Chapter 403: The Root of Fear
Blue Stripe held a cheese hot dog in one hand and took a bite. The rich cheese was sticking to his face and sticking to his beard. After just one bite, Arrow felt as if he had seen a white-bearded grandfather? But he just wanted to laugh, but suddenly realized that he had just eaten a few bites, and he was afraid that he couldn't see anything on his face, so he quickly raised his sleeve and wiped it on his mouth.
"President Arrow, do you know why my guild is called the Night Fangs?"
After wiping the corners of his mouth several times and confirming that there were no more milk stains, Arrow raised his head and said with a smile: "Because...... Vice President? β
After hearing the word "vice president" come out of Arrow's mouth, the president, who was full of "white beard", suddenly stopped.
He held the hot dog in his hand and looked out at the horizon. Let the sea breeze blow through his hair and the corners of his clothes, this man who was like an iron tower always stood here, thinking about the incomprehensible dispute in his heart.
"When I founded the guild...... It's me, cheese and the two of them. β
It was a long time before the president finally spoke. After taking a bite of the cheese hot dog, he said slowly-
"The two of us were like stunned young men, I was only fifteen years old that year, and I became an adventurer with a lot of enthusiasm and the idea of becoming a legendary brave man. I'm ashamed to say that I was so young at the time that it was almost equivalent to running into Cheese as soon as I appeared, and I wanted to fight him. β
Arrow took a step back slightly, so that the appearance of his eating was not exposed to the perspective of Whitebeard. He looked around, but there were really no trash cans around. But it doesn't seem polite to throw the mixture on the ground or into the sea. Therefore, he could only frown, and forced himself to continue to lick the cheese that flowed out (harmony).
Now this scene must not be seen by its own members...... If they're seen holding a hot cheese dog that's bigger than their face, God knows what kind of gibble those guys will say.
"I didn't expect that at the beginning, President Blue and Vice President Cheese were still in a hostile state?"
Blue Stripe smiled and continued, "yes, I must have been stupid at that time to want to fight the Night Clan. Moreover, he even chose the night when he was most powerful and drew his sword against him. β
Arrow struggled to pick up the cheese hot dog, licking a drop of cheese that was about to drip away, then looked up, pursed his lips, and sucked the juice inside: "So...... And then what? Have you turned your enemies into friends? β
"Hehe, a stunned human warrior, met a young master of the Yeyi clan who rebelled and escaped from the clan. After some messy things, the two of us felt that the other was very much in line with our appetites. Well...... It can be said that we are really fighting and gradually developing feelings. β
"Later, the two of us went on adventures together and grew together. Cry together, laugh together, take on tasks together, and receive bounties together. Make money together, drink wine and eat meat, and squat in the corner and swallow snow together for lack of money. After a long list of adventures, we finally managed to save some money and start this guild. At that time, we thought that we wanted this guild to reflect the characteristics of the two of us. He said, "I look like a fang" with four swords, and he's a member of the Night Clan, so let's just call it Night Fang. I thought it would be good, so I decided on it. β
Although the big man said it was relatively simple, for Arrow, who was holding a cheese hot dog, these simple words seemed to be full of stories that he might not have imagined. With this, he couldn't help but nod at the back of the blue stripes...... Of course, he also had to immediately open his mouth and bite down on a piece of dough full of gravy and cheese, and chew it vigorously.
"I took care of the guild with Cheese, because the strength of the two of us was quite passable, so the guild began to develop little by little, and grew little by little. The number of members of our guild has also begun to increase, and the tasks we can accept have begun to become more and more advanced, and the amount of money we have begun to earn has also begun to increase. β
"He's a nice guy, really a very nice guy. Although he doesn't seem very serious a lot of the time, everything Cheese has done for more than a decade is definitely not what people rumored to describe the Night Clan. He's not the terrible being he is as rumored to be, he's just different from our race, and there's no difference at all. β
"But even so, the rumors of the Night Clan are too deep-rooted in the hearts of the people...... Even though I'm very relieved, many of the clients and guild members will start to feel a little jealous of him. β
"I'm trying to coordinate and try to change the image of Cheese in the minds of others, but I don't know if I'm not good enough or what, everyone who sees Cheese will still be more or less suspicious of him. This makes me very distressed. β
After trying to swallow the large salty and fragrant mass in his mouth, Arrow exhaled and nodded slowly, "It's actually quite easy to understand. Anyway, the Night Clan has been at war with us humans for many years. Although more than 100 years have passed, many of the horror stories that scare children are still described in the image of the Night Family. Having said a lot, our human environment is such a climate that it is not something that can be changed overnight. β
"So, why does President Arrow get along so well with Cheese?"
When Arrow finished speaking, the blue stripe in front of him suddenly turned to look at him, his eyes were full of curiosity-
"There's probably something to add to the vinegar in Rhea's description for me, but there's no doubt that you and Cheese get along well, right? And why aren't you afraid of cheese? Haven't you heard those horrible horror stories? β
Arrow smiled bitterly and said, "It's all grown up like this, how can you not hear it?" When I was a kid, I used to use these stories to scare other children. β
"So...... Why? Bluevein stared at Arrow tightly, his eyes full of eager answers. It can be seen that the big man is very concerned about the problem of cheese, and even a little more concerned about his own safety.
In this regard, Arrow could only sigh helplessly, and said slowly: "If you want to explore fear, you have to face fear itself. I'm probably a curious kid, but after listening to those horrible horror stories, I've been wondering where they came from. And I am also thinking, since the Night One Clan is described as so terrible, then why can we humans still win the war more than a hundred years ago? β
With these questions, I looked up a lot of information after entering the school, and I more or less got rid of the rumors and sorted out the historical materials of the war. Now that all the absurd rumors have been removed, what is left is well worth studying. β
Arrow took another bite of the hot dog, chewing hard. And the leader of the high-end guild who was almost twice the age of Arrow was now standing obediently next to him, not daring to interject at will at all and interrupt Arrow's eating.
It wasn't until Arrow finally swallowed this mouthful that he continuedβ
"One of the most famous features of the Night's Race in various horror stories is the depiction that their race eats human blood. In many stories, this aspect of the Night Clan is even emphasized, as if the purpose of the Night Clan is simply to suck human blood. β
"However, if you think about it from the perspective of economics, you will feel that this feature is very unreliable, and even has a very strong degree of absurdity."
"As a race of creatures with similar senses to us Terrans and the same use of our brains to think, would we humans be the kind of creatures who only want to eat all day long, who want to stuff their mouths with all kinds of delicious food twenty-four hours a day, and even go to war in order to eat good things endlessly?"
Arrow adjusted his hand holding the hot dog slightly, and asked the question at the blue vein.
Blue Marin thought for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile: "Although eating is very important, there are only a few human beings who pursue gluttonous feasts all day long. A lot of people just need to fill their stomachs, because there's still a lot of time for us to do more meaningful things. β
Arrow smiled and nodded, "In the same way, even if the Night Clan likes to suck human blood, it is impossible to only think about sucking blood without doing anything all day long. They will also have their own culture, their own lives, their own time for entertainment. Why, then, are there so many records in the historical documents that record this war that the Yayi clan sucked human blood? β
"Just by having a bloodsucking record, it can't be regarded as the physiological habit of the Night One Clan. Since I was studying economics, I almost instinctively went to check the climate, water quality, people, politics, and trade with the surrounding areas in the Yeyi Clan's territory. Especially in the Chinese New Year's Eve of fighting against us humans, the overall economic capacity of one race. After checking it like this, the answer came out. β
"The territory of the Night Clan was in a state of drought and lack of rain for a few years before the outbreak of the war, and during that time, the elder of the Night Clan died, but there was no successor with sufficient strength. This led to a constant struggle among the Night Clan during that time. β