Господин Барон / The Baron: 6

In general, I was not against it, only...

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:05

"Egelbert, who is this person according to your complicated classification?"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:05

The old man, understanding, raised his eyes to the sky, moved his lips, and said:

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:10

In wartime as a spy, but now as a jester or comedian, perhaps. He amuses people, there is no other use, but there is no harm either.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:10

"Then dress him up in a proper costume and only then send him up the wall. Yes, put ten men with a stretched tarp underneath. We're a civilized barony, not wild America or wherever he's from; we've got moral values and order and all that."

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:11

Nodding, the manager disappeared. Tough people around here, after all. All-day long, wandering up and down these stairs in these draughts. I watched melancholy as the Spider-Man, who had come down without a rope, was photographed with the guards and tourists, and then the red-white-orange Eskeland flag with the traditional Scandinavian cross was ceremoniously put on his shoulders, and a paper cap on his head, and the climber, not too inspired by his outfit, crawled up, accompanied by cheering shouts.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:16

But he was understandable: it's one thing to do some mischief at the behest of one's soul, and quite another to do it as a job. He doesn't know that I'll pay him upstairs by handing him a gift-wrapped gravcoin right under the cameras. It's not anarchy here, it's a medieval barony, it's serious, and you can only play around with my permission.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:17

Eh, maybe I should order a thousand more coins. They fly away as real money goes.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 18:18

When Spiderman made it to the top of the donjon and came back down the stairs, there was no enthusiasm on his face. Yes, that's how mean I am - I threaten people with kisses, and then with a mop. He took the gravcoin he had been given "for the amusement of a respectable public," however.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:01

Standing on the edge of the parapet, where the bastard had dragged me, accompanied by the applause of the fifth and sixth groups of tourists clustered below. Oh, my donjon is so high, it's too high.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:03

Well, melancholy is melancholy, but we need to work - the manager left lists of volunteers, it's worth reading. And there is a report on finances since yesterday, and on the materiel, and the accounts need to be checked, otherwise the old man will think that he is neglected. It's not easy, you're a baron's lot, but never mind, we Romanian nobles are hard-working people!

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:36

As I descended, I considered what to occupy the squires with, but my thoughts were interrupted: suddenly, something hissed out of the wall, purred, clawed at my pant leg, swung its paw...

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:37

"Hey!"

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:37

The Ghoul froze.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:37

I could feel him swallowing frantically, trying to figure out how he could justify his behavior, then his fangy mouth opened, his claws on his paw retracted, he pulled back a little, sat on his butt, raised his mustachioed face-up...

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:38

"I don't believe."

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:38

The poor kitty's eyes filled with tears. He, the unfortunate victim of severe persecution, was not believed by the fairest man in the castle!

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:38

"Well, try to sob."

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:39

The cat lowered his head. Yes, he understands, it's hard to believe that it was only self-defense against a world inordinately cruel to such small creatures.

Camrad_RIP 30.12.21 в 19:40

"Like you had nothing to do with it?"

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:25

The furry, two-faced creature rose easily on its hind legs, touching me gently with its forelegs. The faithful gaze was full of hope.

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:26

"I'll kick your ass, right now!"

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:27

He sat down on a rock, pondered, wrapped his tail around himself, then tilted his head in bewilderment. As if to say, "Your will, but why?"

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:38

"And who tried to bite me?"

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:43

Me? When?

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:43

"No, still a kick. And with a slipper over the ass."

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:45

Oh, Mr. Baron... And I thought you were the only normal person here.

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:46

"If you press my pity, I'll send you to the city. There are a lot of dogs there."

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:52

The Ghoul smiled predatorily, licking his lips.

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:52

"All right, come here. A hypocrite, but fluffy and warm. That's a lot, isn't it?"

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:54

The cat jumped into my arms, sniffed my neck habitually, tickling me with its whiskers, then looked around, snorting softly. Surely he considered himself a subtle manipulator. One of the volunteers, standing by the wall with a broom in his hand, looked quite stunned. What was the matter with him?

Camrad_RIP 03.01.22 в 16:26

By the way, I'm the only one that this toothy terrorist has never attacked. Was it because I was the only one who thought to give him milk? But it was more likely the smell of valerian, which I soaked up during the spring revision. It still hasn't weathered, so much of it was consumed. Not by me, but because of me. Something to be proud of, yes.

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:23

Two hours later, I was able to get away from work and stretch out, walking around the room and stopping at the window. The furniture in the office was antique, and, in theory, I should have been paid extra for working on it, as it was especially harmful to the body. But who will spare me? Here's even the knights sent a bunch of unnecessary paperwork - I understand it's the sacred thing to drown the new chief in reports, but why do I need them? I thought we agreed that I do not interfere in the city's finances, why are they nervous? Or is there a reason?

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:30

There were eerie shouts from below, and a few volunteers ran across the courtyard, then a guard, and finally a goat chasing after them. It seemed that one of the runners was looking hopefully toward my window, but I was too lazy to go down. There are many of them out there, Beast alone, let them settle. Thank me for keeping the cat, at least it's some relief.

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:49

A knock on the door distracted me from thinking about the reasons for the magistrate's nervousness, which had resulted in a paperwork storm on my head.

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:49

"Come in!"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:22

The first one through the door was a spear.

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:52

Marty was holding it with both hands, going, judging by the expression on her face, to fight to the death in the name of the Light.

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:52

The squires who followed her were embarrassed, shifting and stomping from foot to foot, but they looked suspicious nonetheless. The girl started it, who could have doubted it:

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:57

"We know everything!"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:55

"Yes? So where are the corpses?"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:57

"Whose?"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:59

"So, you don't know?"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:59

"Did you kill him?!"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 15:22

"I wasn't even born yet!"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 16:00

The girl looked at me like a commissar at a bourgeois, and the other henchmen acted as a crowd, showing with all their limbs that this idea was not theirs at all, that they were here quite by accident and in general, but that there was a misunderstanding. And they do not know how to solve it?

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 16:05

"I was referring to Rudolf Diesel. A very mysterious disappearance, and here is a man who knows everything - it's a sin not to take advantage of the opportunity. What did you mean by that?"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 16:05

"Your brother!"

Camrad_RIP 01.01.22 в 10:55

I quickly recalled my relatives, suppressing the urge to scratch the back of my head. I was an only child of my mom and dad, and then there were cousins, but what did they have to do with it?

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 16:09

"What brother?"

Camrad_RIP 04.01.22 в 16:09