【Thousand Fantasy】Snake and Rabbit in the Same Cage

Teacher Huan: Is it wrong to like money?

Rabbits are the favored food of all predators in Orcs.

Because they are weak, but like to live in groups.Once you find one, you can find more.So even though they don't have much magic power, as long as they hunt enough rabbits, they can fill their stomachs.

The risk is much lower than hunting a powerful orc.

Gen probably survived such a hunt.When he opened his eyes, he found that there were many things he couldn't remember, except his own name, and who told him to run away at the top of his voice.

He felt itchy on his face, and something slipped off.I touched it with my hand, it was a red liquid.It smells fishy.Looking around, I realized that I was lying in a large pool of such liquid.

What's this?he thinks.

It seems to be something that comes out of the body.

And there is nothing around except for liquid like Datan Datan.There are neither companions nor remains.

He stood up and saw the wind blowing across the prairie.The endless green undulates like sea waves, making a rustling sound.

Losing his memory made him feel no emotions, and he didn't know what to do with himself.So while looking for plant seeds on the grassland to fill his stomach, he walked aimlessly.He didn't stop until he smelled the fishy sweet smell again.He saw a prairie wolf gnawing on the bones of the orcs whose original appearance could no longer be seen.The skeleton is very large, and it may not necessarily belong to the superior orc clan.But at the moment it is nothing, just someone else's meal after the defeat.

The hallucination felt that his heartbeat stopped at this moment.

The fear in his heart was awakened instantly, and his instinct made him understand immediately that he should run away.But it was too late.The prairie wolf jumped up and was already in front of him.He was thrown to the ground, fetid fangs digging into the skin of his neck.He couldn't cry, he couldn't cry out, he just felt as stiff as death.

"What, it's a little rabbit." The wolf stood up and let him go.

He is well fed and full of magic.Not interested in a scrawny baby rabbit.I don't know the reason, maybe it's just pure boredom, and occasionally want to do good deeds, he said to the frightened little rabbit: "This is already the territory of wolves. I suggest you go east There is a human country over there, and it has recently begun to accommodate small animals like you."

Most humans look down on the orcs who make compromises.But they didn't know that for these orcs, being able to live in peace day after day is already like coming to heaven.

Huan brought a basin of hot water and washed the face of a curly-haired lamb with a wet towel.There are many cubs nearby.The older ones were washing themselves, while the younger ones lined up, waiting to be taken care of by Gen.

"They are all your children?" Qian Kong was bumped by a child running around, and quickly dodged to the side.He accidentally stepped on a toy that fell on the ground, causing a child to burst into tears.He looked for a place where he could stay quietly. There were a few stools in the room, but they were all full of children and couldn't fit him.So I had to stand against the wall, trying to minimize my sense of existence.

"How is it possible." The big rabbit gave him a blank look: "They are all orphans whose parents were eaten, and I and several adult orcs take turns to take care of them."

Qian Kong was silent for a while, then said, "I shouldn't have come here?"

At that time, Rabbit regretted talking too much about the library. If Qiankong wanted to go out at night with him, once he was caught, his reputation as the number one illusionist in the empire would drop in price.So he added: "The library is only open during the day, and you can't get in now. Because there are many rare documents stored in it, the guards are stricter at night than during the day."

"Then we'll go tomorrow." Qian Kong nodded in agreement.

"Why don't I draw a map for you?" The rabbit wanted to struggle again.

"Aren't you going to repay me?" Qian Kong looked at him, smiling and showing two fangs connected with poisonous glands.

"Okay, okay, let's talk if we have something to say!" The rabbit was so excited that he almost jumped back.

The predator's intimidation is really effective, no matter how much you tell yourself that if the other party is really going to kill him, you won't rush to the alley to save him just now.But the moment he saw the fangs, his hairs stood on end like a conditioned reflex.

In fact, apart from the incident of waking up in a pool of blood in the wilderness as a child, Gen has never experienced being attacked by a superior beast clan.The empire is very strict with these monsters that can eat people, and they will be executed immediately if they are found.Thanks to the royal family that advocates force, small animals like Gen can end their lives of constant anxiety.The price they have to pay is to become cheap labor for the rapid development of the imperial economy.

"I'll go back tonight, can we meet here tomorrow?" Rabbit made the best concession he could.But the Predator was not satisfied: "I have been in the Imperial Capital for several days, and I have been sleeping on the streets. I really want to sleep in bed."

The hallucination felt that the veins on his forehead were twitching.

"I know how this country treats us, so you don't have to worry about me messing around. Besides, I will pay." Qian Kong took something out of his pocket and threw it over.

Huan caught it, and was stunned when he sensed the elemental composition of this thing.It was an irregular and not clear light yellow stone, and even the impurities inside could be seen at a glance.If ordinary humans were to appraise it, they would definitely sneer at it: it is not even worth polishing into jewelry.But when this stone lay quietly in his palm, there was magic power flowing.

The natural Philosopher's Stone is extremely rare, and the magic power contained in it is so strong that it can even buy a small country the size of an imperial capital.Gen held the Sorcerer's Stone in his hand and roughly estimated its value.This is much more valuable than the ruby ​​cheated from the baron.

He thought about what Qian Kong said was right. In order to prevent the invasion of the superior beast race, sentries and wizards were stationed all over the empire. For decades, there has been no incident of beast race hurting people.Because of the strict laws, even human crimes are rare.There is no doubt that this is a safe paradise.

Of course, this security is limited to humans.

Second-class citizens do not enjoy legal protection, and accidental or tortured deaths often happen among orcs.Their bodies were abandoned in the corners of the city, and the discoverers didn't even need to report to the guards, they only needed to contact the nearest funeral home, and someone would transport the bodies to a cemetery in the suburbs and bury them.

Humans will not be held accountable for killing orcs, which is the default rule here.

"It's okay to take you back, but you must maintain a complete mimicry, otherwise you will scare the children." Huan stuffed the magic stone into his pocket, and after repeated instructions, he led Qian Kong to a big stone-built house.

The fireplace in the house was burning brightly and warmly.Cold-blooded animals are afraid of the cold, and just about to sigh how comfortable it is, they saw a group of orc children rushing towards Huan noisily.

"Mr. Huan, welcome home!" The leader was a little girl with blond hair, wearing a woolen hat, which looked like a big round watermelon.She flew over and threw herself into Huan's arms, and the other children followed suit.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Huan hugged the acting coquettish children one by one, and said to the little girl: "Watermelon, I'll wash their faces, you go and wash yourself."

Watermelon nodded obediently, looked at Qiankong: "This is?"

"A guest, stay for one night." Huan said, looking at Qian Kong anxiously.The latter obediently hid the characteristics of the orcs on his body, looking like an ordinary human being.Children themselves are not sensitive to danger. There are so many children in the room that no one realizes that the visitor is a predator.

The room was full of all kinds of living utensils, and it was extremely crowded.Gen couldn't keep Senku away from him in this kind of place, so he had to endure the gaze of the snake on him while rubbing the children's faces with a towel.

It wasn't until he carried the last child onto the small bed in the children's room that Huan rubbed his sore shoulders: "You sleep in my room tonight."

"Don't you want to get too close to me?" Qian Kong asked.

"I have to watch you." Huan sighed: "If I put the children in danger because I was tempted by money, I will have a bad conscience for the rest of my life."

"It can be seen that you really need money." Qian Kong opened his pocket and took out another Sorcerer's Stone from it.This piece of mineral looks the same as the previous one, but it's smaller: "I'll give you this too, I only brought so much."

Rabbit asked vigilantly, "Why are you so kind? Do you want to ask me?"

"You misunderstood." Qiankong smiled: "This is just a local specialty of my hometown, and it is worthless to me. Since you need it, I will give it to you."

The concept of money does exist only in human society.There is no currency and trade in the world of the orcs, and what is needed can be obtained by plundering.Although it sounds cruel, the orcs are also different from humans.In addition to maintaining survival, they have no extra material desires.

If it wasn't for feeding the house full of children, Huan might have been content with a life of food and clothing like other beast races.They wouldn't sharpen their heads just to make money, so they can practice illusion to perfection.

He took the Philosopher's Stone and forced a smile to the guest who made his back sweat: "This room is my bedroom, come here."

There is only a large wooden bed in Huan's room, which is where he and several other caregivers take turns sleeping.Qian Kong keenly sensed the aura of other adult orcs here, and asked, "It seems that many people have lived in this room?"

Huan nodded: "They are all ordinary orcs who work for humans. We discuss the time and come here to watch the night in turn. Most of the rest of the time stays at the home of the master who works."

During the day, the city is fairly safe, and the older children can take care of the younger ones.At night, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no danger in a place full of children.Therefore, the orcs who grew up here will always come back to watch the night in turn.That's what those elders did when Gen first came here.

This small Orc Orphanage has always sheltered unattended children in this form, lest they die from wandering.

"You share their living expenses together?"

"Most of the money is paid by me now. I perform illusions for humans and earn more. You know, human beings generally pay orcs very low salaries, and sometimes they can't even satisfy their food and clothing. Many orcs, in order to fill their stomachs, Even willing..." He paused and said, "Forget it, you won't understand."

Rabbit dragged out a blanket from the locker, spread it on the floor and said, "I'll give you the bed, go to sleep."

"This bed is quite wide..." Qian Kong patted the bed, signaling Huan to come up.

"Am I crazy, sharing a bed with a snake?" Gen smiled, even though he didn't think it was funny.

"I still have a lot of the Philosopher's Stone at home." Qian Kong yawned and covered her with the quilt.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Senku heard the rabbit put the blanket back in the closet, and lay down on the edge of the bed.He chuckled softly, then deliberately turned over to get closer to the other party, and suddenly felt the rabbit froze.

"There is no one else here, so I don't have to maintain the mimicry all the time, right? It's quite tiring." Qian Kong asked.

"Anyway...whatever you want."

Huan closed his eyes, thinking that as long as he fell asleep, the night would pass quickly.He felt that the other party was releasing the mimesis created by magic, and his lower body was rustling on the bed sheet, completely turning into a snake tail.

Orcs retain many of the characteristics of beasts.Because ordinary orcs are accepted by the empire, they don't need to hide their identities.But Qiankong is different. If he does not maintain a complete mimicry, once the wizard finds out, it will inevitably be a battle.He came here only to investigate the magic circle, and he didn't want to consume fearless magic power.

When he straightened his tail for the first time in a long time, Qiankong couldn't help but feel a sense of happiness spontaneously: all this is thanks to the rabbit beside him who only cares about money.

Once he is happy, he can't help but feel a lot closer to the person who provides happiness.So he couldn't help but reached out and patted Huan, who was lying on his back facing him, and asked, "Aren't you going to cover yourself with the quilt?"

Rabbit answered him with a cry of surprise.

"What's wrong?" Qian Kong stood up, and leaned over inexplicably: "Did you get hurt just now? Does it hurt anywhere?"

When his hand touched the rabbit again, the latter shrank back to the end of the bed.The candlelight from the wall lamp made his face very red, and the rabbit stammered, "Can you...don't...don't touch me."

He was born into this sensitive rabbit body, though not by fantasy.The Baron was right, too, that most rabbits are promiscuous, that's just what it is.They like to sleep, and they can get extra benefits from sleeping with humans, so why not?

When more and more rabbits voluntarily commit themselves to humans, this race becomes less pure in the eyes of humans.It is not uncommon for Gen to perform around to be harassed by such gazes, so he learned to use illusion to satisfy humans.

A companion with insight into this matter asked him why, but Gen didn't know how to answer.If anything, he hates humans.

So he always wears thick clothes when he goes out to perform, and hides under a large and heavy robe, so as to avoid his body feeling when he is mobbed.But when he entered the bedroom just now, he took off his coat and only wore a bottoming lining.

Chiku didn't know the habits of rabbits, because Gen was the first rabbit he knew.

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