Chapter 3: Life of a Debtor (3) (2/2)
“Yes That is… I delayed a report I needed to have made earlier”
“Correct The debt of the House is soabout the debt and not reporting it to me as to inherit the territory is your fault As a result, our territory is facing a crisis that’s been unheard of”
“I’m sorry I’ve committed a sin worthy of death,” Thoized
Meanwhile, Max let out a deep sigh while he watched his father, Thoht that his father had no way to refuse any punishment the Lord meted out
At thatat your contributions while you served my predecessor for several decades as the Adive you this once”
“Th… Thank you, My Lord”
A person would feel largely indebted when picked up after first being thron a pit This was more so for a timid person like Thomas And indeed at this very moment, Thomas’ loyalty rose fro Tho indebted? In that case…’</e about it, it may have been too much to ask for you to take on the entirety of the administrative work for our territory so far”
“Not at all, My Lord Your subordinate is not struggling at all”
Tho that wasn’t the case, but Milton also shook his head as he responded
“No There’s a limit to what you can do alone as a person I will have to find a young person to act as your assistant for aded to delight as he heard Milton’s words Getting an assistant for oneself was the saet a direct subordinate Who would dislike that? However, Milton wasn’t quite done
“Except, in the current state of the territory, it’ll be toomoney Hmm… what to do?”
Milton looked over at Tho so
“……”
However, Tho as the matter
‘He’s really dense’</ehtforwardly, “Do you have anyone you would reco person that can read, write, do basic accounting, and knows of our territory’s circu person… doesn’t exist in our territory, I think”
er at Thomas’ words
et my drift How are we so incompatible?’</eht
“How about your son? Would he not be of help if he kno to read and write?”
“Ah Yes My son Max can read and write He also helps me with ht?”
“Yes, My Lord”
“I will officially appoint you as an Administrative assistant of our territory Help your father with his tasks and take care of the work Will you accept?”
“I will act as per your command, My Lord,” Max replied to Milton with an evident hint of excitement in his voice To so readily accept this role without denial was an indication that he wanted to flex the extent of his abilities
‘A person with both the talent and the drive - even better’</eain, the latter's loyalty had risen froh he found a talented individual to fill in Thoold would just go away Money was needed to pay off the debt… No matter how hard he racked his brains, there didn’t seem to be a way to pay off the debt is have already coht?”
Park Moonsoo’s ego said to do so, but Milton’s ego could not bear to have his House and their land, passed down froeneration, come to an end by his hands It meant the debt needed to be paid, but it was impossible to repay it currently
However…
Just one Even if the debt couldn’t be repaid, there was a way to hold it off temporarily
“Is that the only way after all? daht up previously However, it was so he really didn’t want to resort to, so it had been left as the final option But since there was no alternative, it seemed to be the only method that could be used
“There’s no other way,” Milton let out a deep sigh before taking out a sheet of paper to write up a docu ritten at the top of the document: Enlistment Application
This was the only viable method Milton could think of
To briefly explain the state of affairs of this continent, the feudalist syste surrounded by nobles had been in place for a long tirew as the nobles continued to get special treatment Finally, the spark of revolution was started in a small northern country
These people started their uprising and insisted on abolishi+ng the class-based syste for fair and equal opportunities for everyone The first rebellion started to spread widely and surprisingly destroyed a country The first republic on the continent had been born
They advocated the idea of a fair world without higher or lower titles, and they called the kingdo ruled over the country and was the center The nobles ran the country in a ruling hierarchy That was the universal and correct way of thinking in this world
The surrounding kingdoms considered the Republic to be heresy and attacked them For a newly established republic, it was too merciless of an attack The Republic fell in less than three ht the proble to think that way The Republic ht have fallen, but the Republicans and their affiliates had not disappeared Those who survived spread out into the surrounding kingdo period of tihteousness in their hearts are strong Despite the harsh persecution and punish For the commoners and slaves in the lowest tier of the class systely brilliant to behold A rebellion eventually rose again Occurring sih to destroy the northern E, three republic countries were created in the north - The Hildess Republic, the Hanovirtue Republic, and the Kobrook Republic These three Republics completely conquered the northern continent and now insisted on Republicanism for the entire continent and the abolition of the identity system
Naturally, this caused the entire continent to be wary, and all kingdoms officially identified the Republics as the eneainst republicans seeping into their country, and passed out harsh and cruel punishment reminiscent of a witch hunt if a republican was discovered The countries of the central region continued an endless ith the republic, so the republic’s forces could not head south
The powerful Strabus Kingdom was the ion keeping the republic’s entry to the south in check Purely fro the only edoestcountries to be wary of such a strong dodom bordered the northern republic countries, the other countries of the continent were able to be safe If the Strabus Kingdodoms will need to deal with the Republics thedodoave them military support to stand up to the Republic powers
1 The Korean word here is 임기응변, and means to take on any unexpected circumstances and address or resolve it “Play it by ear” is the closest terle word that seeinally: ‘아니 낙하산을 태워주려고 해도 쿵짝이 맞아야지 손발이 이렇게 안 맞을 수가 있나?’ This has about 2-3 phrases that have no equivalent in English I have just translated the essential e