Chapter 495: Choice
The Mage's Nation is a world of spellcasters, and spellcasters need talents.
Even the elves can't be all mages, and the local residents of the country of mages naturally can't do it, so the country of mages is also a country of immigrants and a country with a super-floating population in a sense.
According to the last census, only 21% of the registered mages of the Magic Guild in the country of mages are locals, and this local also includes the descendants and followers of foreign archmages, and if you really want to say that the casters born in the local non-master families here, less than 4%,
Since the local population is only so small, the mainstream is naturally outsiders, and every year there are countless scholars and job seekers who come here, and many come and go.
If you stay, there are some of the most advanced and most magical research institutions in the world, and countless new achievements are born every day, and legendary, immortal, and demigod mages can all be encountered on the streets, which will definitely help you in your personal practice.
But relatively speaking, the competition is too fierce, and it is basically impossible for rookie mages to find a job (before), and in some ordinary countries, even small mages can become court mages, at least enjoying the treatment of nobles and wealthy merchants, and the major magic industry manufacturers also welcome the addition of spellcasters, even if they can't go on another wave, life should be quite good.
The capital of the Mage Country generally maintains a relatively balanced population, coming and going, but judging from the number of numbered blocks that have expanded to an unknown number of blocks, the overall population is still increasing, and there are opportunities to stay and further their studies, and many people will still be rare.
But Rorschach knows that there are two groups of people who are exceptional.
One category, that is, elves, undead, orcs, dwarves, this kind of alien race, they come a lot, and they go a lot, after all, the country of mages is a human-dominated country, even if they have the ability to mix well, but there are always "are you discriminating against me and I'm dead", "hey, a little homesick", "I miss the spirits in my hometown bar, and the bar girls here don't have tails and long hair" and so on, and so on, one can't think about it and go back.
The second type is the Northlanders.
Outsiders can't understand why these Northlanders love their families so much, at least sixty percent of the time a year in the Northland, the land is barren and the materials are not rich.
More than 8 percent of the Northland students chose to return to the North, no matter how they studied, which is extremely strange in the context of many international students desperately looking for jobs to stay.
It is precisely because of this high return rate that there is often a gap between Northland students and local students, and even different circles.
"You're going back, and if you can't see each other again for the rest of your life, what's the point of building a friendship with you. ”
At the beginning of the meeting, I had this mentality, and it was really difficult to establish friendship.
The Northland people are also accustomed to using their own dialects and ways of communicating, and over time, they have become relatively independent social circles........ Rorschach himself did not understand the northern dialect, and he did not know anything about their cultural customs, so he had no contact with them from the beginning, and his knowledge of them was limited to books.
Now listening to Harwood say that he can recruit extremely independent and xenophobic Northlanders as long as he plays the banner, Rorschach's first reaction is "Are you kidding me?", but the second reaction is to remember the mess he saw in the history books.
"You won't say that because I'm a descendant of the legendary heroes of the Northlands, right? This is too far, it's all six or seven hundred years old, how many generations have it been, and you still recognize this?"
The only thing Rorschach could think of was this.
But he also has a point in his heart, no matter how legendary the hero was and how popular he was, more than 600 years have passed..... To say the least, it is more than ten generations.
The Northland kingdoms are all dominated by humans, and humans are short-lived races, and the short-lived races are best at forgetting, not to mention that it was a dynasty that was five or six hundred years old.
Even if you were a king back then, you and a compatriot on earth said that you were a direct descendant of an emperor of the Ming Dynasty......
"Hey, I'm Qin Shi Huang, I didn't die back then, my son also hung up, this is my cub, you give my son some money, and then pay you back a hundred times...... No, send you starships and aircraft carrier formations. ”
If someone really says that, it's better to call the police directly.
And even if the other party really believes it...... So what, no matter how great your ancestors are, does it have anything to do with my life?
Although Rorschach is not a human being, he has lived with humans since he was a child, and he is also an ordinary person in terms of self-awareness, so why don't he understand the human system.
He had been a little moved by the news before, but it was quickly clear to him that it was unlikely.
"Can the name of the son of Roland really have appeal among the Northlanders?"
Hearing this, Harwood rubbed his hands, this question was really difficult to answer, he couldn't speak for a long time, but he still squeezed out a sentence.
“....... Heloise......, right? Is it Arashi? ”
Rorschach nodded subconsciously, and then saw the other side and was immediately overjoyed, and he almost jumped up with joy...... No, he was really excited to jump in front of him.
"Great, great, the rumors are true, it's true, Roland's Holy Sword is on you!!No, it must be on you!"
Now, it's Rorschach's turn to be dumbfounded, why has his top secret become a rumor that everyone knows?
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“........ Rorschach, you're crazy, you actually sent that guy to recruit the Northlanders, do you know what that means?"
Isabella, who came out of that corner, just appeared, and ran to question Rorschach.
Judging by her rare serious look, Rorschach knew that this matter was already very troublesome.
But he just smiled, lowered his head and took a sip of milk tea, recently he likes milk more and more, probably completely letting himself go.
"How much trouble is it? It's more troublesome than if we can't hold up the future plane war, and Luo Li and I are completely finished?"
Rorschach was very open-minded, or rather, he had seen through everything.
If you can't get through the difficulties in front of you, you won't have a future, so why don't you use the power that can be used, and don't use the power if you are worried about the trouble...... Waiting to be collected?
If other societies and churches can go crazy, why can't they themselves?
Seeing Rorschach like this, Isabella suddenly calmed down, she looked at Rorschach silently for a long time, but the next moment, she turned into bats and smoke and disappeared without a trace.
"If you have made up your mind, the undead of Ciro and I will support you. ”
Leaving a sentence without a beginning or an end, Rorschach, who understood it, could only smile helplessly.
If he had a choice, he wouldn't have taken this path, but did the world give him a choice?
"I don't have a choice........ This world is too cruel, if I don't become strong as soon as possible, it will soon become someone else's meal, how can I have the freedom to choose. ”