Chapter 21: Gaining Popularity
"Why are you so persistent, even if you stay on the other side of the mountain, it won't be worse than now." The girl was a little puzzled by the choice of the rabbit-eared clan at that time.
"I guess I saw hope." The old rabbit recalled the great country described by his father, and he had a feeling that things were wrong.
"Adults may not know that the Kingdom of Zephyr was the ideal hometown of many Asians many years ago."
"The founding monarch of the time, very enlightened, abolished slavery and allowed orcs and other races to become nationals. This is really like a dream for a small tribe that has wandered all over the world and drifted for hundreds of years. ”
"It's a pity that I didn't see this with my own eyes, and when I was in my grandfather's generation, the Kingdom of Zephyr began to slowly change."
"A small number of orcs who joined the country early became the nobility of the country, and everyone thought that good times had come, but they didn't expect it to be a repeat of the old things. These early joining fox-eared tribes, leopard-eared tribes and other self-proclaimed noble races, were not friendly to the orcs of other races, and even more unscrupulous. ”
"Human beings still have to take care of the laws of the kingdom and not discriminate against orcs, and they themselves are, so naturally there is no discrimination and oppression, and they act without taboo."
"Many other races of orcs are not allowed to return to the Gufia steppe in the north to live, and we rabbit-eared tribes are relatively weak, so we can only survive in this forest."
Sitting on a rock outside the village, Lorain Hill watched the rabbits in the village busily pick up the pieces, some helping the wounded, some cleaning up collapsed buildings, and some silently digging pits to bury their comrades who had died in battle.
And the old rabbit-eared village chief stood by, answering the girl's occasional inquiry.
"Village Chief."
A young rabbit came running in small steps, and when it was almost before the maiden, it slowed down again and again, lest it disturb the noble lord.
"Village Chief, representatives of other nearby villages want to ask to meet the Venerable Lord who slew the giant snake." He said cautiously, not deliberately avoiding Loren Hill, to show that he had nothing else to hide.
"Lord Lorain Hill, what do you think .....?" The old village chief bowed his head and asked what the girl meant.
"Let them come." The girl's light voice came from the tall rock.
"Okay, please wait a minute, I'll let them come."
After a while, the village chief came with six or seven rabbits dressed similarly, and seeing that it was already dark, they set up braziers around the boulder to illuminate the surroundings.
Several representatives of the other villages, at first, respectfully thanked the girl for her rescue, and then carefully asked the girl what she needed, and they could do everything they could to meet them.
"I'm just passing through here, and I don't want to see too tragic a scene."
The girl jumped off the rock, her long silver hair swaying gently in the evening breeze, and her slightly dusty face became a little sparkling in the firelight.
"That's all, you don't have to see me as a big hero, I'm not that good."
"No, it may seem like a small thing in your eyes, but for us who are weak, it's a big thing that really changes the survival of the race."
One of the rabbits, dressed in a linen coat, bowed his head and said.
"This is the village today, and tomorrow it may be our village. The snake will never be fed, and if it eats today, it will be hungry tomorrow, and it will attack other rabbit-eared villages sooner or later. ”
"Okay, you say yes." The girl shook her head helplessly, and her long hair shook slightly.
"Honorable lord, if you need anything, it doesn't matter, if you really don't want anything, it will make us more scared."
A rabbit dressed in coarse black spoke, and the other rabbits began to echo.
Lorain Hill looked at the group of earnest rabbits, and gradually understood their situation and thoughts.
Yes, the huge gap between the strengths, the slightest disgust from the big people will make them worry and fear, and letting them do things and pay will make them feel at ease. Because it sends a message that they are still useful to the big guys, that they still have some value, and that they are not existences that can be discarded and thrown away at any time.
This is also why, even though the Crazy Fang Empire did not treat some races of orcs well, there are still countless tribes who miss that era. At least in that era, they still had the dignity of being the citizens of a great country and the value of contributing to this country.
And now they are all over the world, and they are nothing. Dignity has long been a luxury, and living is a daily problem.
"Well, I'm actually living in seclusion not too far from here, and occasionally need some daily necessities, such as salt, iron, etc."
"No problem, just say what you need, and we'll prepare it for you as quickly as possible."
Several of the rabbits present were ecstatic when they heard this message, which was simply wonderful.
At first, they thought that the girl was just passing by and would leave soon, after all, this place is far away from the country where humans live.
And she lives nearby, no matter what the girl asks, as long as you can contact her, and occasionally come to the village, you can get long-term shelter. It doesn't get much better than that.
Several village representatives even felt that the girl's request was too cheap, which made them very uneasy.
After glancing at each other, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding, the rabbits collectively knelt down in front of the girl.
"We, the Rabbit-Eared Clan, are willing to follow you, in order to follow the work of dogs and horses, and I implore you to take them in!"
Although the orc clan has been humiliated over the years, there has not been any allegiance of the group to a human being, at most it is just a sign of loyalty to the country.
But these rabbits are really desperate, and they are deeply impressed by the girl's act of treating people equally and risking her life to save the village. Just as the people who are about to sink in the river see the only plank that floats by, they can only cling to this only hope, even if they give everything.
"Huh? This...."Lorain Hill looked at the group of rabbits bowing their heads in surprise.