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by fnovelpiaThe three thieves, Carl, Johnson, and Hanson, were feeling dazed by the sunlight that had blinded their eyes for the first time in a long time.
For those who had been punished for stealing and had only been exposed to the light of the torches the guards had lit for the prisoners, the strong sunlight was difficult for them to adapt to.
“Brother. Is this real?”
“Well… Well, what could be the problem if the high-ranking person called the Knight Commander personally released us?”
“You won’t arrest me again after I finish what you asked me to do, right?”
Carl and Johnson, blindfolded, feel grateful for the sun shining above their heads.
On the other hand, Hanson was worried about what would happen next.
“First of all, you should be thankful that you got out of prison. You must have gotten a lot of money. Let’s stop by a bar first.”
“If my brother says so. Ugh.”
The three thieves were out of prison, but they were not free yet.
A brand clearly engraved on the back of their hands.
It was a tracking magic.
So that even if they run away, we can always catch them again.
“Gulp. Gulp. Wow-!! Drinking alcohol like this after being locked up in that prison for a year is the best feeling ever!”
“That’s right.”
Still, today is a record-breaking first day out of prison.
They began to enjoy themselves, eating and drinking cool liquor and delicious food, forgetting all their worries and concerns.
It is natural that the sun sets and night comes.
And the moment the dark of night came, it was only natural that thieves would break into an empty house.
“Brother. Are you sure it’s okay?”
“Yes. You may not know this, but the Knight Commander is a commoner. They value honor so much. In a society of knights, which is mostly made up of nobles, you have to value promises and honor so as not to be ignored.”
Although it was Alpha who ordered them to do the work, it was Knight Commander Leona who made the promise and guarantee.
From the beginning, the thieves thought that Alpha was an agent who spoke to the thieves on Leona’s behalf, so they thought that the commander of the knights was the one who actually entrusted this task to her.
With only a single lamp emitting a faint light, the thieves began to search through the abandoned house.
“Ha! If he had valued his honor, he wouldn’t have stood by and watched guys like us get killed!”
“… I understand how you feel. But what can thieves like us do? It’s even been engraved like this!”
Even though it was an uninhabited house, the sight of thieves making so much noise would have raised questions if anyone had seen it.
If by any chance someone living next door hears this noise and reports it to someone else, the security guards will be dispatched immediately.
“Oh my. It’s my fate!”
But the thieves were so confident.
The reason the thieves can now talk noisily while taking everything of value, including plates and wooden cups, is because the owners of this house had recently died of the Black Death.
Since the Black Death was known to be contagious, the neighbors living around this house were so shocked that they ran away.
So there was no one to report them.
Moreover, even if someone reports it, their theft is clearly at the behest of Knight Commander Leona. Of course, the direct order was given by Alpha, but it is Leona Montmartre who guarantees their actions.
Even if he was caught by the guards, it was clear that he would only be released after a brief commotion.
So now the thieves’ actions are not only bold but arrogant.
“Brother, how about taking this table too?”
“Okay. Good!”
The thieves’ actions were so brazen that they headed to the hideout carrying bags containing small items in front of them and large objects such as chairs and tables on their waists.
Not the dark and gloomy alleys, but the main streets where people walk.
“Phew. At this rate, if I just do a few more, I think I can buy land and stop stealing?”
“Ha! What the land! The problem is that you Johnson guys are too calm. Huh? Do you know where we’re turning now? It’s the house of someone who died of the Black Death. ”
The thieves finally returned to their hideout and unloaded their luggage.
Hanson brought Johnson back to reality as he smiled foolishly at the pile of stuff.
The house they went to steal today is the house of a person infected with the Black Death. The task Alpha asked them to do when they got out of prison was not simple theft.
It was an act of demolishing the houses of people who had died from the Black Death.
That is, thieves had to steal while trembling in fear that they might contract the Black Death at any time.
Hanson was very upset by this fact.
Isn’t this just telling me to die?
“Hanson. Stop it. Everyone, follow me. Shouldn’t you do what you’re told?”
And the older brother Carl looks at Johnson and Hanson, who have put down their luggage, with a pitiful look.
Carl took the two into the bathroom he had prepared in the hideout.
“Okay, everyone, clean your clothes and body with this soap.”
Carl took off his clothes and handed over three buckets full of lukewarm, if not warm, water and some soap.
“Hoo… Anyway, the Knight Commander is also strange. Even if thieves like us wash our bodies with this kind of soap, it won’t make our bodies smell. It’s not like we’re going to meet women, either.”
“Yeah. I want to meet a girl.”
Originally, soap was a luxury item. Because it was so expensive, most newlyweds used soap that had been passed down through generations to wash their bodies.
As the thieves who were now washing their bodies with soap and grumbling said, it was safe to say that there were almost no cases of using it to meet women.
“Everyone stop and start cleaning up. I told you I’d provide as much soap as you want. And wash your clothes clean too.”
“Yes, yes.”
At the words of the eldest brother, Karl, Johnson and Hanson shut their mouths and began to scrub every nook and cranny of their bodies.
Washing their bodies like this was also one of the tasks given to them.
Use this soap to wash your body and clothes clean every day, even on days when you are not robbing an empty house infected with the Black Death.
That’s what Alpha told them to do.
The thieves couldn’t figure out why they were doing such a useless thing, but they just followed.
Carl felt his two younger brothers’ gazes on him from somewhere and reminded them of this fact every day so that they would not be lazy.
*
As several days passed, strange rumors began to spread throughout Baron Viken’s territory.
A story about thieves who even stole death.
“Did you hear the news? I heard that the guys robbed Smith’s house again, this time after he died from the Black Death!”
“Ha! Aren’t those guys afraid of the Black Death?”
In the late evening, after the sun had set, this story was the most popular one in the taverns where people gathered to relieve their tired bodies.
What is the Black Death?
Wasn’t it a terrible disease that, once contracted, could not be cured unless healed by priests, and that spread from where the infected died?
But what confidence does it give you to steal from a house where someone died of the Black Death?
Even walking down a street where people were passing by, not a dark alley, with such confidence.
What a bold and courageous thing this is.
People had been gripped by the fear of the Black Death all this time.
Maybe that’s why I was so excited about the actions of the thieves who acted as if the Black Death was nothing.
“I heard that they act so confidently and yet they haven’t been caught because they have a special medicine that prevents them from getting the Black Death!”
“What? No way?”
“That’s right! How could those three have gotten out of prison in just one year!”
“Well… So the Lord is letting them go on purpose because he wants to know their secrets?”
“As expected of you. Saying more would be nagging!”
“Ahem. How to avoid getting the Black Death… If I ask them, will they tell me?”
Even if it is said that no one touches the house of someone who died from the Black Death, what the three thieves are doing is clearly theft.
But the soldiers of the territory are full of them. People have created bones and flesh on the rumors and created an invisible illusion.
No, it wasn’t an illusion. It was hope.
These are people who were tired of spending their days drinking alcohol out of fear that they could die from the Black Death at any time.
The expression on his face that finally seemed to overcome that boredom and fear was nothing short of hope.
*
A dark back alley.
Leona was handing over gold coins to the man in front of her, wearing a large robe and mask that obscured her tail, ears, and face.
“Hehehe. Go, thank you-!! Thank you!!”
The toothless man bowed excessively in gratitude.
He was the man who had just been talking to Carl, Johnson, and Hanson in the tavern about something that seemed to be a panacea for the plague.
“Good job. Keep spreading the word. Got it?”
“Yes, yes. Nari. Just trust me. In a week, I’ll make sure that no one in this territory doesn’t know the rumor!”
Leona frowned at the cowardly sight of the man bending over excessively.
Leona was annoyed at the sight of him acting so overly fearful that the deal might end for a mere 1 gold.
Even though she was abandoned by her parents and lived as an orphan, she lived with dignity.
That man was so ugly.
“Did you have a good trip?”
“Woof woof❤︎❤︎ Yes, master. I did a good job❤︎❤︎ Please, give me a reward… !!”
After completing her mission and returning, Leona immediately took off all her clothes, put on a leash to show herself as a female beast, and got down on all fours in front of Alpha, shaking her butt.
… it was a very vulgar appearance.
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