Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1021: 1003This city owes us!

??Chapter 1021 1003. This city owes us!

?"Let him leave Novigrad, or let the shapeshifter leave Novigrad?"

?Dudu’s tone is low.

?After hearing Lan En’s suggestion, Dudu, who was appeased by the [Yaxi Seal], did seem to have settled down.

?But Lan En looked at the expression on the halfling's face and felt that he was even more determined now than before.

?“No, we are not leaving Novigrad.”

??His tone no longer sounded like that of a relaxed and happy halfling, but instead took on the tone of someone who had weathered the storm and made up his mind, despite the efforts of others to persuade him.

?Under this tone, other people in the room also fell into serious silence.

“We can become an unknown person, even a beggar, but we will not leave Novigrad, and we will never become shapeshifters in the wilderness. This city owes us!”

“When humans took this city away from the elves, they also destroyed the natural environment we originally lived in. We were hunted like mad dogs and nearly extinct. Only a few survived, including me.”

"You want to know why I'm as cautious as a frightened rabbit, Ser Lane? You've never been through that, so of course you don't understand me."

?Lan En stretched out his hand towards Dudu.

?Become part of the gears of society.

"If he can't hold on anymore, I welcome you to have an assistant. I can also pay the assistant's salary, my professional manager."

"We are no worse than you, our bodies and souls are no worse than you! We have the right to enter civilized life! Enjoy the convenience brought by the development of civilization!"

“Just give up the eye-catching identity of Temple Guard Commander, and like you said, do an ordinary job to support yourself.”

?This anger is not directed at a certain object, but for the situation of one's own species.

?Everyone is silent.

?The halfling turned to look at the tall witcher sitting on the chair.

"Of course." Lan En whispered in the silence, "Of course you have the right to live and enjoy the conveniences of civilization, Dudu."

“Novigrad has warm shelter and food. I can make a living by working, and the residents here don’t often hunt each other with bows and arrows.”

"Life in Novigrad is much better than in the wilderness. We don't have to wander in the woods and find holes under tree stumps to spend the winter. We don't have to starve and be chased and shot like prey."

“If you want us to return to the ‘original ecology’, you are cultivating animals. Only cultivating animals will pursue primitiveness. We are intelligent life! We have intelligence and feelings!”

?They could not stop humans from encroaching on territory, and even later they could not stop humans from racial hatred and persecution of the indigenous people. Now they are retreating again and again. I just want to get the right for intelligent life to survive in a big city.

?Finally, Dudu looked around at the other silent people in the room with anger.

?The halfling was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and nodded heavily.

Dudu finally said through gritted teeth.

"Your reasons for refusing to leave Novigrad are not rational, but no one can say anything. Then there can be another solution."

?None of the people present are racist, and they are even disgusted by racial persecution.

??But this should undoubtedly be the first time that they met an endangered mainland aborigine and explained their ideas to a group of humans.

“Wolves attacked me, and I turned into a wolf and wandered among their pack for weeks. That’s how I survived.”

—You humans are cruel and greedy, so be strong. But on this continent, are even the last wishes of the indigenous people for survival really to be trampled to death?

?“Then...wish us a happy cooperation, Sir Lann.”

?“Just call me Lan En.”

?Dudu wiped his face with both hands, turned around and prepared to walk out of the room to go find his shapeshifter friend to share the information he just had.

?“Would you like me to come with you?”

??Geralt also stood up and said.

?Metamorphs are very capable and can even imitate the mutated body of a demon hunter.

?But they are kind-hearted by nature, and their fighting ability cannot reach the level of their original owners when they are not murderous.

?And Dudu refused.

"No, you'd better not follow, Geralt. I've met Chapelle many times, and the Eternal Flame calls you mutants. If you follow, you'll stand out."

??Geralt thought for a while and then sat down again.

Dudu walked straight out of the door. As the door opened and closed, he transformed into a human male wearing a white tights and a leather vest.

?After Dudu left, the whole room remained silent for a while.

?Ethnic conflicts, racial oppression, and genocide have been implemented on a large scale since humans landed on this continent.

Today, although the scale is not as large as before, the indigenous people who have been forcibly suppressed by humans still live in racial discrimination.

I heard that in the capital of Kaedwen, Ard Kalai, there have been two or three massacres against non-human races since the current king Henselt came to the throne.

?The wealth accumulated by elves, dwarves, and halflings is just because they are not human, so angry beggars and hooligans can kill the owners of the wealth and divide it up.

Henselt said that it was "the anger of the righteous people". But if he did not collect taxes accurately according to the amount of robbery, the credibility of this statement would increase a lot. At first, there were still non-human races who reluctantly believed it, but after this incident broke out several times, there were basically no non-human races left to live or buy property in the city.

?Because they all know that living there will only become a target for robbery in the future.

?The people in the room are not farmers or poor people who cannot read a few words, so they all know.

Ordinary non-human races are no different from ordinary humans, and the hatred between races is mostly deliberately heightened.

?In order to cover up the contradictions between the nobility and the common people, and to cover up the alliances and discords between big businessmen, industrial unions and the nobility

This is not correct.

?Lan En knew this clearly in his heart.

and

??The young witcher's hands tightened and unclenched.

?The steel wire cables connected to the surgically strengthened muscles, bones, and tendons, and the stacking of various technologies, make his strength far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

?Different from the situation when he first arrived, when he couldn't even care about his own safety, he now has the power and influence that may be able to change this phenomenon!

?It's just that this kind of thing is completely different from killing a powerful monster alone.

?This requires a sound organization and the support of the people

?But he cannot spend all his time in this world, because he is still the one who made the agreement with the Lady of the Lake.

??is the champion chosen by the goddess.

??In terms of whether it is important or not, guarding the rift between the celestial spheres together with the Lady of the Lake is even more important than the safety of the entire continent.

?Because it concerns the whole world.

?As the leader of an organization, he disappears from public view for several months for no reason, and it will happen again every once in a while.

?Such an organization is neither stable nor has high potential.

?The reason why the Ember Knights have no problem is that the individual quality of the Ember Knights is too high, and there are not many of them. All of them have personally followed Lan across the Soden Mountain battlefield.

?Once an organization faces personnel expansion and influence expansion, they cannot spread their advantages to the entire organization.

??And to be honest, Lan En's current fearful attitude when every kingdom mentions him is largely due to his lack of worries.

??If he really had a huge and bloated organization that he devoted his efforts to, he might not be as "free" as he is now.

?However, these questions passed through Lan En's mind one by one.

?It only took a short time. Mentos' computing power matched Lan En's education and experience gained from [Memory Diving].

?In fact, it’s not like he doesn’t have the means to get things done.

?It’s just that you need to wait for the right opportunity—

?Dudu’s things were done very quickly. It took almost two hours to go back and forth. He returned to the room in the Kingfisher Tavern again in the evening.

?Chappelle has already gotten along with him and knows about the Manji brothers’ plan to bring him down.

?In fact, he had already anticipated this.

?After all, there is no way he could have done the same thing as the original Shapelle, nor could he be as cruel as that human being.

?Changes in personality and approach to things are bound to arouse suspicion.

Even without the Manji brothers, those who are eyeing the commander's position and want to climb up will notice it.

?Suppression is useless, even killing people is useless.

?Because there is no end to this kind of people.

"As long as there are still people who want to climb up, they will definitely target him. He is too conspicuous and too abnormal."

Dudu huddled on a chair in the room, speaking in a low tone, and occasionally took a sip of the wine glass in his hand.

“A guy who didn’t dare to kill someone actually took the position of the temple guard commander. After a long time, everyone knew that it was abnormal.”

“Thank you, Lan En.” After saying this, Dudu raised his cup to express his gratitude to Lan En, who was sitting on the bed.

?“You reminded him and gave him a job opportunity.”

?“No, it’s nothing.”

?Lan is playing with the flannel ball. The kitten curled up in a ball on the bed to sleep in the afternoon and is very energetic now.

??He pinched a sausage into small pieces with his hands, then threw it into the air. The velvet ball quickly caught it in the air, and then ate the snacks.

?Elu cats play very much like ordinary cats.

“He has been the commander in place of Chapelle for a long time. He is so capable that he has only been caught by the tail now. I would also feel honored that he works for me.”

"No matter what." Although Dudu was a little depressed, he still said solemnly, "We will make good use of your personal assets, don't worry."

?Lann's initial goal when he came to Novigrad was accomplished. He found a professional manager he could trust.

?Although there are many problems in the middle, it is still complete at least.