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14- ADENA HAS ALWAYS BEEN MATERIALISTIC

Author: Nerdrockz
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-26 14:31:37

KYMON'S POV

"How many sacks of grains and starch are left in storage?" I ask Figi, my accountability Omega.

His eyes skim through the scroll he's holding for a moment before looking up at me. "Ninety-seven sacks of grains and sixty sacks of starch."

I nod toward Keeper, and he writes it down. "And how much is enough to sustain us until the next harvest?"

Silence, then—"The next harvest is in a week, so considering the entire population, roughly eighty-one sacks of grains and forty-seven sacks of starch."

Once again, I nod toward Keeper before turning to another Omega.

"Distribute fifty sacks of grains and twenty sacks of starch to the market. Ensure taxes are paid accordingly, and make sure there's no increase in price while selling to the people. Anyone who dares will be placed in front of the market and stoned to death," I instruct, and he nods. "Take three sacks each to the orphanage and two each to the women in the kitchen. Ask them to prepare something and distribute it to the pe
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