Chapter 83

Ludis had been quietly standing behind Maxi and answered on her behalf.

"Those who commit theft or fraud must recompense their victims by paying them ten times the stolen amount. Those who cannot pay the fine must provide labor equivalent to the amount."

"How surprisingly lenient. In Drachium, their hands would have been cut off then and there," the princess remarked nonchalantly, stroking her chin. "What about murderers? How are they punished?"

"They are either flogged and exiled, or hanged. The decision is usually left to the family of the victim. If the victim is an orphan, it is the lord who decides."

As she listened to Ludis's explanation, Maxi grew increasingly disheartened. She was ashamed that she still knew so little about Anatol when she was the wife of its liege.

"Oh my, why are there so many women at that stall?"