Chapter 7 – Ira Gets Fucked at the End (6)
Did you say that ‘the hawk is the medicine’? After one tenant farmer was captured, beheaded, and property was confiscated, the next day, another tenant farmer brought four cartloads of tax. After that, every tenant farmer who came came loaded the same quantity on a cart as if they had agreed to each other. It was clear that they were communicating with each other.
It was several times the amount of tax brought by the tenant farmers who tried to strip me in the first place.
I stood in front of them and flicked my mace. The peasants stared hypnotically at the mace whizzing around in my hand. They know it too. That a couple of peasants went to the goal with that mace. And if my judgment is twisted here and now, everyone here will suffer the same fate.
“You’ve worked hard, everyone. Last time, Kilde… I don’t know if you know the sad news that Mr. Balpa cheated on me. I don’t bother monitoring how much your harvest is. Because that’s me and you. It’s an act of breaking trust between us, isn’t it?”
“Yes, yes. It is!”
“You’re right!”
No matter who said it first, they answered each other loudly. It was a voice that knew for sure that if it was wrong this time, it would really fall behind. There were still bloodstains where the blast was killed. I sneaked over to the spot and said, intentionally stepping on the bloodstains.
“So, I want you to pay your taxes honestly in the future. So that we don’t bother each other. You know. If I do my job well, I won’t touch it.”
This is not me pretending to be a walker. The estate that Lucius ruled was actually doing very well, except for the fact that these peasants were skipping taxes. The people did not suffer from heavy taxes, and the security was not unstable.
The downside was that there were some thieves on the border of the territory, but they were afraid of Lucius, so I couldn’t touch them.
There is a saying called small tide. In the old days, after Soha, a monk in the Han Dynasty of China, died, a guy named Jocham succeeded him as a minister. However, after becoming a monk, this bastard often drank and played, and when the subordinates asked the reason, he said.
– Soha has already made it well, so why am I messing with it?
In fact, as he said, the country went well even if Jo-cham did nothing, and even though Jo-cham died while doing nothing, he made a name for himself. If it works fine without doing anything like this example, there is no need to touch it.
Except for these deworming pups.
“All right!”
“I’ll keep that in mind!”
And these dewormers were now crawling under me. If a tenant farmer dies, it is also a job to fill the place and sign a new tenant contract. And if he signed a new contract, there was a high possibility that he too would turn his eyes to money and collect grain.
These guys are already well-fed and prosperous, so even if you warn them once, they won’t cross the line anymore. A guy who has tasted honey once will try to protect it somehow. In addition, since they have been farming on this land for a long time, they must also know the efficient cultivation routine. It was good for my image to save these guys and only pay taxes, and it was good that my work didn’t increase.
“Then go.”
I sent these peasants away without inspection. At a cursory glance, there were enough carts lined up on the main street along the yard to fill the warehouse. I ordered servants and soldiers to carry these bales. Seeing the warehouse full, it seemed that my heart would automatically become rich. I looked at the warehouse and smiled contentedly.
After that, what to do with Aira was left to worry about. This bitch kept screaming and pretending to be crazy, but if I didn’t respond, she was going to do something worse, so I had to take action.
Why do we need to act quickly
Name: Aira
Occupation: scammer
Likeability: 0
Level: 6
Stat
Strength: 3
Agility: 7
Intelligence: 4
Luck: 0
Characteristic
Performance
You can postpone other jobs.
Current acting job: Madman
Method
She is currently immersed in her own acting her.
It is difficult to distinguish between acting and reality, and sometimes exhibits unintended abnormal behavior.
Original class traits are disabled. Intelligence declines.
Confinement
Currently in custody and confinement. Stats are penalized.
Because he was going crazy in real time. Until a few days ago, I had only screamed, but the gun was still in my eye, but these days, I was smirking because my eyes were really bad, and it was not a fuss, such as screaming again in surprise that Ji had done that. If he went crazy after doing that, he couldn’t get the price even if he sold it to a window shop. Because no one wants to have sex with a crazy woman.
It was a waste of time for Aira to blow it up like that. So I had to do something quick about this.
I first went downstairs with Sieri. Sieri clung to me as if the shady, eerie landscape of the dungeon was terrifying. The scent of Sieri’s body calmed my mind.
“Hey, lord? Where is this place?”
“This is a hellish place where the guilty are confined. Sinners come here to seek self-reflection.”
As if Ira thought I had come to tease her with Sieri, she screamed in a more exasperated tone than usual and pounded on her iron bars. I frowned at the sight of a chimpanzee imprisoned in a zoo seeming to go on a rampage. Shieri was surprised to see Aira like that and stepped back a little from her. I supported Sieri’s back and pointed at her Aira.
“Look. That criminal is being held here for the crime of trying to rob the warehouse of the territory.”
“Ah, lord… It’s so scary.”
“Eh eh!
When Sierra clung to my arms and said something like that, her Aira her started to have more frantic seizures. Humans who surrender themselves to anger tend to become ugly. That scream was not just acting, it must have been sincere. I stroked Sieri’s hair, and Sieri asked me.
“Lord. That person seems crazy enough to not understand his crimes. Can you please stop?”
“I don’t know the world yet. Sieri. He’s just pretending to be crazy to get away from his sins.”
“Kyaaaaa!”
When Ira said that I was pretending to be crazy, she started to go crazy even more as if it wasn’t so. He pounded her bars with her fists and bit her teeth as if to break them. Those bloody eyes were really bloody, but I believed in the durability of our dungeon.
“Ah… My lord. But even so, if you stay in a prison like this for the rest of your life, you’ll really become a madman. Don’t you hate the sin, but don’t hate the people ?”
“Sierri. What’s the point of punishment if you don’t reflect? If you forgive your sins simply because you pretended to be a madman, why do we pray to God and try to be forgiven?”
“Then, lord, do you intend to keep that person locked up here?”
“No. I will punish you.”
I whispered in Sieri’s ear in a small voice. Ever since that bitch pretended to be crazy, there was a punishment I really wanted to give, and I was thinking of using this opportunity. Sieri heard what I said and couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
Seeing her dainty little mouth open, I thought I’d like to put my finger in it and stir it.
“That, that… That cruel…”
“Sieri. Originally, crooks and thieves cut off their hands. But, does such punishment really contain the meaning of edification? Will that person really regret having his arm cut off? It starts with realization. Only those who know the shame can reflect. Cutting off an arm only breeds hatred.”
“But… But… “
“Sierri. I really want to see that person reflect. If you truly reflect and become a new person, I might be able to arrange a job for that person in this mansion.”
Aira, who had been listening to our story, suddenly became quiet. When the story of his own bee came up, it was clear that he was more curious about that than his madness. Sieri seemed to be slightly inclined to my words.
From a religious standpoint, the edification of sinners was very important.
Siri nodded at my words. I patted Sieri’s head and muttered.
“Yes Sieri. Just follow my words like that.”
“Yes. Lord…”
Ira slowly stepped back and sat down on the bed in the corner. I looked straight at her and said.
“Ira. I’ll move you to another room before you get punished. The actual punishment will take place in three days, so I hope you stay strong during that time.”
The environment Ira was in right now was the worst. The dungeon was poorly ventilated, poorly exposed to sunlight, and few people came and went. Since she was pretending to be crazy in this cruel environment with more than 10 vacant rooms, it was only natural that she was really crazy.
I was in trouble too if Aira really went mad before carrying out her punishment.
So I ordered her Aira to be moved to her empty room on the first floor and treated her best. When she sneakily listened to her servants, Ira, whose room had changed, said that she had stopped pretending to be crazy and was staying calm, whether she was trying to adapt to the situation or what kind of situation she was in.
Maybe if she pretends to be crazy, she’ll send her back to the dungeon again? Her thoughts were not something I could know.
After that, I called an attendant to recruit bullies and homeless people with bad behavior in the village. Since he had beaten a peasant to death not long ago, the servant looked at him as if he had been caught well and brought several wanted people from the village.
Each of them was a drunkard who beat up his wife his, a swindler who robbed his children in back alleys, and a homeless person addicted to gambling. Excluding the homeless who seemed unable to function as a human being, only pillar workers and pimps remained.
They were sweating with their heads down, probably aware of the crimes they had committed. I was holding my mace and staring at the two of them calmly.
“Yo, forgive me lord! I will never beat my wife again!”
“Please forgive me too! I will never take money from children again!”
I didn’t say anything, but the truth came out of their mouths as I swung my mace. From now on, I will call my mace the Staff of Truth.
