63 Rebels 3 (1/2)

”It's me,” the leader of the rebels replied back.

The leader wore a similar outfit as Mill. Did all commoners wear the same thing? It was almost like a uniform as everyone had the same patches on the elbows and stains causing the original colour to fade away.

I hesitantly opened the door to find all the rebels waiting to conduct their meeting in Jinny's house.

The rebels came into the house as I secretly sulked that the floors would get messy again from the mud on their boots.

My satisfaction from turning the house into a somewhat livable place shattered as the floor was now littered with dust from their coats.

”Jinny is still sleeping,” I ran to Jinny's bedroom to wake her up.

However, Jinny opened her door loudly as she rubbed her eyes.

”I'm up,” Jinny came out of her bedroom while scratching her head.

We gathered around the dining room table as Jinny got out some more wooden stools.

”It's confirmed that the empire is preparing for a war,” the leader solemnly announced.

'They were still in their negotiation stages so technically they weren't really preparing for a war yet,' I couldn't tell them.

”What should we do now?” Another member asked with bit of fear.

The room was filled with fearful people from the announcement as some trembled and others tried to encourage their fellow members that it wasn't as bad as it seemed.

”We start taking things seriously?” A member suggested.

”At this rate, the empire may start mandatory conscription of our young children!” Another member agreed with a hint of anger.

”How about we start off with that donation idea first?” I gave out my best business smile.

I became the centre of attention as the leader waved his hand to indicate for me to continue.

”There are three aspects to this plan,” I started off confidently.

'Time to utilize few things I've learned in the first district,' I thought.

”The first one is to spread the message that we need and are accepting donations for our cause.”

”And how are we going to do that?” The leader asked me as if to prove my worth.

”You can just tell your family members and ask them to pass them to their relatives and their relatives can pass it onto more people. But you do need to careful that you don't tell anyone that works near the nobles as they can tell the news to the nobles they work for.”

”But how do we know that?” The leader crossed his arms as he demanded a more concrete plan.