Chapter 147 - Pull the weed, plant a tree (2/2)
”Eat first and then you can go with The Valkyrie” [Diana]
””Alright!!”” [Kara, Mara]
”As you wish” [Bladel]
They sure are excited, especially Kara and Mara here, knowing that they will be another pair of twin waiting at home
And now, for the scolding...
”I won't. Mrs Saga here have knocked some sense back into you, I hope that should be enough” [King Estel]
”Right... sorry. But, to tell you the truth, I still feel like I haven't rampaged enough” [Ash]
”You don't learn a single lesson aren't you!” [Ram]
”Kidding, but what's the result? And what punishment await me?” [Ash]
”Well...” [King Estel]
1) The Duchess will be stripped from her power, but not from her rank. Therefore, she doesn't have any power to command her own army to be deployed, as well as losing her position in the castle
2) Those from the church will be exile from the country
”Eeh... if you can imprisoned them, at least I can get more information out of them!” [Ash]
”True, but knowing them, they will only create more trouble” [King Estel]
”Alaric, can't you assassinate them for me?” [Ash]
””Alaric??”” [Ram, Gizzere]
~Glare~
”Joking” [Ash]
”Pretty sure you aren't” [Khamishah]
”Sigh... guess the information we got from Kiserre should do, for now” [Ash]
”And lastly...” [King Estel]
3) Ash, house arrest for one month
”I am grateful but, what do you want in return?” [Ash]
”Ash!” [Khamishah]
”From me, nothing.” [King Estel]
”Well, from you but not from her...” [Ash]
”Oh my, you do know me” [Diana]
I have a bad feeling about this
”Let see, work under me will you” [Diana]
”Rejected” [Ash]
”Listen first will you!” [Diana]
”I don't want to go out anymore! Who knew what will happen to them the next time!” [Ash]
”Just listen! Your job will only be a freelancer” [Diana]
”Huh?” [Ash]
”First, you do realize that they are more and more guard and knight that have been nice around you, aren't you?” [Diana]
”I do, and they seem indebted to you” [Ash]
”That's because I replaced them with the corrupted one, slowly replacing those knight that's constantly buying favour from other noble” [Diana]
”And?” [Ash]
”Well, there is also the fact that they are more and more younger and talented people gathering around, mainly thanks to Sir Ceanu Reaves effort to help us rebuild the kingdom from the nobles clutches” [Diana]
”Ceanu Reaves?” [Ash]
”He's the first born of the Duke house. The very same one where one of the son harassed Alice, as well as the Duchess that attack the orphanage” [Qis]
”And Flinar, Erinmorlin and Lisa are few examples of people getting recruited by him” [Gizzere]
”Really?” [Ash]
”It's true” [Erinmorlin]
”Well, I am reluctant at first, but there's an elf saying, you need to pull the weed and plant a tree both at the same time” [Flinar]
”Huh... I can guess what Diana wanted me to do from that saying” [Ash]
It's a pretty straightforward saying, you need to churn out the weed (evil) and plant a seed (good) at the same time, then only the tree will grow
”So, what exactly do you want me to do? If like usual , it mean taking care of the orphanage as well as the community around it?” [Ash]
”That and some other minor business like school etc. But, we will talk in private about that afterward” [Diana]
So basically I am one of the seeds that she planted. Could it be, that she have predicted this the moment she gave us the mansion... scary...
”I see... and if I don't accept it?” [Ash]
”Who knows?” [Diana]
”Is that a threat?” [Ash]
”Maybe?” [Diana]
”Sigh... fine. Plus, not like I can be defeated by all of you when The Saga is away” [Ash]
”As...” [Khamishah]
”Glad to have you then!” [Diana]
”Hey! I don't remember agreeing!” [Ash]
”Now then, to our next agenda!” [Diana]
”Just wait a minute!” [Ash]