Turnaround

"While it sounds like it a fairly good deal, you seemed to forget that I have my own uses for them. Did you think I could bring prosperity to this place if people learned that even after rebelling, they could get away scot-free?"

As expected, the overlord wasn't going to just let me get my way. It would be way too easy if he were to just agree right away to my request!

But that didn't mean I was going to give up!

"So to sum things up, you are worried about the consequences of me offering a better life to the people you subdued? If that's the most important thing, I can easily take care of this problem!"