Today is the day of Lord Miro's rent collection, and the town of the Red River Valley is bustling with activity early, and the villagers who have come from the surrounding villages are either carrying or pulling all kinds of goods, such as grains, wheat, vegetables, fruits, fish, home-brewed wine, ale, honey, and cheese...... A feast for the eyes. Those who don't know will think that these farmers have come to the town to sell their goods.

The town of Red River Valley seems to have been prepared, and the servants serving Lord Miró have already moved out a few long tables outside the castle, with special clerk records. The farmers and merchants waited on the sidelines, talking and chuckling from time to time, and seemed to be very relaxed.

This kind of situation is rare to see elsewhere, after all, for the aristocracy, the little food harvested by the lowly and inferior people is not visible at all. They usually convert the rent they should pay into money and let the lords pay taxes, and I heard that the nobles in other places have already done this, but there are many shady scenes, and I don't know how many people will be harmed, and even ruin people's families.

Lord Miro of Red River Valley graciously allowed people to continue paying rent as before, and forbade the people below to be corrupt and bully the villagers. Every time the rent was collected, Master Miro would come out from time to time to take a look, and although he didn't speak, the gentle smile on his face still made the people respect from the bottom of their hearts!

Baroque also came to pay the rent, and he and Massimo cultivated a field outside the town, and this year was the first harvest, which was not bad. Two bags of 100 pounds of wheat were carried on their shoulders, and they still looked relaxed. As usual, he wore a fur hat and hid in an inconspicuous place, waiting for the clerk to call Massimo's name and pay the rent. It is known that he is Massimo's slave, because the existence of such a slave needs to be reported to the local sheriff, and in fact, it is also a means to prevent escape, so the people of the castle are not suspicious because of an orc waiting to pay the rent.

It is in this way that Baroque examines the human race from the perspective of a bystander, observes, and understands, and every time this happens, he reveals the indifference that only he understands! From the moment the tribe was wiped out, he already knew that he was standing on the opposite side of mankind, and even if he was a human in his previous life, he could not change that bitter hatred. Now he needed a subtle, detailed understanding of humanity, and for that he didn't care even if he was a lowly orc slave.

Baron Miró has the final say in everything in the town of Red River Valley, and although his title is not high, it is a hereditary domain, and even the king cannot take it away at will. In this not too big, but very wealthy territory, Miró's words are everything, except, of course, his daughter, Miss Saila.

Miss Sierra is only fifteen years old, but she is an angel to everyone in the entire town of Red River Valley. Not only did she inherit her mother's beauty, but she also had the same kind heart as her father. The townspeople were delighted every time they saw Miss Saila walk in front of her with a cheerful smile.

But Miss Sierra seemed to be in a bad mood today! While people were busy paying their rent, she was sitting by the window in a daze. The maids were very careful not to disturb, knowing that the young lady had just received a reply, and her application for admission to Wangdu College had been rejected again!

Saila's qualifications are not too good, and she can't cultivate her fighting spirit. However, her mental power is just enough to learn magic, so her dream is to be able to enter the High School of Magic in the royal capital of Padya. Of course, after all, being in the aristocratic class, even if his father was only a humble baron, he was synonymous with 'hillbilly' in the mouths of those big nobles, but Sera also knew how difficult it was to get into the High School of Magic. Unless it is a genius who is unique in ten thousand, or the descendants of those ancient and noble nobles, the Padya High School of Magic, which can be ranked in the entire Sauron continent, will not open the back door for the daughter of a small nobleman in the countryside, even if she submits applications again and again.

"I can't cultivate my fighting spirit, and the Higher School of Magic doesn't want me, am I useless?" said Saira, puffing out her mouth, looking aggrieved, tears rolling in her eyes.

The personal maid was a little distressed, and comforted: "Didn't the master say that he would find a way? Padea's magic academy can't go, let's go to the middle academy in Duolun City, it's not bad for us to go to the middle academy in Duolun City, the prosperity of Duolun City is no less than the royal capital Padya, Miss go there to study magic well, and let the old things in Padea Academy stomp their feet and regret going in the future!"

Saira was still very simple, and when she heard the maid's persuasion, she smiled slightly, and asked, "What about my father? Today is the day to pay the rent, why is he not here?"

"Master Miró had just left, and when he heard that a guest was coming, he went to greet him. ”

'Hmph', Saila's face just showed a smile, and immediately dark clouds fell: "It's that little fat man and his father from Spirits City again!"

The City of Spirits is a small town adjacent to the town of the Red River Valley, and the lord of the city is also a baron, Julian. He and Miró are good friends, and they correspond to each other a lot. But those who know Julian know that he is notoriously cunning and greedy. The territory of the Red River Valley is smaller than his Liquor City, but the land is much more fertile, and Julian's idea of fighting the Red River Valley is not a day or two. Especially since Julian's son Kyle has grown up, he has taken Kyle to Red River Valley Castle as a guest almost every once in a while, nominally to exchange feelings with old friends, and I am afraid that everyone in Red River Valley Town does not know what he thinks in his heart.

If you want to say that the fat man named Kyle was not a bad person when he was a child, and Sera can still play with him. But as he grew older, his inferiority became apparent, and when Sera accidentally saw Kyle beating his orc slave with a whip and smiling at the slave's screams, Sera never felt better about him.

"Liv, let's go out for a walk. Saira didn't want to stay in the castle, and put on a false smile to greet the people she didn't want to see.

"Where are ......, sir?"

"It's okay, since my father didn't inform me beforehand, he must have known that I don't like to see those two people, let's go, change my clothes, let's go down and have a look." Every time you pay the rent, there will always be something delicious and fun to bring!" Seila urged her maid Liv, borrowed her ordinary coarse cloth clothes and changed them, wrapped her bright honey-colored hair in a gray turban, and the next moment she became an authentic country girl. The two men quietly got out of the castle, thinking that no one was seeing, and ran towards the crowd with a grin. Not far behind him, two attendants in ordinary clothes followed unhurriedly! Baron Miró is such a daughter, regarded as a treasure, of course he will not arrange someone to protect him!

In fact, Saila's cover-up is completely useless, in the town of Red River Valley, who would not know our beautiful little angel? She walked among the villagers, and the villagers would always put out their best, and pretended not to know her, "Hey, little girl, this is the apple that my orchard just picked this morning, big and sweet, taste it!"

"I made the cheese with a lot of preserved fruit in it, beautiful little girl, how about tasting it?"

"Fresh fish, you see it's still alive in the water, take it back and cook the soup, it's delicious!" ..................

Sera was so happy that she had long forgotten the troubles she had started. In the face of the food handed over, she never disappointed, she would taste a small piece, Rao is so, she can't go far, patting her stomach, she is already a little full!

There was a sudden 'woo' sound in the castle, and Cera knew that the guests had arrived, and it was her father who urged her to go back quickly.

"Miss, there may be something important to the master, let's go back!" Liv advised

Seira pouted a little upset, but nodded anyway and prepared to go back to the castle. As soon as I looked up, I saw Baroque's face with light animal fur and those deep eyes!

The horn sounded again, and it was obvious that Baron Miró was in a hurry, and Seira didn't have time to think about it, so he hurried back to the castle, but he couldn't get rid of those deep eyes that lingered in his mind!

"Miss Saila...... With such clear eyes, I'm afraid there are not many such simple people among the human nobles!" Baroque smiled faintly and continued to be silent. ........................

After paying the rent, Baroque returned home to find Massimo asleep by the fire again, as has always been the case in recent times. He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh! His energy was getting weaker and weaker, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to last long! Baroque had this instinct, perhaps because of his quasi-shamanic ability, he could feel that Massimo might fall asleep at any time and never wake up again when the oil ran out.

"Whew, oh, Baroque, you're back!" Massimo was awakened by a slight movement, and he opened his eyes with some difficulty.

"Grandpa Massimo, do you want to drink?" Baroque found the rum, which he had drunk a little from yesterday. He lifted the old man up, and it was very obvious that the 'strength' in the old man's body was dissipating. When the 'power' is completely gone, it's time for the old man to leave, and it's not too late, maybe today! Baroque has a hunch, and this damn hunch is usually very smart!

"Rum, rum...... Hehe, this suddenly reminds me of the time when I was young......" The old man took the wine bottle, but did not drink it, but recalled with a look of remembrance: "Who would have known that I used to be a gladiator, and when I was young, I was not a person with a gentle temperament, Norman knows best! Hehe, when I first met that orc, he was almost killed, and it was I who rarely showed kindness and saved him once." But I didn't expect that he would save my life again and again, when I was able to give my back to an orc with complete peace of mind, Norman would be a brother, damn it, who had to create racial hatred and antagonism? Humans are not necessarily good people, what's wrong with orcs? It is said that the entire continent was ruled by orcs countless years ago......"

"Baroque ......," the old man suddenly called his name.

Baroque looked at Massimo, the old man's face had lost its luster and had begun to darken: "I know that your hatred for humanity is buried in your heart, and one day it will explode. But listen to me, Baroque, not all human beings are villains. There are also many humans who are completely willing to live in peace with the orcs. Don't be prejudiced against the whole human race because of the calamity in your tribe. ”