This Overlord Doesn't Care About Anything

Book 5: Chapter 17: Leaving A Note

When I returned to my City Lords mansion, Hunter was already kneeling before the entrance.

When he heard the sound of footsteps, a shiver wracked his body, but he didnt dare lift his head to look at me and instead kept his forehead pasted to the ground.

I passed by him without even taking a look at him, opting to directly walk into my City Lords mansion.

First let him kneel for an afternoon.

Truth to be told, I understand these rising nobility. The former old nobility of West-Resisting City had their heads chopped off by some bandit miss so the nobility now, strictly speaking, are all classified as new money. All things considered, theyve followed West-Resisting Citys policies and with their flexible minds, they understand to draw support from West-Resisting Citys development to unceasingly grow and eventually emerge as the new group of nobility. However, their grassroots origins cannot be changed. Aristocratic families with several generations of inheritance mainly attach importance to face and would never do such a thing like publicly shaming commoners, but new money would.

To speak of this situation more simply, these people are indeed loyal and theyre very clear on the fact that their status is what Ive given them, so fundamentally, the thought of opposing me wont rise in their minds. But they need a channel to vent their happiness. Apart from marrying wifes, marrying concubines, and purchasing land, the only thing that they have is bullying commoners in order to make themselves feel superior.

Without a way to return riches to your homeland, who would know youre rich if you dont show it off?

Isnt it human nature to want to let everyone in the world know that Ive become successful in order to make everyone envy them?

But back to our main topic: I dont feel like caring if theyre innocent or not and I dont want to analyze what kind of person doesnt have human nature. The reason I made Hunter kneel is very simple; its because his trivial matter dirtied my eyes and made me feel very uncomfortable. Isnt that more unreasonable compared to why he did his thing? I, Li De, am West-Resisting Citys biggest justice, so if I want to make him kneel, what do I need to explain?

As I sat behind the desk with a blank sheet of paper before me, I began pondering over the problem Moon presented to me.

In regards to the conflict between the populace and land, my solution can be subdivided into three categories:

Number one, increase the land.

Number two, make the wealthy buy less land.

Number three, make the poor people survive without land.

Number one is quite simple: so long as Fang Thirteen, whos fighting in the front line, is able to seize land from Li Neng, the excess population within West-Resisting City will naturally gain a place to stay. The core idea of number two is to develop industries and commerce so that the nobility can invest in other things besides land. These industries include entertainment facilities so as to make them have a place to spend their money. In the case of number three, it still requires the development of industries to support the workers of the working class and share a part of the pressure from the agricultural aspect.

As I was writing down some of my views onto the paper, I suddenly discovered a neatly folded note inserted into the pile of documents on my desk. Just as I was wondering whether or not it was a love letter that somebody secretly inserted onto the stack, I opened it up to take a look and found that there was only two brief phrases on it:

Tonight. City, south.

The heck is this supposed to mean?? Is this an invitation to a fight??

I pondered over the reasons and my connections and came to this conclusion: the only one whos able to write such a note is Felita, right? But isnt this too bold? Im 17 years-old as of this year, okay? Thats 17 years of preserving my pure and flawless appearance, so how can I do such a thing??

Therefore, I immediately called Felita into my room. Upon discovering that the two of us were alone, Felita came over to hug me, but this time I chided with extreme solemnity:

Stand there obediently!

Felita stood up straight in fear, causing her ample chest to sway chaotically. I coughed and said:

Felita. Did you know, everything should be done at a suitable time otherwise problems will certainly arise. The weather now has already turned cold, so its best to stay in your room at night, understand?

Felita obediently nodded.

I continued:

Mm. Its good that you understand. Theres no need to cling to a location; as long as romance is in your heart, everywhere you go will show the beauty of the world. Alright, take that note back with you, I wont chide you much this time.

Felita asked with befuddlement:

Note? What note?

I picked up the note off of my desk, handed it over to her, and asked:

Didnt you write this?

Felita received it and took a look, then shook her head. I wrinkled my brows upon seeing her reaction. I called Aleya over and asked:

Aleya, during the time when Moon and I went out, did someone come into this room?

Aleya thought for a bit, then replied:

I didnt see anyone, young master. Did something happen?

After hearing this, I realized that things had become a bit serious, so I called over Moon and Bai Huang as well. Once everyone gathered, I first handed over the policy recommendations over to Moon. Next, I took out the note, placed it onto the desk, and queried Moon:

Are there any iconic constructions in the south of the city? Like some place that instantly comes to mind when you hear the words city, south?

Moon put his hands into her pocket and answered:

The residential area in the south of the city is relatively sparse and the development there is lacking. As for any iconic constructions

Moon suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed:

The granary! West-Resisting Citys granary is in the south of the city!

I held the note between my fingers and asked:

Speaking of, Aleya, didnt you say before that when the assassin single-handedly entered the military tent last time, she was like a ghost? That it was only when her blade was about to fall onto Fang Thirteen did a trace of killing intent leak out, otherwise you absolutely wouldnt have noticed this persons arrival?

Aleya nodded with a stiff face.

I bitterly smiled:

Well, it seems like this ghost is most likely already inside West-Resisting City.

The puzzled Bai Huang, who didnt know what was going on at all, asked:

Ghost? What ghost? What are you guys talking about?

After giving Bai Huang a general run down of the situation, Bai Huang then questioned with confusion apparently in her voice:

If such an expert really does exist, then it isnt strange for them to be able to sneak into West-Resisting City so quietly. But the problem is, Ive never met a thief that would give an advance notice before committing a crime. According to common sense, perhaps this way of handling things is so that she can lure us away from our territory? Apart from the granary, there should be many other important constructions within West-Resisting City.

Such as the Demon Cultivation Farm and the northern industrial base.

Moon added as he rubbed his forehead and then said:

It doesnt matter which area problems arise since any one of them will create an extremely harmful influence on West-Resisting City.

I thought for a bit and suddenly realized that the current West-Resisting Citys military strength still seems a little too lacking. Aleya is a Level 5 Swordsman at greater perfection realm while Felita is in the middle echelons of Level 5 Sorcerer. Even if we were to add Heji, a Level 6 Swordsman, as external help, such combat power is still unable to make ends meet when faced with such a situation. To use an example, its like trying to play Plants vs. Zombies without enough sun on hand. You might have several lanes for which you cant afford to purchase any peashooters, so you can only pray to rngesus that zombies dont appear on those lanes for the time being.Its that type of feeling where your life or death is completely within the hands of another.

Indeed quite uncomfortable.

Aleya calmly said:

Im going to stay by young masters side. If that assassins target is young master, I will find a way to stop her; I wont hesitate even if I have to use this life of mine.

Felita clutched the magic staff in her hand and concurred:

My magic power right now is sufficient, if I activate my Demon bloodmaybe I can be of help.

All of them had the look of not being afraid to die.

I was very moved, but, how do I say this?

I, ah, actually dont need such protection. Moreover, if our enemy truly is an assassin at Level 7 at greater perfection realm, you guys fundamentally wont be able to protect me. This time, it should be me protecting you guys.

But until then, this situationisnt it quite interesting?