Only the Villainous Lord Wields the Power to Level Up: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 8] by Waruiotoko

Author:Waruiotoko
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Hey, mister! Is this right?”

If there was one thing that changed, it was that I was put in charge of educating the village children.

But here too, since I was always just reading the automatic translations of their writing system, it was Serena who had to teach them to write. That was something the mayor had asked Serena to do each morning after he found out she could read and write. There was no harm in making ourselves useful, so we instantly agreed.

In fact, Serena seemed pleased about it. On top of that, she also had a knowledge of herbs. She’d apparently been studying medicine. That was something she had in common with Vintora, so the two often chatted about it together. I ended up helping Serena as she taught the children, which freed me from hard manual labor.

“Yeah, that’s right. You’ve got them all correct.”

I patted the kid on the head, doing my best impression of a kind smile.

Once the lesson was over, the children all picked up large baskets.

“Where are all of you going?”

“We forage for vegetables and herbs in the mountains until we’re old enough to work in the fields!” answered the snot-nosed little kid next to me.

“We’re not just playing around,” said the boy from before, puffing himself up with pride.

It seemed that, while the people’s attitudes were cheerful, the situation the village found itself in was not so bright. The people worked from dawn to dusk. Merol had mentioned quotas on the first day, and that probably had something to do with it. Perhaps Lushak had set quotas for how much produce each village needed to provide him.

His demands were bound to only get more unreasonable from here.

That was what I wanted.

The more unreasonable he became, the further the people’s opinion of him would drop, and soon the opportunity for a rebellion would arise. The more I worked alongside them, the more I’d be able to sense it. So it was important to work by their sides, eat the same things, and share in their burdens.

When I finished my teaching job and went to the center of the village, I found the mayor and villagers dividing the produce.

“It’s quite the harvest,” I remarked innocently, but the mayor just sighed.

“I can’t say that it is. We won’t meet our quota with this.”

“Even with all this?! What is the king thinking?!”

“We’ve been warned they’ll destroy the village if we don’t obey them. We’ve had a better harvest than usual this year, so we’ll still meet the quota somehow. Anyways, I’ve told you to watch your mouth about that kind of thing!”

When the mayor nodded, so did the rest of the villagers. But he still looked worried. It wasn’t time for me to make my move yet, so I just nodded too, then headed back to the rocky mountain to help prepare new fields. As I approached the untamed lands, I heard the mountain rumbling.

It was a dull sound.

I rushed towards it and found a tragedy unfolding. There were rocks rolling down the mountain—a landslide.

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