§Petrov approached the crowd and asked, "What happened?"
"Mr. Hull," Seeing the kamon of the Honeysuckle Family, someone replied, "we're talking about the Lord of Border Town. He wants to seize the properties that the nobles in the stronghold leave in the town."
"Just call me Petrov. What's it exactly about him?"
"Let me explain it to Mr. Petrov." Simon came up to him with a half-fawning smile. "The truth is, we live in Border Town in peacetime on the duke's order to manage the North Slope Mine for him. Every winter, we take our townsmen to Longsong Stronghold and protect them from demonic beasts. When we returned to the town after the Months of Demons this year, however, one of my colleagues, Cornelius from the Fletcher Family, was told by the Lord of Border Town that his residence was torn down by the townspeople and that he would not receive any compensation for his loss!"
