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60 - Extraordinary: The Village Mayor of Latomi

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In front of me, there is Xaro, a specialty product that is rotting away.

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What the hell is going on!!!!"

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When I glare around me, I get jumpy and shake, and everyone looks away.

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This attitude doubles my anger.

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'Answer me!　Why are you rotten!"

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Silence and stillness prevails.

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Frustrated, I am about to speak up again when a man steps forward.

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'Luba, the fortune teller, told me about the Zarrow harvest. I am sure the village chief knows that."

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So what!　One old hag like that is all it takes for this to happen!"

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The harvest season for Xaro is very short. It is difficult even for those of us who have been growing Xaro for a long time to determine that.

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That's why we needed Luba, the fortune teller!　And the village chief!

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Shut up!　To whom are you talking like that!"

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Kick the man in front of you.

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Shouts go up from all around, and men with farm tools step forward.

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'What the hell, what are you doing to the village chief!

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I don't like it.

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'Anyway, don't let Xaro rot!　When the peddlers come, sell for a higher price, you understand."

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What the hell, at all.

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Those guys, I'm going to raise your taxes.

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I'm gonna raise their taxes, and I'm gonna show them what happens when they stick their necks out against me.

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d*mn, what the hell is that old hag doing here?

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My dad gives her a little attention, and she gets all bent out of shape and tells me what to think.

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Who does she think she is?

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But Xaro's in a bad way.

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d*mn, I thought I'd have an easy time when I became village chief, and now they all get in my way.

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He realizes that the amount of Xaro being harvested is low, and turns to the fields after a long time.

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'What do you mean!　What happened to the others!"

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The number of villagers working the harvest is unusually small.

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Only about half of them are there.

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Who said they could skip work!

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They made me look like a fool!

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Quick, bring in the slackers!"

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"Eh, ...... village chief?　I informed you two days ago.

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Two days ago?

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What are you talking about?

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I was at the concubine's place, so how would I know?

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'I don't know. What happened?"

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A blue-faced man opens his mouth, trembling.

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Many villagers have left the village. What should we do?" and asked him to tell his wife."

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I'm going to go to ...... and ask, "Did they leave?　He left? !　At this busy time of the year?

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What kind of people are they, that they received a favor from the village and now they have left?

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I'll never forgive them!

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d*mn it. Which one of you is it? Write down the name!

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One woman hurriedly wrote her name on a piece of paper.

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One after another, I felt like I was about to lose control of my anger.

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For some reason, she stopped for a moment and added a name at the end.

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It sounds like a name I've heard somewhere. ...... child?

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One child?

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Well, it doesn't matter.

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If they didn't have parents, they should have sold them off to slavers.

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'We don't have enough hands for that ...... harvest. What should we do?"

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You figure that stuff out," he said. Don't rest until after the harvest!"

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Those guys are idiots.

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Don't think you can get away with this for free.

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Grab a piece of paper with your name on it and get on the horse.

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d*mn, it's inconvenient not having a guild nearby.

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A few hours' ride from the village, we found the carriage of a peddler with whom the village of Latomi had made friends.

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"Hey, guys!"

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Hmm?"　What can I do for you, Latomi?"

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At the sound of my voice, a man gets out of the carriage and approaches.

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He is probably a peddler.

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There are two other men with strong bodies, but they are probably guards.

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They are probably guards. "I have a request for the guild, so help me!

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The guild?　The adventurers?　The commercial one?"

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I'm an adventurer. I'll have the property of those who fled the village confiscated."

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You can find out more at ....... Or ...... for that matter."

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Shut up!　Don't talk to me about the village. You're just a peddler!

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I see." "....... So, your request is to confiscate the property of the villagers who fled?"

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Yeah.

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"......5 need gidal."

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What?　Five guidals?"

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It's a commission.

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"Is it really that much?　I hope you're not lying."

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True. Ask any of the other peddlers.

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I'll tell you what. I could squeeze five guidals out of them in no time anyway.

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"......"

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Give five guidars to the peddler.

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Are you sure you want me to give it to you?"

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Oh?　Of course. You've made a fool of me. Scumbags.

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I get it. It just takes time to get the guild to do it. Latvian villages, like Latomi, don't have a simple guild handling location.

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Oh, yeah.

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He leaves the request to the peddler and turns his horse back to the village of Latomi.

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I return home and open the front door roughly.

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I wait for the woman to come out from the back, but no matter how long I wait, she doesn't come out.

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d*mn it!　Your husband is back, come out quick, what the hell are you doing!"

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You don't greet your husband, you don't come to give him a message, you're really useless.

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If my father hadn't told me, who would be that woman.

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I went into the house with my feet on the ground and looked around the rooms, but there was no sign of anyone.

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I went into the house and looked around the rooms, but there was no sign of anyone.　That's enough!"

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Why is that woman and her helpers gone!

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You play with me at such an important time, remember that when you come back!

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............

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-Adventurers who are peddling and guarding...

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Are you going to submit that request to the guild?

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Hmm?"　I've taken care of the money."

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Hahaha, that was pretty stupid."

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I had heard stories from other fellow peddlers, but I had no idea it had gone this far. The lords have been replaced, and they've gone rotten."

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Oh, that's where the rot is?　I feel sorry for the rest of them."

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The remaining people are probably in the village chief's camp. Considering what has happened so far, I guess they got what they deserved."

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I feel someone moving next to me and look at them.

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An old woman wakes up and looks at me warily.

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Are you okay?"

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Oh, I'm sorry. Where am I?　Where's your wife?"

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A faint voice asks me a question, so I fill a glass of water and hand it to him.

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I fill the glass with water and hand it to him. You are in a carriage used for peddling. Your wife is next to you. The pain has finally subsided, and she is sleeping now.

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The old woman's gaze turns to my opposite presence.

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I hold the hand of a woman with wounds all over her body and start to cry, repeating thank goodness and thank you.

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While riding in a horse-drawn carriage on the village road from the village of Latomi, I find two people lying on the ground.

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I was surprised by the familiar faces, but more surprised by the many wounds on their faces and bodies where they must have been beaten.

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I had heard that the village had changed since the current village chief took over, but I had no idea that things could get so bad in just a few years.

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I took out a request form from my magic bag.

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The commercial guild had asked me to investigate the current situation of Latomi Village, the state of the villagers, and the lord's response to the situation.

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I accepted the request because I had just had to go over here.

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He adds a piece of paper with the state of the village written on it and the request to the piece of paper he received from the village head and puts them in the bag together.

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I had to go to the guild from the beginning, so it was just right.

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If I put it out with the report, they would take care of it as soon as possible.

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However, whether the village head would respond as expected is not my concern.

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