>>5928602Of course good sir, you have put it in a nutshell.
>>5928604>>5928634>>5928657>>5928658Tabernac ? Venez vous de la Belle Province messire ?
>>5928708Yes... These rolls, parbleu...
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You decided to offer these men mercy, since you were a generous lord. Telling them.
-You are men who know how to use a river boat, and it is your lucky day because I have a great need of rivermen, I shall free you and engage you at my service. You will be able to bring your families and I will protect you from these Maersk people, they sound like they are norsemen and norsemen were always unwashed barbarians. Even today they are barely christian and live in a cold and dreary place. But there is one condition from my generosity, for it comes from my faith, and my belief than even sinners can be forgiven, as our Lord and Saviour Jesus-Christ told us. You shall receive baptism and be reborn into the Christian Faith, and you will walk away as free men and have an honest work given to you. Isn't it beautiful ?
They looked at each other, finally the captain told.
-And what if we do not accept ? I suppose that we will be left to rot here ?
You shook your head.
-No, it is not in my habit to leave people without judgment, you shall be hanged for having helped a witch to mistreat and steal a noblewoman. It is only justice.
They all paled in fear, exactly the effect that you wanted to have on them. You smiled smugly while one of the sailors answered.
-So, it is join your cult or die... I knew that it is always like this with cultists...
You corrected the man, who in his ignorance understood nothing, he was after all molded by paganism and the strange pagan's way of thinking of the indians. You had to bring him the Truth.
-No, young man, you are not in a cult, we are members of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, the only true Church. Father François will explain you more. And you have been given mercy, as it is customary between christian. The fact that I shall hang you if you refuse to convert is not a menace, it is a comprehension of your local customs, pagans are violent and cruel, if you wish to remain pagan you shall be treated with violence and cruelty according to your customs. If you become a brother in Christ you shall receive mercy, it is simple, no.
