Cervantes didn't care much about standing in the open or hiding in the shadows, and at this point it was like his character being casual, and he didn't care what others said about him.

However, at the request of the maid, he hadn't done anything that might break the law for a long time, and stayed quietly in Wende City, being a lord who seemed to be a good one.

However, it would be wishful thinking to make a black dragon with a chaotic nature become a lord who is quiet, does not talk nonsense, and does not make trouble.

So seven days ago, Cervantes had sneaked out of Winde City by himself, and in addition to reporting the maid's safety every two days, he had been running around in the Storm Territory for the past few days.

After all, he didn't have anything to do in Windcity, like a mascot on the table, and he didn't have to do anything but sit there - if he could get his hands on the legendary 'Internet', then he would definitely be a complete house dragon in peace, but unfortunately, there was no such thing in the world of Assatom.

Boredom, Cervantes found that he could no longer return to the days of eating, sleeping, and eating, because it was so boring, and after getting used to some interesting things, the black dragon could no longer bear to continue to be so bored.

So, he decided to go out and have fun on his own!

Anyway, recently, the Sad Wind Leader has entered the stage of peaceful development, and what is needed is to stay up, and there is basically no need to use him, if he really needs it, he believes that Serra will definitely contact him, so Cervantes just ran out.

Cervantes' behavior was unpredictable, the purpose was almost impossible for him, he ran out just to have fun.

Sometimes he runs to the border, sometimes he runs to the middle, but he's very fast, and he basically walks around one place and then runs to the next to continue having fun.

However, to his regret, he did not think at all that in other parts of the Tempest, even in the towns, people lived in a very peaceful and unhurried manner, and in these towns there were many thieves, but because of Cervantes's own size, few thieves dared to provoke him, even the thieves who had become 'wanderers' did not dare to do anything to his purse.

Perhaps because of the lack of official prestige in other parts of the Sad Wind Territory, even though the local government has done a good job of market regulation, there are still many people who choose to ignore those market norms and go about their own business.

When Cervantes saw this, he would always pick up his little notebook and record what he saw.

Although he was playing, he could actually use it as a 'patrol' of his own territory.

The last time he and Serra were touring the territory, they encountered the Cultists, but they hadn't even seen half of it, but they had only made a half-circle around the border.

This time, he planned to take a walk and take a look, and at the same time record everything he saw and heard on the road, as if he was patrolling his territory.

From this point, it can be seen that these decentralized officials may be a little too taken for granted, after all, Wende City is the most advanced and developed place in the Sad Wind Territory, and the official prestige is enough, and the maid has always been working for the welfare of the people, so both the execution and the support of the people are enough to implement every policy.

Outside of Winde City, however, it's a different story!

First of all, the old duke did not directly administer the rest of the Sadwind Realm before, just like the aristocratic feudal system that was common in the world of Assatom, each nobleman would manage his own domain, and different domains would have different tax rates and laws.

A duke is a principality that is not independent, or in other words, a principality that is completely dependent on the kingdom.

However, the law must be followed by the law promulgated by the 'supreme ruler', and the lords of various places can make some changes to the law, but they cannot contradict the laws of the country.

What each territory is like depends on the character and ability of the local lord.

Most lords are mediocre, perhaps they are greedy for pleasure, but they also understand that if they force their subjects to death or drive them away, then they have no capital for pleasure.

A small number of lords will work hard, even if they know that they will not be able to improve their titles, but they will be able to make their realm strong to improve the status of their families and themselves.

Finally, there is the type of lords who exploit the people without any scruples, causing misery to the people of the territory, either dying in the territory, starvation, disease, or being killed by brutal lords, or choosing to flee the territory because they can no longer survive there.

And like this kind of lord, in the end, they may either sell their property to maintain the face of the nobility, and finally starve to death or die, or the family is in the middle of the road, the family is completely down, and their territory will be divided by the surrounding lords at all.

Because there are many lessons learned, many lords rarely choose to be the 'last one', and most of them choose to be the 'first lord'.

The same is true in the Grim Wind Lord, most of the lords are the 'first type', a small number are the 'second type', and the 'third type' is not, after all, the Sad Wind Leader was once also a duke in the Kolo Kingdom, and only mages can become nobles and lords, and the IQ that can become a mage is generally not low, and they have a certain amount of knowledge.

As long as you are not a fool, no one will choose to become the kind of lord who 'fishes with all his might'.

But even so, even with the threat of the old duke, the lords in the Grim Wind Realm did not dare to exploit them too much, but the local commoners did not trust the words of the nobles.

For the commoners, the words that came out of the mouths of the nobles could only be believed in the category of 'tax increases', and the rest ...... Oh, 'for the benefit of the people'? I'm afraid it's a new way to raise taxes!

After Cervantes's observations, it was found that most of the civilians in the Grim Wind Territory already knew the names of the 'Chief Maid' and the 'New Lord', and many had heard of their names, except for some small mountain villages that were not very well-informed.

They also learned about 'Wende City' from many people's mouths, and the workers of the local workshops were even more supporters of the 'head maid', after all, the local authorities claimed that these workshops were set up by the head maid.

But that's about it.

Because many nobles had a bad reputation before this, and the reputation of the local government was also affected by them, it was difficult for the decrees issued by the local government to be effectively implemented.

Even though the delegated officials have claimed that 'the Sadwind Leader has been given a new lease of life,' the populace still has a certain attitude of resistance to the official decrees, as if they have won if they resist them.

This made Cervantes sigh that even when he and the maid came to the Sorrowful Wind Territory to govern Wende City, they were not so difficult, and they didn't know what those lords had done before, not only did they have no popular prestige at all, but also made the people hostile, even now that some decrees have begun to take effect, the people are still skeptical of the official attitude.

Even though the local government uses the name of the 'head maid' to do things, there is still considerable resistance among the people.

It is not difficult to understand why the maid has fully ordered various reforms in various places, but the results are still not very satisfactory.

This is not only a problem of the local government and officials, but also a problem of the people, and if it were not for the resistance of the people to various government decrees, the standard of living in various parts of the country would have been improved today.

After sixteen days outside, Cervantes was going back to Wind, because he found that he hadn't played much for the past sixteen days, and that he had been working since he started recording all the information about the territory halfway through.

It was also because of these sixteen days that he found out that it was so troublesome to govern a territory.

Luckily he had Serra, otherwise he wouldn't have been this lord if he had been killed!