Chapter 39: Wandering Orcs
Hawk Street is like a dividing line, on one side of the line, there is a bustling business district, a wealthy area, and on the other side of the line, there is a civilian area of the royal city.
The buildings in the Downtown area, while a few of them looked good, most of them seemed much more modest to Luna's eyes, just huge stones and stacked houses, much larger than the ones she had seen in her previous life.
The wooden doors and windows, without glass, look at her from the outside, and make her always feel that the inside is very dim.
Compared with the business districts and the wealthy districts, which are still half-asleep and half-awake, the day of the civilian area has already begun.
Although the streets here are still paved with bluestone slabs, they are much dirtier, and the main road leading to the city gate is okay, but the alleys that stretch out everywhere can be seen everywhere with a constant flow of sewage.
There are also some shops on both sides of the main road, but more of them are orcs of all colors, either jumping on their burdens or carrying baskets on their backs, selling some daily necessities and food along the street.
At this time, although it is past the point of green and yellow, there may not be much to eat, so Luna sees that the most sold here are some wild vegetables, fish, bread, and bugs......
The bread in the civilian area, Luna looked at it hastily along the way, and found that it was probably divided into two kinds, one was her more common, the kind of bread that was the outside, but very white and soft on the inside, and the other was brown on the inside and out, dark on the outside and shallow on the inside, and it was not pure flour at first glance, and this kind of bread looked particularly porcelain.
"This bread is mixed with wheat bran. Noticing Luna's curiosity, Gotte walked over to a small stall, took a small piece of brown bread, tossed two copper coins to the vendor, and broke off a little and brought it to Luna's mouth.
Luna sniffed first, and the bread smelled more sour than she usually ate, except for the characteristic taste of flour.
With a little curiosity, she opened her mouth to eat, and after chewing twice, Luna's expression changed, and she wanted to spit it out, but looking at Gotte's serious expression, she still silently swallowed her neck.
It's just that she couldn't help but glance sideways at the bread vendor, MD, this product is too tricky, actually mixing sand in flour!
"Doesn't it taste good?" Gotte raised an eyebrow.
"There's sand......" Luna is aggrieved.
Gotte was stunned when he heard this, picked up the bread, sniffed it carefully, and then turned his head to look at it carefully, and after Luna's words fell, the orc, who seemed a little cramped and at a loss, and whose nose had a slight hook, froze for a moment.
The orc who bought the bread was surrounded by a few who were obviously from extraordinary backgrounds, and at this time he was both frightened and aggrieved, uh, before he could speak, the old man in front of him fed the bread to the little cub, okay, this is not sold to the land orcs!
Samuel stretched out his head curiously, broke a little from the bread in Gote's hand, pushed it away with his fingertips in the palm of his hand, looked at the small grains of sand mixed in the bread crumbs, although small, but particularly conspicuous, and then thought of the picture of the little niece swallowing the bread with tears just now, and couldn't help laughing anymore.
The little niece of his family, who has been pampered since childhood, was actually stuffed with the food of the poor feathered orcs, and the little guy swallowed it, tsk......
"Ahem, the teacher wants you to taste the civilian rations of the Feathered Orcs. Looking down at the rest of the bread in his hand, Gotte coughed lightly, raised his hand and rubbed Luna's head, and after saying with a little bit of desire, he searched around, taking the rest of the bread and walking towards the gap between the two buildings not far away.
Luna's mouth trembled for a long time, but what else could she do if she had eaten all of it?
In the gap that was not too narrow, Luna walked over and found that there were actually three little cubs hidden, two of which had been transformed, and the oldest looked like he was about ten years old.
He looked thin, the kind that was clearly malnourished, his ill-fitting clothes were stained, he was very fat, and he had half of his forearms and calves exposed, and no shoes on his feet.
Beneath his earthy gray messy hair, Luna couldn't see exactly what his facial features looked like, except for dark eyes that shimmered vigilantly when she noticed them approaching.
The other shapeshifting cub looked pretty much the same, but Luna thought it was a girl, as her equally messy khaki hair was noticeably more numerous and longer than the head-beating orc.
The youngest was a hedgehog, less than three years old, but the head was the largest Luna had ever seen, comparable to a yoga ball.
"Take it!" Gotte handed the bread in his hand to the little male cub.
Luna, however, saw a heightened vigilance in the little cub's eyes.
"My lord, I'll do it anyway!"
Lia, who followed Luna, looked at the three little cubs, sighed, stepped forward, took the bread from Gote's hand, and then squatted down as she squatted, and on her head, long, floppy rabbit ears suddenly jumped out of her head.
The moment the rabbit ears appeared, Luna could clearly feel that the three little orcs seemed to be stunned.
"Take it! I bought the wrong bread from my family. Giving it to you just doesn't want to waste, there is no other meaning. Liya spoke softly, and with her white hand, handed over the dark bread.
For some reason, looking at the scene in front of her and listening to Liya's words, Luna's nose suddenly became a little sour.
The little male orc at the head hesitated for a moment, before quickly snatching the bread, sniffing it in front of his nose before kicking it into his arms, and then still vigilantly watching Luna and Gotte, who had already retreated away after handing the bread to Ria.
"Temple, miss, let's leave first, or they won't eat." Ria said as she turned her head to Luna, who was staring blankly at the three orcs.
"Good. Luna took a few steps back before turning and walking toward Gotte.
"Liya, ...... they?"
"Your Highness, don't mind, they're just afraid of you and the scholars. Lea didn't know how to explain it to Luna, and even she didn't know all about the darkness of living at the bottom, but she had just heard some rumors about the market.
"Oh......" Luna nodded silently, and then turned her head to look, only to find that the little male orc had already given bread to the two little ones, and he himself was still watching them vigilantly, as if he was afraid that they would go back, and even bared his teeth at Luna.