Under Navia's laws, any commoner who offends a government official of an Earl's rank or higher is punished by having their legs cut off.
Even though they knew this girl was intentionally provoking them, as commoners, they had no right to protest.
All the power of speech was in the hands of the noble officials, they were unable to utter a word.
If a noble took it into their mind to make things difficult, then these people living at the bottom rungs of society had only one path left - death.
The nobles oppress the commoners, the commoners oppress the slaves, the rotten system oppresses the rotten people, and no one dares to resist.
The seller had already predicted his fate - he would have his legs cut off!