I believe subtext would be the best option, simply becasue the plot is more of the main idea and what is going to happen where the subtext is kind of what the author wants you to get out of it.
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I believe this part of the passage fits your description. "His host tried to persuade the warrior to stay a few days, but Hidesato insisted on going home, saying that he had now finished what he had come to do, and must return. The Dragon King and his family were all very sorry to have him leave so soon, but since he would go they begged him to accept a few small presents (so they said) in token of their gratitude to him for delivering them forever from their horrible enemy the centipede.
" After defeating the enemy, the brave warrior didn't demand any form payment from the dragon king but humbly accepted their gratitude. It supports the cultural value that one should help others without expecting payment in return.
The effect of the plague that the narrator in “The Decameron” describes as “even worse, and almost incredible” as he tries to convey the horror of that time period is: Parents refused to care for their dying children.
Fathers and mothers refused to assist and care for their own children, it was as if their children did not belong to them.
