Chapter 10: New Friends
The sun hangs in the sky in late spring and early summer for a shorter time than the time it takes to rest behind the curtain at night. Under the guidance of Yuna, a cat-eared person, and after nearly half an hour of walking through the remote neighborhood, Gray Lu finally drove the ox cart onto the avenue of Beicheng District.
According to Yuna, with the efficiency of the street guards, the wanted notice could not be posted on the main road of the northern city until at least in the evening.
"So they can really be regarded as an armed force to maintain law and order in Dre City?"
"Hey, nominally. β
Sitting next to Grey Dew, Yuna looked a little excited. If there is a reason, it must be the first time she has taken an ox cart to go shopping in the city of Dre, and she is accompanied by a strong Asian warrior.
"If there's a real mass violence, they're not very reliable. β
"That is, the ones in Dongcheng District are weaker. β
On the way to her destination, Grey Dew was fortunate enough to learn a lot about Dre City from Yuna.
This mixed area like the North City is located in the southeast of the North District, close to the Guard garrison in the northeast of the city. There are slums where the destitute live, subhuman ghettos, slave markets, and even gladiatorial arenas. But even in such a place, the orcs who can appear in this human city are either slaves, mercenaries, or, can only be envoys of the orc tribe.
Unfortunately, Gray Dew is none of the three.
"So, Yuna, you have a tail too, right?"
Glancing at the slightly upturned folds on the side of the Asian maid's skirt, the slightly relaxed gray dew, he asked.
"Ahh......h But you can't contract beast spirits like Miss Luxue. β
Speaking of which, Yuna, who was in a good mood just now, had a bitterness on her face that could not be concealed.
The vast majority of subhumans are not born races, but the offspring born after the combination of humans and orcs, although some of them can inherit the advantages of both parents at the same time, but a large part of them, only because of the rejection of blood, the birth of a combination of the shortcomings of both sides, "mediocre", "defective".
Neither the slave owners who kept orcs in captivity, nor the poor who were forced to marry orcs to make ends meet, could not have poured too much effort into what they saw as "defective products".
Not to mention, those sub-humans and sub-humans are born, "waste".
"I'm sorry. β
Despite that fact, Grey Dew showed as much sympathy as she could - in fact, according to her original personality, she would not do it at all. This is just a means for hunters to maintain rapport.
"Don't mind...... My fate is good compared to others. β
"Hmm. β
The [Barrier] magic that Goult applied to the claws hadn't expired yet, so walking through the streets openly, Grey Lu wasn't worried about revealing his identity. After stopping their conversation with Yuna, Grey Dew tugged on the reins, slowing the oxcart to slow downβββ ahead of them was a group of lizardmen slaves bound in shackles and being driven forward by the slave traders.
Because he was not in a hurry, Gray Dew kept a proper distance and followed behind, thinking about how these guys who lived in the southern barren night swamp were caught and sent here.
"Why, miss, would you like to buy a lizardman? I see you seem to be interested in them. β
One of the slavers in front of him suddenly rode to the ox cart and walked side by side with Grey Dew, and accosted her with a smile on his face, and the hunter almost instinctively slapped him away with his claws.
"No, I'm just following along. β
"Ah, well, if you or your companions need to buy slaves to work as coolies, go to the slave market at the end of Liquor Street and find me Parosso, and I will be more than glad to choose slaves for a beautiful lady like you. β
"Well, thank you. β
After sending the slave trader away, Grey turned to look at the maid who was pointing the way, and asked, "How far is it?"
The maid did not answer, but raised her hand and pointed down to the left side of the street.
That sign...... Scissors and needlework, a tailor's shop?
Speculating about the identity of the maid's master, Grey Dew jumped out of the seat and walked over to the black bull to lead it through the street, stopping in front of the richly decorated shop. At the entrance of the shop, two girls dressed similarly to Yuna were standing.
"Welcome...... Hey, Yuna, why are you sitting in this young lady's car?"
When the blonde maid at the door saw Yuna, she was only greeting her politely, and walked down the stairs to greet her in surprise. She knows that with Yuna's character, she usually doesn't ride in other people's cars at will.
"That's a long story. Hirsch, you help Miss Luxue put the car in the backyard first, and I'll go and inform the eldest lady. β
"Ah, okay. Miss Ruxue, please follow me. β
After telling Grey Dew, Yuna went straight into the shop to inform her master, while a maid named Hirsch led Grey Dew down the alley next to the tailor's shop. From here, you can enter the backyard with a large area at the back of the store.
In the distance, the gray dew smelled the smell of grass.
When the maid Hirsch opened the courtyard door and asked Grey Dew to pull the oxcart closer to the backyard, the hunter saw two orc slaves feeding the pack horses in the yardβββ both of whom were rabbits from the cloudy mountains.
"Please wait here for a while, I'll go and ask the master to come downstairs. β
"Okay, I'm sorry for you. β
Watching the slow-moving maid enter the house through the back door of the tailor's shop, Gray Lu couldn't help but think of the velvet rat that usually walked around in the cloudsy mountains. Although it looks gentle and elegant, when it comes to critical moments, it is not ordinarily fast.
Come to think of it, this is still determined by the living environment.
"Is it Miss Hunter of the Tooth Wolf Clan?"
When one of the rabbits squeaked suddenly, Gray turned sideways, stared at their red eyes, and smiled noncommittally. They were also natural enemies, but now, the relationship has changed subtly.
"I'm so lucky not to have met you in the mountains. β
"You look ...... It's not bad. β
Yuna's master didn't come for a while, and Gray Lu simply chatted with the rabbit man.
"Miss, get up, there's a guest coming. β
"Hmm...... Y-Yuna, let me sleep a little longer......"
"It's an important guest!"
Yuna's shouts were not small, and Gray Lu's sense of hearing was also keen, so even if the conversation was happening on the second floor, she could hear it clearly. This made the hunter wonder, is the owner of this tailor's shop also an animal with morning and dusk habits?
"Miss, I'm sorry, but that werewolf lady ......"
"What?werewolf!?"
"Miss, clothes, clothesβ"
The famous tailor, who didn't care about wearing clothes, ran downstairs.