บท 402: Warrior Caste

"So far as I know, I don't have a caste." I said.

"Yes." Durnish said, "That is exactly the problem we've summoned you here to talk about."

I scratched my jaw. "I don't understand why I need one, all of the sudden."

"You have earned more than a thousand silver in a day." Nrnglk said. "The issue is one of how we should tax you." <1>

I had earned more than ten thousand silver in a day, and closer to thirty than twenty, but that wasn't the proper time to speak that truth.

"I understood I was in the Foreigner tax bracket. Or Inhuman, or whatever you choose to call that."

Gurnbash ground her foot into the floor. "That is not an option. Your earnings are far too high. Either we accept you into proper society, or we exile you. Rich, wounded, you would not get far before being enslaved."

"That would make us seem poor hosts." Nrnglk said.