Chapter 15 – House of 20 Corpses (5)

The neighborhood around the mansion has been noisy since morning. I knew what was the cause of this commotion. The guards and knights caught the thieves and brought them. Excluding those who had escaped from the thieves the previous day and those who died during the arrest, about 8 people were brought to my mansion. They were screaming at me to meet me.

“Isn’t it different from the promise, you coward!”

“You despicable bastard! Are you still a priest?”

Jeokban Hajangdo is oily resin. These dastardly thieves were arguing with me about the justice of the clergy and blaming me for not keeping my word. I just couldn’t stand to see their rude attitude. When I raised my mace, the thieves all fell silent. Did you say Pavlov’s dog? Just as a dog salivates when you ring a bell, it has been taught to shut up when I raise my mace.

“Robin. Good job.”

I lowered my mace again and congratulated Robin for her achievement her. Although Robin was a brusque country boy, she loved being praised. Robin nodded her head proudly, and the thieves opened their mouths again.

“What about Clebang-nim? What happened to Clebang-nim? Did you kill him?”

Kang!

I was the first to break the head of the thief who was about to say annoying nonsense. The thieves held their breath when they saw the thief, who looked like a can of tuna being crushed by a press machine thanks to the helmet he was wearing. I said while brushing off the blood on my mace.

“On the subject of running a gang of bandits, who is right or wrong? Whoever runs a gang of bandits and harms civilians is punished by death according to the law of the country. Their crimes are serious, so they should all be killed. “

“You scumbag!”

The bandits started screaming in agony. I ordered the soldiers to draw their swords. And so that he couldn’t make any more noise, he lowered his sword and drew it at once. The seven thieves shut their mouths at once. Soldiers put their knives into the corpses of bandits scattered on the floor. As if these thieves were causing trouble, the soldiers hacked up the corpse several times.

“Leave the corpses in the streets.”

And I went to see Sieri. Arriving at the church where Sieri is, she has been sweeping her yard since morning. As I waved her hand at Sieri, she floundered about how to greet her, then put her broomstick down from her hands her and put her hands together to greet her her belly button her. That’s the proper way to greet the lord, but missing the broom was funny, so I laughed.

“Hey, lord!”

“Sierri. Welcome. How is the thief brother-in-law doing these days?”

“Well, since I came to church the other day, I haven’t been able to find out the news… It seems like I’ve been trying to adapt to the village in my own way.”

I took Sieri’s hand her. Sieri looked at me with her embarrassed face. Her face her was flushed red. I said, drawing Sierri to my side.

“Can you follow me for a moment? Today, the knights and guards had a commotion with the bandits.”

Sieri followed me with a serious expression at her words. It seems that they thought it was a prayer for the injured or a relief activity. But what I was going to show Sieri wasn’t such cute things. I dragged Sieri and headed toward the mountain. A few coins that someone had dropped and traces of a frantic run were left in the grass. As they headed towards a deserted place, Sieri looked a little taken aback.

“Lord?”

I ignored Sieri’s questioning of her and led her deeper and deeper into her. When I passed the grassy place, I saw a thin dirt road before I knew it. Sieri sensed her fishy smell her on the other side of the dirt road and frowned at her. I dragged Eri bit by bit and moved forward, when her steps her did not drop. Sieri let out her uneasiness and grabbed my clothes.

“Lord.”

“It’s okay. Sieri. I’m here.”

Ask me to call you Lucius here, would you look a bit crazy? I grinned and dragged her along to make the best possible impression of her on Sieri. She was following me, taking her steps her little by little. The closer she got, the more her pleasant smell her stung her nostrils. Realizing that the broken pieces on her floor were her corpses, Sieri shuddered close behind me.

“Lord?”

“Sierri. Look here.”

“Lord… What is this?”

The things Sieri was looking at were corpses. The corpses of four people who lived in the village not too long ago. And in addition to that, the corpse of another man presumed to be a thief. It was all my work. I asked with a sad expression.

“Do you know who it is?”

Sieri held back her fear and looked at the corpses slowly. Even if she did n’t have to look closely, her corpses were so distinctive that it was easy to identify them. I did n’t touch his face her on purpose, and there was also a third or fourth person who died from a pierced heart, so it would have been easier to recognize. A fly clung to the second child’s face as he stared into the air with wide eyes. Seeing this, Sieri’s expression her changed from fear to surprise and confusion at the same time.

“…They’re the ones. Why… Did the thieves retaliate?”

“They ignored my favor and tried to sell the fields and houses I supported to return to the thieves.”

“Why…”

“When I came running after learning this from the warden, he was already dead by the thieves here.

“Why… This… “

Shieri seemed a bit shocked by the story I told her.

Of course it’s all dirty. It was a rigged operation from the start. She made Clevin blackmail the Four Musketeers, and even if the Four Musketeers told me that they were prepared to die, she had no intention of supporting me. Why did you have to do this? I needed to stop this bitch from tackling my inhuman ways at every turn before I liked Sieri. I stroked Sieri’s hair and wrapped her hair around her shoulders.

“All thieves are like that. See Sieri? These people have a different way of thinking than we do. They live for their bosses and organizations, just as we live for God. People like you can’t understand.”

“But, even so, we must gather our strength and understand…”

“Sierri. If I’m just a little weaker, what will happen to this territory if I’m just killed by that thief? Wouldn’t the kind lord who lives in the next manor take over as a substitute?”

Xie Li shook her shoulders when she told her story of her. I said to Sieri with a sad expression.

“I am a religious person, but before that, I am also the lord of the territory. Sieri. Sometimes we have to act against the teachings of Archangelism. I wanted to let Sieri know that not all people are good. That’s why it also brings about stupid tragedies like this.”

“…Did the lord know everything?”

“Let’s just say I didn’t expect something so terrible to happen. Sieri. I don’t want to be hated by Sieri.”

“Yes?”

“As I run the estate, I may have to be more cruel than Sieri thinks. But that’s how I can protect the estate. Do you know? I need to be able to raise a sword without hesitation in order to protect my people. You ‘ve seen it. “We’re religious, but we have to deal with people who don’t live up to the doctrine. If I give a chance, they’ll eat it.”

“Okay.”

Xie Li nodded his head. The flies flying around made a hissing noise. As the sun rose, the corpses were crushed little by little by the geothermal heat. The smell of damp soil mixed with fishy smell gave off a stench. I hugged Sieri tightly and said.

“No matter what cruel decisions I make in the future, I hope that Sieri will not hate me.”

“Yes…”

Cerri nodded. Okay. How much did you struggle to hear this one word. He could have threatened to stop meddling with my affairs, but he couldn’t eat Eri. I was able to eat Sieri only when I calmed down and persuaded him that what I was doing was legitimate. I felt Shieri’s body her tremble. It must have been because I had been exposed to such a bleak place for too long. I said while holding Sieri’s hand.

“Then shall we go?”

“Yes. Lord.”

“Sierri.”

“Yes.”

“Can I pamper you once in a while?”

“Are you spoiled?”

“If I’m tired physically and mentally doing things that go against the doctrine, I need a place to rest. Can you fellowship with me at that time?”

“Whoa, if you want…”

Xie Li blushed at her and nodded his head. I said when I hadn’t reached the village yet.

“Could you call me Lucius?”

“G…Ru, Lucius…”

“Well done.”

I hugged Sieri and moved forward again. I told the guard I met along the way to retrieve the body and put it on the street. For three days from the next day, the corpses of the thieves and the four Musketeers were hung in the streets. [Boss] Was written on the corpse of the thief leader, who was one head taller than the others. On another group of thieves, it was written that it was a crime of conspiring to rob the village with the leader of the thieves.

The body of the Four Musketeers was hung on one side. A sign like this was hung in front of them.

[The above 4 people were specially pardoned by Lord Peta Lucius and gave away fields and houses, but they sold them and committed a grave act of betrayal by fleeing to bandits. During this process, he was killed by the same thieves who were aiming for wealth, so there is nothing more ridiculous than this. Taking this as a lesson, we inform you that there is no longer an amnesty for thieves in the Peta Territory.]