CH 30

The temporary residence that Xia Zuoyi assigned to the Traks in Fort Comoy is located in the westernmost part of the city.

Taking into account the number of them and the time they were sent, the house needs to be completed as soon as possible to meet the most basic requirements, such as sleeping, rest, shelter, and so on.

On the westernmost side of the city are rows of the same simple rammed-earth houses with similar mold styles. The rammed-earth houses are built faster and easier to construct.

The level of architecture on the Western Continent is not low, and the aesthetics are also unique.

The castles and manor houses in which the nobles lived were all stone or wooden buildings.

Stone buildings are of a higher level.

For example, only stone can be used to build the temples and churches of the God of Creation, and even the use of low-grade wood may be regarded as blasphemy against the God of Creation.

Civilians with a little bit of status and money can afford wooden houses.

However, most of the civilians live in rammed earth houses, and in their eyes, the lowest dwelling is thatched huts.

Rammed earth houses are naturally divided into houses that are beautifully built or built at will.

Before the people of Trak were sent, there was no extra residence in Fort Comoy. The temporary construction of the craftsmen’s guild needed to reduce the amount of work to a minimum and move in as soon as possible.

Therefore, the rammed-earth houses have the simplest and most square shapes. After leaving the necessary doors and windows, there are only crudely placed beds and so on.

A rammed earth house can accommodate about three to five people.

The divided factions of Traks naturally chose to live in adjacent areas.

The houses of the three Renault, Adai, and Sarah are surrounded by the civilians and slaves of Trak.

Facing the arrogance and madness of Cory Moya and others, they hesitated to come forward to stop them, but they couldn’t help whispering.

“The person who was tied up in the house… is it really the princess?”

“It turns out someone with royal blood still exists. Shall we save them?”

“But those people are nobles…”

“What kind of nobility are they?! Obviously, they are slaves like us now. What are you afraid of?”

So, after Renault and Adai are kneeling on the ground, someone couldn’t help but tell Cory Moya to let them go.

Cory Moya turned his head and sneered, “Do you dare to order me?! A bunch of lowly untouchables, get out of here!”

Cory’s followers also yelled.

“Get out of here, mind your own business!”

“You’re the next one to be cleaned up, get out…ahh!”

Cory’s attendant hadn’t finished speaking yet when he was kicked into the house.

It was a man with a beard on his face. He looked strong and sturdy. He stood at the door like a hill, full of oppression.

The big man’s voice is also very loud, “Laozi1 told you to fuck off! What shit nobles, the kingdom of Trak is gone, but you still treat yourself as such. You are all slaves now. What are you crazy about Laozi?!”

Cory Moya instantly turned blue with anger, his forehead full of blue veins.

The words of the big man undoubtedly pierced the fact that he most regarded as shame in his heart.

Cory Moya loosened his grip and threw Sarah back to the ground before walking towards the big man, “Untouchable, you tell me again?!” 

The big man disdainfully said, “No matter what nobility you were, you are just a lowly slave now.”

“What’s more, Laozi heard someone say that your father is a sinner in the Trak Kingdom, but you still have the face to bully the princess…”

Cory Moya clenched his fists and finally couldn’t help shouting, “Beat him to death!”

At the same time.

Taylor led the people to the westernmost part of Fort Comoy and happened to meet Daina.

Daina was puzzled, “Why are you here?”

Taylor, “On the order of Lord Earl, the people who have other abilities written on the paper will be taken to the castle. Lord Earl selected a few people and wants to confirm it personally.”

“This is the list. “

Taylor handed the paper to Daina.     

Daina took it and scanned it, “I roughly know which area they live in. Let’s go, I’ll take you there.”

“Yeah.”

When Taylor and Daina came outside Adai Ben’s house, it was already surrounded by a group of Traks.

The outside is noisy and “bang-bang” sounds can be faintly heard from inside. It’s obviously making trouble.

Daina, with a look, ordered the soldiers behind him to evacuate the crowd.

“Get out of the way! Get out of the way!” 

The soldiers were all wearing armor and holding weapons.

The people outside did not dare to surround them anymore, and hurriedly stood aside. In a moment, the situation inside the room became clear at a glance.

A few people are groaning in pain, lying on their stomachs, or lying on the ground. Those who were still beating each other, under the signal of Daina, were immediately separated by the soldiers on both sides.

Both sides were black and blue, and the house was damaged.

The big man didn’t resist much and was pressed by the soldiers. When he looked at Cory Moya, he let out a contemptuous “bah” and cursed, “Sick bastard.” 

“You untouchable!” Cory Moya angrily said.

His bruised face was distorted, his whole body trembling with anger.

Cory didn’t expect that this pariah really dared to fight him. Not only that but also several pariahs rushed out of the crowd to help. He even got beaten several times…

Taylor frowned, “What’s going on?!”

Cory Moya, seeing a knight, turned his eyes and shouted, “I want to see the earl. I have something important to say!”

“The one hiding in the corner is the princess of Trak. Her name is Sarah Massey!”

Earlier, Renault and Adai took advantage of the chaos to break free from their captors.

Renault rushed in to help fighting.

Adai quickly unties the rope that binds Sarah. The two of them couldn’t do anything, so they hid in the corner in order not to add more chaos.

Now they were pointed out by Cory Moya.

Renault was also pressed by a soldier, he immediately shouted angrily, “Cory Moya, you bastard! The God of Creation will not forgive you! You…”

He cursed Cory Moya.

Taylor couldn’t help but glance at Daina.

Didn’t the Anas Empire say to the outside world that all the members of the Trak royal family have been killed?!

What is going on here?

Why is there a princess…

Taylor, “Is what you said true?”

Cory Moya nodded with a smile, “Yes, everything I said is true!”

“She is indeed the youngest daughter of the eldest prince.”

“You take me to see the earl! I discovered the identity of the princess first. I’ve made a contribution. Let him free me from slavery…”

“Cory, you can’t forget us. I helped you watch them for two days. ” 

“We also have merit. we want to see the earl!”

…

Daina whispered in Taylor’s ear, “It seems that they still regard themselves as nobles.”

They didn’t suffer enough in Anas Empire so they still have extra thoughts when they were sent to lord earl’s territory…

Some people are grateful for the kindness and repays it in turn.

Some people receive a little benefit but won’t be content2. They’re insatiably greedy and always want to get more.

Cory Moya has had enough of being a slave.

From the destruction of Trak, everyone getting captured, to the humiliating slave mark of the Anas Empire… Everything during this period was like a nightmare.

Cory Moya felt that he’s able to accidentally discover the identity of the princess and was sent to the territory of a little earl who seemed kind-hearted and easy to be tempted, must be because God of Creation finally heard his prayer!

The problem of Trak’s princess really cannot be ignored.

Therefore, Taylor and Daina decided to bring all the people involved in the fight to lord earl. Lord earl would make his own decision.

When he was leaving, Taylor asked, “Who is Adai Ben?”

He looked around, but unexpectedly a whispered answer came from the people behind him being escorted by the soldiers.

Adai was slightly uneasy, “I, I’m Adai Ben, sir.”

Taylor looked back, thinking it was a coincidence.

The person lord earl had appointed to take to the castle knows the princess.

He said nothing more and led people away with Daina.

Inside the castle hall.

After hearing the details of the incident, Xia Zuoyi turned to Cory Moya and others, “Do you want to use the princess in exchange for credit and get rid of the status of slaves?”

Cory Moya was overjoyed, thinking the result would be as he expected.

He nodded and said, “Yes.”

Xia Zuoyi looked at the skinny little Sarah again.

Her brown hair was cut very short, her face was slightly dusty, and probably because of her tears, she looked even more ashamed and pitiful.

“She is Sarah Massey, the youngest daughter of the eldest prince of Trak Kingdom. Who are you two?”

Xia Zuoyi asked Renault and Adai.

Taylor said, “My lord, one of them is Adai Ben.”

The person beside Cory Moya suddenly pointed at Renault. Slowly, from hesitation to certainty, “He, he seems to be the king’s illegitimate son… No, yes, he is! I’ve seen him before…”

Adai’s face became nervous and worried. He opened his mouth, but he didn’t know what to say.

After figuring out the relationship between the characters.

Xia Zuoyi leaned back in his chair and asked Cory Moya, “Do you remember what I said when you first arrived at Fort Comoy?”

Cory Moya was stunned.

Xia Zuoyi asked again, “Do you know where in my territory I have thrown all those people who cheat and take advantage of others, think wrong, and want to get something for nothing?”

Cory Moya began to feel a little uneasy.

He said, “Earl, Lord Earl, although Renault Massey’s illegitimate identity is somewhat off the table, he’s also the blood of the royal family. Plus Princess Sarah… If you don’t need them, you can use them to exchange with other lords or even kings…”

Xia Zuoyi, “You don’t seem to recognize your identity.”

“I said that if you want to get rid of slavery, you have to use merit in exchange. No one can be an exception.”

“Even if you used to be the duke’s son, now you are no different from others.”

“A reckless troublemaker is not qualified to stay in Fort Comoy.”

“My tolerance towards slaves is not something you can take for granted and insatiably demand.” 

“Since you are not satisfied with the current treatment of what slaves should do are what you’re doing, and what kind of life slaves should live is how you’re living3…”

Cory Moya and others panicked.

Cory, “No! You can’t do this to me!”

Xia Zuoyi, “I can, because I am now your lord and have the right to decide your freedom, life, and death.”

“I made a transaction with the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce to bring the people of Trak into my territory and give you things… to let you work for me in good condition.”

“That’s what you should be doing now, not having delusions of recovering…”

Xia Zuoyi looked at Cory Moya and others, also slightly swept across Sarah and Renault, and said, “You have to remember and recognize the reality.”

“The Trak Kingdom has been annihilated, no matter what noble status you had, they no longer exist.”

“I can give you a stable life, and I can give you hope to be free from slavery… and I can also naturally take it back.”

“I can even let you ‘enjoy’ the treatment you should have suffered in the Anas Empire.”

Cory Moya and the others turned pale.

Xia Zuoyi waved his hand, “Daina, take them to the quarry. Let them reform through labor.”

“Like those who committed crimes in Wissas and Fort Comoy before, they can rest and have food only after they have finished their work. And take back their houses and clothes in Fort Comoy.”

Daina, “Yes, my lord.” 

The soldiers dragged the struggling Cory Moya and others away.

In the hall, only the three Renault and the big man who participated in the fight were left.

Sarah couldn’t help licking her dry lips, feeling nervous.

Then she heard the earl speak.

“Fort Comoy doesn’t raise people who provoke troubles and are lazy.”

“I give you the opportunity to work hard to be free from slavery, otherwise you will only be slaves for life.”

“Today’s matter is not your fault, so let’s forget it for the time being. When you go back, warn the other Traks that my gift ends here.”

“If you want to survive in the future, do it with your own hands, or you’ll die. Do you understand?” 

The big man and others nodded in fear.

“Un, understood, my lord.” 

There was no movement among the three.

They are silently waiting for their own destiny…

Xia Zuoyi frowned, “You three didn’t understand?”

Renault, Adai, and Sarah raised their heads in astonishment.

Xia Zuoyi, “What? Do you want to be treated differently because of your royal status?”

“No, no, of course not.” Renault hurriedly said.

Sarah also shook her head hurriedly, stammering as she said, “No, I… I will work honestly, Lord Earl, don’t worry, I…”

Xia Zuoyi interrupted her with a wave, “In this case, you don’t need to disguise yourself as a teenager. The work assigned to men is not suitable for you.”

“Taylor, re-register her information.”

Taylor, “Yes, my lord.”

Xia Zuoyi, “Go ahead, there’s nothing more.”

Although Sarah Massey is the prince’s daughter, since the Trak Kingdom has been destroyed, to Xia Zuoyi, she is no different from the others.

Xia Zuoyi didn’t want to embarrass a teenage girl.

The same is true for Renault Massey.

As long as he doesn’t give birth to thoughts he shouldn’t have, he will always be a man of Fort Comoy.

The three of Renault stood up softly.

When they were about to turn around and leave, they heard the little earl speak again.

“Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about business. Adai Ben stay.”

Adai: Uneasy and afraid.

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