Chapter 13 – House of 20 Corpses (3)
The bandits were given new homes and fields. This measure was very unconventional even in the reign of Lucius. Sieri felt somewhat sorry that Lucius had listened to him and seemed to have hurt his group his.
She still didn’t know what the consequences of the ‘irresponsible good deed’ Lucius had been talking about were.
The four thieves have a house prepared for them and a document proving that this house is theirs. And, even after seeing the wide field, I couldn’t believe the reality. Following the boss’s command, the land came out after exploring the neighborhood.
“Hyung-nim. This is great, isn’t it?”
Said the third, looking around the house. He could use it as a hideout for himself, or he could sell it and return to the thieves. The second was biting his nails, thrilled by the fact that he had just been nearly dismembered.
The fourth was looking at the fields outside. On the paper in his hand, it was written that this huge rice field with borders was owned by the 4 thieves. The fourth was unable to hide his joy.
Fifth, he was dealing with the curious eyes of the people around him. The thieves who had been raiding the village until just yesterday moved in saying they had become new people, so it was only natural to wonder. The villagers were openly rejecting the fact that the thieves who had harassed them had come.
“What are you thinking, Lord?”
The village headman said this openly. The fifth frowned at the words and glared at the village chief. Before the atmosphere escalated, the guards who came to hand over supplies broke up the fight.
The fifth accepted the supplies and opened the door in annoyance. The second was still thinking about biting her nails her.
I was certainly grateful for the opportunity to rehabilitate, but if I did not return to the thieves, I would be branded as a traitor. However, if I kicked the opportunity here and ran away, I was killed by the lord. The boss was scared, but the second was also scared of the lord. Especially when he ordered the limb to be amputated, those eyes were not those of Lucius, the saint whom the world talks about.
“Now what?”
The third asked. He was forcing the second to make a choice. The first through fifth did not get together because they wanted to or because they were close. This classification was only arbitrarily divided by the boss. They hadn’t even spoken to each other until a few days before the robbery.
It was in this context that the eldest betrayed Lucius as soon as he met his eyes.
“I don’t know. Fuck… What to do…”
“The boss might not find us, right?”
The leader of the bandits was so considerate that he might not have been looking for this group of bandits. It meant that he could be left to become a new man. Of course, when the second thought, the possibility that this crazy boss, who had given away all sorts of collusion with the world, would let them go was zero.
In the first place, the reason why the boss made the base around Lucius’s territory, not another area, was based on the calculation that if he became the priest of the Archangel Church, the residents of the territory would be robbed a little and he would not subdue them.
There is no way these bosses, who commit vicious crimes by taking advantage of their religious nature, will let them go. Rather, he must have been waiting for his men to return to him with offerings from the sale of fields and houses.
Even if you try to sell the field, you may be killed by the lord. If you just ignore it, you may be killed by the boss at any time. The second raised his head. His fingernails, which he had bitten off, were brittle and brittle.
“Hey. Let’s just beat the betrayal.”
The second suggestion was: Run to the manor house right now, tell him where the boss is, and ask him to subdue the bandits. No matter how many more years of stealing, there was no chance of being treated like this. In this case, it would be much more beneficial to join the lord’s side and defeat the boss.
Apparently, the lord Lucius is also the son of a group of former warriors and a half-elf. Even if the boss was strong, it would have been a one-shot if he was caught by such a human.
The second suggestion was very reasonable. However, the worried third tackled the proposal as well.
“Then what if I lose?”
Second, he didn’t even think that Lucius would lose to the boss. No matter how strong the boss was, the opponent was the descendants of the fearsome warriors. It meant that a single thief was not a worthy opponent. Second, so, he did not dispute the bullshit. In fact, he didn’t even deserve a refutation.
“What do you think will happen if we sell this and get caught by the lord?”
“Are you going to die?”
“Yes bastard. We die even if we stay still, and we die even if we sell? Wouldn’t it be much better to live a new life with the head of the boss than to live with the lord?”
“No, but it’s scary if the boss misbehaves. That lord seems weak, but what will happen to us if we leave him to forgive the leader of the thieves?”
“How am I supposed to do that?”
The second was at a loss for words about the third point. If the lord forgives the boss, won’t it end there? Is there any guarantee that the boss will be forgiven by the lord right away and not come down to the village like us? What if I went to catch it and missed it? Then, are we to bear the aftershock?
“Let’s wait for a while then. Wait and we’ll get in touch.”
So the second one threw the next best thing. Let’s wait for a while If you wait, the boss will contact you directly, so let’s move according to that order. If you want to be too unreasonable, betray it, and if you want to make some money, stick to the side of the boss. So the four thieves waited for the boss to contact them.
Meanwhile, these four thieves, who decided to live peacefully for now, had to do something to be recognized as members of the village. By Lucius’ special order, they had to go to the Archangel Church in the center of town once a week to attend classes.
Daecheonsingyo embraced the doctrine that one should not bully those weaker than oneself, and that those who do evil can be saved if they repent. The pastor with a strict impression who came for today’s sermon was speaking passionately about the importance of self-reflection and atonement.
Second, I thought that the doctrine of Daecheonsingyo was just a noise. At one time he too tried to be kind and nice to others. He worked more diligently than anyone else in the manor. However, what returned to him was the irrational tax and the high-ranking people’s view of people as bugs.
It has been more than 10 years since he fled the territory and became a member of the bandits, but secondly, he had never heard of a cataclysmic punishment in his hometown or a sudden death of the lord. He had never even heard of him repenting.
Every year, there was an endless number of territorial people who escaped from the evil lord’s domain, and some of them rejoined the leader’s gang of bandits. The third, fourth, and fifth all entered the thieves in a similar way.
What do you do when you reflect? What do you do when you forgive? Whether he makes atonement or dies by having his limbs cut off, the lord of the neighboring village will live well. The world is only ruled by rich people. The corner of the second’s mouth twisted. Wicked thoughts dominated my head.
“Today. Brothers who were inspired by the Daecheonsingyo Church and repented of their sins have come to this place.”
Then the pastor pointed to the group of thieves and said. At those words, the fifth, who was half asleep, and the fourth, second, and third, who were pretending to read books, all raised their heads and looked at the pastor. People’s eyes were focused on him.
The pastor moved for him to get up.
The second shook his head. The minister licked his lips and narrowed his eyes. He explained how important it is to live a good life again, giving examples of the thieves who repented. The people who repented went from being mere thieves to becoming territories with large houses and fields, so it was about how good it was.
The second waited for this boring skit to end.
After the lecture, a young orange-haired nun led her to donate her. Hands giving out a penny and two pennies continued here and there. The bandits, including the second, refused to pay the donation. She said the nun.
“Please show me a little sincerity. All I can do to sit here today is…”
“Old.”
The second, not wanting to make the story longer, tossed a coin. The coin made a jaunty sound as it hit her nun’s chest and landed exactly in her collection box her. Seeing this, the others in the party started giggling and laughing. The second twitched her lips and looked at her nun.
That nun. She was the woman next to the lord when he tried to kill them.
“Is there anything you don’t like?”
“No.”
The second shook his head. She didn’t drag the nun to talk anymore. She seemed to have something to say, but her minister took her and withdrew. As her minister muttered something to her, the nun shook her head and frowned.
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Evening back home. Within a week, the four thieves were able to get in touch with their boss. The one who contacted him was Klebang, a ‘wild rabbit’ who was said to be quick on his feet even within the bandits. Standing on the table where the thieves lived, he pointed at them and said,
“Traitor bastards.”
“Wait. Listen to the story for a moment.”
The second opened his mouth in an urgent tone. Clevin aimed the dagger in his hand at the four, then threw it at the fifth. The fifth flinched at the dagger that flew right over his head.
“Explain. Quickly.”
“I was going to go back. But, what would the lord think if we disposed of the house as soon as we arrived! Isn’t this house and the profits from the field too wasteful for us to just run away?”
“Then why didn’t you contact us?”
“Because I thought it would come like this if I waited. Huh? Could we betray?”
“No. That’s right. You guys are proud too. You came to us because you didn’t want to suffer under the lord, right?”
Klebang asked, rolling his red eyes again. His eyes were unfocused and vividly colored, giving off a chilling aura. The second hurriedly nodded his head. Said Cleven.
“The boss told me to kill you guys. He said that waiting this far is an act of testing yourself. You know. The fact that the boss really hates testing himself.”
“Wait a minute, really…”
“But I decided to give it a chance. I’ll give it three days from now. Dispose of what you can dispose of, take the money and wait at the entrance to the forest. Okay?”
“…Okay.”
The second lowered his head.
“You don’t have to go all the way to the manor house to sell stuff, do you?”
“…Right.”
Second thought. There is no coming back to aone for.
