Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 95:
"Name?"
"Hopes Wilder."
"Gender."
"Male."
"Really? Little guy, we don't discriminate against women here."
"I'm really a man!"
A half-orc in line behind laughed: "You can just take off your pants and prove it!"
Pig-Pig Island-Fiction.. Hops's face was flushed suddenly, but he didn't dare to argue with him. It was embarrassing.
As a result, the clerk in charge of registration relieved him: "Haha, no, then you look a little delicate. Age?"
"Sixteen years old."
"You are a little younger, and your body is a little thinner. To be honest, you are really not suitable for this. Why not consider studying accounting or chef?"
"...I have no money."
The orc clerk, who was as strong as a cow and actually wore huge horns, looked at the frustrated Hopps, and said with a smile: "It’s not a problem to have no money. No, I was worse than you at that time, you still have a nice dress, I just have torn shorts..."
He was about to continue, when a colleague next to him coughed and interrupted him.
"Sektrie, don't talk about ancient times, there are still people in line behind."
The clerk smiled and continued to ask: "So little Wilder, are you sure you want to sign up?"
"Yes." Hops said firmly, "I want to learn technology, and then support myself!"
The clerk and his colleagues looked at each other, nodded, and then asked, "So, what are you going to learn? There are a total of the following majors recruited this year, first are miners and beneficiaries, and then Then there are smelters and blacksmiths, armorers and leather craftsmen, and finally mechanical craftsmen."
Hopes didn't expect there to be so many options, so he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. After thinking about it, he asked: "Which of these jobs is more suitable for me?"
"To be honest, it's not suitable." Clerk Seketrie sighed, "Even if it is relatively relaxed, your physique is too... Let me give you an example. Suppose you are a leather craftsman. The main thing you need is to be careful and doesn't require much strength, but you must at least be able to pick up a full body armor and slosh it to see the quality."
As he said, he shook his head: "You don't have a half body height yet!"
Hopes was said to be frustrated, but he still refused to give up: "Then there is no business that does not require much height and strength?"
"The beneficiaries are good." The colleague who served as the assistant, a fat orc who didn't know whether it was a cat or a leopard, said, "As long as you are familiar with minerals and are careful, the rest is not a problem."
"I'm good at these!" Hops was happy, and said loudly, even the ears that had been drooping before stood up.
Secterry looked at him, and then at the applicants who were already urging to "hurry up", shrugged, and filled in the last line of the registration form.
"Finally, sign your name." He said, passing the registration form and ink pen to Hops.
Hopes took the pen and paper in his hand, but suddenly he was taken aback and whispered: "I... can't write."
"It doesn't matter if you can't write, nor did I back then." Sektrie smiled and took out a box of bright red inkpad, "Then make a handprint, the same."
In accordance with his request, Hopps dipped the five fingers of his right hand with inkpad, and then pressed the five fingerprints in sequence where the signature was supposed to be, completing the entire registration process.
Farewell to the enthusiastic clerk, he walked out of the technical school and looked at the crowds coming and going on the big square in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
There is a period of time from registration to the beginning of school. I don’t have any money, how can I solve it?
The housing problem is easy to handle. The Void City is quite warm here, and the grass next to the street looks soft enough to be a bed. Where can I find food?
Eating grass?
Probably, I can only eat grass.
Although my half of the bunny blood has caused me a lot of trouble over the years, thanks to it, I can at least eat grass when I am hungry.
If I were a purebred foxman, I would have starved to death.
Hopps smiled self-deprecatingly, seeing that it was still early, and not rushing to rest, he wandered around.
His feet traveled quickly, and in a short while he came to the famous Shenshu Square in the north of Void City.
From the intersection on the south side of the square, you can clearly see the thicker trunk of the sacred tree, and its canopy is like a green cloud in the sky, which can be seen from far, far away. Clearly Chu.
Hopps walked towards the sacred tree curiously. It didn’t take long before he found that there were many people lying in the open space under the sacred tree, and some were wearing white clothes with a red cross painted on their shoulders or chests. Of women are busy, as if to check their bodies or treat their wounds.
A little closer, he was surprised to find that the people lying there were all half-orcs!
To be correct, they are all pigmen with big beards.
"This...what's going on?" Some timid, he stopped and didn't dare to move forward. He only found a fat man who seemed more familiar and asked what happened.
The fat man didn't know, but he grabbed him, indicating that he would take him to ask.
Hopes didn't expect the fat man to be so enthusiastic, and he was a little flustered. He wanted to struggle, but this fat man was so powerful that he couldn't struggle at all.
In desperation, he had no choice but to follow the fat man to the bottom of the sacred tree, beside the busy women and pigs lying all around.
"Hey, Jane, I came to see you." The fat man greeted a woman in white with a smile, "What are you up to?"
"Huh? Do you know her?" Hops was taken aback.
"How fresh! How come I don't know my own wife?" The fat man said with a smile, "If she wasn't there, what would I ask? Is it fun to molest a little girl?"
Hopes then realized that he was being teased, a little angry, but more curious.
He really wants to know, what is going on here?
"Don't mention it!" The woman named "Jane" was very beautiful and had a very good figure, but between her brows, Hops always felt a little bit sharp. She sighed and said, "This is the front Soon a group of refugees who followed the caravan across the desert came to us."
"Refugees? How do you become like this?" The fat man asked in surprise, "Looking at how badly they are hurt, they will be left behind on the road."
This topic is a bit cruel, but it is true. The journey through the desert is very difficult, even if the caravan members are too seriously injured or seriously ill, they will still be left behind, not to mention the refugees who followed the caravan.
When Hopps came to the Northwest Republic, he witnessed sick people being left behind on the road. The man cried and pleaded, but it was of no use. In the end, a guard gave him the last bit of mercy and made him die without pain.
"When they came, they were pretty good." Jane sighed and said, "The result is local. They clashed with the local half-orcs."
"Conflict?" The fat man looked at the group of pigmen, "They are also pretty strong, so how come they are beaten like this?"
"They have a bad mouth and offend too many people." Jane said, "It's still a matter of faith. They think that half-orcs who don't believe in orcs and gods are guilty and damned...you get the idea."
"I understand~IndoMTL.com~It's time to fight!" The fat man nodded, and the slightest pity on his face was gone, "Good fight! Let them learn lessons. The Republic does not allow persecution of faith!"
"Three were killed on the spot, and the rest are here." Jane sighed, "The sacred tree here is full of life, which is very good for their recovery. When they are fully recovered, there will be follow-up punishment. ."
Hopes was stunned and asked: "Since they are to be punished, why should they be treated?"
Jane looked at him wonderingly, as if looking at a monster: "The punishment is for people to correct, and they didn't commit any unforgivable felony. If they are not treated, would they die?"
Hopes thought for a long time before he understood what she meant.
The Northwestern Republic will not let those who commit crimes be spared, but it will not fail to give due care because of their crimes.
Looking at the bearded pigmen who were groaning and frowning, but were all honest, he couldn't help but smile.
This country is better than I imagined before I came here... (To be continued.)