Loyalty

" oh is that all then put his credit on my uncle Aaron's tab , okay problem solved . " I said to the inn servants .

to which the inn servants weakly replied

"Doctor Sam, I think that is quite not possible, sir Aaron hasn't paid his liquor bills for last four months "

hearing the inn servants reply the ground under my foot almost slipped. that damned drunkard bastard of an uncle who speaks of public image while owning debt to almost half of the village . uh! looks like I will have to use my village doctor card here, sigh.. .

" oh! give him few more days to clear his debt, I think I am good for asking that much right " I asked the inn servants

Hearing me ask for some more time and lenience using my village doctor title, the servants started to look at each other's face as if having difficulty to say what they were going to say next , after few breaths the servants still could not bring themselves to speak their mind so, they kept their heads down looking at the ground as if a naughty child waiting to receive reprimand from a adult.

I was a little confused seeing the actions of the Inn servants until I heard a shrill voice coming from the inn front door,

" looks like if you want to get work done properly over here you should do it yourself .. . hump!"

I saw a man in his early twenties making his way towards us while reprimanding the inn servants as he was followed by his two middle-aged bodyguards of average height bulky build and beer belly. from the original owners memories I knew that this man was Paul Jr Miller . the first heir to Paul's Inn.

Paul Jr. was a man of average height and slim built with somewhat heavy eyebrows and a scar that runs vertically from his jaw up to his right cheek , while his short black hair were entirely slicked back like a pimps and his eyes had a glint of vulgarity in them. there are rumors floating around that Paul Jr likes to get aroused by rap-eimg mountain beasts gaining the scar on his right check.

" Hello , Doctor Sam I didn't see you there my apologies . it is really hard to find good help these days , looks like I have to make some changes in Inns staff members. " said Paul Jr with a grin.

" young master we are sorry , our families owns to much to Doctor Sam , please we will do anything else but this please forgive us " begged the inn servants as they got on their knees while rubbing their forehead on the ground in front of Paul Jr's foot.

the inn servants were mere mortals from mortal families , in the mid ages it was hard to have stable income especially for mortals as their only options were farming , hunting , poaching or odd jobs under cultivators. farming in mountain ranges surrounded by wild beasts was not a options for mortals neither were hunting or poaching leaving them only options to do odd jobs under cultivators. now the inn servants were in the bind as finding a job in a small village was already hard enough and getting fired for insubordination would not make finding other jods any more easier for them.

seeing these scene in front me I could vaguely sense that whatever was happening here was some how related to me and the servants were losing their jobs because of me for some reason. so I asked Paul

" Paul what is this all about ?"

" oh doctor Sam didn't you hear that our inn no longer gives credits it seems people are taking advantage of the generous inn policies. inn is suffering from huge losses and we are hoping to collect credits back " said Paul Jr

" I can understand but why make it harder for these people haven't they and their families been loyal enough to you. " I said while the inn servants looked me with a touched gaze , people please do not take me for a goody goody two shoes , I am just in character to avoid suspicion.

" as I said Doctor Sam our inn is under loses so we will have to let go some servants , as for loyalty it doesn't pay for my luxurious life style " said Paul as he looked down on the inn servants with a scorn in his gaze.

seeing the contempt in Paul's gaze I really wanted to give a severe thrashing to this pretentious brat but looking at the two 6th level Ki Disciple bodyguards I holded my urges back . all I could do was reason with him since I didn't want unemployment of these to servants on my head who tried to defend me in some way . so I argued

" does your father also thinks the same thing Paul , I do not know him personally but when he came to me years ago for a personal check up he seemed to be a stand up guy who valued loyalty of his employees as he built his fortune on the basis of their loyalty. " I said

" You don't need to care about my father doctor Sam he handed this inn over to me so, all you have to care about is paying up your uncle's debt " said Paul clenching his fist.

" my uncle's debt you ask my uncle not me believe me he while make you pa.. . I mean he will pay you upfront." I said to Paul then I turned towards the inn servants and said " if you trust me , do not worry I will make other arrangements for you guys give me a day, until then enjoy your free day with your families. " with the original Sam's connections in the village I could help them with a snap of my finger, so why not.

" thank you doctor Sam , thank you " said the inn servants still kneeling but now in front of me. I didn't know how to react but fatty got them up from their knees and bragged about me being a softy while Paul Jr couldn't take it anymore more and said

" I heard you were accepting apprentice doctor Sam why don't you give these servants a chance , since a mortal like you can also practice medicine than I bet they would also make good doctors with their loyalty and all, after all you seemed to be offering it to some prostitute " smirked Paul Jr.

hearing Paul mention Jasmine I got the clear idea about what was happening here and I prepared to counter but before I could reply the servants denied Paul's statement saying " sorry , we do not have brains for a doctor we can barely remember inn's menu , for any thing new we would have to make room by forgetting what we already know and all our life we worked with our bodies we only know manual labor . we appreciate your concerns young master Paul "

hearing this Paul Jr clicked his tongue in annoyance and he looked at Joey and cursed

" You damned fatty you ate like pig in my inn for months and now you refuse to pay for it , look how I will get my money back by selling your fat meat as pig meat out there "

hearing Paul Jr insult him by call him fatty and a pig , Joey totally lost it and went total berserk as he couldn't tolerate some punk bitch calling him fat pig he didn't have to take it he was the grandson of village's Ex - number one chef and the son of village's number one chef , he would take it if the food was worth it but it was Shit compared to his mother's and grandfather's cooking if not for his conditions he never would have stepped in such a place , even though he owned Paul's Inn some money this Paul Jr was over stepping his bounds , with all the rage and embarrassment joey clenches his fists so hard that the veins in his arms starts to swell and bulge out of his skin like a snake crawling through his arms to shoulders.

seeing Joey's reaction I saw Paul's face had an expression filled with cynicism and mockery from his eyes I could vaguely perceive a perverted sense of excitement and I could see the bodyguards behind him were prepared as if accepting joey's reaction . seeing this I knew Paul was trying to set up fatty by enraging him to the point of no return by do something reckless blinded by his rage.

as Joey was going to punch the jerk in his berserk state I holded him back by grabbing his shoulder and applying a the totally pressure of 4 th grade Ki Disciple snapping him out of his berserk state . after gaining his sense of reasoning Joey looked at me with a dignified expression and solemnly said " thank you "

seeing his little scheme fail Paul clicked his tongue and said

" seeing that you care about your friend so much doctor Sam why don't you lend him some money like you did in Jasmine's case, since I guess your friend ship is more important that your relationship with that prostitute because until I get my money back this fatty isn't going anywhere "

hearing Paul Jr mention Jasmine again I knew this wasn't about the losses of inn or anything but Paul trying to get back at me for lending money to Jasmine to free her selves from prostitution. I heard Paul feel head over heels for Jasmine after a night of business and offered to clear her dept and take her as his concubine but only to be refused by Jasmine again and again . Paul was pissed that Jasmine accepted my help and became my apprentice instead of his accepting him.

looking at his bodyguards Paul shouted " you fool's what are you waiting for apprehend that fatty. "

' looks like I can no longer afford to be low-key ' I thought to myself as the two bodyguards came forward to grab fatty Joe.