Chapter Twenty-Five: The White Orphanage
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"You actually have friends?" said the little girl next to Evan as she pulled Evan's clothes, and then pointed at Stitch, who was a little older than herself, "And it's still a child, it can't be a former orphan, right?"
Evan immediately explained: "Of course not, this is Sir Stilk from Sky City in the East Oguna Empire, and these two are his personal guards. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Stitch looked at the girl in front of him, probably only two years younger than himself, her brown hair was tied up in two braids, and her eyes blinked widely, "That's right, I am the royal family of the Oguna Empire, the inheritor and guardian of Sky City and Grape City! The cousin of the current King Electoxam IV!Sir Stitch!" It was the first time that Stitch introduced himself with such a long title, and everyone present showed a little surprised expression except for the girl. And Stitch unconsciously raised his head, so that he looked as tall as the girl in front of him.
Avi knew Stitch's thoughts immediately, after all, when he was Stitch's age, he used to like to show off his strengths in front of girls, such as being good at riding horses, but Miranda, who was well-informed and traveled all over the world, still showed admiration, probably to make himself happy at that time. It seems that the little girl brought by Evan caught Stitch's eye, but this girl...
"I'm Michelle, orphan!" Mi beside Evan introduced herself in just one sentence, she grabbed Evan's clothes with her hand, and she was still a little afraid to get close to strangers.
"Hello Miss Michelle, the weather is nice today. Stitch said suddenly.
Avi and Fan couldn't help laughing, they didn't expect this aristocratic imp to talk like this, but that Michelle seemed to be quite accepting of this way of greeting. Millet nodded, then looked at Evan again: "Let's go, let's go to the orphanage, I want to go see her." ”
Evan: "Everyone follow me, the orphanage is still quite big, don't get lost." ”
The crowd then followed Evan into the white orphanage, where three janitors had noticed Evan and they immediately opened the barred door to welcome everyone in.
"Is this the orphan you brought this time?" said a tall gardener, dressed in a pure white garment, with his hands crossed at his waist, smiling and showing his white teeth.
"No, these are all friends who came with me to visit," the person the other party was referring to should be Stitch, and Michelle had already known the tall gardener, "By the way, what about Michelle's good friend Adie?"
"Oh, she's trimming the flowers over there, so I'll call her. ”
"No, let's just go over by ourselves. Evan waved his hand, and the tall gardener bowed slightly and walked away slowly.
Led by Evan, the rest of the group passed through a garden full of small saplings, and then a vegetable garden full of vegetables, before they came to a flower field. There were a few boys and girls who were using their hands to pile up the dirt and water and fertilize the seedlings.
"Ah Die!" Mi shouted as soon as she saw a girl squatting on the ground with her back to her. The orphan named Ah Die immediately stood up, and a slightly chubby girl with bulging cheeks appeared in front of everyone.
"Xiaomi!" Ah Die put down the shovel in his hand, then wiped the dirt on his hand on his clothes, and rushed towards Xiaomi. Stitch saw another girl of the same age, but this orphan named Adie was not as cute as Michelle, so he didn't pretend to be there.
"What a naivety!" said Big-Nosed Fan, who had almost stepped on a freshly planted flower seedling, but luckily a child reminded him, "Then let's just stand here and soak up the sun and watch these little ghosts play." Fan's words alerted Evan, who immediately offered to take everyone around.
In addition to some places to grow plants, the White Orphanage also has places to raise livestock. Some lambs and piglets are living happily together, and the orphanage also has a small forest ecological environment that simulates a forest, with many insects and birds, all built by the orphanage keepers to give the children knowledge.
Evan introduced to everyone that Mallot's orphanage is famous all over the mainland, and most of the orphans who came out of here have become soldiers and logisticians in the Kingdom of Salins, and some have been selected to study at the Kestrel Academy because of their excellent ability and talent. This is the kind of treatment that all children who have lost their families can only dream of, but they will not only have books, clothes to wear, warm food, but also many other children who have been through the same situation as them.
"Millet was originally a poor child who was captured by the bandits, but we rescued her in an operation to exterminate the bandits," said Evan sitting on a stone bench, "Ah Die was just sent a few months ago, she was only ten years old, because the day she was sent happened to meet me and Mi also came here to see the children, so Mi met Ah Die, and the two have become friends ever since." ”
"But... I just saw that one of Adie's eyes can't see anything. Coral gestured.
Evan nodded, and he told everyone that Adie had indeed lost vision in one eye due to a brain impact, and that the other eye had poor eyesight, and could only see things within five meters. The doctors here are trying to restore her eyesight, and if she can't, she may not have a chance to enter the regular army of the Kingdom of Sallins.
Avi translated for Coral before asking, "So if the orphans here choose not to join the army, will the orphanage arrange other jobs for them?"
Evan was stunned, he thought for a while and said: "This situation is rare for me, most of the orphans who have been adopted are willing to serve the Kingdom of Salins, after all, the orphanage is the place where they were raised, and the children here are very grateful. Evan didn't answer Avi's question head-on, but the only people who noticed it were the big-nosed fan.
"After all, if there is no orphanage, then the lives of those orphans are cheaper than grass!" Stitch said his truest thoughts, and it is estimated that only Evan agreed with him, and everyone else showed thoughtful expressions.
"Hello," said an old man in a white robe with a round-brimmed white hat on his head, "Commander Evan, and a few other guests from afar, I'm Archibald, the director of the White Orphanage. ”
The old man with the cane had his beard removed, and he had medium-long white hair, and he looked kind and gentle, and the director of the orphanage was very much in line with everyone's expectations.
"Hello Dean Archibald, these are all guests from the Oguna Empire. ”
"Ah, as you can tell from the way they speak and the way they dress, the Empire prefers dark and dark clothes, while we in the Kingdom of Salins prefer light and bright colors," Abbot Archibald walked very steadily, not at all looking like an old man in his sixties or seventies, "and we used to have orphans of the Oguna Empire here. ”
"Orphans of our empire?" Stitch asked.
"That's right," Dean Archibald walked over to Stitch's side and touched his forehead, "They're just like you, they're smart children, most of them displaced by war, and our kingdom's soldiers have rescued them on the battlefield and in the ruined villages, and many of the children of the empire thrive here." With that, he pointed to a tall building in the distance, on which some children were standing on the terrace looking this way, younger than Xiaomi, but who looked like they were indeed children of the Oguna Empire.
"Then they won't want to go back to the Empire?"
"Their home has been destroyed, and this is their new home. The dean explained slowly.
Stitch looked at the eyes that longed for something, and he suddenly said to Dean Archibald, "Then can I buy them and send them back to the Oguna Empire?"