「Certainly, that type of hate isn’t normal ~. Well, as far as the talks are concerned, it is obvious ~」
The talks Juno had heard from the servants and the rumors flowing around in the district were pretty awful. Especially, almost all the profits of the populace was being extorted as tax, and the amount of people who were being made to forcefully work until they could just maintain their livelihood weren’t less.
They were even robbed of their energy to cause a revolt, and conversely compared to the nobles with the same level of territory and economic power, the Stokes had huge investments in their military. And due to that, the lives of the populace were becoming even more severe. With this, even if they were to cause a rebellion, it was apparent that they would be dying in vain.
「By the looks of it, it seems as though investigating the internal affairs went well」
「That is, obviously ~」
If the people of the mansion were asked about a single thing, 10 or 20 topics would come back. They seemed to be hated to quite an extent.
But, included within those, was information which couldn’t be ignored no matter what.
「It’s just that, there’s some worrying information ~」
「Information which is worrying, is it?」
「Yes ~」
That was something where she couldn’t help but doubt her own ears, and without even thinking she had asked – 「Isn’t it some kind of mistake ~?」. But she had gotten enough evidence for her to believe it.