Chapter 23 - The Governor’s Brother Was Imprisoned Because He Spread STD to Wildlife [The livestream ends.] [Your CHARM attribute has increased by 1.] [Livestream System has been upgraded to level 2! Memberships are available, and viewers can earn rewards by watching and interacting with you.] [You have killed two Hungers. You will receive extra rewards.] [Your level has increased by 1.] [You have learned a new idol skill, Idol Slash.] While Parita followed the defeated crowd, the system ended the livestream for her and gave her rewards. She was surprised, as she had forgotten about it. ’Wait, I was streaming the entire time?’ Parita’s face reddened in embarrassment. She wondered how many bloopers she had made during the entire day. She then remembered that Parrot and others had stripped her naked earlier. "NOOOO!!" Parita wanted to cry a river in shame. "My life is over! Y-Tube will ban me!" Parita’s sudden scream caught everybody’s attention. Parrot frowned and pinched Parita’s elf ear. "What gets into you?! Stop making weird noises!" Parita gazed at Parrot with puppy’s eyes and told her supervisor. "Mommy, people saw me naked." Parrot rolled her eyes. "If you referred to the bite-check earlier, nobody cares or gets horny because of your skin! Stop whining for nothing." "But I was livestreaming." "Livestreaming? What is that?" "You know... broadcasting what we were doing..." Parrot froze on the spot. Sparrow and others overheard their conversation and turned around. Everybody remembered the monitor cubes in the guild building and the plaza, as they had seen them before. They were also aware that they were related to Parita. "Was the cube your doing?" Sparrow asked. "...Yes. It was my gift. It activates randomly when I least expect it." Parita confessed. "Oh, dear." Sparrow and Parrot looked at each other and smiled wryly. They could picture young adventurers gawking at the elf’s flawless figure and her impressive knockers. Goldfinch’s face was red as well. She imagined herself in the same situation, and she drooled. A second later, she shook her head and pretended that nothing had happened, yet her facial color remained crimson. "Now, people will mistake me for an OF girl." Parita’s lamenting session continued, but her expression turned bright quickly. "It’s a shame that this world doesn’t have one. Right. It doesn’t exist!" Parrot’s expression turned dark. She glanced at Sparrow. "She’s gone crazy. I think the Hunger’s saliva’s made her dumber. I mean, she was already dumb, but this is a new low." Sparrow sighed. "Anybody going through a near-death experience for the first time cannot think straight for a while. This is normal. Leave her be." The elves chuckled and left Parita alone. Other adventurers nearby also didn’t pay attention to her odd behavior, mistaking it for a mild PTSD symptom. They were also shaken mentally, and they had no time to worry about the others. Their return march was uneventful, except that they forgot that one of the military personnel had been bitten. The military unit entered in the city first as they were in a rush to bring H5N9 home. Entering the city through the east gate, everybody found the real county governor waiting for them. The governor was also a tall guy, standing 2.1 meters. However, he appeared as thin as H5N9. Unlike the mayor with a syphilis symptom, the governor, H5N8, looked upright. His attire was neat and tidy, and his suit and coat were crafted from the most exquisite black material. Sporting a long magic cane, black gloves, and a solemn expression, he projected the image of a respectable nobleman. However, his DNA was imperfect. His features included small eyes, a wide mouth, large lips, and a big nose with wide nostrils. Even though he had a mustache and curly white hair like judges from the Renaissance, the women in the area didn’t find him attractive. H5N8 smiled and expected good news. The butler who accompanied H5N9 rushed toward the lord and whispered to him. Instantly, H5N8’s expression turned dark. "My brother got bitten?" "...Well, serve him right. Who asked him to accompany the men there and get himself bitten? And did we win? Have we killed all the Hungers?" "No. We managed to kill some, but we lost more than half of our men. We also ran into a Starve." H5N8’s frown deepened. When he turned, his two giant Highland barbarians, who were wearing nothing but shorts and slave chokers, brought a middle-aged woman and her two kids to him. Fınd the newest release on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✦𝓷𝓮𝓽 Seeing his children and wife, the butler sweated profusely. Meanwhile, H5N8 sneered and unsheathed the magic sword cane. He pointed the tip at the woman’s neck. "You know the price of failure, right?" The butler fell to his knees and pleaded, "P-Please. Anything but my wife and kids! I have been serving you since you were born! This is not something a lord should do!" "Don’t worry. I’m not telling you that you’ve failed or anything. It’s just that I need to remind you that you can’t disappoint me again." "T-Thank you, my lord." H5N8 sheathed the cane sword and snapped his fingers. The butler let out a long sigh of relief. A second later, his body was ignited aflame. His wife and children were the same. It took five seconds for the butler and his family to be reduced to ash. H5N8 snorted and spat at the pile of the butler’s remains. "Of course, if you die, you can’t possibly disappoint me again. Am I right?" Behind H5N8, the two Highland slaves winced as they understood the predicament they were in. As slaves, they were trapped with no prospects, and they had to carry out H5N8’s orders, even if it meant compromising their morals. Otherwise, they would die like the butler. H5N8 grinned. He turned toward his men and yelled. "What are you waiting for? Bring me the idiot who shames my family!" The soldiers complied. They carried a stretcher, bringing H5N9 toward his brother. They placed the mayor on the ground in front of H5N8. H5N8 smirked. He kicked the stretcher and rolled the injured younger brother off the bed. "Pathetic. You claimed to be the chosen one, but you lost an arm. Now, you’re bloodscorched!" H5N9 didn’t even have the strength to scream. He squirmed and curled in agony. The governor’s cold eyes stayed with H5N9 for several seconds while his mind contemplated a method to torture with his brother. While looking at the man, he ordered the commander of Diddease Town’s soldiers, who stood not far away from the butler’s remains. "Summon all adventurers. Send them all to kill the remaining Hungers. After they’re gone, help me pack this idiot’s belongings and send them to my county’s office." The commander in full knight armor didn’t flinch, but he stated the fact. "My lord, at least 10 Hungers and one Starve are still on the field. All S-rank adventurers aren’t present. They won’t stand a chance." H5N8 scoffed, "That’s precisely so. Those wannabes are nothing more than a hindrance to my slave business. I want those elves and beastwomen as high-classed slaves. Those lizardmen and Highlanders are in high demand in other lands. But as long as that guild is still around and people are believing in them, I can’t just send a disbandment order. So...send them in to die first, got it? When people change their minds, I can get rid of them from the city... and the province." "...They will all die, my lord." "I don’t care. Send them. I want them and the Hungers dead." "...What about the young lord, my lord?" "Lock him up. He will turn in three days. I have some use for him." The commander nodded and walked toward Lupus and his adventurers to inform them of the bad news.