Chapter 46: You Are an Orc
Baroque's expression changed for a long time, and he suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, sat down on a desk a little dejectedly, and spread his hands opposite the expressionless Zachary and said, "Well, since you have captured my people, then I have nothing to hide." Yes, I'm looking for a map of the underground drains in Padya City, and I've got it from you. As for the purpose...... Hehe, obviously it's not going to be an attack on the royal city of Padeya, because you know it's just a bad joke. I'm just going to find a way to escape, and then I'll take my people out of the royal city, regain my freedom, and return to our hometown, it's as simple as that. Now that you've found out, there's nothing to say, you can get the academy guards to come and arrest me. ”
Zachary was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "I have heard some news from the outside that you and your people will perform a gladiatorial show for the prince of the Adria Empire who will come to visit Paddington at the end of next month. And Celine also told me that as soon as your gladiatorial show is over, all those who survive will be pardoned by the king. Why can't you wait until that day to leave the royal capital in the bright light?"
"Ha, what a good proposal!" Baroque said with an indescribable mockery, "We are orcs, and in the eyes of humans we are synonymous with lowly slaves, and we should do it according to human will." Freedom is your charity, and life is your charity, how ridiculous. We used to live quietly in the gravel wasteland, and we had no quarrel with you, and although it was hard and dangerous, we were free, but you humans attacked our tribe, killed our people, and sold the rest to the gladiatorial arena to make a little fun for you with your life and bloodshed. We don't owe you anything, we just want to be free, and we don't do anything bad to humanity, we just want to find a secret way to get out of here. Is this also a great rebellion and an intolerable offense in your eyes?"
"Baroque, you are too extreme, although some humans are indeed a little worse by nature, but not all of them are like that. Like Celine, like Seira, like my master, Dean Butters, like His Majesty the Merciful and Righteous King, and many others...... They are all good humans and do not discriminate against orcs. Let's say I'm ...... If they discriminate against me, will my wife still marry me?Will humanity still let me run an important library in the most exalted Padea Academy?" Zachary soothed the agitated and reddened Baroque!
"No, you won't understand, you'll never understand! You were born in the human world, grew up in the human world, lived here and grew old, and even the way of thinking...... You haven't lived in an orc tribe for a single day, and you won't understand the price we pay to survive, let alone the hardships of our survival. ”
Zachary was silent, Baroque's words leaving him speechless. He really didn't know about the orcs, and the anger at Baroque's attempt to flee had now disappeared. Freedom is what every living creature yearns for. They're just chasing the right to live freely, so why can't they be given to them?
Zachary was a kind old man who was struck by the words of the Baroque. Thinking, tangled, what to do?
"Mr. Zachary, all you know is that we are going to participate in the gladiator show, and then we will be free as soon as it is over. But there are many things you don't know. Let me tell you what your so-called righteous and benevolent king has done!" Baroque had a keen sense of observation, and he knew that the old orc was a little shaken, so he told him in a sincere and honest tone what he had done for the royal family in Padea, and he barely concealed it!
When Zachary heard that the king had reneged on his promise and had thrown his benefactor who had saved his daughter's life into the gladiatorial arena, the old man finally showed an indignant look. "That's too much......" he muttered.
"Mr. Zachary, you have lived in the human world all your life...... Baroque said 'excitedly', "but you are an orc after all, and this can never be changed since your parents gave you the body of an orc. You may be able to get the mages in the Academy, and that's because your master is the venerable Magister Dean Butters, who wields some influence across the continent, and even King Paddington bows down before him. But if you try it, hide your identity, just walk around the city as an ordinary orc, and you will find that you are no different from us!"
"Say no more. Zachary interrupted Baroque, and he didn't dare to listen to it, because he had a feeling...... What Baroque says is most likely true. He lived for more than sixty years, at least fifty of them in the Academy, and even his wife was a servant of a certain magician in the Academy. He has very little contact with the outside world.
"You go, I didn't find anything, leave with that parchment, don't come to the library again. Zachary looked a little lonely, as if he had been hit by something, and waved at Baroque.
Secretly relieved, Baroque picked up the parchment scroll and bowed to the old orc: "Zachary...... Please let me call you Grandpa, according to our orc etiquette. You are a venerable orc, and my people will not forget you. ”
"Go, remember to be in the sewers, and don't touch the red spots marked on the parchment rolls. It's an important area to warn of magical attention. I can cover up other ordinary places for you, but those important locations are monitored by the powerful magicians in the academy, and once they find out, no one can save you. ”
Baroque thanked him again and walked out of the library in silence. Outside the library, he looked back at the inconspicuous door with emotion, and turned back to Celine's small building!
Zachary lied to the Baroque, there were no such important and unimportant areas in the sewers as there were no such thing as important and unimportant areas. All the passages leading to the outside of the city are under strict surveillance, and the core of the entire underground vigilance magic array is in the largest magic tower of the academy. It was Dean Butters' magic tower, he was out and it would take months to come back, before that, it was Zachary who was in charge of the magic tower, and all the monitoring magic array cores there were only visible to him, and the reason why Baroque was not allowed to touch some of the red marked areas was actually a tangle of his other mentality...... Those red areas are all hidden nodes of the vigilant magic array, if the Baroque destroys it, it will make the entire magic array vulnerable, in case an enemy really attacks Padya City in the future, it will undoubtedly leave a hidden danger! Zachary does not want to see the tragic fate of the orcs of his kind, but he also does not want the humans who have lived with him all his life to be potentially threatened!
Baroque will not know what price Zachary will have to pay for doing so............ When Dean Butters returns, he will inevitably find out that there is a problem in the Vigilant Magic Array, and Zachary will definitely not hide his master, if Butters is angry, what punishment the old orc will receive, no one knows ......!
Somewhat distracted back to the small building, Baroque subconsciously went up to Celine's room on the third floor, wanting to see if she was awake. As soon as he entered the door, a velvet pillow smashed over, accompanied by Celine's angry scream: "Damn Baroque, what did you do to me?......"
Celine curled up on the bed, tightly wrapped in the quilt, her face was pale as blood, and her face was flushed abnormally from shame!When she woke up in the morning, she was horrified to find that her magic robe had been taken off, and she was only wearing a thin **, which made her panic immediately............ She returned to the Marquis's Mansion yesterday, and had planned to entertain with Delta out of disgust, and even to let him take advantage of him in order to fulfill the king's account. But what made her angry was that Delta blatantly brought ** home, and even several women were doing those lewd things in bed...... Celine erupted at that time, and a magic fireball was thrown over, burning the bed into a ball of fire, if it wasn't for Delta to protect the three delicate women in time, I'm afraid she would have died!
Turning to leave the Marquis's Palace, Celine swore that even if she offended the king, she would never have anything to do with this shameless man, and even if she died, she would never set foot in this filthy mansion again!
Catching the pillow, Baroque's mood was not good, and he was angry with a woman for no reason, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "Don't think that everyone is as shameless as you human nobles, it is rumored that I am your ** male favorite, but this does not mean that I will really do those things." Am I doing something to you, can't you feel it?"
He turned around and left, and said, "I have fulfilled my promise to you, healed the little princess, and there is no need to live in the academy anymore." Today I will leave to be with my people in the Colosseum, and then next month I will go and fight our lives and deaths for freedom. Say goodbye to Sierra for me!" left without looking back, leaving Celine in a daze in bed!
Baroque left the magic card and took nothing with him, even the battle axe that Celine bought for him was placed next to the bed. When he was gone for a long time, Celine suddenly realized...... Baroque fulfilled his promise to himself, but he did not fulfill his promise to help save his people, and even the king threw Baroque into the gladiatorial arena to participate in the life-and-death struggle next month!
Unable to feel anything wrong with her, Celine knew that Baroque had not done anything to herself. Seeing the magic robe thrown in the corner and stained with vomit, she immediately knew that she had misunderstood the Baroque ......! Her mood at the moment was extremely complicated, and her whole person was in a mess......!
When Baroque entered the gladiatorial arena in a gloomy mood, he suddenly found that the audience was full of people, and the venue was originally performing gladiatorial performances! ―――――― gladiatorial arena needed gladiators to earn money after all. It was simply impossible to temporarily close the Colosseum for that performance a month later. It's just that the people fighting in the arena at this time made Baroque's anger rise uncontrollably............ It was his people who were fighting with human gladiators, in a five-person squad. Three of his people had already fallen in a pool of blood, and the remaining two were also scarred, while the five human gladiators on the opposite side were still full of combat strength, circling the two orcs like teasing prey to be slaughtered, and from time to time stabbed a sword, adding a wound to the orc's body, causing the audience to let out a frenzied roar hysterically!
Baroque knocked out of the way, rushed to the fence and jumped straight into the colosseum. Just rushed over with his bare hands, and under the stunned and overwhelmed gaze of everyone, he made the bloodiest move......!