Last week, the farmers officially began their winter break. Farming was impossible in weather like this.
Since the farmers here were workers, not slaves, Gara allowed anyone who wished to return to their hometowns to do so.
They had already taken a soul oath, so he wasn't worried about them leaking information about the dimensional home.
Some farmers chose to go home and promised to return before planting season. Others, who had no families left, decided to stay.
As for the farm managers, they were slaves. They remained here. It wasn't that Gara intended to treat them differently, but the slaves he had chosen either had no surviving families or didn't even know where their families were.
Most of them were victims of political purges. Entire households erased or reduced to slavery.
They returned to the mansion. Ares was about to carry Gara again when Gara's crystal ring suddenly glowed.
Ares quietly stepped back and walked behind him instead.
