful butler but in the eyes of your chief knight and high end power not my problem look.
So he started saying:' you can't start a rule without a few disturbing senses for the time being dear jean you would be the acting chamberlain of the barrony and Crowley will offer you assistance and if you prove you worth your promotion would become permanent '.
'could you give us a quick summary of the situation in the fiefdom'
Hearing this you could see the excitement in he eyes he answered he and the butler at same time 'yes' then the acting chamberlain started speaking again ' before the session from the traitor Dylan the barrony consisted of two town a big mining village in the circadian mountains which produce iron;coal;sulfer and to some degree saltpeter and silver the mines aren't working at full capacity mainly due to attack from goblin tribe in the mountains and some low magical animals and monsters taking the mountains as home .
then they are the desert lockout a small village with post watch consisting of a miltia garrison of 100 which acte like an early warning if the hyena tribes launch a raid in our land beyond the desert is rumoured that their is some kingdom rules by civilized heyina and othe humoind but known confirmed it and there's rumor that some sects also live in the desert.
also they other smal and medium villages who are around the two towns and South there is viscounty of vinizia which is experiencing a civil war due to the death of Viscount and leavin no heir or legitimate heir to be more precise so the four vassal baronies are fighting for the title and claiming legitimacy from some old family relationships to the Viscount family.
The biggest town of the barrony and also act as the regional cspital and permanent sit of the baron from he rule is ashen a bustling town with over a ten thousands residents it's main industry are producing iron and farming since the surrounding land was cleared hundreds of years ago and since then provide for the town and the barrony with ample food.
but there's some land near the forest and mountain range are reclaimed due to attack and raides from goblins,ogres ,lizardmen or others since the security there is lacking and no subjugation force had been able to eliminate this treat so the land was abandoned.
They are even rumours that deep in the range mountains reside some powerful beings like true dragons and giants as you can hear deep in the mountains frightening roars and fell some deep bloodline suppression.
in the forest it's said that there's a an elves town and the protection of some green dragon clan but it's not confirmed
and finaly the town of Manheim which controlled the maritime trade of the entire barrony between it and the other countries and continent only accessibly by sea'.
After talking his breath he continued ' the barrony has two main products to export iron and flour since the neighbouring viscounty is in a civil war the two products has seen an increase in prices which in turn made more money for the fief as for population is around fifty thousand including the town of Manheim as of our revenue it's flactuate between a thousand and two thousand silver coin after dudacting expenses '.