Hearing Wilde say that he had trouble and wanted to confide in Zhen Xiang before inviting him, Zhen Xiang was also a little curious: "What trouble?" ”

"You should know about it, Holy Maiden, right? How expensive is an orc......"

Zhen Xiang nodded, the price of orcs is generally above 10,000 gold coins, and these two girls are estimated to be "brand-new" "commodities" because they have not been sold before, so the price will be 30,000 gold coins.

10,000 gold coins is not a small amount, a normal family can earn twenty or thirty gold coins a month, and a little more like the owner of the tavern that Zhen Xiang met at the beginning is slightly more, and he can earn more than fifty gold coins. From this, you can also see how much 10,000 gold coins are, which is basically the money that can only be earned by a tavern for more than ten years.

Wilde continued: "Although I am the lord of the city, I don't have much money - most of the city's taxes are used for the operation of the city, and the rest is to be paid to the state. But I'll do my best to buy the orcs and let them work here when they're about to be sold, and you should know my troubles, my lordship......"

Zhen Xiang asked, "Lack of money?" ”

"It's not that I'm short of money, it's that I don't have money at all." Wilde hugged his head and wondered: "Every time I buy an orc, I borrow it from other nobles, and sometimes I need a little corruption to help those disgusting merchants." In order to save the orcs, I need to do a lot of bad things against my conscience to get the money to save them. Later I raised the city's taxes a little, using the extra money to pay off my debts and buy orcs. Later I realized that for that trivial self-satisfaction, I had inadvertently caused trouble for other people and violated my own bottom line many times...... Do you think I'm doing the right thing, my lordship? ”

Zhen Xiang didn't know how to answer Wilde's words, after all, Wilde was doing good deeds in order to save these orcs, but raising taxes to increase the burden on others in order to save orcs was contrary to the origin of his good deeds?

"I can't give you an answer...... I'm sorry I can't help you answer your inner struggle. I think your intentions are good, but your actions are wrong......"

When Zhen Xiang said this, Wilde raised his head and looked at him and said, "I did something reckless in order to implement the goodness in my heart, so what about you, the Holy Maiden?" Didn't you just behave the same way I did? Reckless for the goodness of his heart, no matter what happens after this, no matter what happens to orcs or others after this. ”

"No, I ......"

"Isn't it? You should know best that what you are doing does not solve the problem at the root, you are just satisfying your own heart. ”

Zhen Xiang didn't expect Wilde to suddenly start pointing the tip of the gun at herself, she was caught off guard by Wilde's sudden attack, but helplessly, what Wilde said did make sense, and he did something wrong. Zhen Xiang just now couldn't answer calmly because of anger, and now Zhen Xiang can't object to Wilde's words after calming down.

"Holy Maiden, I hope you can calm down, and I hope you can know that even a holy woman should not be against the people. The status of orcs has long been ingrained in people's traditional beliefs, and you can't change it by your own strength. ”

"I don't believe it......" Zhen Xiang said with a gloomy face: "I can't change it if I don't believe it, I want to let the orcs in this world have the same status as humans, and I want to let the orcs not be discriminated against by others!" ”

Wilde smiled slightly and stopped talking, and at this time there was a knock on the door of the living room, and the voice of the orc maid just now came from outside the door: "Lord of the city, the black tea is ready." ”

The maid came in with a dining cart and served the black tea in front of everyone.

Wilde, in order to avoid embarrassment, changed the subject and said, "Holy Maiden, let these two children stay with me—there are people who have been through the same way as them, and they can live more comfortably here." If you take them with you, you will inevitably be gossiped about by the people around you, and as a saint, you should care most about your public image. Otherwise, if you lose the trust of the public, how will you change the world in the future......

Zhen Xiang was stunned, what did this guy say just now? Change the world yourself?

Wilde took a sip of black tea and said, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to see what you think, Your Majesty...... Although I don't trust you very much, I can see that the Holy Maiden does not just want to put on a show, but wants to help the orcs out of the kindness of her heart. In that case, I, Wilde, would like to help you. As long as there is any need for help, your holy woman, send a letter, and Wilde will go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire. ”

"Is there such an exaggeration...... Zhen Xiang didn't expect Wilde to say such a thing, but this may be a choice made by two people with the same goal after resonating in their hearts.

Zhen Xiang picked up the black tea on the table and drank it all, was this guy drinking or what was he doing.

"You can't help me much, but since you said this, I won't be polite when I need you." Zhen Xiang thinks that Wilde is trustworthy, and she can also see that the orcs in Wilde's mansion are not reluctant, they live happily here, and Wilde should be very good to them.

Immediately, Zhen Xiang said to the two orc girls beside him: "You two will live in the house of the city lord of Wilde in the future, if you are here, you don't have to worry about being sold, and you don't have to worry about someone hurting you." ”

But the two girls don't seem to understand, and they may not know how vicious they would be treated as orcs if they were known to exist.

"Holy sister, can't we go back to our father and mother?" The girl asked Zhen Xiang: "Mother said that she would come to pick us up in a few days, but we want to go back by ourselves." ”

Zhen Xiang looked at Wilde, Wilde shook his head and said, "It's not realistic...... Now that the child has been sold, they will no longer want to get it back. Maybe they didn't have any intention of getting it back, after all, the moment the orc was taken away meant that she would be sold among the nobles after countless changes. When they are no longer young, they will be sold at a low price and used as the cheapest slaves to work in, and they will die of exhaustion before they can wait for old age. ”

The lifespan of orcs is basically not more than thirty years old, and what Wilde said is already a conservative estimate. The vast majority of orcs may have died in the bed of a nobleman before they even reached adulthood, and this naturally includes male orcs.

Therefore, when the parents of the orcs sell their children, they know that they will never see their children again in this life, some may move away from their original residences, and some may soon have another child, and then raise this normal child well.

"......" Zhen Xiang looked at the two children, she didn't expect Wilde to speak so directly, and she didn't know if it hurt the hearts of the two children.

However, the two girls didn't seem to understand what Wilde meant, and they looked at Zhen Xiang innocently, hoping that Zhen Xiang could give an answer.

Zhen Xiang sighed and said, "Your parents are busy with some things, so they can't come to you in a short time. They may not be at home if you go back...... Well, stay with Lord Wilde for a while, and I'll go to your parents and tell them you're here, and they'll come and pick you up. ”

The two girls naively thought that what Zhen Xiang said was true, and excitedly told Zhen Xiang where their home was: "Really, really, really!" Thank you, Sister Saint! Our family lives in Sinado Village, and the Holy Sister must go and tell her mother. ”

Zhen Xiang did write down the village, and Wilde asked the maid to take the two girls to take a bath and change clothes in order to prevent Zhen Xiang from continuing to be embarrassed.

After the two left, Zhen Xiang asked Lily beside him, "Do you know where Sinado Village is?" ”

Lily shook her head in disagreement, and Wilde was a little surprised, "Are you really going to find their parents?" ”

"Since I promised them, I should do what I say." Although Zhen Xiang felt that even if she went to find the parents of the two, it would be useless, but she also wanted to go, in order not to let her heart be upset.

Wilde smiled bitterly, "It seems that I still underestimate you...... The village of Sinado is thirty kilometers to the south, and if you want to go, I can arrange for someone to show you the way. ”

"Okay, then I'll go to Sinado Village first, and the caravan won't need to follow." Zhen Xiang asked Lily, "Is it okay to delay the journey a little?" ”

Lily naturally agreed to Zhen Xiang: "No problem, Sister Zhen Xiang can go wherever you want, anyway, I have time." ”

In this way, it was agreed that they would set off tomorrow to find the parents of the two girls, and Zhen Xiang also asked Lily to tell Kyle that they would not be together again.

Kyle was a little sad after hearing about it, after all, he still wanted to eat Zhen Xiang's old O's mother.

After spending the night in Wilde's mansion, the next morning, Zhen Xiang and Lily set off for the village of Sinado to find the parents of the two girls.

Wilde originally wanted to send someone to Zhen Xiang and the others to go with them, but Zhen Xiang said that he didn't need any guides. After all, as long as you know the name of the village, you can just ask casually on the way.

So the two men left the city of Naguli in a carriage and marched south along the official road.

……

Thirty kilometers is not a very long distance, and even if you squeeze the two horses that are driving the car, you may be able to reach it within today.

But Zhen Xiang and the others still rested for a night on the way, and they were about to arrive at Sinado Village the next day.

"Sinado Village?" On the way, they met people who went to the city to buy things, and Zhen Xiang and the others asked about the location of Sinado Village. But the other pointed to a mountain and said to the two, "On that mountain, you can see the way up at the foot of the mountain." ”

In the mountains? Lily was a little surprised, "How can the village be on the mountain?" It's inconvenient to live like this, right? ”

"We in Sinado Village have lived on that mountain since ancient times, and we have never felt anything inconvenient." The villager said, "But be careful when you go up, the road up the mountain is a bit narrow, and if you are not careful, the carriage may fall and break." ”

Looking at the villagers who were far away, Lily and Zhen Xiang drove the carriage to the bottom of the mountain where Sinado Village was located.

Sure enough, the road up the hill was so narrow that it barely reached the carriage. The road was carved out from the edge of the cliff as the villagers had just said, and if you were not careful, you would fall off the cliff.

Lily had never seen such a steep road before, and she didn't know how the villagers on the hill had managed to survive in such a semi-enclosed village.

"I probably know why those two children will grow up so old before they were found and taken away...... "Living in this kind of mountain, it is estimated that there will be no outsiders for several years, and there are orcs born in the village, as long as the villagers don't meddle in their affairs, there won't be any big problems."

Zhen Xiang drove the carriage towards the mountain, and Lily said in a panic: "Sister Zhen Xiang, slow down, if you fall...... We won't be killed, but it feels scary, right? ”

Zhen Xiang waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, this level of mountain roads are everywhere in my hometown, and I'm used to it." ”

Lily was a little stunned, Zhen Xiang's hometown is full of such mountain roads? Was she joking or something?

But thinking about it again, Zhen Xiang seems to have been raised in a place where outsiders will not know about it, so it may not be impossible to live in the mountains.

The carriage marched steadily towards the mountain, and after advancing about two hundred meters, a curve appeared, and Zhen Xiang sang inexplicably: "The mountain road here has eighteen bends, and the waterway here has nine consecutive ......."

Lily, who had never heard this song, thought that this was a song that Zhen Xiang improvised after seeing such a scene, and her longing for Zhen Xiang was deeper.

Although Zhen Xiang himself was very relaxed, he suffered from the two horses he pulled. They had never walked the mountain road before, and they worked hard to pull the carriage up, and the two of them also saw a relatively flat and wide field in front of them, and in the middle of it was naturally the village of Sinado on the mountain.

When the carriage entered the village, the first people to gather around were naturally the children of the village.

Because they were curious about why outsiders came to the village, a group of children didn't dare to ask, just watched the two beautiful big sisters from the side.

The other villagers naturally saw the two of them, so someone came up and asked, "Are these two traveling merchants?" ”

"No, we're not merchants." Zhen Xiang jumped out of the carriage and went straight to the point to show his intentions: "We want to ask, do you have two ...... here Orcs. ”

The faces of the villagers changed, and they looked at each other and did not know how to answer.

"What is this young lady doing when he asks about the orcs? We do have orcs here, but they were taken away a few days ago. ”

It seems that it is right, Zhen Xiang continued to ask: "So where are their parents?" Can I meet them? ”

Hearing Wilde say that he had trouble and wanted to confide in Zhen Xiang before inviting him, Zhen Xiang was also a little curious: "What trouble?" ”

"You should know about it, Holy Maiden, right? How expensive is an orc......"

Zhen Xiang nodded, the price of orcs is generally above 10,000 gold coins, and these two girls are estimated to be "brand-new" "commodities" because they have not been sold before, so the price will be 30,000 gold coins.

10,000 gold coins is not a small amount, a normal family can earn twenty or thirty gold coins a month, and a little more like the owner of the tavern that Zhen Xiang met at the beginning is slightly more, and he can earn more than fifty gold coins. From this, you can also see how much 10,000 gold coins are, which is basically the money that can only be earned by a tavern for more than ten years.

Wilde continued: "Although I am the lord of the city, I don't have much money - most of the city's taxes are used for the operation of the city, and the rest is to be paid to the state. But I'll do my best to buy the orcs and let them work here when they're about to be sold, and you should know my troubles, my lordship......"

Zhen Xiang asked, "Lack of money?" ”

"It's not that I'm short of money, it's that I don't have money at all." Wilde hugged his head and wondered: "Every time I buy an orc, I borrow it from other nobles, and sometimes I need a little corruption to help those disgusting merchants." In order to save the orcs, I need to do a lot of bad things against my conscience to get the money to save them. Later I raised the city's taxes a little, using the extra money to pay off my debts and buy orcs. Later I realized that for that trivial self-satisfaction, I had inadvertently caused trouble for other people and violated my own bottom line many times...... Do you think I'm doing the right thing, my lordship? ”

Zhen Xiang didn't know how to answer Wilde's words, after all, Wilde was doing good deeds in order to save these orcs, but raising taxes to increase the burden on others in order to save orcs was contrary to the origin of his good deeds?

"I can't give you an answer...... I'm sorry I can't help you answer your inner struggle. I think your intentions are good, but your actions are wrong......"

When Zhen Xiang said this, Wilde raised his head and looked at him and said, "I did something reckless in order to implement the goodness in my heart, so what about you, the Holy Maiden?" Didn't you just behave the same way I did? Reckless for the goodness of his heart, no matter what happens after this, no matter what happens to orcs or others after this. ”

"No, I ......"

"Isn't it? You should know best that what you are doing does not solve the problem at the root, you are just satisfying your own heart. ”

Zhen Xiang didn't expect Wilde to suddenly start pointing the tip of the gun at herself, she was caught off guard by Wilde's sudden attack, but helplessly, what Wilde said did make sense, and he did something wrong. Zhen Xiang just now couldn't answer calmly because of anger, and now Zhen Xiang can't object to Wilde's words after calming down.