103 – Strike-4

It was a dark night, but people near the warehouse were busy moving.

The only light was the torches in front of the warehouse, but the people with their faces covered were busy like rats and cautious like snakes.

“Thank you again and again.”

The face-covered man cautiously slipped some coins into the guard’s hand.

“I’m more grateful. There are a lot of people waiting, so finish quickly and come out, mister.”

“Okay.”

The warehouse door was opened very gently, not too loudly.

“Take it out from the inside. We’ve made the road.”

A man entered the warehouse. The two guards guarding the entrance slowly counted the coins he handed over.

“Isn’t it a little less?”

“This is a person introduced by Uncle Hans. He said he was in a difficult situation, so it’s okay if you look at this.”

After a while, a man carrying a sack slowly walked out from inside.

“Thank you for your hard work. Let’s go quickly. Please call the next person.”

“Thank you.”

The man who walked a short distance from the warehouse called a middle-aged woman who also covered her face with a cloth.

As soon as she arrived, she called the guard with a happy face.

“You’re the son of a watermill, right? It seems like yesterday that I was fooling around with the kids, but it’s been so long since I haven’t seen them. Right?”

“I’ll see you later. There are a lot of people waiting, and you’ll be in big trouble if you get caught, so go inside quickly.”

“Thank you, how nice it is to see the guards in a place like this…”

She quickly handed over some coins and went inside with a fuss.

“Who are you?”

“You know Bill, who works at the inn?

“Wow, that’s true. This one’s pretty big, right?”

“If you collect well, you can call a prostitute. Is the income good?”

Concentration of materials also means that corruption inevitably occurs.

“Isn’t it a big deal if you get caught like this? I don’t think so, but the one who got caught will use poison. Hey, but who will catch it? They’re all friends anyway.”

“That’s right.”

If it was corruption caused by outsiders intervening, the people here might have driven it out on their own.

But these were their family, friends and acquaintances. It was difficult to cut like a knife.

If not, the excessive stockpile compared to rising prices has created dissatisfaction among citizens. Of course, the guards were included among the citizens.

“This, in a way, aren’t we also people who work for the public good? Our neighbors are so hungry.”

“Is that so?”

“Would it serve the public interest to give it away, or would it serve the public interest to keep it wrapped up?”

When the senior guard said something plausible, the junior guard, who knew nothing, responded with applause.

“As expected, those who studied in the capital are a bit different. By the way, what is the public interest?”

“It’s okay. Don’t talk.”

While waiting for a while, a middle-aged woman took her share and left the warehouse.

“Anyway, isn’t this all originally the property of those people? I also said that I would not take it anymore after the invasion of the demon king army. The nobles broke their promise first.”

Reasons to rationalize were overflowing. The nobles were only interested in hoarding supplies, and did not pay attention to the specific process.

“The next person is coming.”

“I think I’m the last one…”

However, the man whose face was covered was not in the guard’s memory.

“Excuse me, who are you?”

But even if this guard didn’t know, it could be someone the other guard knew.

“Mr. Miles, who works as a blacksmith, introduced me. I have to find food somehow, but he said there would be a way here…”

“Are you an outsider?”

“I’m from a nearby town.”

“There’s nothing good about getting to know more people…”

The guard’s complexion darkened. Even if there is a good reason in its own way, in the end, this is a crime.

“Please, how can you not?”

However, the weight of the silver coin the man with his face covered in was heavier than the weight of that prudence.

“Ugh, that’s enough… Yeah, good.”

“thank you!”

As he entered, the second guard looked at the silver coin with greedy eyes.

“You can’t gulp alone.”

“How long have you been working with me, do you think I’m that kind of person? I’ll split it in half, so don’t worry.”

“Uhhh…”

“But what are you going to do?”

“If you have this much money, you have to give it to your parents first.”

“I thought well. I think I can make money even if I sell it if I have a lot of money like this…”

While I was in my rosy imagination, I heard a little commotion in the warehouse.

“What are you doing? I can go in and watch…”

“It’s okay. Then, on the day the captain of the guard comes, you’ll be a deserter. Well, how much can you do? It’s probably just a few extra grains in your pocket.”

When I looked around, all the people who had been secretly gathered had finished their business and had left.

“I’m sorry. There aren’t enough customers today.”

“Still, with the money he gave me, I can earn more than a day’s income. Kke, I never thought I’d get this kind of luck.”

“I see. When I heard that the other kids got the hukou, I was just envious, but after waiting, I am blessed again.”

After some time passed, a man with two sacks on his back came out of the warehouse.

“Thank you. I will definitely return this favor.”

“Ah, originally, you only take one sack. Well, that’s okay. I paid a lot of money, so I can take care of that much.”

“thank you so much.”

The face-covered man lowered his head and disappeared into the darkness of the street again.

“It’s strange, the posture looks a little awkward… Are you okay?”

“If you’ve never lifted a heavy load, you’re good enough. Never mind.”

Avoiding the guards’ gaze, the man with his face covered went into the deserted street, and entered a crudely prepared carriage.

It was a rugged wagon made to transport luggage, but there were passengers in the luggage compartment.

“Are you successful, master?”

“Yes. It was a bit tight, but it was worth doing anyway.”

After putting down the two sacks he was carrying, he took out a sack of food out of the air and loaded it into the wagon.

“How amazing!”

“It’s Farseer’s magic. It has clear limits, but…”

If you could create a luggage compartment in the air and permanently use the magic to carry luggage, you wouldn’t even need a separate carrier.

To be exact, it is a magic that allows you to create a box in an invisible place and crumple things into the box, ignoring its volume.

The weight stays the same, and it’s not even magic that can last long. I don’t know if Farseer continues to focus only on this magic.

However, there was no magic like this to use for a short time for such a crime.

“Now, if I run away with this, will I become rich?”

“I’ll give it back to you. Have you secured the hiding place?”

“Yes. It’s in a place where you can take it out whenever you want.”

In order to stage a crisis, there must be a reason for it to happen.

“If we wait like this, chaos will surely arise. Are you planning on taking the side of Lady Aaron to free up food in the event of a riot?”

“It’s similar, but different. You can’t wait for real violence to happen. There will be people starving to death or fighting each other for food, and people will die in the process of suppression.”

“But, then, isn’t it all meaningless?”

“Now I have to inflate the crisis. I don’t have much food taken away right now, but I fear the immediate future as much as the present.”

There was no time to wait for people to starve to death, and no intention of making such sacrifices.

“It will increase anxiety. And, I have to participate in the protest.”

If you have a stronger power, you can suppress people. Even while creating a dangerous atmosphere, in the eyes of high nobles, ‘luckily the fight didn’t happen’. can create the same situation.

“It’s almost done.”

Disquieting voices are already pouring out. All he had to do now was fan the anxiety.

“Do you still have enough of the disguise magic tool that Farseer gave you?”

“yes!”

“Tomorrow, we will visit three places. The plaza, in front of the base, and the inn. To a place other than the one we reserved. Here, we spread the rumor that ‘the guards are running out of food.’”

It was a waste of time, but if you succeed, it will help you greatly.

Conducting a search with the connivance of a nearby lord is different from conducting a search with active support. All these efforts would be rewarded if Aaron could be given the position of head of household.

“But, will Lady Aaron really help us with this?”

“He’ll help. But…”

That was the dangerous part. It was a gamble to put such trust in Aaron, a noble young lady, not Leone, whom he had never met before.

There was no way I wouldn’t help. However, it was unknown whether Weather Aaron would help this territory or persecute the people of the territory like everyone else.

“Still, it would be a distortion to say that things got worse when she appeared.”

There was no way that a prospective aristocrat who did not even have the right to succeed immediately had great authority.

“At least, you won’t be friendly with someone who has vested interests right now. That won’t be enough… but you can cooperate to some extent.”

If a person who cannot normally inherit a title tries to inherit it, he needs a support force different from others.

We can make it if we put in the effort.

“It’s going great, let’s keep going.”