Chapter 418 Hershey

Chapter 418 Hershey

“Hershey!”

Violette reprimanded the visitor with an iron face and a serious tone.

“Do you know what I am entertaining? He is ……”

The visitor named Hershey froze, he had thought that Violet’s saying that he was entertaining was an excuse to put him off, but he didn’t realize that there was really someone in the room, a young man with black hair and a beautiful woman with green hair.

Paul waved his hand to stop Violet from revealing his identity, “Violet, I think this Father Hershey must have something important to say, let’s hear him out first.”

“This …… lord, this Hirsch must have nothing important, I’ll get rid of him here.”

Father Hirsch cried out in aggravation at this, “I am by no means here on a trivial matter of no importance; allow me to state it at length.”

“Are you …… a priest?” Paul came on to him, a priest dressed so shabbily was the first he had ever seen.

“Yes, my lord, I am the priest who presides over the country church in nearby Totor.” Although he wasn’t sure what Paul’s status was, since his superior, Violet, was so attached to him, it must be non-trivial.

The country churches in the Northwest Bay were generally under the jurisdiction of the churches in the nearby towns, so this Hershey could be seen as a subordinate to Violet.

“If you have something important, you could have said it now.” Paul directly bypassed Violette and allowed the other party to continue.

Originally, Violette wanted to wave her hand to drive people away, but she had no choice but to stop by Paul’s words, and sweat broke out on her face.

Hershey was a bit confused at this time, originally he still wanted to have a thick skin and plead for some time, but as soon as this stranger in the room opened his mouth, Lord Vaoret unexpectedly did not shoo people away, and the other party looked like they came from quite a small place.

But now can’t care so much, his mind back to the real purpose of coming here today.

Alas, though there was little hope, there was always something to try.

“Lord Violet!” Hershey changed to a solemn tone, “Once again, I implore you to exempt those unfortunate villagers from paying taxes for the past two years.”

“No way!” Vaoret refused at the first hearing, “Hursh, how many times have I told you, with regards to taxes, a person at my level has no right to decide, but can only carry out what the top says.”

“Then, please travel to Sente and seek out the Lord Bishop to present our side of the story.”

“You!” Violette seemed to be infuriated, he threw out his sleeve “How dare you ask me to go to the city of Sente …… just for a bunch of lowly peasants, go yourself.”

Hershey straightened his neck, “My lord, I’ve been there, but the gatekeepers wouldn’t let me in, and when I told them the reason, they told me to come back to you again.”

Violet closed her eyes, “Then I stand by what I said before, I have no right to decide this matter.”

With a fluttering sound, Hershey unexpectedly fell to his knees, and he pleaded with a face full of grief and indignation, “Please, for the sake of this dress on yourself, save those poor lambs.”

“You!” Violet was furious, the other party was simply slapping him in the face, was he scolding him for not being worthy of being a priest? Or in front of the lord.

In fact, he could go to Sente to plead for Totor Village, but it would definitely affect his image in the hearts of the above again, so he made up his mind not to do this.

Seeing this, Paul probably understood the situation, it is estimated that the villagers of Totor village can not afford to pay the so-called tithe to the church, this Hershey priest came to find Violet to plead for the people, but unfortunately was rejected.

Although this is a religious matter, but as a secular lord, he thinks he still has the responsibility to solve the difficulties of the lords, so he asked this Hershey: “Which village do you come from?”

“My lord, I come from the church in the village of Totor, but it’s the only church in several nearby villages.”

“Is the harvest in your area bad?”

Hershey said with a difficult look on his face, “It’s not that the harvest is bad, but in the last two years, when we fought with Emden, several families lost their laborers in their homes, and the remaining old, young, and widows are having a hard time.”

“What do you mean?” Paul felt a twinge of discomfort, and he rose from his seat with a start.

La Di, who had been silent since entering the room, said, “If I’m not mistaken, anyone who died because of the war, the lord will have a generous pension for their families, even if they can’t manage for the rest of their lives, it’s unlikely that they won’t be able to support themselves after just two years, right?”

“Uh …… this lady.”

The green-haired beauty suddenly asked herself a question, making Hershey apprehensive for a moment. He said with some hesitation, “Lord Lord did give them a pension, but …… it was rather the cause of their series of misfortunes.”

“Uh-huh!” Violet on the opposite side suddenly spoke out, “Hurshi, let’s stop here today, I’ll make time to talk to you about this matter.”

“No, Violet, let him go on; I will stay here to-day and listen to this Father Hershey set the matter straight, and you be quiet for a moment.”

Paul’s face took on a hint of agitation, “Please tell me, why has the lord’s pension brought them misfortune?”

“Uh …… yes my lord.” Violet had to keep her mouth shut.

Hershey was getting more and more surprised at this young man’s identity, a single sentence could make Lord Vaoret, who was towering in front of him, shut up, what was his identity?
Could it be that the real chance to save the villagers from their plight had come.

Wait, the young man with black hair, accompanied by a beautiful woman with green hair, could it be ……

Oops, Hershey ah Hershey, how could you be so confused, you didn’t even think of that when you first entered the door.

So, should I tell the truth.

The village priest hesitated, don t they all say that this lord is the one standing behind them? But his reaction doesn’t look like the legend.

“My lord …… me.”

The priest who was full of enthusiasm a moment ago was ten thousand times more torn.

“Hershey!” Paul glared at him, “Look me in the eye, what exactly are your concerns? The fact that you asked Violette for a tax break just now shows that you’re a kind man, but are you merely only kind, but as timid as a mouse?”

“No, my lord.”

Irritated by Paul, the priest raised his head all of a sudden, and his eyes widened roundly.

“I will tell the truth now.”

He didn’t care that Violette, who was beside him, shot him a sharp look, and said to himself to Paul: “If you had given them a pension in money, perhaps it wouldn’t have been so bad, but what was given to them were fields, good fields, fields that could produce food year after year, and that aroused covetousness among those who wanted to do so.”

As Hershey stated sharply, Paul heard a story that was old-fashioned but also raised the blood pressure.

But while other people would have been just fine, after all, that’s the way of the world, this time the sufferers were the families of the soldiers who had died fighting in a bloodbath.

How dare they? How dare they?
“I know, Hershey.”

Paul sat bolt upright in his chair and let out a long breath.

“Violet!”

“Yes, my lord.”

The priest of Port Fullan rushed forward.

“I’ll pay all the tithes of those people in Hershey’s mouth.”

“Ah, this ……”

The priest gave a jump, “How can this be? I’ll head to Sente to explain the situation and I’ll be sure to get back to you with a satisfactory result.”

“No, just do it.”

Paul made his decision in an undeniable tone and then led Lardy out the door, leaving Violet and Hershey wide-eyed.

After a moment of silence, an annoyed shout came from within the chamber.

“You’re just the priest of a mere country church, why do you have to be so nosy? What if things get out of hand?”

(End of chapter)