I stopped the fast-forward feature as Jane and Tosa rose from their sleeping bags. The couple moved to the corner of the room, looking at my two colonists to make sure they were still asleep.

"Why did you wake me up at this time of night, Jane?" Tosa whispered and sat at that place

"This is our chance, Tosa." Jane replied. "We can take advantage of the existence of that salt cave. If Suja sends people to go there, at least someone will die, right?"

Tosa was silent for a moment. "Yes, if we refer to the stories I've heard, there will definitely be casualties."

"Well, the dead man will be our martyr, Tosa. Actually, the people of this village are fed up with Suja's leadership. However, they are scared. They need more motivation. If anyone dies on a mission to satisfy Suja, their anger will only get bigger." Jane snapped her fingers. "You just have to provoke them to fight. Those who are already very angry will come with you to revolt."

Holy shit.

Tosa's eyes widened. "What? What the...."

"Only you can persuade them, Tosa." Jane cut her husband off. "I've only been here two years. They won't listen to me."

"That's not the case, Jane." Tosa slightly massaged his forehead. "We're dealing with human lives, damn it. I'm not...."

"You once treated a woman as your toy, right?" Jane said through gritted teeth. "I know what you did to Leva. Luckily, I was only pretending to marry you so we could strategize every night. Otherwise, I would have killed you as your wife."

They don't want their crimes to be heard by others during the day, do they?

Tosa's brow furrowed. "Why are you mentioning that in this talk? It's up to me to do anything to her! She's a slave! Before anyone buys her, I'm free to do anything to her because I'm in control of her!" historical

Once again, I was reminded that he was an asshole.

"She is still human, Tosa." Jane smiled wryly, pressing her index finger to her fake husband's chest. "If you can treat Leva so cruelly without thinking, I think letting humans die would be easy for you too. You already have something very dark in your heart, Tosa."

Tosa shook his head, staring at the burning fireplace. "But, they are people of my tribe...."

"Oh, come on." Jane interrupted again. "You've had enough of all this, haven't you? Remember your goal, if you can overthrow Suja's leadership, you'll become a leader. You'll get everything you want, booze, women, a more comfortable place to live, and so on. Don't think about other people, think about yourself. I also think about myself. If Suja didn't tell me, I wouldn't have accepted these two burdens. I'm lazy to take care of them. Be like me, Tosa. Why take care of other people if they are not necessarily in your favor?"

What a bitch.

Tosa took a deep breath. "Even if I agree with you, it would be very difficult to convince the old man that the salt cave exists, Jane. Hell, even I don't believe it myself."

"We still have to try that." After Jane said that, Tosa walked back to his sleeping bag.

All of this puts me in even more dilemma. If Suja sends people to the salt cave, then one or more will die. It might also trigger a bloody uprising.

However, on the other hand, if Suja didn't send people there, it would be my colonists who would freeze to death. In addition, the people of this tribe will continue to be under the dictatorship of Suja.

Shit. Why has this game become so complicated?

***

Manu and Kat, who had just woken up that morning, were just sitting at Jane's house. Manu studied the boot he bought yesterday while Kat remained silent.

"Do you have any ideas for getting them to teach me how to make bricks, Kat?" Manu sighs. "Besides telling them about the salt cave of course."

Kat just shook her head.

"Shit. It's useless for us to walk so far and only get results like this." Manu slams the boot in his hand.

I, who had just logged back into the game, was about to press the fast-forward button when the house door snapped open and Jane entered.

"There's a brown dog trying to get into this tribe." The dark-skinned woman said breathlessly. "That seems so pushy to enter the tribe. Maybe it was your dog that smelled your scent?"

Widening her eyes, Kat got up and ran outside. Manu and Jane followed her. As soon as she reached the open gate of the tribe, the girl accelerated her run, but Jane stopped instead. Manu also stops and looks at the woman.

Jane shrugged. "Women are very precious, so we can't leave the tribe environment."

"Rox!" Kat ran to her dog, who was being held and tied up by several men. The men immediately stood up and let Kat hug that animal.

"Thank goodness you found your boy again, Kat." Manu smiled as he approached his friend.

"Unfortunately, she couldn't bring the animal inside." Tosa, who turned out to be in the group of men, spoke. "The rules here don't allow it. All pets, apart from livestock and mounts, are prohibited."

Kat just looked at the man and stroked her dog, which was wagging its tail. Of course, the woman showed no expression.

"Well, you will have to leave this tribe then." Another man joined in. "If you don't, your dog will be killed."

"Don't be so cruel to our guests." Suja comes to them sitting on a chair palanquin, carried by 4 muscular men. The leader smiled broadly. The people there immediately bowed to the person, then knelt down with their eyes forward.

Instead of looking at the old man, I looked at the women following him. They look more attractive than any woman I've met in this tribe. Maybe only Jane is their equal.

However, they are not as pretty as Kat and even Leva, who used to be in this tribe.

The four bodyguards put the palanquin on the ground, and Suja began to speak. "We're worried about attacks from pets, especially those with fangs like dogs. After all, we don't know the characteristics of the beast."

I whisper something to Manu. It was impossible to ask Kat, who had little communication skills, to talk to Suja. Kat might even offend the tribe leader.

Manu kneels down. He also bowed his body and said, "We beg your honor. We still want to be here for some time. However, this dog is an inseparable part of us. I beg your honor's wisdom to let it live."

Suja didn't answer right away.. The old man rubbed his chin, looking at Kat, Manu, and Rox in turn.