Novel Bin
Chapter 119
[My deepest apologies~ ~ ~ !! ]Village Chief
The village chief was rubbing his head on the floor while apologizing, the villagers behind him bowed in a similar position.
After that, the village chief has abandoned all the tricks and strategies, then simply revealed his real intentions.
According to the story, it was like this:
Even though theyre not wealthy, its a small village in the depths of the mountains where they have been living on agriculture, forestry, and hunting, also its a pleasure to be in a nearby hot spring.
then one day, they came. the very familiar, thieves.
However, without attacking the village or robbing them of their livelihoods, they seemed to have come up with some kind of a deal.
{Well protect the village, so give us money, food, and women as a reward.}
It was comical.
Apparently, they were going to make this village a
Instead of hitting and crushing it all at once, just turn into a stable source of food and gold.
A source of women.
And continue using it as a source of thief apprenticeship and training facility for a long time.
However, if the girls and young women are to be used up by themselves, while the boys and adult men are to be used as disposable pawns instead of meat shields, in a few years only the old folks will the ones to remain in the village.
But theres no problem with that.
When that time comes, the last thing to do is to deprive the villagers of everything and move to the next feeding area.
And the bad thing about it is that they are
At this point, you cannot ask the Lord for help. Theyll just say and
They are only presenting the terms and conditions, also they are not making any threats or committing criminal acts.
But no one knows what would happen if the contract was rejected.
You may get information of the acts of bandits, but you dont know what damage was done by those guys, the survivors of the attacked merchants dont live nearby, they probably wont remember the thiefs face as it will be concealed. And if the suspect says that he
Also, if the lord of the territory sent out the territory army, all they have to do was to move their thieving business elsewhere while the territory army was being mobilized and return after the territory army had withdrawn.
In reality, there is no way the Lord can situate the army in such a remote village for such a long time.
To begin with, its better to leave the villagers to be exploited than to send out the army for a small village in the depths of the mountain and take casualties in the fight against the thieves.
The tax should not be reduced(wasted). No wonder the lord decides so.
The situation may change a little if this was a village that pays more tax, or a village that produces rare items though
[So, you didnt do anything wrong, and you only thought of trying to make the unrelated foreigners who got tricked and got dragged into fighting the bandits, you say? Moreover, its also those people with children who have only three people who can fight]Kaoru
The villagers may think that Bell was also a combatant because of her style, but Bells daggers were mostly decorative and were only menacing. At best, it would be a success if she could be mistaken for an opponent.
It would seem that Bells role was to become a meat shield to protect me and to earn a few seconds for Emile and Francette to rush-in.
Holding on to the sword stuck in her body, so they cannot pull it out Who would make you do such a thing!
[No. No, I dont I dont think you can fight against nearly 30 thieves by yourselves!]Village Chief
No, we can fight them.
[Of course, we will fight, too! The people gathered here are all of the people in the village, excluding the children and the young people who have not yet made their mark.
However, they are all amateurs who have tough fights and have a slightly better physique but have never done interpersonal combat. But enough to be able to fight a little as a hunter. Though, even that, their experience against a beast is not very useful.]Village Chief
However, the village chiefs eyes were not dead yet despite what he said.
[At any rate, if the young men go to the town saying that they will have a life of their own, their families would be abandoned, the old folks and young children will have to do farm work, hunting, etc., on their own. They wont have a choice but to abandon the village and go to the town as well.
To live in the mountains is better than to die in the poor slums. If thats the case, Id rather fight here.
Even if you ended up fighting and dying on a battlefield, its ten million times better than to regret watching your poor wife and children dying in poverty within the slums, you cannot escape there!!
Then, when the kids informed us about you, who seemed to be used to fighting against those kinds of people, the devil intervened.
Do you want some strength?
Do you want to increase the probability of winning even a little?
If using a girl or a child would raise the chance even a little, it doesnt matter what my life would become, I would even accept falling into hell after death instead of heaven, so please]Village Chief
Saying that the village chief pressed his head against the ground once again.
If you look at it, some of the villagers here are quite old.
Rather than take the old people out of battle and protect them, are they going to use them as stones to keep young people alive?
The village chief himself was included in it
Hmm, is that so?
Hmmm, its that kind of thing
I stood up, crossed my arms and said.
[Village chief. Why did you try to involve us by using weird tricks?]Kaoru
[]Village Chief
He cant say anything, the village chief just kept pressing his head against the ground.
And so I spoke.
[You could have asked us without any weird tricks, like saying:
The village chief and the villagers continued to prostrate.
[As expected, Kaoru-chan!]Francette
After the villagers dispersed, we all went back to the same room, Francette immediately speak. Followed by, Roland and Riette-chan.
[Umu.]Roland
[Shining Face?]Riette
Francette is unusually pleased that I do goddess-ish things and gather faith from people. Roland also tends to be pleased when hes able to participate in the act of protecting the people. Needless to say, Emile and Bell as well.
And Riette-chan, what do you mean by [Shining face]!
Thats not funny at all!
(TN: Francette said [Sasuga=As expected] while Riette said [Sasu Kao=Shining face] though correct me if Im wrong.)
Anyway, its not the job for the front, the owner of [Convenient Shop Bell], but the person at the back earning business, [Goddess Eye].
No, its not a separate job. Well, something like a hobby or club activity?
Im taking it easy, though
[Then, the relaxation trip of the stores employees and the related people is temporarily suspended. From now on, as the [Goddesss Eyes], we shall set aside the common sense of the world for a bit]Kaoru
Koku Koku Koku Koku Koku(Everyone nodding SFX)
Umu, then, lets go!
I spoked with the villagers a little bit since then.
In the past, they were chased from another land, there was no other choice but to cultivate and create a village in a mountain. The hardships of their ancestors who succeeded in cultivating while losing many friends.
They cannot return to nothing with this generation, just because of some thieves.
And so, to protect the village, its okay for most of the men gathered here to die, huh.
If the women, the children, and the younger children survive, the village will survive and the knowledge will be passed on. And in the next generation, they should have many children. Then, they will inherit the lives of the former generation.
[This is not a
The village chief who said so is laughing and no longer looking down.
Did he change? Or
Compared to abandoning the village, escaping, rushing into the crap of a poor citizens slum somewhere, dying after being regretting everything.
Look at how proud they are to die here.
Anyway, it looks like theyre ready for battle.
[Then, Ill plunge into the center of the enemy and defeat about half at the beginning. Roland and Emile also wanted to play an active role in front of Kaoru-chan, so Ill divide the rest into three equal parts]Francette
In the words of Francette, I would like to say
Emil, who seemed to think so, quietly nodded with a slightly regrettable look.
Roland has nothing to worry about because he has the idea that if he directs and defeats them with his subordinates, itll be credited to him, even if he did not directly attack the enemy.
However.
[Thats no good. If the villagers who were in trouble did nothing and a convenient Deus Ex Machina, appeared and solved everything. The villagers will not gain experience and so, no growth will attain. Then, how will they overcome the crisis next time when we are not there? And the second part? Whats next?]Kaoru
[Uwaa]Francette
To my words, Fracettes mouth froze.
[And what would happen if such story spreads? Everyone wouldnt risk or struggle on their own, they will just wait for help somewhere.
Perhaps ashamed of her own thoughts, Francette quietly looked down.
But rarely Emile argued against my words.
[Thats because they dont know the power of Kaoru and the rest of us, right? If they knew it, the attitudes and beliefs of the villagers would have been different. Besides, even if we have the power to help, should we not do it and let them fight by themselves then get injured or die?]Emile
[Thats fine with me.]Kaoru
[Eh?]Emile
Emile looked very surprised because my reply was unexpected.
But in this world, thats the kind of thing. You shouldnt get caught in anything and your risk will be zero. When those things happen frequently, people just rot.
Roland and Francette looked convinced. As expected, it is the achievement of the year. I think Francette was already 30 years old.
Yeah, the villagers will not die.
Ill let them do it, but
Yea,
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