NOVEL NEXT chapter 18
Chapter 18: Sir, That’s Not How You Use a Bad Woman
Vormek was temporarily taken back by the children for healing and bandaging.
Before he left, Chu Yan didn’t want to speak harshly, but a stern face was essential.
“Vormek, for now, your death sentence is only forgiven, but punishment still awaits you, even if Janet and Dura plead on your behalf.”
“…Understood.”
Vormek bowed his head and left in response.
If Chu Yan truly didn’t pursue Vormek’s troubles, many headaches would await him later.
As the saying goes, the merciful cannot command an army.
A moment’s leniency can win favor, but it also brings out a bunch of scoundrels who think they can be your brothers, especially those who fancy themselves clever.
These people, if you show them a bit of kindness, they’ll take advantage of you, and if you turn stern, they’ll accuse you of hypocrisy behind your back.
Chu Yan and Janet returned to the lord’s castle to discuss an urgent matter.
He picked up the fire-breathing skull cap, examined it closely, and asked:
“Janet, was this made using the limbs of a demon?”
Afraid he hadn’t seen enough, Janet brought out several more tainted weapons from the room: dinner knives, hammers, iron pipes…
They seemed ordinary, but the taint gave them an enchanting effect.
“It can be understood that way, but some become tainted weapons after slaying demons for a long time, naturally.”
“How powerful are they specifically?”
Seeing Chu Yan ask this, Janet asked in surprise:
“When Womek tried to assassinate you, didn’t he manage to swing at all, and was subdued on the spot?”
If Womek had managed to swing once or twice, he should have demonstrated his lethality.
“It was almost as soon as he showed up, he was subdued. But he did swing his sword, striking the maid’s shield, and she seemed to show a look of surprise.”
Hearing this, Janet abandoned her plan to demonstrate the power, adjusted her sitting position, and lay down comfortably and relaxed.
Seemingly finding it too tiring to sit up straight against the chair back, she pressed a button on the side of the chair, reclining it.
As she lay down, Janet’s chest appeared particularly lofty.
“That’s it, that’s the power of tainted weapons. Even if Womek’s strength is about the same as an outside magic apprentice, the lethality he can cause is beyond imagination.
And these weapons can make the people of the slums become the frontline force against demons, no longer relying on the nobility’s nurtured servants.”
“That’s indeed a very good idea!”
In addition to his admiration, Chu Yan began to ponder.
If these weapons could be successfully promoted in the slums, then cleaning up the lesser demons in the future really wouldn’t require looking at the nobles’ faces.
Frontline manpower?
Are there really not enough frontline personnel in the slums, even if unarmed, they are already doing hard, heavy work in dangerous areas.
A concern quickly emerged in his mind, and Chu Yan frowned and said:
“But this could also lead to internal unrest among the personnel. These weapons falling into the hands of brawlers could become tools for fighting.
Even the nobles might secretly pay off people in the slums to incite brawls.”
With the enhancement of tainted weapons, those brawls would be no small scuffles.
Janet had obviously anticipated this, having been active in the slums longer and understanding that some people are not worthy of sympathy.
“That’s for sure, so little lord, you can see, I’ve been in this business for so long, only giving these weapons to those children.”
“I only gave out two, and one of them even took it to accept an assassination bounty to betray me, it really needs to be cautious.”
If Janet had fox ears, they would probably be drooping from exhaustion now, she sighed, unable to refute:
“I hate this kind of sarcasm, I’m also helpless!”
Chu Yan wasn’t deliberately sarcastic, he felt that this matter didn’t need him to consider too much anymore.
Because Janet had already considered all aspects, a little error is inevitable.
What she needs now is someone who can guarantee, or rather, a protector who can ensure her promotion of this matter, with the status of a noble to finalize it, allowing tainted weapons to be brought into the light.
And Chu Yan is just such a character, he also needs the help this matter provides.
The local nobles will never listen to him, what if these guys strike one day, not going to the frontlines to clear the lesser demons, what will Chu Yan do?
We certainly can’t have the tabooed ones within the castle take action; that would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
They frequently use their own powers, which also brings certain negative effects to themselves, not to be used lightly.
If the tainted weapons can be successfully implemented, then the manpower problem will be solved.
It also completes one of the “test points” in the trial.
Public Safety Degree (√)
“How long will it take for the people in the slums to truly start cleaning up the riff-raff monsters?”
“Very soon, because I have a batch of corpse bombs, cleaning up the monsters is very easy, enough to support them until they truly master the tainted weapons.”
“Alright, then can you tell me the details later? I’ll briefly explain to the executioner, and once she leaves, we’ll start implementing it. I’ll vouch for it!”
“Quite bold, but I like it~”
Vouching for tainted weapons, something no noble would dare do, because it’s a taboo from the outside world.
Chu Yan, learning from Janet, put down the chair and lay down comfortably.
Thinking of Baron Pico’s death, he was truly delighted; a minor baron, showing his attitude at first meeting.
But then thinking that only Baron Pico had died, he wasn’t quite as pleased.
The degree of cooperation and obedience between superiors and subordinates… hard to achieve!
Chu Yan said wistfully yet with anticipation:
“Janet, do you know? I was just thinking of something even bolder, something that normally, one wouldn’t even dare to think of.”
“How bold?”
“Every noble of the Dead Sea, except for me, dead to the last, no one left to defy me!”
Janet suddenly felt disheartened and said:
“I’ve thought about such things so many times already.”
“Then it seems, Janet, your spiritual life is bold and thrilling!”
As the two were chatting spiritedly, Xianoya, who had been walking outside, came back.
Her expression seemed somewhat grave and astonished, but upon seeing the two’s lounge chairs, it seemed she threw the seriousness of before to the back of her mind.
“This chair can actually recline the backrest? Chu Yan, you don’t have to worry about sleeping on the floor tonight, you can choose to sleep on this.”
Chu Yan, who had been lying down comfortably, immediately sprang up, rubbing his back and complaining of pain, he said:
“…Don’t push it too far, Xianoya, what were you about to say at the beginning, with such a grave face, what happened?”
Xianoya lay down to try the lounge chair and said:
“In Baron Pico’s mansion, everyone with noble blood has died, only some servants have survived.”
“Huh???”
Soon, the trio made their way to Baron Pigo’s mansion.
The last time Chu Yan came here, he was releasing slime monsters to accumulate merit. The vegetation in the courtyard had been corroded and still hadn’t recovered.
Many nobles had already gathered outside the mansion, holding protective talismans and hiding among their servants, anxiously inquiring about the situation inside.
Chu Yan, wary of ambushes, cautiously entered the mansion.
Upon seeing the scene inside, they couldn’t help but gasp.
Baron Pigo’s entire family lay dead in the living room and dining room, scattered without order, with no signs of struggle at the scene.
It was as if they were walking, and then, inexplicably, they knelt down, assumed a praying posture, and poisoned themselves.
In Baron Pigo’s study, there were several spokespeople from other families.
Most likely, they knew of Baron Pigo’s death and quickly gathered to discuss the situation, but for some reason, they suddenly knelt down to pray and repent, then died.
Janet remembered what Chu Yan had said in their casual conversation earlier, nudged him with her elbow, raised a thumbs up, and whispered:
“It seems you’re the bolder one, you may not dare to think it, but you dare to do it!”
Chu Yan hurriedly clarified:
“This has nothing to do with me, I’ve been with you the whole time! Xianoya, did you take care of it for me?”
After pondering, Xianoya analyzed:
“If I had taken action, I would have discussed it with you first. Are you going to settle the bill and sleep on the floor tonight, or I wouldn’t have made a move.”
Logical and convincing… Chu Yan nodded:
“That makes sense!”
But aside from that, Xianoya’s fighting style couldn’t have resulted in the scene before them; the manner of these people’s deaths was too bizarre.
At that moment, the Governess arrived, with the maid as always following behind her, though her face looked slightly melancholic.
As a lord, Chu Yan naturally had to strike up a conversation, and he said with difficulty:
“Executioner Miss, I didn’t expect that after your arrival, so many malignant incidents would occur at the Dead Sea border. It’s truly embarrassing…
Do you have any thoughts on the cause of these deaths? I must apprehend the real culprit!”
The Executioner turned her cheek towards him, her beautiful eyes beneath the mask seemingly gazing at Chu Yan, and she countered: