Господин Барон / The Baron: 6

An hour after the execution, the video was posted on the museum's website, with the caption: "We loved, love, and will love the nationalists!

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 12:26

Someone with a no-name put up a link to the page of a popular sex shop, explaining what tools the executioner would use next time. It was a bit harsh humor, but my subjects liked it. I'd have to ask how much Izya charged that store for advertising. In the meantime, I was overwhelmed by the routine.

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 12:28

A vacation, they call it - to check on the volunteers, to visit the souvenir kiosk, to receive a report on the city's incidents, albeit very formal, from the knights (it was agreed that the report will be transmitted daily since they manage on my behalf), to welcome a new batch of tourists

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 12:29

Egelbert asked very much, knowing that most people come to see "Mr. Baron," there's nothing else to see... well, except for the dungeon. To check Sato and Smartass, to nod approvingly, to go down into the ditch, cleaned by a friendly group of volunteers, to collect feedback and suggestions for food and lodging, to work symbolically half an hour on the wheelbarrow, setting an example, then to go further with a businesslike look, to discuss what I have heard from the guys with the manager, greet the tourists, sample the kitchen (I wanted to have a full meal, but at the sight of the damn girl I choked and ran away), send three servants to transport the goat to the stable, escort two of them to the infirmary, make sure there is no medic in the castle, fix one sprain and clean the scratches of another.

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 14:00

/yell at Eggy, get a nurse's fee statement in response, have an inventory made of all available volunteer professions to see if they are useful, kick the kicking Beast into his harem again, greet admiring tourists along the way, talk back to a couple from Sweden asking me for an "Eskenlan method" execution schedule...

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 14:00

Routine work.

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 14:00

At some moment I found myself on top of the donjon with a sandwich in my hand.

Camrad_RIP 22.12.21 в 14:01

The city rooftops, the streets, the trees, and the sea to the horizon are still below. Above, it's still cloudy, like "oh, it's going to rain... or not." In the middle is me, not paying attention to anyone...

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:28

"Baron, sir?"

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:29

I looked longingly at my sandwich and turned to the manager, who was delicately tugging at his folder, with a volunteer with a "duty officer" armband looking around.

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:29

"Yes, Egelbert?"

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:30

"Your decision is required."

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:30

Well, yes, that's always the case, too. The moment you get ready to eat in peace is when most of the problems appear. It's the law.

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:31

I sighed. I didn't want to leave, and I didn't want to do anything, either. The cool breeze, the nice view, no tourists, and no worries. They were all down there.

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:31

"What, to judge someone again?"

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:34

The old man, sensing my mood, put aside the folder and cautiously nestled next to me.

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:34

"Rather take part. Spider-Man sneaked into the castle."

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:34

I covered my eyes and stifled the first tearing word, then I thought of a second, a third, and settled on a more or less neutral ninth:

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:35

"So?"

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:35

"It turns out that he just found out about our... legal status. He had already visited all the prominent buildings in the Federation, and now he decided to conquer Gravstein. Before we vote it back."

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 15:37

Once again trying to compare in my mind the movie character and my castle, I concluded that something, apparently, I do not understand.

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 16:05

"Tell me, Egelbert, is it always so much fun here?"

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 16:06

"Oh, come on, Alexander, we're usually very quiet, I'd even say a little too quiet."

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 16:22

"So you're saying that all this started with my arrival?"

Camrad_RIP 23.12.21 в 16:23

He understood from the tone that it was not in his interest to answer in the affirmative, the old man waved his hand vaguely, and then hinted:

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:40

"You can see for yourself. It's right below us." And he pointed invitingly to the edge of the platform. Feeling like a complete idiot, I nevertheless went over and looked down. Then I scratched the back of my head and asked:

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:41

"Egelbert, what is this?"

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:41

"This is Spider-Man."

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:41

"I have to admit, I imagined it differently."

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:42

"That's how ... ah! I got it - no, no, it's really him! Not fictional, but real!"

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:52

I bent over once more and looked at the guy, about twenty-five years old, in shorts and a sleeveless shirt, clinging to the masonry of the wall at about the third floor height, arguing with the guards.

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:53

"Details!"

Camrad_RIP 25.12.21 в 17:53

Such were quickly discovered. Spiderman was an extreme climber who climbed various high-rises, usually without the permission of the owners. And he always tried to climb the highest building in the country. It's a strange entertainment, but I don't mind whatever people do - as long as this clever guy didn't climb my donjon!

Camrad_RIP 26.12.21 в 05:15

"Have you tried to take him off?"

Camrad_RIP 26.12.21 в 05:15

"He doesn't want to come down. He says the police have never been able to get him off the wall. Only later, from the roof."

Camrad_RIP 26.12.21 в 05:16

"So... you." The servant standing at the flagpole and listening to us nodded enthusiastically. "Get me a rope to reach the ground, a mop, and a bottle of oil."

Camrad_RIP 26.12.21 в 07:26

Enthusiasm was replaced by bewilderment, but the volunteer immediately rushed downstairs. Oh, how nice it is to have a quick handyman! Seven floors down, seven floors up, you'd have a lot of trouble running yourself, but this way you gave the order and everyone started running. I wonder where he could find a rope?

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 14:11

I periodically looked at the tracer, who was in a stalemate (he was just hanging between the third and fourth-floor windows, with the guards shouting in excitement from both, and the hooligan hanging incomprehensibly on the wall making obscene gestures, confident that no one would throw him away with a spear), waited until the messenger returned, thoughtfully examined the rope, found it suitable, then fastened it somehow to a suitable hook and threw the end down.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:51

The parkourist finally turned his attention to me, and the tourists below applauded the appearance of a familiar face. They seemed to have a reflex to see me, because when you see a baron, you have to get your hands in the air.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:52

"Hey, are you going to get down?"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:52

"Excuse me, but only by stairs, from the top of the tower!"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:52

"You don't understand, it's not a question." I alternately showed him the mop and the bottle of olive oil. "Either you get down, or the whole top of the tower will be covered with this wonderful product."

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:57

The white-toothed smile changed to a thoughtful squint, then a disgruntled expression. Spiderman didn't feel like climbing up the oiled wall.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:59

"Baron von Gravstein?"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 17:58

"That's right."

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:00

"How about a deal?"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:01

"I was having lunch, and your appearance interrupted this wonderful process."

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:01

"I bet a treat at the best restaurant in town!"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:02

"What do you want?"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:03

All he needed was not much. Since we are now a kind of independent state, he wants to climb to the highest building of it. Before the state is not abolished. He and his fellow skyscrapers have an unspoken competition, and when the esks vote to return, he will forever have an unparalleled achievement.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:04