Chapter 265
There can be no denying that there was hunger and poverty in this land. The resources were not abundant. However, that’s merely the excuse of the defeated. At the time the Great War was winding down, the ‘high nobility’ who remained in the rear were all living well.
Most of his salary never reached his mother. It only lined the pockets of the officials who took away the ‘transport fees.’
The Jarl of Drovian were no different. They were merely greedy for more land and rights. The current hunger is simply the result of their killing Einar’s family and their defeat by Einar.
“The reason Einar forgave you is that he did not want to slaughter half of the Drovian population. Nothing more, nothing less. He judged that killing all of you would mean there would be no future for Drovian anyway.”
Ivan growled in a boiling voice.
“You should have repaid your debt with your lives. You should have known how to be grateful for Einar’s mercy.”
“Are you suggesting I should be grateful for being left to starve instead of being killed straight away?”
“That’s exactly what you should have done! If you had even that much spirit, then you should have fought! If you couldn’t fight, you should have submitted! If you couldn’t do that, then at least you should have remained silent!”
Ignoring Einar’s summons is one thing; I could give you some leeway on that.