From just reading it, there are a couple things that it could be. The simplest of which is humor. Verbal Irony could also work
I think the Type of genre is Drama because from the description I can inference that there is socializing. However I am unsure about the Subgenre
This one might be pretty common but it says "I like cooking my family and my pets" now that doesn't sound right at all but if you look at it with commas "I like cooking, my family, and my pets" now it might sound a little better.
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Answer:
'The mercenaries fought for as long as they were paid, not just the 40 days a year that knights fought.'
Explanation:
This supports the statement that hired soldiers would fight for longer than knights would. They had motivation which was currency in exchange for their participation in battle/war. The knights on the other hand were only required a certain amount of days. It was not stated whether they were paid or not, but I can assume that they were not which would make one--specifically--a knight reluctant to go to battle. Therefore, hired soldiers did the work the knights were reluctant to do.