A land of orcs with more men and fewer women

Mother and daughter laughed for a while

Kunta placed Lilith on the soft cushion beside him and lay down, and he also lay down: "The temple apprentice is the first step to becoming a temple orc. Lilith doesn't know much about the temple, does she?"

"Yeah." Lilith was also a little curious about the temple.

Kunta patiently explained to Lilith: "Generally speaking, there are six levels of temple orcs, namely: apprentice, servant of god, junior priest, intermediate priest, senior priest, and high priest. Most of the people we see on weekdays are apprentices. With the servants of God.”

Lilith recalled her previous visits to the temple and found that this was indeed the case.

But she remembered what Zhu Lu said as "trainee apprentice", and asked Kunta: "Mom, but Grandpa Zhu Lu said apprentice trainee."

Kunta smiled, turned sideways and touched Lilith's hair: "Yes, before becoming an apprentice or a junior priest, there are two levels: apprentice apprentice and apprentice priest, but both of them belong to the apprentice and junior priest. Don't bring it up alone, only the temple will discuss this."

"Oh." Lilith nodded and confirmed with Kunta: "Amu, that is to say, first the trainee apprentice, the apprentice, the servant of God, the trainee priest, the junior priest, the intermediate priest, the senior priest, and the high priest, right? "

Kunta smiled and nodded to Lilith sideways and said, "That's right. Lord Leilana, who presided over Lilith's baptism day, is the high priest. There is no high priest in Lila City."

Kunta rubbed his daughter Lilith's face, "So Lord Leilana can be said to be one of the leaders of the temple orcs in Lila City."

"Wow! So powerful?" Lilith felt that she could do it again.

Kunta chuckled: "You are really an outstanding adult! If it weren't for the strict rules of the temple, my mother would have agreed on Lilith's behalf on the spot."

"What's the reason that makes Mom think I need to think about it again?" Lilith climbed from the cushion into Kunta's arms and asked.

Kunta shook Lilith in his arms, looked at the ceiling and said, "Because the temple orcs are the most devout servants of the beast god, wholeheartedly."

Afraid that her daughter Lilith would not understand, she added: "Not only do you need to offer your body as a sacrifice when necessary, but you are also required to be pious both physically and mentally, and not to be tainted by love. Lilith, once you enter the temple, there is no way out. .The continent of Lierz cannot tolerate any priests who deviate from the temple."

Kunta held up Lilith's little butt, lowered his eyes and looked into his daughter Lilith's eyes, and asked seriously: "Lilith, can you do it?"

Lilith swallowed: "Then after entering the temple, will I still be my mother's daughter?"

Kunta smiled: "Of course, Lilith has to go home every day."

Hearing this, Lilith relaxed and lay back on Kunta's chest, and asked casually: "Does mother want Lilith to go to the temple?"

After Kunta hesitated for a moment, he told Lilith what he was thinking: "Mom doesn't know either...but objectively speaking, maybe Lilith will be less dangerous if she goes to the temple."

"Huh?" Lilith, who had always felt that she was safe, asked curiously, "Mom, what's the danger?"

Kunta sighed softly and told Lilith the long-ago story: "Thousands of years ago, the status of female orcs was far less than it is today. Even the Moon Master and the Dark Power Master were just playthings that could be transferred by male orcs. Property...until the appearance of that Lord. It was she who led all the female orcs to resist, forcing all the city lords on the continent at that time to come together under the witness of the Beast God, and it was decided that from then on, no one on the continent of Lierz would be A generational contract that women are not allowed to pass down the family line.”

Kunta stroked the back of his daughter's head: "Lilith, it was that contract that changed the fate of all us female orcs..."

"Mom, what happened next? Who is that adult?" Lilith grabbed the fabric on Kunta's chest and asked.

"Later?..." Kunta murmured, "There is no news later...Only the rule that no daughter is allowed to pass on the family, witnessed everything that happened at that time."

Lilith asked: "What about the name? Mom, where is that adult's name?"

Kunta shook his head: "It's been too long, and many of the data from that year have been lost in time."

"Then how did my mother know?" Lilith wondered.

Kunta smiled: "Your Grandma Kurta told me and Diana when I came of age. This story has been passed down by word of mouth between mothers and daughters for thousands of years, and it has remained."

Her voice suddenly became serious: "Lilith, I should have told you this story on the night when you came of age."

"Huh?" Lilith didn't understand why her mother suddenly changed her tone. Her dark blue eyes looked up at Kunta with confusion.

Kunta gently held Lilith's cheeks with his palms: "But now... I have to tell you in advance."

Kunta's gentle gray eyes stared intently at his daughter Lilith's eyebrows for a long time, until Lilith said: "Mom?"

Kunta calmed down and looked at his daughter's clear eyes: "According to legend, that adult has the mark of the beast god's blessing between his eyebrows."

Lilith didn't understand what her mother meant when she said this: "The mark of the beast god's blessing?"

Kunta said firmly: "Yes. The mark of the beast god's blessing. That master's mark is in the same position as yours."

Lilith was first surprised that she actually had some mark of blessing from the beast god. She couldn't help but touch her eyebrows with her hands: "Do I have it?"

Kunta nodded: "Yes. You do."

Lilith asked in confusion: "Mom, doesn't this sound like a good thing...?"

Kunta sighed: "Over the past thousands of years, some cities have collapsed and others have risen. The cities that have risen basically abide by the contracts made back then."

Kunta inhaled: "But... among the eight major cities, the fifth one, which claims to be the City of Flame but is actually the City of Sin, is an exception. It was a city that was only built after the agreement was made."

Speaking of Sin City, Kunta's eyes were full of boredom: "Sin City never abides by the rule on the mainland that no girl can pass on the family, and is ashamed of it. Once in the continent of Lierz, there was a beast god blessing between the eyebrows when hunting. The Marked Female Orc.”

Kunta sneered: "This brings them the disgust of the Beast God. Temples are never built in Sin City, and newborns are never born in Sin City, no matter...how many female orcs they kidnap."

Kunta looked nervously into the eyes of his daughter Lilith: "There are a group of madmen living in Sin City, madmen who don't even care about their own lives. The place where the glory of the beast god will never shine, the place where all criminals go into exile , the city of sin.”

"Mom?" Lilith was a little frightened by Kunta. She rarely saw such a look in her mother's eyes.

Kunta also realized her gaffe. After she stabilized her emotions, her voice was still trembling: "There, female orcs can't even be called orcs."

"Lilith, my mother is very worried about the mark of the beast god's blessing on your eyebrow... Fortunately, it only appears occasionally." After saying this, Kunta felt a little relaxed.

Kunta's voice sounded a little ethereal: "Lilith, the temple may be the only place on the continent that can protect you from those madmen. And the beast god's love for you can help you walk in the temple. far away."

"Mom... If this is really the case, then why didn't you agree to Grandpa Zhulu on the spot?" Lilith asked.

Kunta smiled bitterly: "Perhaps... my mother is greedy?"

Kunta straightened Lilith's slightly messy curly hair: "My mother didn't want Lilith to be so young, so she went to the temple to clean up. Of course, the temple also has the splendor of the temple. But..."

Lying in Kunta's arms, Lilith couldn't wait for her mother's next words for a long time, and asked softly: "What is it? Mother?"

Kunta smiled softly: "But my mother couldn't bear to let her go. Lilith is only four years old and can no longer experience love."

Kunta touched Lilith's brow: "It's obviously an honor, but it was covered in dust because of some madmen..."

Lilith was single in her last life. She couldn't help holding Kunta and asked: "Mom, is love important? Is it something I must experience?"

Kunta whispered: "Is love important?"

After thinking for a while, she answered her daughter Lilith: "I think, except for life and death, other things may not be that important."

Lilith asked back: "Since it's not important, it doesn't matter if you have it or not, right?"

Kunta laughed: "Hahaha~ But isn't our life composed of all kinds of unimportant things? Being unimportant doesn't mean we have to ignore it. Just as we are moved by the rise of the sun, we are moved by the distance of the moon. Melancholy, joy at meeting each other... Every tiny moment, every current experience is proof of being alive.”

Kunta looked down at his daughter Lilith: "My mother has always felt extremely... extremely happy because of Lilith's arrival."

Lilith suddenly received her mother's confession, and she shyly grabbed her clothes and tried to cover her face.

Kunta tugged at Lilith's clothing in a funny way, but didn't pull it off. Then she patted Lilith's little butt and said, "Mom thinks she has never experienced love, so she should give up first. For Lilith, it will be a bit regretful."

"What does love mean to my mother? What kind of experience does it give my mother?" Lilith couldn't help showing her face.

Kunta's eyes seemed to be looking at the memories through Lilith, and he smiled and said: "Love allowed me to meet three beastmen. We tasted the taste of love together and shared our time with each other."

Lilith concluded: "So, Lilith and her brothers are the result of the love between mother and father."

Kunta smiled and pinched Lilith's chubby face: "Huh?"

Lilith obediently allowed Kunta to pinch her face and asked, "Mom, do you not want Lilith to give up because I think love can make Lilith happy?"

Just when Lilith thought that Amu Kunta would nod in affirmation, Kunta shook his head: "Just like the temple orcs basically entered the temple when they were teenagers and were not involved in love. Then wouldn't they be happy without love? ? No. They have their own lives, and there are joys and sorrows every day. Love only accounts for a very small proportion in their lives."

Kunta paused for a few breaths, then continued: "Are the orcs who are immersed in love happy? No. There are orcs who find the true meaning in love, and there are also orcs who give up on themselves because of the bitterness of love. The role of love in their lives The proportion is very large.”

"Which one do you think is better?" Lilith asked.

Kunta smiled: "Just as good."

Then, Kunta touched Lilith's head and said, "The correct answer for Lilith can only be found by experiencing it yourself."

Lilith thoughtfully said: "So, my mother hopes that Lilith can make a decision after experiencing it."

Kunta nodded Lilith's nose: "Yes. But no matter what decision you make, it will be what my mother wants."

Lilith thought for a while and looked at Kunta quietly with a pair of dark blue eyes: "Mom, if I enter the temple, I can save a lot of trouble for my family, right? That Sin City doesn't sound easy to deal with."

Lilith said word by word: "I don't want anything to happen to you."

Kunta looked back at Lilith seriously: "Lilith, you will never be a burden that causes trouble."

Quinta hugged Lilith tightly and placed a kiss on Lilith's forehead: "Lilith, you have us. Maine, Senasa, Als, Tepper, Vasilio, Pappas, Antonio, We are a family."

Lilith's eyes were a little wet. She buried herself in Kunta's clothes and muffled: "Mom, if I were a high priest, would you be proud of me?"

Kunta nodded affirmatively: "My child, of course I will be proud of you."

Lilith paused and asked in a lower voice: "Then if Lilith doesn't go to the temple and can't become a high priest, will my mother... be disappointed?"

Kunta chuckled and said patiently: "How could it be? Whether Lilith can achieve success in the future does not depend on whether you go to the temple or whether you can become a high priest. This is just a smooth road that many orcs have walked. . Having orcs walking by means that Lilith has a map in her hand and can walk more easily. But there are thousands or tens of thousands of roads in this world."

Kunta picked up Lilith and rubbed the tip of Lilith's nose with his nose: "As long as Lilith lives how she wants, my mother will applaud and be proud of Lilith."

Lilith looked at Kunta blankly.

Kunta felt mischievous when he saw it. He stretched out his hand to ruffle Lilith's curly hair and looked at the confused Lilith: "Hey...the news that Lord Leilana wants to accept you as his disciple came too early...if you and Your eldest brother Tepper and the others are about the same age, so maybe they don’t have to worry so much.”

Lilith straightened her hair: "Ah! Mom, you are so real!"

Immediately afterwards, Lilith smiled slyly: "But~ maybe when I was older brother, I would have thought about what love is all about. Huh! This news is really ignorant."

"Hahahahaha." The mother and daughter laughed at the same time.

After a while, Lilith whispered in Kunta's arms: "Mom, I don't want to go to the temple anymore."

Kunta asked in a low voice: "What if Lilith regrets it when she grows up?"

Lilith lay on her mother's chest and muttered: "You will regret whatever you choose."

Kunta hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help laughing.

Lilith stood up in a hurry and patted her mother on the face: "Mom! Mom!"

Kunta wiped away the tears from laughter at the corner of his eyes: "Mom is fine, but I didn't expect that we, Lilith, could say such things at such a young age."

Lilith, who felt that she had been underestimated, crossed her arms in front of her chest and glanced at Kunta sideways: "Mom?"

Kunta smiled and shook his head slightly, changing the subject: "My mother and your father will visit the Julu priest tomorrow to explain your wishes."

Hearing that it was business, Lilith lowered her folded arms. Two small hands were put on Kunta's shoulders and he said forcefully, as if to encourage him: "Yes!"