Trampled and Broken (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 103

“How fussy! Then why don’t you do it yourself!”

One of the southern laborers roughly set down the load he’d been about to carry.

He wanted nothing more than to just toss it aside, caring not whether its contents got ruined or not. But since the herbs were extremely valuable, he feared being held liable for damages later, so he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

After shouting out, the laborer seemed slightly worried about the consequences and glanced sideways toward where Doctor Vito stood.

“……!”

I noticed he’d finally lifted his eyes from the ledger and was now looking directly at me.

Doctor Vito pushed his glasses up slightly with his middle finger, furrowed his brow, and spoke.

“Are you in your right mind right now? These precious……. Ah! Never mind.”

Rather than being intimidated by the southerner’s behavior, Doctor Vito looked even more displeased—worried above all that the herbs might have been damaged.

“This……!”

Had Doctor Vito shown even a hint of remorse or tried to placate them, the southerners would have been willing to soften their stance and resume work.

But this outright dismissal?

As if waiting for just such a moment, complaints immediately burst forth from the southerners, one after another.

“Damn it! Nothing we do pleases you—this way or that way! What do you even want from us? Or… is unloading cargo just an excuse to leave us here to freeze to death?”

At that moment, a servant from Kalati Castle, who’d been helping them, tossed out a mocking remark.

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