As the sound of tapping horse hooves resounded in the alley, the serfs on both sides quickly closed the doors of their dilapidated houses, and then carefully leaned on the windows to secretly look at Thomas and the others.

"Is that the castle steward?"

"It's finally here. I knew Jim's family couldn't escape today. It's also because they were unlucky. They didn't hold a wedding in the past few days, so they chose today. The lord didn't come back a few days ago, but today they happened to be bumped into by the lord.

How could you possibly escape it!"

"Shh, keep your voice down!"

"This is not to blame Jim's family. The main reason is that the girl's parents refused to agree in advance. Jim's fields were harvested just the day before, and then they used grain to make up for the gift money. The wedding was organized in just two days, which is already the fastest time.

, I just didn’t expect the lord to come back at this time, it would have been better if it had been a day later.”

"Hey, Jim's family is just the first family, and it will be like now in the future!"

The serfs in the houses were secretly looking at Thomas and others, and talking quietly. Apparently they had guessed what Thomas and others were here for.

"Is this the place? Go up and call the door!"

Thomas looked at the tables and chairs placed at the door. Although the tables and chairs had been packed away, the flowers used to decorate the door showed that this was the family holding the wedding today.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly! Butler Thomas is here!"

Thomas and Audrey all got off their horses. A guard pressed the sword on his waist and started banging on the door under Thomas's instructions.

Squeak~

Following the guard's rude knocking and shouting, the door of the simple wooden house was finally opened, and a middle-aged woman with a look of fear on her face walked out.

"My lord! My lord! Please do your best! I have 1 silver coin and 20 copper plates here. I beg you to be accommodating!"

The middle-aged woman obviously knew what Thomas and others were here for.

When their wedding was held in the afternoon and the lord saw it, everyone expected this moment.

But originally there was still a trace of luck, but now with the arrival of Thomas and others, that last trace of luck is gone.

"This is not our decision. The principality naturally has its own laws. Call that girl out quickly!"

When Thomas saw a silver coin and a handful of tung seeds in the hands of the middle-aged woman, he stepped forward and shook his head at her, and persuaded her in a gentle tone.

"There was no lord in the Storm Territory before, but now there is a lord. It is the lord's right to exercise the right of first night, and it is the same in other territories!"

"grown ups……"

Of course, the middle-aged woman knew about the rights of the lord. In the past, it was just because the Storm Territory was remote and the Earl was in charge of this territory. Of course, there was no such thing. Now that there is a real lord, they certainly cannot escape this rule.

The middle-aged woman pinched the silver coins and copper plates in her hands with a look of pain on her face, but in the end she was forced to give way to a few guards who were watching eagerly. This law has been implemented on the mainland for hundreds of years, and she obviously knew it.

Unable to resist.

"Go in! Bring that girl out!"

Seeing the middle-aged woman's appearance, Thomas knew that she would no longer stop her. After all, the consequences would be to lose her head, just like a rebellion. Thomas stopped delaying and ordered to several guards.

"Yes, Butler Thomas!"

Several guards put their hands on the hilts of their swords at their waists and walked into the dim wooden house with a little vigilance. Although the swords were not unsheathed, they could draw them immediately when they encountered an attack.

"Ah... don't... I don't want to go to the castle..."

Soon, when several guards poured into the wooden house, a girl's cry was heard inside.

Hearing the movement inside, Thomas frowned slightly, and he and Audrey stepped through the door and walked into the wooden house.

Although this house is a wooden house, the space inside is quite spacious. At this moment, two guards are grabbing a young woman's wrist and trying to pull her outside, but the woman is crying and struggling.

If Gervais were here, this scene would definitely feel like a scene in a movie or TV show where a woman is raped.

"Abby! Save me, I don't want to go to the castle!"

The young woman kept struggling. Although due to the special situation, the two guards did not dare to pull hard for fear of hurting the woman, but the woman's body was still slowly pulled toward the door by the two silent guards.

The woman's strength gradually ran out, and when she saw that she was about to be pulled to the door of the cabin, she shouted desperately to a young man behind her!

"Lily! Ah!"

The young man had already been told by his mother not to resist, but when he heard Lily calling his name sadly, he finally aroused the blood in his heart. He suddenly picked up the stone that was used as a stove and shouted towards him.

Attacked by the guards from the front.

"Abby doesn't want it!"

The middle-aged woman standing at the door wiping tears saw her son's behavior and was immediately frightened to death. She screamed loudly. Apparently she could foresee that her son would die under the sword of the guard in the next moment.

Choking~choking~

Faced with Ade's violent resistance, the heavily armed guards were certainly not afraid. The sound of swords being unsheathed instantly sounded in the room. The two guards on guard at the rear did not hesitate to raise their swords and attack them.

Abi slashed away.

"Don't kill him!"

Snap! Snap!

At this critical moment, Butler Thomas suddenly shouted. When the two guards with swords heard Thomas' words, they immediately rotated the sword blades, changing the sharp edge into a sword spine.

The two sword spines hit Abi's face and abdomen respectively, instantly knocking him back several steps and sitting on the ground. If it weren't for Thomas's words, Abi would have been dead and dismembered.

When Abi fell to the ground, two guards quickly stepped forward and put their swords on his neck!

"Sir, please spare your life, Mr. Butler! Abi is still young and immature, please spare your life. Please use this money to buy some delicious food as compensation. Please bypass my child!"

Abi's mother finally regained her composure when she saw that the guards did not kill her. She quickly ran to Abi's side, knelt on the ground and begged Thomas and others.

"I am willing to go, you let Abi go..."

When the young woman saw her lover's appearance at this moment, she finally realized that she had almost harmed him. Her face was covered with tears and she did not dare to struggle anymore.

"Walk!"

Seeing that the young woman was finally honest, Thomas gave an order to several guards, and then led several guards to carry the woman named Lily out of the wooden house.

"Lily!"

Abi in the room wanted to get up, but was held down by his mother.

After walking out of the wooden house, Lily was put on a horse by two guards. However, Lily had obviously become numb at this moment, her eyes were red and motionless, and she did not run away or shout.

After Thomas and Audry left the house, they sat on the horses without saying a word. It was obvious that their moods were complicated, but the laws of this world were like this. It was a mercy that they did not kill the young serf who dared to resist today.

As a castle butler, these are the things Thomas needs to do. He has learned it when he was receiving butler training at Rose Castle. It is just the first time he has completed such a task, and he obviously feels bad.
Chapter completed!