[ WP ] After the Dark Lord conquered the realm everything turns out really damn good .

I watched my lord nervously as he paced through the castle as he was infamous for fits of violence. In the preceding hours he had turned to me murderously on no less than six occasions only to glance away, grumbling to himself. His head snapped upwards. 
 
 `` You can not be serious,'' he growled. `` These guidelines are both moronic and intolerable. They violate every belief I hold dear.'' The tyrant's eye's seemed to glow a dull red as he spoke, signaling danger to those around him. I coughed nervously. 
 
 `` Unfortunately, my lord, the logic appears to be sound. It seems that to be a successful dictator, certain concessions must be made.'' 
 
 He grunted and then turned to a unfortunate orderly, who he lifted by the throat with an armored hand. I spoke up midstrangle. 
 
 `` I apologize for interrupting, but needless punishments were on Peter's list. Rules 3, 8, and 74 all expressly forbid taking out anger on others with excessive force.'' 
 
 His hand tightened. 
 
 `` More importantly, it seems that a propensity for extreme violence is the number one weakness of dark lords. The last dictator of Alderon were abandoned and then slaughtered for this very reason.'' 
 
 For a long moment, it seemed like he had n't heard, but he eventually relaxed and dropped the idiot who had gotten close to him. I breathed a sigh of relief, as the orderly scrambled back into position. You have to be pretty smart to conquer an entire continent, even with a total lack of morals, but that does n't necessarily correlate with good anger management skills. Bringing the list to him had been a gamble, but it looked like he was responding well. Maybe I could even push him a little further. 
 
 `` My liege,'' I mumbled, `` there is also the matter of your taxation system.'' 
 
 `` What about it?'' 
 
 `` Well currently, you demand 80 croms to go towards the kingdom each year and torture anyone who ca n't pay to death.'' 
 
 `` What's the problem with that? That sounds pretty great. Nobody is going to shirk their payment if we'll torture them to death, and even if they do, I still get to torture them to death.'' 
 
 `` We... well, it turns out killing people who ca n't pay taxes decreases the number of people who pay taxes. On the long run, you get the more money with a manageable tax for everyone and good working conditions.'' 
 
 `` That does n't sound very evil.'' 
 
 `` Actually sir, I've been meaning to mention that. After extensive deliberation, we have come to the conclusion that the most successful and wealthy leaders are the ones that avoid openly doing anything evil.'' 
 
 `` Fuck.'' 
 
 `` Sorry sir.'' 
 
 `` Can I keep my castle of eternal damnation?'' 
 
 `` Sure.'' 
 

