And that is due to this village's auction having some quite influential patrons behind it all.

The patrons include several nobles and government officials within their ranks.

Your father's book contained in here quite a few powerful names indeed.

It appears to be recorded by your ancestor.

Since he came to this village quite late, the records were not destroyed in time.

It seems that there are a few ministers in our Kingdom who are also interested in this sort of thing...

And that is the reason why I must come here personally to settle things.

Eh, so the General isn't here to conduct an ecological survey then.

Does this have nothing to do with that protection law you spoke of earlier as well?

With the state of our Kingdom's turbulent politics being as factionalized as it is...

It's not so easy to pass any law you want.

If I were to push out this law now...

There definitely would be others who would oppose it.

It might not even be related to their personal interests...

The reason might only be them signalling to others which faction they are part of.