Chapter 16 - Flag? What Flag?

(Cai Hong POV)

Papa is the best!

Papa let Cai Hong sleep with him last night! Papa feels very warm~~

Papa told Cai Hong to follow these two big sisters who will take care of Cai Hong.

Cai Hong wants to be with Papa… But Cai Hong is a good girl so Cai Hong will listen to Papa.

Cai Hong thought big sisters will be mean but they taught Cai Hong a lot of wonderful things!

They let Cai Hong read the 'Hole Lee Tax'! It taught Cai Hong a lot of wonderful things about Papa!

The big sisters also taught Cai Hong how to be a good Ay… Ummm… 'Ay Post Tel' for Papa! We must find the bad people who want to hurt Papa and teach them to be good to Papa!

Lian Li big sis showed Cai Hong what they did with bad men!

Lian Li big sis brought Cai Hong to this small room where a lot of bad men were tied up. They were saying mean things about Papa and they didn't even want to read the 'Hole Lee Tax'.

Muuu~

How can they not know that Papa is the best?

Now Cai Hong knows why big sisters feel so sad.

No one else knows Papa is the best, so we have to teach them.

And all these bad men who don't wish to worship Papa…

I̸̛͉̱̳̬̽͐͛͝ ̷̣̕w̵̼̓ͅi̴̳̕l̵͙̼̗̒̒́̆̋ļ̵̞̤̯͐̓͆́ ̸̡̛̝̣͂̃͊͘k̷̨̪̎i̷͉͔̟̺̻̊̊̾͌̈͛ļ̷͓̀͆̔̇̋͝l̷̟̦̤̜̀͑̀͜ ̵̨̾ẗ̸̫͕̼̳͍́͐͊̓̌h̴͖̝̹̠͇̝͛́͊̍e̴̫̮̿̄̔̀͋̓m̵̜̹̽̾͠ ̷͔̟̆̏̏͜a̶̮͐̈́̃͘l̷͉̍̎͜l̶̰̭̼̻̣̩̈͒̋͋ ̷͕̲͔͈͙̜̈́̄͆͛à̴̜̮̠̻̫̿̓͊͠ṅ̶̥͚͌̕͝d̶̢̝̞͓̮̈́̑ͅ ̸̺̹͎̼̱̐͌̄d̷̫͌̀̉̇̈́e̶̛̩̱͒͝v̶̦̺̱̞̉̓̐̚ǫ̵͕̱͕̽͌̐̈́̚͠u̸̺̤̳̬̾́͌ȑ̵̤͖̥̝͎̈ ̷̹͙̓ţ̷̔̐̒̕͝h̷̢̙͈̳͑̾͌̚̕͠ȇ̴̮i̵̝̓ṙ̷͓̦̩͊̊̈͆͝ ̵̼̲̲̳͔̄̈́̔ͅs̴͎͓͂̔o̴̢̢̳̽͒̉̚͝ͅṷ̷̂̋́̿͑̚l̷̹̲̥͌̈̌̽̇s̵̢͖̪̣̖͗̀͆̌̂͜

How dare they insult Father?

These useless bunch of dirtbags.

Your existences taints the world my Father resides in.

Look at yourselves, you ugly, disgusting pieces of filth.

What did you say about Father? Why are you cowering right now? Where was the bravado from just now?

Filthy.

I have to cleanse this world of things like you.

*Chomp*

Even your meat tastes horrible, much less your blood.

*Chomp*

Your souls are the very definition of trash too.

*Chomp*

It makes me want to puke when I know things such as you have refused to receive Father's light so vehemently.

Father might spare you because of his benevolence.

But we, as Father's Apostles, shall not allow things like you to taint Father's sacred being.

For Father's sake, I shall devour the world of all its impurities, starting with you.

So many of you…

I will devour you all.

Ẽ̶͕̞͔̩́̆v̸̧̈̉̕̚e̵̤̪̝̲̰͉͐̀́̄̂͝r̵̨̢͈̙̮̲̎̆ÿ̴̘̬́̽t̸͇̏͌̌̕͜h̵̩̅̃̈͋͜ï̸͉͕͉̗n̴̥͔̙͕̖̂̂̿̏ģ̶̛̱̣͓͇̹̊̃̅͑̌ ̷͇̫̇f̸̡͖̹͓̙̾̈́̽͆ó̷̧̦̀̒̔r̸͙͓̞̾͜ ̷̛̺̐̕F̴̛̳̣̳̠͍̍͂̿̐͝a̵̮̩͙̔̀́͆t̸̥̖͔̃h̶̢͉̲̯̠̄̂é̷͕̣̩̮̎́͗̀͊r̵̲̘͉͉͂͒

Oh, big sisters are also bringing Cai Hong out to do 'reqwest'!

They said it is a good place to find more people who will believe that Papa's the best!

Cai Hong can't wait!

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(MC POV)

"So… They're… Dead?" I asked quietly.

The bandit leader was prostrated in front of me, along with his entire band of bandits.

Or what's left of them.

I sighed.

Turns out the Adventurer party that came by to eliminate the bandits were eliminated in turn.

I thought they would be captured or something, guess I was too late…

So much for this being a flag.

The money I bet on that? Don't know what you're talking about. You got no proof! Even if you did, I can't see it!

Ha… What should I do then?

It feels quite bad to kill them now since they're prostrating so earnestly.

Let's ignore the fact that I've already killed half of them before that.

Oh well, I suppose I'll just send them towards Jin city for the Guild to handle. They would probably be sentenced to manual labor for a few years or so, better than dying right?

"Many thanks to Master Lin for your mercy!"

Eh, whatever, they're Markus's problem now. I'll just loot whatever they have and call it a day.

After making sure all the bandits left the cave they made their hideout, I made my way towards the inner part of the cave.

Hmm? What about making sure the bandits actually turn themselves in? I frankly don't give a crap if they do or not.

If I run into them again without my disciples around, I probably will just get rid of them if they make trouble.

Justice for the dead Adventurers? Eh… I don't even know them, if I did, I might feel something. But hearing about their deaths was like hearing about a stranger from a far away place dying from an accident.

Heartless?

Maybe.

I'm not some hero trying to save the world you know?

Speaking of heroes, they're one of the most selfish people out there. Always forcing their sense of justice and ideals on other people.

I don't see anyone saving me when I was under that psycho either.

Anyway, my goal is to have an easy life. Thinking about all these things will be the opposite of what I want anyway.

If any of my disciples turn out to be the hero types I'll just discipline the idea out of them.

I don't want to have the villains that the hero offends showing up at my door after all, just too troublesome to clean up.

I just need to care about the ones close to me and that's enough. Leave saving the world or whatever to someone else.

Oh wait, I technically did save the world by taking in Lian Li…

Ah, looks like I got distracted.

Now let's see, where do they keep all their loot?

There are several boxes of foodstuffs here, this must be their storeroom.

Oh lookie, a locked metal door. Imma just kick it down like so.

*Bang*

Hmmm? That door broke easier than I thought. What's this? This doesn't look like somewhere they would store their loot. This whole room is dark and smelly.

*Clang*

Eh? There's something moving in the corner of the room.

A person?

Eh… It's a rather skinny person that's chained to the wall.

"Umm… Is there a new target? I'll… I'll get food if I do it properly right?"

Oh, it's a girl.

"I'm sorry I messed up the last time! I… I won't tell those Adventurers to run this time! I'll be a proper Bait this time!"

So this is the flag huh?

The girl clung to my feet quickly, "I won't make a mistake this time! Please! Let me be bait! Just a leftover steamed bun… No! A rotten fruit will do as well!"

I said I'm no hero didn't I?

Troublesome things one after the other…

...

I need to save someone again don't I?

I'm really not trying to be a hero ok?

I'm just working towards the easy life ok?

…

…

I wonder what I should cook first?