Give Me the Name of God

The woman stayed, along with all the money and all valuable things, and then knelt on the ground and called Toca his father, and swore to the gods that she would never step foot into the tavern again.

This is the condition offered by Manda.

Helena's brother hugged Manda's feet and howled loudly. Manda kicked him away. When he rushed over again, Manda kicked him again.

Joel accepted Manda's conditions, took Helena's brother to kneel on the ground, and happily called Toka: "Father." Then he immediately left the tavern.

He was sure that Manda was an ancient god believer with unfathomable strength. As a white duck, thinking about what he had done, he was lucky to be able to leave alive.

Manda piled all the coins on the counter, raised his head and shouted to Leo on the second floor: "Master Deacon, you said you could remember everyone who lost money and every copper coin they lost. I Believe that the servants of the Lord will not lie. It’s time to show your piety. Everyone who loses money tonight can get back half of the money they lost. The remaining half can be used to buy wine and have a good drink. Bar!"

Deafening cheers came from the tavern, and all the guests gathered at the counter to pay, but no one dared to reach out randomly.

Leo was a little nervous: "I might remember one or two people wrongly."

Manda shook her head: "If you really remember it wrong, the Lord will punish you."

One of the guests shouted: "I lost forty copper coins."

Leo nodded, took out the parchment and wrote down the guest's name: "Twenty more for you."

Another customer shouted: "I lost more than one silver coin. I don't want any change. Just give me fifty copper coins."

Leo counted fifty copper coins and gave them to him.

"I lost seventy copper coins!"

Leo looked up at the guest: "No, you only lost twenty, I remember it very clearly."

…

After dividing the money, it was time for the drinking and carnival. The guests were banging their wine glasses on the table. Toca was busy pouring wine for everyone. Manda glanced at the hall and found Helena squatting in the corner crying.

Manda kicked her butt hard and shouted, "Are you going to squat here all night?"

Helena stood up, lowering her head and trembling.

"What are you waiting for!" Manda said angrily, "You are mine, don't you understand the rules?"

Strange screams rang out in the hall:

"Young man, be gentle to the girl!"

"There's no need to be too gentle, this isn't the first time for this girl!"

"Do you know what to do? Do you need me to teach you?"

Helena couldn't help crying, Manda frowned and said, "Are you going to stand like this all the time?"

Helena held back her cry, raised her head, and waited for Manda to take her into the room.

But he saw Manda carrying a wine barrel and saying, "Go and pour wine for the guests."

Helena's cry was choked by a violent sob.

"I, I, pour, pour the wine?"

"Do you still want me to teach you this?"

"Don't you want to..."

"Do you want me to pour wine? Don't you know how to do anything? Do you want to be whipped?"

Manda placed the wine barrel in front of Helena, and slowly walked out of the hall with her hands behind her back.

Leo followed Manda to the courtyard and said after thinking for a long time: "You are a good person, at least most of it."

"Thank you for your appreciation, Mr. Butler."

"Just like what is written on the flag, use the power of my god to promote the name of my god. This is your belief."

Manda was startled: "Which flag are you talking about?"

Leo pointed outside and said: "The flag on the gate is written in Titian language. Don't you know the meaning of those words?"

Manda said in surprise: "Do you know Tili language?"

Leo smiled and said: "I like ancient texts very much. I think ancient things are not evil. Many God's Punishers like me also think so."

Manda nodded and said, "You are a kind-hearted God's Punisher."

"Most of the Divine Punishers are kind," Leo drew the symbol of the Divine Punishment Sword on his chest, "May the Lord of Divine Punishment bless you."

The next day, Manda opened the door and found Helena's brother squatting under the eaves, dying.

He had a fight with Joel last night and was beaten half to death by Joel without any suspense.

He crawled back to the tavern, knowing that he couldn't last long in this weather. He just wanted to see his sister one more time before he died.

Worm checked and found that his injuries were acceptable and his health was not bad. He could still work as a coolie, so Manda simply took him in.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Silva."

"Do you have a last name?"

"No."

"Can you read?"

"deny."

"What will you do?"

"I have been a farmer, raised livestock, and done some small business."

Manda nodded and wrote a deed: "It will cost a lot of money to treat your injuries, do you know?"

Silva nodded and said, "I know, Master."

"You must pay back the money you owe me, do you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"You brothers and sisters don't have the money to pay back, so everyone has to work for me until your debt is paid off, do you understand?"

Silva was startled: "What about after paying off the debt?"

Manda said: "You are free. You can go wherever you want. If you are willing to agree, write your name here. If not, I will throw you outside."

Silva took the deed, shook his head and said, "I can't write my name."

"Then just press your fingerprints. You're lucky, today is salary day."

"What is a salary?"

"Why do you have so many questions!"

Manda gathered everyone in the tavern together, took out a piece of parchment and said: "In the first month of the new year, the tavern's business performance is booming, which is inseparable from your sweat and efforts!"

Ogg shouted: "What is performance?"

"I'll explain it later!" You're the only one who talks so much! Manda deducted two silver coins from Ogg's name, and Ogg said seriously: "The great prophet told me that something bad happened just now."

If he talks any more, there will be more bad things. Manda regained his emotions and said impassionedly: "You are members of the tavern. The achievements of the tavern are due to your contribution, and your diligence will also be rewarded. Toca, start with You started, you worked hard, the guests loved you, and most importantly, when you fell into Campora's clutches, even though you were beaten, cried, screamed, and peed your pants, you didn't. Saying a word of begging for mercy, this courage alone is worthy of reward, your salary this month is fifteen silver coins!"

Toca sniffled and said, "Master, are we playing a game?"

"Don't call me master, call me boss. This is not a game." Manda took out fifteen silver coins on the spot, "This belongs to you."

Toca took the silver coins and counted them one by one, then raised his head and looked at Manda: "Does it really belong to me?"

Manda nodded.

Toca wiped his nose and grinned: "Next time I get beaten up, I won't cry!"

"Silly boy, it's not wrong to cry," Worm smiled, "Believe me, I won't let anyone hit you again."

Toca handed the money to his mother. Manda frowned and said, "This belongs to you, why should you give it to others?"

"I asked my mother to keep it for me..."

"No! Your mother is not good at keeping money!" Manda looked at Tokar's mother and said, "Linda! You lost the gold coins I gave you, which put your mother and son's lives in a dilemma. What happened before can't be ignored. After coming to the tavern, you worked very hard and were a qualified cleaning lady, but you were unable to work for a long time because of illness, so your salary was eight silver coins."

"Thank you, sir."

"I told you to call me boss!" Manda turned to look at Ogg, "You are also very diligent, but you are too slow to learn and too careless in doing things. You broke four wine cans in less than a month. And he didn’t take good care of Tokar, causing him to get injured..."

Ogg protested: "I wasn't there!"

Manda curled her lips and said, "Besides, you talk a lot, you look scary, and the guests don't like you. Your salary is eleven silver coins."

Ogg didn't protest anymore. The salary was worth half a year's work.

"Silva and Helena, you have just arrived at the tavern and have not made any contribution yet. You only have a basic salary this month."

After speaking, Manda gave each of them two silver coins.

Helena's eyes widened and she said: "We haven't done anything, but we can still get two silver coins?"

Manda sighed and said, "So, you are very lucky."

"Then you don't have to do anything in the future, and you will have two silver coins every month."

"Do you want to be whipped?"

"Then can I..." Helena wanted to ask another question, but Silva immediately covered her mouth.

Silva said: "I'm sorry, sir, she doesn't understand the rules yet. What can I do for you?"

"You recuperate first. When you're healed, you can do hard work with Ogg."

Ogg's eyes lit up: "What about Helena?" He seemed to have a good impression of this girl.

Manda looked at Ogg, then at Helena, and smiled knowingly: "Helena will follow Tokar as a waiter."

Ogg was extremely disappointed. Manda smiled and said: "Beauty and the Beast, what a perfect couple. I will create countless hardships on your road to love."

After the money was distributed, everyone dispersed. Worm laughed dryly and said, "Isn't that what I call salary?"

"No," Manda shook her head and said, "You know we are different."

"I understand." Worm nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly heard Manda say: "We are partners and we cannot divide the accounts in front of them, otherwise it will make them feel unbalanced."

Manda took out ten gold coins and stuffed them into Worm's hand: "You deserve this."

Worm was stunned and returned the gold coin to Manda: "I don't need the money, and the tavern can't make so much."

"People need to learn the joy of spending money," Manda stuffed the gold coins back to Worm, "I earned some money through other channels. Although I can't share it equally with you, I should at least have a share with you."

Worm hesitated for a moment, then put the money into his pocket without any further refusal.

Manda warned: "Don't save it, don't leave it to your son, and don't give it to the earl. Spend it as much as you want and do what you want."

Worm nodded and asked, "Do you want to learn Tili language today?"

Manda frowned: "Let me think about it."

Manda recognized 221 of the 232 ancient Tilian words, leaving only 11 words, but Manda no longer wanted to "browse" the historical records of Tilly.

It's not because of laziness or fear of pain, but because the efficiency is too low. These 11 words should be rare words. In the four ancient books that Manda has read in the past, not a single word has appeared.

Why is there no dictionary in this era?

With Worm's encouragement, Manda "read" two more ancient books, but still found nothing. He simply gave the remaining 11 words directly to Worm.

It was just a word. Even if Wurm leaked the news to the earl, he would not reveal too much information.

Worm recognized seven words, and four more.

It seems that it can only make Worm eat more books, but where can I find books in Tili language? It also has to be a translation...

Looking for Lao Goat to buy again? What if you still can’t hit these rare words?

"Drink less wine, waste less food, and the Lord will bless you." Leo came to help greet the guests again. Looking at the figure of the deacon, Manda had a bold idea.