For the first time since coming to this world, Noid got a good night's sleep.
In his dream, he seemed to recall old memories from his previous world. For some reason, Noid couldn't remember how he came here.
He remembered, he stopped as if he had reached a store, then…
He saw a mirror.
…
Time flies, half a month has passed.
Because he ate well and lived a regular life, Noid had gained some flesh, and his face was less dry and pale. At least he looked more like a normal person now.
"Come here and eat first."
Seeing that his colleague had brought food, Noid also put down the shovel in his hand and went out to receive it.
The meal consisted of bread and a bowl of cabbage carrot soup.
Ron was his roommate, and the relationship between the two of them wasn't bad.
"Carrots and cabbage again, we've been eating this for almost a week."
Ron complained, dissatisfied and started eating.
"I heard that someone upstairs grows a lot of vegetables so they bring them into the kitchen, cutting down on our food costs."
A colleague not far away was gossiping.
"Really... cut back, cut back, so rich it's oozing fat and yet they won't even spare us a single piece of meat."
Noid on one side just quietly ate and listened, not participating in the discussion.
It had long become a habit for high-ranking commanders to cut the soldiers' rations, and lowly soldiers like them could do nothing but say a few words to vent their anger.
Seeing that the discussion had started to go too far, Noid was forced to speak up to remind them.
"Don't say anymore, be careful when someone hears."
Fortunately, the discussion just now only took place between Ron and one other person, there was no third person except Noid so no one would report it.
There is no conflict between the three of them.
Noid is just doing his job.
Ron is physically strong and has connections in the military, so he will soon be transferred to a better place.
The other person is Paul, who is a bit straightforward and thoughtful, but not a bad person.
After finishing their meal, the three of them set to work shoveling horse manure into the cart.
Because Noid was also in charge of the horse feed, he went to the kitchen and pushed a cart of apples to the stables.
Not seeing Ron and Paul, Noid calmly took an apple and put it in his mouth to chew.
Seeing its food being taken away by Noid, the horse breathed heavily, its nostrils flaring, as if expressing anger. However, Noid didn't pay any attention. After finishing eating, he threw the apple core to the horse.
A moment later, both Ron and Paul pushed the cart back to the stables at the same time. Both of them looked at Noid with awkward expressions.
The two of them whispered quietly for a bit, occasionally glancing towards Noid during the process.
Noid understood that these two guys wanted to convey some secret to him.
"Before, you were just focusing on the kitchen, but now the three of us are considered colleagues, I have something to tell you."
Ron said, while he spoke he deliberately covered his mouth, pressing his voice down very low.
"During this time, we always stole horse manure to sell, and made a lot of profit."
Horse manure is a good agricultural product, especially for luxuriously bred horses like this one.
Although horse manure is also a resource under the control of the military camp, they only secretly sold a little bit, and without careful inspection, it would absolutely not be discovered.
The two had previously discussed whether they wanted to share this "business" with Noid, because adding another person to the mix would mean the money earned would have to be divided into three instead of two. But if they didn't tell Noid, they were afraid that one day Noid would discover and report them for selling stolen horse manure, so they'd rather lose a little money to be safe.
"Does Sir Oliver know about this?"
Noid did not rush to make a decision, he asked back.
If Oliver also knew about this matter, and tacitly agreed to let them earn some money, then it was fine, Noid didn't care that his wallet was thicker.
At that time, even if the matter was exposed. Oliver would of course protect them, because he wouldn't want himself to be punished too severely.
However, if this matter was all Ron and Paul's doing from the beginning to the end, then if they were discovered, being beaten to death wouldn't be too strange.
Unfortunately, this is the worst case scenario.
Hearing Noid's question, both of them fell silent for a moment.
That reaction let Noid see.
Of course they knew that it was best to ask Oliver to sponsor this matter, and just give him the profits. But they didn't say anything at first, and later they didn't dare to say anything, and they became even more greedy.
"You guys... are so bold. One day you'll be discovered..." .
Noid put his hand on his forehead.
He didn't expect these two seemingly honest guys to be so reckless.
"We... we're very careful every time we steal, we probably won't be discovered."
Ron said, his voice getting smaller, showing that he was not as confident as he sounded.
Noid just shook his head.
Luckily, he was not blinded by short-term gains.
If you don't want others to know, the best way is to not do it. These two people stole like this, sooner or later they will be discovered.
"I will pretend I didn't hear what you just said, and I won't tell anyone else. I'm only shoveling horse manure, I don't care about anything else."
Noid waved his hand to clear the relationship.
He already had something else, just needed to live a peaceful life, there was no need to wade into this risky business.
Not denouncing both of them to gain credit is considered Noid's kindness.