Chapter 15: The Intrigue of the Aristocracy
"Good morning, Principal Theodore."
The middle-aged man turned his head and found that it was Han Yi, the genius who was admitted yesterday, and the sadness on his face suddenly lightened.
This is the case in every world, where people only respect the truly strong.
"It's pretty early, it's not class time yet."
Han Yi didn't want to waste too much time on greetings, he looked at the mother and son kneeling on the ground, and asked directly, "Mr. Principal, may I ask what the situation is?"
Da Tang walked over and stood beside Han Yi.
Theodore looked at Big Tachibana and saw her cat ears and beard, a look of imperceptible surprise on his face, and then quickly regained his composure.
He sighed: "You can help me pull them up first, it's about to be class time, and it's not good for students to see this." ”
At this time, several teachers contacted by the principal also came to work in advance, and a group of people coaxed and helped them, and finally invited the mother and son to the conference room in the office building.
Han Yi brought hot water to the mother and son, put it on the table, and he looked back at Theodore's somewhat bald head: "Headmaster, can you tell me what is going on now?" ”
Theodore gave the young man a deep look, and then asked a few teachers to accompany the mother and son, and he took Han Yi and Da Tang out of the conference room and came to the door of his office.
"Let your pet beast wait outside for a while, and we'll talk alone." Theodore stopped and looked at Han Yi.
The young man was very surprised, but he still kept his senses: "I didn't bring the pet beast out." ”
Theodore smiled, "Then let your friend wait outside for a while." ”
Does he know that Big Orange is a beast-eared girl? With questions, Han Yi followed Theodore into the office and closed the door.
"Sit down, feel free."
Theodore took off his blazer and gestured to the chair across from his desk to signal for the young man to take a seat.
Han Yi sat down and looked around at the furnishings in the house, there were two large flower pots at the door, and green plants were planted inside. On the opposite side of the door is a window that lets in good light, and the sun shines on the floor of the house early in the morning.
Entering through the door, on the left is a desk, a cabinet, and a row of sofas against the wall; On the right are two rows of bookshelves full of books, and next to the shelves there is a door that looks like a compartment.
At this time, Principal Theodore was standing by the bookshelf, tiptoe looking for something.
Han Yi saw it in his eyes, stood up and walked to the bookshelf: "Mr. Principal, what are you looking for, I can help you." ”
Theodore took a book down the row above his head, and he smiled and said, "Found it." ”
He showed it to Han Yi, "Pet Beast Demonization Record".
Han Yi looked at the title of the book and suddenly realized, no wonder the principal could see the identity of Da Tangerine.
"I..."
The young man was about to say something, but was interrupted by Theodore raising his hand: "I know what you have to say, I don't mean to threaten you with the rules set by the corrupt dictatorship. ”
Theodore led Han Yi back to his seat, he looked out the window, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and spit it out.
"What's your dream?" Suddenly, he turned his gaze to Han Yi.
To be honest, the young man has only been in Blue Star for a little more than three days, and he is still increasing his understanding of how the world works through continuous experience.
In her home planet, Han Yi's dream is to be a veterinarian; But here, he doesn't know yet. Become a Beastmaster? Maybe it's just one of the options.
Seeing that the young man fell silent, Theodore poked his cigarette into the ashtray and said in a higher tone than usual: "That mother and son are the victims of the administration of the House of Elders. ”
Han Yi was stunned: "Victim?"
Theodore's face grim: "A lot of things don't go in the right direction as people think. ”
The Gemat Empire is located on the west coast of the Blue Star Continent, although it is called an empire, but in fact, there has been no emperor for a long time, and the highest decision-making body is called the House of Elders.
The House of Elders is composed of top oligarchs in the military, politics, and economic systems. In fact, there is a parliament elected by all the people, but it only has the right to propose and make suggestions.
In the early years, it was relatively easy to get a professional beast license, but since General Derek took charge of the Elders' House, the enrollment quota of the pet beast school has become less and less, and the knowledge of beast control learned in the school has become more and more shallow.
The upper classes were afraid of the power that the pet beast would bring to the commoners, and feared that they would use this power to overthrow themselves, so they were more and more inclined to make the beast an aristocratic sport.
The upper aristocracy, led by Derek, formulated detailed laws, and most of the children of commoner families could only work in some marginal jobs when they grew up, such as breeders and cleaners in pet animal farms, farmers working on farms, and workers on assembly lines in factories.
"Like the mother and son downstairs, there are so many people who want to enroll. Even if some people enter school, with the knowledge taught in the current pet beast school, they will not be able to obtain the beast license. There are many even worse ones who can't really enter school to learn about beasts until they are overage. ”
Speaking of this, Theodore paused and observed Han Yi's reaction: "The law stipulates that only school-age students can enter the school for free, and over-age and older students who want to re-enroll in school must pay their own high tuition fees in addition to waiting for the approval documents that may never be issued, which is almost unaffordable for ordinary families." ”
Han Yi's expression was a little complicated, and he took a deep breath: "Then why don't you unite to resist the atrocities?"
Theodore got up from his chair, walked to the window, and looked at the students who were entering the campus downstairs: "The aristocracy controls the army, capital, public opinion, and most importantly, they have a large number of powerful pet beasts in their hands. Civilians are like lambs, how can they resist?"
Han Yi had only been here for a few days in total, and he didn't have a sense of belonging to the planet Blue Star.
But as soon as he thought that ordinary people would be exploited by the upper class for a lifetime, he felt a little unbearable.
What if you can't bear it? It's not like I can't do anything.
Mixed emotions flooded into his mind, and he was in a trance.
Just then, Principal Theodore approached from the compartment next to the bookshelf with a square plate.
On the desk in front of Han Yi, the sound pulled the young man back to reality, and there was an egg in the square plate.
Huge stone-gray eggs lay silently there.
"Principal Theodore, what is this?"
The young man was a little confused, did he want to improve my food?
The headmaster's face didn't have the solemn look he had just now, and now he looked a little relaxed: "This may be the answer to the question just now." No, that's the beginning of the answer. ”
"Answer?"
Could it be that this thing can be greatly replenished after eating, and instantly become a martial arts master?
Theodore touched his beard and grinned: "This is not food, take it back and hatch it, you will know." ”
I? Hatch? Treat me Han Yi as a hen?