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Chapter 465: Breaktime before the Next Step

The pig from the island was roasted.

A shallow pit was dug on the ground and filled with white and black charcoal. The fire flickered with the wind. While the other villagers were working on the fields, the elderly turned the spit round and round until the pig was roasted well, although the skin was charred.

Auro used a huge knife to remove the charred surface from the back, then it was my turn to cut up the first few portions.

First was for the village chief, then next was for the officials ー one was appointed by the villagers, while the other one occasionally visited from the island. It was a small village so it was enough; they only had to direct the farming work, after all.

Fundamentally, everything within the fief is owned by the fief lord, although depending on the region, some folks also own lands that weren’t under direct