A land of orcs with more men and fewer women

Kunta rubbed the top of Lilith's head and talked about the Penny priest of the West City Temple again: "Speaking of which, this Penny priest is a distant relative of the Penny priest of the Central Temple you are familiar with."

"Ah? Mother, you even know this." Lilith asked speculatively, "Did Priest Penny also tell you?"

Kunta was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, "How is it possible? This priest Penny is an orc with very good talents among the apprentices in the temple. So we, the orcs belonging to the temple area in the west of the city, more or less know something about her."

"Aren't orcs with good talents given priority to go to the Central Temple?" Lilith remembered talking about this with Sister Penny from the Central Temple before.

"Silly child~" Kunta tapped Lilith's forehead with his index finger, "How can the central temple accept so many little orcs? Not to mention the quota issue, the temples in other temple areas will not give up."

"Yeah, mother, Sister Penny is really lucky. I remember she said that she arrived at the Central Temple when she was very young." Speaking of Penny at the Central Temple, Lilith was very happy for her good luck, even though it happened a long time ago.

Kunta also smiled and echoed his daughter Lilith: "Good luck indeed."

"Mother, they are distant relatives and have the same name. What are their talents?" Papas, who was standing by, also became curious. However, compared to Lilith, Papas knew more about Priest Penny who came to the west temple to substitute for them from time to time. "Our Priest Penny is very powerful. I heard that she rejected many adults' invitations to become her apprentice."

Papas's inexplicable pride made Lilith childishly compare with him: "Since Sister Penny can go to the Central Temple, she must be better!"

"Lilith, not only has the promising servant of God, Lord Miru, invited Priest Penny to be his disciple!" Antonio joined the battle, seemingly providing information to Lilith, "I heard... even some mid-level priests have extended an olive branch to Priest Penny~"

In Lilith's memory, Sister Penny of the Central Temple had actually been worrying about her future. But Lilith still said with her neck stiff, "But... the Central Temple is indeed better than the West Temple!"

Papas and Antonio were silent, but the fact was as Lilith said, in Lila City, the Central Temple was undoubtedly the uncrowned king of all temples. Its reputation, temple area, and number of priests of all levels were superior to other temples.

There was a moment of silence.

Although Lilith felt that what she said was correct, she also vaguely understood that she had said something wrong and was somewhat at fault. Therefore, when her third brother Pappas and fourth brother Antonio did not speak again, Lilith bit her lower lip and did not speak.

Kunta, who was watching the three children's discussion, coughed twice when he saw the children stop the discussion.

Papas, Antonio, and Lilith, three pairs of round eyes unique to little orcs, looked at Kunta together.

Even though the three little orcs didn't say anything, Kunta could see in their eyes that they were seeking her opinion: "The talents of the little orcs who enter the temple to practice are not public information. Unless they were the ones who were paid special attention to in the past, few people know their personal talents. Therefore, in reality, most orcs are still judged by the advancement speed of the temple apprentices."

Papas, Antonio, and Lilith once again lowered their heads in disappointment.

"But Lilith is right about one thing," Kunta added.

Lilith raised her head immediately.

"But it's not entirely true," Kunta said again.

Lilith took a breath. Her mother was teasing her...

Kunta did not keep the secret any longer: "In addition to the advancement speed of the temple orcs, among priests of the same level, the orcs do generally tend to prefer priests from famous temples."

Pappas no longer lowered his head, blinked his innocent eyes and asked Kunta: "Why? Aren't they at the same level?"

"Because famous temples often have more resources. This is the benefit of a famous temple." Kunta said.

"Resources?..." Antonio muttered.

"Well, you will understand when you grow up. It is difficult for your mother to explain clearly the resources in all aspects. From the simplest material food and drink to the invisible trust and expectations of the orcs... and so on, there are many, many more." Mother used simple words, trying to make the three little orcs understand.

"So, mother, there is nothing wrong with what I said." Lilith was puzzled.

"Of course there are problems. The reputation of the central temple does guarantee the standard of the priests. But you are not talking about the temple, but the individuals. Returning to the individuals, who among them has more talent? Or who advances faster? It is not entirely determined by which temple they come from."

Lilith also realized the problem and felt ashamed that she was trying to use simple, one-sided stereotypes to measure two concrete and different orcs. She had smiled, talked and greeted them before. But now she was talking nonsense about their future without self-awareness...

I used these two as topics of conversation and discussed them with my brothers.

Not only did she disrespect Priest Penny of the West City Temple, she also disrespected Sister Penny of the Central Temple who was very kind to her.

They are all real orcs in her life, with their own lives and futures, not weights or scales for weighing.

Moreover, they were distant relatives, and he and his brothers had the audacity to compare and discuss the sisters. Even if the other party didn't know, such behavior was somewhat like the behavior of a petty person trying to sow discord.

Lilith, who had figured it out, became even more silent.

Kunta did not try to comfort her, but just patted Lilith on the head and let her process her emotions herself.