I'm not that kind of orc

"The word 'trust' doesn't apply to you at all." Angelica complained sharply, "Think about what you... did yesterday."

"Uh..." Arsena, who smiled wryly, was speechless.

"The others aren't up yet." I went over and sat down on the bench.

"Those two people usually get up very late." Angelica picked up the glass teapot with fruit and poured tea for me, "Let them fall asleep."

Also, I have fully experienced how leisurely and slow the life of the elves is during the few months I stayed in Saidian, and this wolf girl who only sleeps for four hours a day can get up so early.

"By the way, Arsena, I have something to ask you." I turned to the desk and brought up the matter, "While walking around the town yesterday, I heard some rumors..."

"It means that some people gathered privately and jointly protested against the settlement of orcs here?" Arsena said it for me.

"You already know." I raised my eyebrows.

"Yes, in fact..." Arsena suddenly sighed as if she was very tired, bent aside, picked up a large stack of organized papers from the ground and put them on the table, "The two God, these things have been received in the castle."

"what is this?"

"Protests from nearby residents, the number of petitions sent to me in the past few days has increased more than ten times than usual." Arsena rubbed her forehead and shook her head lightly, "I asked someone to sort them for me. After a while, it turned out that most of them were protesting against the fact that the orcs settled here."

"So many?" I couldn't help frowning.

"Yeah, although I expected dissatisfaction, I really didn't expect there to be so many. Well, there is actually a reason for this."

"I heard that it is related to what case?"

"You've even heard of this. That's right, it's related to some recent cases." Arsena's expression became serious, "Recently, there have been many cases of missing people in several towns and villages in the territory. case."

"Missing persons?" Angelica and I said in unison.

Arsena nodded: "That's right. Originally, there would always be one or two cases of missing persons in a certain area in a year-sometimes this phenomenon may not necessarily be related to crimes such as kidnapping or murder. Sometimes after investigation, it will be found that the missing person had an accident somewhere, or he left the place of residence secretly. However, the disappearance cases that have occurred here have been quite frequent recently, and the methods are very similar. No matter how you look at it, it is a man-made crime on a certain scale."

"So, some people suspect... that the orcs did it?" Angelica said bluntly.

Althea nodded silently.

"Hey, this is a bit too much, what are we kidnapping humans for?" After hearing the reason, I felt very uncomfortable.

"Although this country has certain trade relations with the orc tribe, not everyone has a specific understanding of orcs. In fact, before the orcs moved in, there were consecutive cases of disappearances in some villages near the capital. Mr. Wikas once led people to investigate this matter... ah, his knights are occasionally responsible for such things, because werewolves have a unique talent in tracking. They seem to have found some clues, but it didn't take long Those cases just dropped off all of a sudden. It’s clear now that those people didn’t stop, they moved.”

Arsena crossed her hands and leaned her back on the bench, "This series of cases has nothing to do with orcs in terms of time. I tried to explain it on the bulletin board, but it didn't have any obvious effect. These residents It's just subconsciously combining the uneasiness about the orcs' relocation here with the fear of the unknown murderer, and turning the finger on the orcs without authorization. Humans have an instinctive fear of the unknown. Compared with invisible and intangible murderers, People prefer to establish a suspect first."

"Then... do I need to do something about this matter?" I felt faintly uneasy.

If this matter is left unchecked, it will always trigger conflicts between the local residents and the orc tribe.

"No, not for the time being. This matter is definitely going to be dealt with, but we still can't figure out the clues of the case." Alsena looked me in the eyes, "Mr. Bullock, you should do your work according to the plan first." That's good, you have to go to the nearby residence to inspect first in the morning, I have already prepared the carriages and horses for you."

"Fine then." I accepted.

"Me too, let's go together."

As soon as the words were finished, Angelica raised her hand as if she had been waiting for a long time, and said quietly.

Work is always worry-free (4)

Arsena allocated the settlements for each tribe into two parts. The one closest to the castle we temporarily rented and the town below the mountain was allocated to the Wolf Head Clan and Luefeng Clan. If you go by carriage, it will take about three An hour——Alsena deliberately set aside a short distance between the orc settlement and the human town.

If it is too close, the local residents who are afraid of the orcs will feel dissatisfied, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no friction, so it is necessary to keep a distance as a buffer.

But if it is too far away, the cost of management, coordination and material transportation will increase, and communication will be reduced.After all, they are living in the same territory, and if they only seek peace and harmony by means of isolation, it is by no means a long-term solution, and new estrangements may arise.

Arsena herself was busy with official duties and couldn't get away, so this time she just arranged for carriages and horses, and asked me to go to the residence to inspect and contact the tribes there to collect opinions.

Angelica, who got up early like me, insisted on going with me, but I couldn't resist, so I had to take her with me in the end.

I thought that the chariot that Arsena prepared for us was just a chariot—in fact, it was indeed a chariot that set off from the castle, but after going down the mountain, I was surprised to find that there were also a group of merchants transporting supplies. Team.

When we met at the foot of the mountain, a human man with a well-trimmed beard approached our carriage and greeted me through the window: "You are Mr. Bullock, my name is Myron, and I am escorting this group of people." The person in charge of the supplies is also the guide assigned to you by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Even in the face of an orc like me, he still seemed very calm.

"Well, nice to meet you." I was a little surprised, I poked my head out of the car window and looked around, "Well, are these supplies..."

Miron nodded knowingly: "It's all materials that are going to be transported to the orc settlement. In fact, we have started to allocate materials there before the orcs arrived there, and it has never stopped. At first it was food and temporary tents, and then Tools and some daily necessities. The most recent goods are mainly stone, wood, metal and other various materials. These materials were allocated by His Royal Highness through his business contacts to assist the orc tribe in building their settlements. "

"Are... are you one of Arsena's subordinates?" I noticed that his address to Arsena was somewhat different from those people I met in the castle.

Myron shook his head: "No, I'm from the Chamber of Commerce. Our Chamber of Commerce was entrusted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to allocate these materials from various places. The members of our Chamber of Commerce are basically in direct contact with the orc tribe. Or travel merchants or companies with indirect trading contacts. We are no strangers to dealing with orcs."

That girl's contacts and handling ability are really amazing.

"His Royal Highness has already told us that you can always come to me or other members of the chamber of commerce if you have anything to do. These carriages with the national emblem of Hergia printed on the outer canvas are our chamber of commerce carriages." He paused. Dun, "But please pay attention to the distinction. The other carriages are different. They are not entrusted to transport supplies, but members of our chamber of commerce. They are all businessmen who usually travel to and from the northern orc tribes. This time they are preparing to bring goods with us. Let’s go to the new settlement to sell together.”

"You started to open up trade so soon? Or to the orcs who moved to your land?" I was taken aback.

"When doing business, it is often necessary to seize the territory as soon as possible. If you want to intervene later, you will often need to pay more costs." Miron laughed heartily, "Compared to the businessmen here Pay more attention to the profit space, whether it is orcs or humans, the gold they get is the same, and everyone is equal before money."

It turns out that it was probably because of this idea that the merchants in Helgia opened up trade routes to the orc tribes in the Wild of Beasts.

If it weren't for these "profit-seeking" Helgian merchants, we wouldn't have much intersection with the civilized world. If it weren't for such exchanges in the past few decades, humans would probably have huge prejudice against us like elves And hate it.

"But His Royal Highness is the most powerful business talent, and she has made a lot of money through this." Myron looked at the carriages of those merchants with emotion, "After she announced the news that the orc tribes migrated and settled here, since Some merchants and businesses tendered several investments there to assist in the construction of the settlement, and in exchange, she offered these merchants the right to start a trade with the orcs who migrated first, as it is now."

I was once again shocked by Alsena's methods to actually make local businessmen willingly pay to help the orcs build their settlements.

"Okay, if you have no more questions, how about we set off immediately?" Myron pointed in one direction.

"Okay." I nodded.

The convoy set off along the avenue outside the city. Helgia is a country with developed commerce and trade. There are wide and flat avenues built between several commercial towns and nearby villages. The first half of the road is quite comfortable, but about two An hour later, we had to leave the road and walk along the flat land in the wild - because the settlements provided by Arsena to the four tribes were all undeveloped wasteland.

By the time the carriage arrived at its destination and stopped, it was already noon.

I took Angelica out of the carriage, and as soon as I turned around, I saw a stretch of semi-finished embryonic rooms and tents not far away, as well as the figures of orcs carrying wood and bricks - this is the Luefeng clan and The new settlement of the Wolfhead Clan.

A group of orcs approached the convoy, greeted the deliverers with familiarity, and then quickly began to help unload the goods.And those merchants who came with the team went into the settlement with goods along the established route under the guidance of an orc holding a flag.

Apparently, such exchanges have been going on for several days.

"Little brother, you are finally here." Greetings in orc language sounded from the side, I turned my head and saw a familiar face.

"Do you still recognize me?" A mature orc dressed in wolf fur and cavalry approached, smiled and raised his hand to greet me.

"Uso Wolfhead?" I called out his name.

What appeared in front of him was the cavalry leader of the Langshou clan who had appeared at the negotiation meeting as a representative of the Langshou clan.

"Well, it's me. We received the news in advance that you are coming today. The chief ordered me to come and meet with you. Today I will be in charge of showing you around the reservation... Ah, you haven't eaten yet, do you want something to eat first? "He laughed heartily.

"Are you hungry?" I turned around and asked Angelica next to me.

"It's okay." Angelica, who was holding the corner of my clothes, replied blankly.

Uso's gaze followed me down, and then he noticed Angelica who had been standing close to me, and blinked his eyes twice: "Huh? I said little brother, why did you bring an elf kid?" come over?"

Work is always worry-free (5)

Uso's words immediately triggered Angelica's dissatisfaction.

Although she leaned against me and hid half of her body as usual, she poked her head out and raised her face to stare at the tall orc in front of her: "He...is not young! I must be older than you! "

"Hey!" Uso folded his hands and looked down at her, raised the corners of his mouth, not paying attention to her at all, "But no matter how old you are, you're still a little kid, aren't you?"

"Woo!" Angelica was obviously hit by a sore spot. She raised her eyebrows and looked up at me aggrievedly, "Brock, this person is so annoying!"

This girl has always been a little sensitive about her body shape.

Then at this moment, Uso patted me on the shoulder carelessly, and added another knife without knowing it: "Little brother, no matter how much you like long ears, you can't shoot at such a brat, it doesn't match at all, haha Ha ha!"

Angelica, who seemed to have been hit right, froze completely because of these words.

"Hey, who likes long ears? Let me tell you, don't tell me nonsense!" I looked at Uso in front of me speechlessly.

"Don't be shy, your deeds have been spread throughout the tribes, who doesn't have their own preference, don't you think so?" The guy rolled his eyes and put on a knowing smile of "big brother understands you".

"Hey, what does it mean to spread to all the tribes? What kind of things have you spread?" The more I heard it, the more panicked I became.

"Okay, don't worry about it so much, let's go, I'll take you to visit." Uso said with a hearty smile, and raised his hand, "Oh, and this kid!"

At this moment, I felt Angelica beside me suddenly gripping my clothes tightly.

"Hey, you!" She suddenly changed her tone to Uso, "Show me this way!"

"Angelica?" I was surprised for a while.

"Huh?" Uso, who noticed the change in the other party's voice, turned his head in surprise.

Then he witnessed the whole process of Angelica's body growing rapidly in a daze.

This girl changed into a werewolf form, her body grew rapidly, her short hair grew into smooth long hair, and pointed animal ears grew on her head. The long skirt that could cover her knees suddenly turned into a short skirt for her. There is also a fluffy tail protruding from the bottom of the skirt.

Uso's jaw almost dropped when he noticed the wolf's tail.

"Hey, now, do you still dare to call me a brat?" Angelica, whose demeanor suddenly became cold, put one hand on her plump breasts, and the other took my arm, as if she was elated. grunted.

This girl is really angry...

The first time I saw her like this was because Feilan called her a "cutting board" in front of her face.

Uso didn't reply, but just stared straight at Angelica...'s tail, and finally even Angelica became a little uncomfortable being stared at by him.

She noticed the other party's gaze, frowned, and subconsciously shook her tail to hide it: "You, what are you doing?"

It took Uso a long time to react. He swallowed his throat, and suddenly asked seriously: "Excuse me, that tail...can you let me touch it?"

Although it sounds a bit impolite, I can understand his thoughts to some extent - such a fluffy tail with high-quality luster is dangling in front of his eyes, and anyone would want to touch it.

As a result, Angelica immediately bared her fangs as if threatening him: "I'm telling you, don't even think about hitting my tail! No one else wants to touch this tail except Brock!"

"Eh? Can I touch it?" I suddenly felt overjoyed.

"If Brock wants to..." Angelica said with some coyness, shifting her gaze slightly.

Uso looked at me enviously, and sighed: "This, this... people can grow ears and tails of wolves—there is such a magical combination in this world."

"Haven't you heard of werewolves?" I asked him.

"It turned out to be a werewolf. I only heard about it, but never saw it with my own eyes." Uso touched his chin thoughtfully.

"Oh, that's it... well, don't worry about this now, let's take us to the residence to have a look." I brought the topic back on track.

"Okay, then you two come with me." He spread his hands over there, and looked at Angelika twice before turning around.