Chapter 48 – Newspaper(1)

“Is this it?”

“Yes.”

“Hey, let’s see.”

The saintess opened the newspaper Charlotte had brought and saved its contents. The secrets of housewives that you would not know if you hadn’t lived with care, and the characteristics of the Ain people that people would be curious about.

And last night Even the truth of the great fire that occurred in the slums.

Information that is too stimulating for medieval citizens who receive only a small amount of information in their lifetime.

After reading the newspaper, the saintess began to smile.

“This is fun.”

“Is that so?”

“You haven’t seen it yet?”

“When I see it, there are only things like that…….”

“Mmm! That’s right, Lotte, you must have known all of this, right?”

“…… You’re right.”

Of course, it was unlikely that she would know something like the 100 essential life information her housewife should know, but she was not even interested in such items in the first place.

No matter how provocative the content and title are, if you’re not interested, you won’t watch it.

“Then, how do ordinary people see it?”

“Ordinary people…… I do not know.”

“Did all your sensibilities die? So later on being hated by her husband?”

The saintess started teasing Charlotte with a smirk. Again, Charlotte sighed and ignored her words.

“This is going to be a big topic. It’s that much fun. Of course, there will be several checks before that, but…….”

She has her now. She becomes a saint of the Holy Land.

“Is it a coincidence or is there something else?”

A great power who is interested in Do-jin and is ready to give everything he has for him.

“Well, I have to bet at this level, too.”

As long as there is a saintess’ benevolent hand, he won’t be hurt in this city.

* * *

Newspaper.
Newspapers that did not exist in the fantasy continent.
People’s reactions to this were varied.

“Mom! Look at this!”
“Is it firewood? That is great.”

A housewife who likes to get free firewood.

“The beastman’s tail is like that…….”
“Then you feel that way when you gently touch that area? Aww….”

The type of person who reads gossip in the newspaper and is interested in it.
And…….

“Um, this…….”
“How are you, Father?”

Yeongju let out a sigh as he read the newspaper. He realized the influence this newspaper would create.

Go propaganda.
This little piece of paper contained the power to incite people.

For example, what if a fabricated sentence [Saints are prostitutes] Was written in the newspaper and scattered throughout the city?

All the newspapers were recovered, the person who spread the newspaper was immediately arrested by the Heretic Questioners, and the person who spoke about the fact would be immediately dragged away and tortured.

It’s not very credible, and it’s a nonsensical claim. It remains in people’s memory on the other hand.

Memories are diluted someday and become unconscious.
Some people’s unconscious will have a false memory that the saintess was a prostitute.

You don’t have to lie at all. It is very easy to incite others with just a few fooled people.

‘By the way…… It’s not easy to make, and it’s fortunate that people capable enough to make newspapers aren’t going to overdo it like that.’

This was a new power to wield the people.

“Who made this?”
“It is a place called the top of Earth. Seeing that it was guaranteed by the adventurer’s guild, it seems that the owner is among the high-ranking adventurers.”
“Ha, an adventurer…….”

Yeongju frowned at those words. It was safe to say that this was a challenge to power. It’s like an adventurer…….

“It’s not like the guild runs it directly.”
“I don’t think so. What are they… They seem to be having trouble with the new dungeon these days.”
“That’s it. This is—”

A calculator rolled in the lord’s head. It was easy enough to steal or break. But is it really necessary?

Even if this is taken away now, the existence of a newspaper that has already been imprinted in the minds of citizens will not disappear.

Then I’ll leave it alone for now, when I’m tired of watching them spend my own money and risk bleeding. Aim for that time

“Leave it for now. Find out what it takes to make the same thing.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The eldest son bowed his head and left the room. Yeongju looked at the newspaper for a moment, then quickly looked away. Paperwork and duties he had to deal with piled up like a mountain.

* * *

When the newspaper spread widely throughout the city, and Deok-gu hid himself in his room to make the next week’s newspaper.

I headed to the dungeon with my children. Deokgu had to defeat more monsters than before to cover the manastones he consumed to make the newspaper.

Fortunately, I had reached level 3, so it wasn’t too difficult to fill up the magic stones.

As I packed my backpack full of magic stones and headed to the guild, Pion approached me with a tearful face.

“Do-jin-ni-i-im…….”

“…… Peon? What’s wrong with you all of a sudden?”

“This, black, how did this happen…….”

She cried and held the newspaper at me. After receiving the paper, I skimmed through the contents. It was the same newspaper we distributed yesterday.

“Why is this? I don’t have any problems…….”

“It’s full of problems! This part! Why did you launch the guild like this!? Thanks to that, there are a lot of protests from the guards, the Knights of the Territory, and the Mage Tower!”

“Pion.”

I met her and her eyes. The teary eyes aroused sympathy just by looking at them.

But.

“That……Wouldn’t it be my business?”

“Do-jin-ni-i-im… !”

Peon clung to the crotch of my pants and started whining. But I smiled and ignored her.

“That’s why I shouldn’t have given permission.”

“Ahhh! How can I decline an advanced adventurer request……! I can’t come and take it away…….”

“Is it that hard?”

“It’s hard. I want to commit suicide because it is difficult.”

“Then turn to us from now on.”

“…… Yes?”

As if she didn’t hear me, she tilted her head and asked again. I passed it on to her again.

“If there is a complaint, send it to us. What is the business address?”

“Uh, that…… To Do-jin’s mansion.”

“It’s nice, you don’t have to go far.”

Peon swallowed for a moment and was silent. Then he looked at me slowly, reviewing the papers.

“I, are you really okay? No, of course I would appreciate it if you did. Isn’t this a joke? Even the guild is barely blocking it…….”

“It’s okay.”

Whatever protests come, whatever comes. I am the strongest right now.
Because? Because there is a saintess behind me.
As long as the saintess is there, she is not afraid of anything.

‘Unless even the Demon King appears…….’

And unfortunately, there is no such thing as a demon lord in this world.
Pion was overjoyed and handled the related paperwork.
He was overly cheerful for someone who had resigned from the company or committed suicide before.

* * *

Did you say that humans are animals that regret?
I regret what I did yesterday.

“Come here with the Earth Order and its Lords!”

A vassal of a noisy noble. As if it wasn’t boring, it squealed until I came out.

Perhaps his throat was made of mithril or orichalcum, he shouted incessantly.

When he finally gave up and went outside, he raised his nose high and recited the words of a nobleman.

“I am the Duke of Tua, the messenger of the Count Misdar, the Count of Konyao, and my words are his! The Earth Merchants are going too far, so I order them to stop immediately and provide relevant information!”

Who are you, where are you a duke, where are you, where are you a count, to me, coming from an earth where the aristocracy has almost disappeared, all these were absurd words.

However, this is a different world now. If you go to Rome, you have to follow Roman law, and in another world, there are laws of another world.

“I am Kim Do-jin, the top shareholder and investor of Earth. He is the messenger of Prince Tua.”

“Yes!”

“Then, you probably know about the uniqueness of this territory, right?”

I smiled and looked at him. As with the modern law, in this world, citizens live far from the law with all sorts of complicated words and phrases and esoteric grammar.

That’s why ordinary citizens and adventurers would live by bowing their heads to the nobles of other territories. I am not.

“…… What did you mean by that?”

“In the Dungeon Command, no nobles other than the lord can exercise power, and citizens who enter the city are guaranteed their freedom…… I believe you are not pretending not to know even after hearing this.”

This city is a city where immigrants from all kinds of different races and countries flock to. In such a city, recognizing the titles and vested interests of all countries would not be too complicated.

Is the chieftain of the elven tribe higher than the count? Is it low?
What level of status does the bishop of the holy kingdom correspond to?

When beings with different cultures and societies meet, various problems arise.

So, the lord of the Dungeon Command cut off all power except for the lord very simply. Are you a noble? It doesn’t matter though. He has no influence on me unless I first insult him and stab him to death.

“…… I will go back today However, I will definitely remember this!”

“Yes, let’s go back.”

After sending the messenger back, I returned to the mansion again. A sigh comes out of nowhere. Didn’t I tell you to send it to my mansion?

‘No, they said they had to try the Knights, the Guards, and the Mage Tower.’

When I heard Peon’s words, he thought that there would be no problem since he had already solved most of them.

I was thinking very wrong.

This world is not Earth. It was not the 21st century information age where what happened in the morning would spread around the world by noon, but a different world that was so backward that even sending communications to a place tens of meters away was state-of-the-art technology .

In such a different world, news even a week ago is not too late. A world where you have no choice but to believe a story from several years ago, even if a merchant wandering from town to town says it’s a recent story.

In other words, the only ones that pressed the guild on the first day were very close groups with excellent intelligence.

The truths to come later have not even begun.

“I… Mr. Dojin.”
“What, who else is here?”
“Yes. Therefore…”
“Roughly kick it out.”
“That, that…….”
“Are you afraid of being noble? Didn’t you hear what I said earlier? It’s because you’re a noble or something, and it’s not a big deal in this city.”
“That’s not the case, because you said you knew Dojin-nim.”
“…… With me?”

There are not many people I know in this city. I went outside with a puzzled expression.

In front of the mansion. A tiny little boy, as if I had seen him somewhere, was standing there wearing a cone-shaped hat.

I couldn’t see the face, but I could easily tell who it was.

‘Laize?’

A little wizard I met in a dungeon a few weeks ago.
He was the messenger of the Mage Tower, whom I thought I would never see again.

* * *

Quickly, Raise drank the tea the maid had brewed and savored the taste. To Do-jin, it seemed like nothing more than a child’s beating.

But you can’t be hasty in front of a child. Dojin followed and slowly drank the tea. By the time the car he was driving showed the floor, Raize opened his mouth.

“It’s been a while, Dojin.”

“…… Yeah, it’s been a while.”

“Do you know why I am here?”

“Well, why are you here?”

When Dojin pretended not to know and let go of his pretense his, Raizen fluttered the clothes he was wearing. Following her touch her, the robe proving that she was a wizard of the Mage Tower fluttered.

“I came as the messenger of the Mage Tower. Don’t you know what that means?”

“What do you mean?”

“My one word determines whether the Mage Tower will treat you as an enemy or as an ally.”

Saying that, Raje took out a scroll from his chest. Do-jin was wary of him for a while, but he let go of his guard when he realized that Raise had no hostility.

She turned the open scroll and held it out to Dojin. I squinted her eyes for a moment to check, and it was a contract.

“Read it. If you have any dissatisfaction with the content, talk about it.”

“This… What is it?”

“Contract. The Mage Tower has a great interest in the newspaper you made.”

Dojin read the contract slowly. The Mage Tower’s request was simple. Put the magic circle they send in a part of the newspaper.

‘This…… Isn’t that an advertisement?’

Less than 24 hours have passed since the newspaper came out, but
Those who have already realized the power of this newspaper have begun to propose advertisements.