Carter and Fez stormed off angrily from the commoner. They were afraid they wouldn’t be able to control themselves and attack the commoners.
“That idiot Lucas is a disgrace to us nobles for being friendly to those untouchables and giving them so much for their salary.” Fez said. In his mind, the commoners were meant to be exploited, and being able to work for nobles was the biggest reward they could get.
“Why would you care so much about what the untouchables say? You’...
Carter and Fez were on a ship. They had come to Sedona City to reminisce about their old territory as they will soon be leaving the western lands.
“Ha ha ha…” Carter and Fez couldn’t help but laugh when they saw all the wheat on the fields, attracting strange looks from other people on the ship.
“Lord father, these will all be our spoils of war ten days later.” Fez said, pointing to the wheat.
“Consider it as compensation for taking care of this territory fo...
The four beastkins that wore Heavy Infantry Armors and held 1 meters long Claymore sword in their hands looked like slaughter machines.
(The average claymore ran about 140 cm (55 in) in overall length, with a 33 cm (13 in) grip, 107 cm (42 in) blade, and a weight of approximately 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg).)
There were a few dozen wooden figures in front of them. Behind the wooden figures were seven archers that were using bows and arrows of this era. After all, it was only a demonstration...
The yellow tree leaves shook under the autumn wind and fell off the trees.
Lucas had gotten out of bed later and later every day. At first, he had gotten up around six o’clock in the morning, and now, he got up at around nine o’clock.
“Have you gotten used to living in the castle yet?” Lucas asked. He reached out to catch a fallen leaf with his hand and looked at the leafless trees in front of him.
“Yes, I’m very satisfied with it. It’s very good.” Annie s...
“What?"
"What did you say? My food merchant servants are all dead? What about the gold coins?” An angry roar came out, scaring the servant that was cleaning in the courtyard away. Baron Omar was the scariest when he was angry. He was the fifth servant that had been chosen to replace the previous servants this year. He was also the servant that had lived the longest after serving Omar; his strategy was just to get out of Omar’s sight whenever he was angry.
“They’re all...
“Young Master, what about me? What should I do?” Annie asked since everyone else had something to do.
Lucas froze when he heard Annie call him young master. After all, it meant that Annie was really willing to follow him. “You can also be my assistant. Nicole has way too much work to take care of.” Lucas looked at Nicole’s slightly dark circles under her eyes, which was a sign that she had been overworking.
Nicole was his Chief Secretary and Chief Internal Affairs Mana...
“There is one last thing to announce today.” Lucas’ calm and resolute voice rang out, silencing the excited civilians.
Mina’s heartbeat sped up as she didn’t want to see Lucas in a difficult situation.
Lucas patted Mina’s shoulder and pulled Mina in front of him. “The City Lord’s Mansion will open a shopping mall and hire a group of beastkins similar to Mina to help us in work.”
“Eh? What’s a shopping mall?”
"Shopping mall?"
“Are t...
The six food merchants were taken to the gallows, and the executioner noosed them around their necks.
The food merchant's faces were extremely pale. No one knew what happened to them last night. They were so terrified of the stuff they went through last night that they actually felt relieved by the rope on their necks. They would rather die than to go through the torture again.
There were three kinds of torture in this world: hanging, burning, and beheading.
Hanging and b...
“Chirp chirp chirp…” It was the morning after the rain. The sun was bright, the air was fresh, and the birds were chirping cheerfully.
Lucas opened his eyes slowly. He scanned the surroundings with his drowsy eyes. To him, rainy days were the best days for sleeping.
Creak…
Nicole opened the door and came in with a maid that was carrying a jug of water. The maid then left with the other maids.
“Good morning, young master.” Nicole said.
“Good mor...
Boom!
The sound of the thunder shook in the sky as the rain poured down. This was the last rain before the autumn harvest, which was ten days later.
Lucas sat in front of the desk with his eyes closed. Nicole was massaging his shoulders slowly. Mina and Annie were eating snacks on the other side of the table.
Knock knock…
Someone knocked on the door, and Lucas opened his eyes and said, “Come in.”
Ben opened the door and walked in. He had already taken ...
Bang!
Number 2 kicked open the door of the inner courtyard and walked in with his shield held high. His eyes swept the room and he saw the six food merchants in the corner.
“Who- who are you?” the obese food merchant asked in a trembling voice.
Chris stepped out from behind Number 2 and looked at the food merchants. He grinned coldy, and said, “Good. All the targets are here.”
“What targets? Who the hell are you guys? Horse thieves? Let me tell you, Lord ...
“Number 7 and Number 8, you two go and occupy a vantage point. Your first task is to deal with the four people at the door, after which you are allowed to fire your bows freely in support.” Chris started giving out orders in a low voice.
“Understood.” Two people came out from the group immediately. Number 7 and Number 8 had archery skills just below Chris’s level. They both carried a recurve bow and a quiver of arrows. Using their years of hunting practice, they both silently...
The food merchants gathered in the middle of the night. This was their third time gathering this month.
They weren’t having a good time. After they raised their prices, they only earned a day’s worth of copper coins before no one purchased any more of their wheat.
“That new noble Lucas acted like a lunatic and conscripted all the untouchables in the city to work. He gave out wheat as a salary and cut our path to become rich.
"Shameless Fucker."
Bang bang ban...
There wasn’t any moonlight tonight. Dark clouds covered the sky. From time to time, there was a flash of light, signaling that it was going to rain.
Lucas stood next to the window in the study room and looked at the dark sky. Nicole, Mina, and Annie were behind him.
Mina looked at Nicole with questions in her eyes. Lucas had been like that for half an hour already, and she was afraid that kind Lucas would feel guilty.
Nicole shook her head. She knew that Lucas had many ...
“Baron Lucas, how many cattle, sheep, and horses do you want?” Tory asked. The request was so simple that he would agree to any number of these requests.
“100 cattle, 200 horses, and 300 hundred sheep.” Lucas said.
“That’s too many cattles. Sakura City can only provide 30 cattle at most.” Tory wiped the sweat on his forehead. Although cattle were just sources of meat, their hides were precious, so many rich nobles would raise cattle. His father had 20 cattle. As fo...
When Lucas walked into the living room and saw the blood on the corners of Tory’s mouth, his eyes twitched. Remembering the report that Ben had given him earlier, Lucas wanted to laugh.
“Sir Tory, please sit.” Lucas said, waving his hand and ordering people to bring more refreshments.
“Thank you, Baron Lucas.” Tory said, slowly sitting down. He eagerly looked at the pastries on the table, suppressing his urge to just grab the pastries. He could not afford to lose face ...
The envoy from Sakura city was Tory, Sakura City’s City Lord’s youngest son. He was extremely fat and seemed to weigh at least 100 or 120 kilograms. He literally looked like a meatball.
Tory didn’t really want to come. If it wasn’t because his father had forced him to come here, he would have never come to this barren land.
'Look at those people demolishing their houses. The autumn harvest is near, winter would follow soon after, and the weather would get extremely cold....
Annie stared at Lucas’s back blankly. A ray of sunlight shone on Lucas’s back, putting a golden cloak over Lucas’s back. Blinding people's eyes.
“You don’t have to believe me right now. You can experience it first, and then tell me your answer.”
Lucas turned his head, smiled gently, and walked away.
“Huh…” Annie lowered her head to think. Smart people usually think more, and she now understood why Mina would stay here willingly. The charm that Lucas show...
Mina took Annie to sit on the side after Lucas sat on the primary seat.
Growl…
Annie looked at the food on the table. The rich, meat-filled aroma kept flowing into her nose, causing her to keep gulping the saliva in her mouth.
Today’s food was fried vegetables, braised pork, spicy chicken nuggets, tomato scrambled eggs, and a dozen other dishes.
“Mina, did they make that much food just to welcome me?” Annie asked, gently tugging at the hem of Mina’s cloth...
The next day, when the sunlight shines on the sleeping people.
Mina opened her eyes. She had been up with Annie late last night, up till around two or three in the morning, and then finally fell asleep when she got so sleepy that she couldn’t stay awake.
“Eh?” Mina frowned. She yanked the blanket and saw the little hands of Annie that were rubbing her boobs. She curled her lips and looked at the person that was still sleeping peacefully.
Mina remembered the two or t...
“Ha!”
Andrew shouted loudly, he grabbed the knife in his hand tightly, and rushed towards Lucas and Nicole. When he was outside, he kept hearing Mina's scream, and it was obvious at a glance that it was this noble bullying his second sister Mina.
Slap
A slender arm suddenly slapped Andrew’s head. “Why are you howling in the middle of the night?”
Mina held the 1.5 meters Annie with one hand, and she looked at Lucas worriedly. Her face was a little embarras...
Annie’s heart settled down after eating the wheat porridge. However, after Andrew described what he experienced, Annie’s heart almost popped out of her chest, even though she had none. Well, no, she had breasts, they were just slightly flat.
“What- what did you say? A human girl named Sophie discovered your identity as a beastkin and let you go? She also helps you to recover and feed you vegetable soup despite knowing your identity as a beastkin. ” Annie asked, staring at him, ...
Mina was in black cloth. She touched the tight night clothes on her body. The fabric of the clothes were so soft that she didn’t want to move her hand away.
Mina looked around vigilantly with her eyes. She was looking for the traces of beastkins’ movements from the trees.
She had been searching in the forest for a whole day already, but she still hadn't found that group of beastkins. It was already dark, and she needed to hurry back to the castle.
“It seems that th...
The busy day was over as the sun set.
Hmm… A crowd of hungry people were now waiting for food.
Andrew felt a bit dizzy and walked unsteadily. He hadn’t eaten any food yesterday, not to mention that he had also worked this whole day. It was too much, even for a beastkin like him.
He couldn’t fall down now, for that kg of wheat. He needed to bring the wheat back to his companions, and Annie was very hungry because she had been eating very little these ...
Lucas looked at the demolishers below, the houses were demolished one by one, and the useful and useless things were placed separately.
The action of demolishing the houses was very fast. After all, the houses were mainly made of wood, and the houses with earth walls were almost the same. The scene of more than 1,000 people working was hard to see. Looking out from the window of the study room, Lucas seemed to be watching ants moving and working.
“Young master, at this speed, ...
Steve read the words on the bulletin board for the people that didn’t know how to read.
“Stone grinders. Age: 15 to 45 years, salary is 1 kg of wheat or a day’s worth of food. Literate people will be put in a manager position and will be paid 20% extra."
“Cement mixers. Age: 15 to 45 years old, salary is 1 kg of wheat or a day’s worth of food. Literate people will be put in a manager position and will be paid 20% extra."
“Porter. Age: 20 to 45 years old, salar...
Max left with a lot of questions in his mind. He couldn’t understand the reason behind Lucas’s actions.
'Could there really be a noble that would do so much for commoners?' Max had been to many cities before but had never seen this kind of noble.
He had only met a few noble ladies who were kind enough to distribute some wheat bread that was as hard as wood to starving commoners in the city.
The paper in his hand said that a person could get 1 kg of wheat or a day's wo...
“Sigh. What should I do? The price of unpolished wheat rose again. It’s now 5 copper coins per kg. On that of that, the price of polished rose to 7 copper coins per kg. Who can afford that?”
“Right!? We’re going to starve before the wheat harvest comes.”
“Damn! Those unscrupulous food merchants all raise their prices at this time of the year. We finally got Lord Lucas, who removed a lot of taxes, but those food merchants freaking increased their prices by 1 copper ...
