"Well, it’s not like we want to be thieves…” The bandit said, picking up a piece of chicken and biting into it. “Oh, my god, this is amazing!”
It was near daybreak, so I started a campfire and made food for everyone. The bandits were still tied up, but I put them into a sitting position and gave them enough room to be able to hold plates and eat. A full belly made everyone happier and more talkative. This was a tactic too!
“Thanks, I think I’m getting better at it.” I smiled.
There were few cooks in this world who did it enough to maintain that job. Likely, when it came to a bandit, they’d never find one in their entire lives. I didn’t think my cooking was anything special, but it was improving and still better than most people would taste on the road.
“When I was ten, my dad died in a bar scuffle, and my mom was loaded with debts and became a prostitute. I had no choice but to steal for my food.” One guy said, suddenly sniffling. “I just wanted to steal enough to pull my ma out of that situation! Next thing I know, my status swapped from commoner to thief, and the entire town turned their back on me!”
“Aw… I’m so sorry…” Lydia was patting his back while he cried.
The other girls were similarly comforting the other bandits who were in similar states. Once I got them talking, the floodgates opened and they began to reveal pains hidden deep inside them. It seemed like every bandit had a painful backstory more pitiable than the last. It seemed like once you got the scarlet letter of a thief, there was no going back.
These guys even revealed that if you murder a human, it does leave a mark on you, but that thieves, bandits, pirates, and other dirty jobs were an exception to the rule. In other words, any adventurer, knight, or even a commoner was free to murder a thief or bandit without repercussions. I found that to be a bit unreasonable.
“The whole system is against us!” One of the guys cried out.
“It’s fine if you had a normal life, but what poor person hasn’t had to commit crimes in their youth just to survive?”
“Ah… well.” I sighed. “It does sound really bad. But if you guys could leave it all behind, would you?”
Other than Balrack, who had remained quiet throughout the ordeal while silently glaring at us, the rest of them all nodded excitedly and said they’d definitely want to do something else if they could only go back and restart.
“Here, let me see…” I went to one of the thieves, “Join my party for a second.”
“Eh? Okay…” He shook my hand, looking confused.
While party mechanics worked in this world, people didn’t see the same text I saw, so parties were rarely formally made like I did it. As soon as I had him join my party, I could see his jobs and everything.
“Oh… you got a couple of levels in Merchant.”
“Merchant?” The man asked, and then his eyes grew teary. “My father was a Merchant.”
“Well, what do you think? You want a shot at selling legit?”
“Re-really?” His expression was filled with wonder, but just a hint of disbelief.
I switched his job and then disbanded him from my party. “There, your job is now Merchant.”
“What?”
“He’s a priest?”
“No, must be a dark priest!”
“Impossible!”
“Hey, you got that job checking stone, don’t you, hand it to him!” One of the bandits nodded excitedly and gestured to a bag. Miki looked in it and then handed some kind of magic stone to the new Merchant.
He looked at the stone for a solid minute while the other Bandits stared on in anticipation. Finally he burst out into large wet tears.
“It’s true! I’m really a Merchant!”
“Ah… if you go back to banditry, your job will return to bandit pretty easily. “I warned. “But as long as you don’t commit crimes.
“No, sir! I won’t, sir!” He started shaking my hand while crying.
It became a really emotional scene. After that, the bandits began to eagerly wait one after another for their turn. By the forth, text popped up in my screen.
{You’ve put the dark deeds behind these men and have given them a second lease on life. Dark Priest has been unlocked.}
Ah, that was unexpected.
Now he can really screw someone over/up if they mess with him! Lol
ok f*ck this seriously he feeds them good food too
Fr lmao wtf. Just cause they have sad stories, it's ok they murder and rape innocent people, who knows how many ppl they messed up and now he feeding them and having his women comfort them wtf. Who knows maybe 1 of them honest in here too but which bandit wouldn't lie here to get outta it. ret*rded MC
ell, it’s not like we want to be thieves…
You're not theives. This chapter would make sense if you were. You're rapists and murderers. Even if you don't personally rape and murder, you are complicit in and profit from the rape and murder of innocent people. Thief isn't just a distant third to rape and murder, it's miles down the road. You don't rape and murder because you're poor or because you can't find a job. You rape and murder because you enjoy it. This chapter made me physically ill.
“Thanks, I think I’m getting better at it.” I smiled
Thanking and smiling at the people who just hours before had started an attack on your family where they planned to rape and murder all of you. I've said that a lot in my last couple comments. Rape and murder. Imagine your loved one being raped and murdered for a second, then imagine smiling at them and thanking them. If you can stomach that then I invite you to see a therapist because I don't want to meet your ass either.
It seems he forgot that they planned to rape them in front of him, and that they've probably done it to others, it was more like "look how hard life is, we were forced to rape and kill and steal, and we didn't want to do that, but now thanks to this amazing HERO, who is the PROTAGONIST now we will live happily ever after" honestly I was enjoying the story, except for some parts where he is naive, and idiot, or famous hero who saves everyone, I prefer story with protagonists " morally wrong" I think it's much more realistic fo those perfect Heroes who don't like to hurt anyone, like the slave thing look at this this son of a bit*h is crying 36281 chapters because slaves are permanent, if and permanent will do what? no it's like they're going to die if they're slaves, and more like he wants to show that he's a wonderful person who doesn't enslave anyone, if they're permanent f*ck they're his women, of course if the passion ends they f*ck themselves since can't go to another man but f*ck it, the one that's cool to be strong in another world you do what you want, no and as the author is writing trying to make the mc act in our society, here you can get mugged in halfway down the street because he has a gun, in a world of magic and sword someone would come rob and kill me, and I was stronger I would kill f*ck another society, of course it wouldn't be so easy than writing more at the time it would happen, I don't know about you but I've already been robbed 3 times, and dude it's not cool to have a gun aimed at your head with the idea of him moving his finger, your head explodes, and his anger and hate stealing something your mom or you worked hard on to buy, and in case he was going to rape the girls, imagine a thug on the street picks you up and force you f*cking your ass since you don't have a pu**y, would you like it? I don't think even a gay man would like it since it's a forced mess
if the slave magic thingy works normally wouldnt giving the slave the order of being free with the order slave skill be the same as releasing them + they cant become slaves from some random other person and imagine being the slave of the f*cking hero only really bad people would go out of their way to hurt you and no normal person would try to f*ck you over
Lol didn't expect something like this.
BAHAHAHAHA serves the mc right! Better hope a priest never looks at your job list boyo! 😂😂😂🤣
Oh wow, wow really. "Start sad stories (in which they could lie since he didn't know the the truth)"
“I just wanted to steal enough to pull my ma out of that situation! Next thing I know, my status swapped from commoner to thief, and the entire town turned their back on me!”
(Said by bandit A in which before he will r@pe the girls right in front of him)"
“Ah… if you go back to banditry, your job will return to bandit pretty easily. “I warned. “But as long as you don’t commit crimes.
“No, sir! I won’t, sir!” He started shaking my hand while crying.
(In his heart might be "heh, he didn't know how many do I kill and how many I r@ped in front of their loved one" Yasss, and I'm still alive without paying any price for my punishment and start new live).
Good writing really.
That is a job id prioritize on leveling up to see what skills it unlocks.
I want too avoid foolish naivety that rewards evil but...
I'm kind of a fan of this outcome so far. Turning an enemy into a friend is always better.
-.- não sou contra não matar . Mas nem tentar descobrir se eles são realmente mals e ajudar eles assim . Deixa um gosto ruim na boca .