Chapter 132: 132
"I was a lowly maid working for a wealthy family in a small plantation not too far from here, during the night more and more workers began disappearing mysteriously . So they fled leaving us all to fend for ourselves . Very few that made it here . . . Some fearful carried on making their way to the capital . . . . . " Aimaki explained .
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"Could you tell us what attacked you? . . " Daisy asked curiously .
"I'm not quite sure . . . . . They only ever struck at night . . . . they looked oddly elven . . . very tall very slim with elven ear and silver white hair" She answered .
"Hmmm . . . . . and did they murder your group? . . " She asked .
"Not all . . . most the time they slaughtered families and individuals without mercy . . . but sometimes they captured a few taking them away in the darkness . " She answered .
"Sounds like Dark Elves . . . " Daisy whispered to me .
"That's bad right? . . " I whispered back .
"Yeah . . . . it might be smart to let a prefect or a teacher know . " She replied .
"So do you know anything of what's been happening around here? . . " Daisy questioned .
"Ummmm not much . . . but rumours have spread that there has been very dangerous creatures have begun appearing during the night . . . . . Unnatural creatures . " She replied taking a bit more food out for her children and patting them on the head gently causing them to purr in happiness .
"Is it safe for you here? . . " I asked curiously .
"I guess it's been okay . . . I've been lucky to find work in a local tavern . . . so I've been reluctant to move to be honest . . . . and I'll need to save up money so I can afford safe passage for me and my daughters . " She answered .
"Where's the father? . . . If you don't mind me asking . " I asked curiously .
"Ohhh . . . . " She answered looking down, "Sadly we've lost him many years ago . . . . . . to make more gold for our family and wanting to provide more for our children . . . he went on a voyage transporting spices . . . the ship never reached its destination . " She spoke quietly almost tearful .
Seeing the hardship and pain she must have gone through brought me on the verge of tears . . . . "Is there anything I can do to help? . . " I asked sincerely .
"It's okay . . . . . Just trying to keep an honest life . " She smiled slightly .
"It's not easy for non-human folks here . " Daisy added addressing me .
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"Yes even though . . . non-human races are kinda accepted here . . . we are still considered second rate races . " Aimaki agreed .
"Ohh wow . . . . that's really horrible . " I instinctively replied .
"Yeah . . . . although it's improving it's still kinda bad . " Daisy explained .
"Would you prefer to live anywhere else? . . . . . Like where you're from? . . " I asked curiously .
"Sadly I don't even know where my race originated from . . . . . But I imagine home would be pretty great, but Arcadia is okay . . . it's a lot better than other regions I've heard . " She smiled slightly .
"If you're ever in need of any help . . . . the church of Serra is always open to helping everyone and anyone . " Daisy smiled .
"Ohhh that's be great!! . . . . Do they watch over children? . . . . I feel my boss although loves spending time with them . . . I would love to give her a break every once in a while . " She asked curiously .
"Ohh yeah . . . . . I'm sure they would offer such services . " Daisy smiled .
"Well . . . thank you for talking to us . . . . . I think we should make a move on unless there's anything else you need help with? . . " She asked her with a giant smile .
"No . . . . thank you for all your help!" She bowed stoically .
"If there's anything that happens or you need help with come look for us or any other student . " I smiled .
"I will . " She replied .
"Ohhhh and take this . . . . I'm not sure if they liked it . . But I did give them some candy when we first met . " Daisy smiled handing her a small bag of candy .
"Ohh thank you!" She smiled, Natsuko and Keiko heads turned instantly the moment they heard the bag rattle their ears turning to face the bag .
"We're going now . . bye . . . . " I waved at them .
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"Sorry that they're so quiet . " Aimaki chuckled as they both stood up and silently waved goodbye to us with smiles on their faces .
"Byeee . . . . take care . " Daisy smiled exiting behind me .
"I really wish I could do more for them . " I said to daisy as we left to meet the other .
"Yeah same . . . sadly . . . we can't help everyone . . . " She sighed .
"I guess you're right . . . . everyone here are probably in a similar situation to her . " I replied .
"We've been quite lucky . . . . their lives feel so hard especially for Natsuko and Keiko . " Daisy sighed kicking a small weed .
"I was wondering . . . . how much it would cost to get her safe passage to somewhere safer . . . . . " I asked Daisy .
"To be honest . . . . I don't even know who to trust . . . " She frowned .
"So what's it like being a non-human in Arcadia? . . " I asked curiously .
"You know . . . . people giving you looks . . . . . Being called names . . . . and just being treated differently . . . " She answered .
"I see . . . " I nodded in understanding . "I wonder if there's any way we can get her and her children some new clothes . . . . they were all wearing battered rags . . . " I asked extremely concerned .
"Hmm I don't think we can do anything right now . . . . we are in class . . . . . But if we was to maybe take a trip on the weekend we defiantly could . " Daisy answered .
"True true . . . . " I replied thinking of the idea .
"Hey guys!" Jay greeted us as we approached .
"Hey! Did you manage to help anyone? . . " I asked .
"Yeah . . . there was an old man that needed some help with bandages and a family needed some extra rations . . . . . You? . . " He answered .
"Yeah . . . we have to stop some punks stealing some stuff from a Fox family . " Daisy answered .
"Wow! Fox people!!" Jay questioned in shock .
"Yah . . . . they were pretty cute . " I answered .
"That's so awesome! I've never seen one before . . . " Jay answered .
"By the way we also got some information on what's been happening lately . " Daisy told Jay .
"Ohhh I did as well . . . . I was told a lot of people and solider injuries are from natural weapons . . . . . Like claws or bites . " Jay replied .
"We found out that Dark Elves are also involved in some killings and kidnappings . " Daisy answered back .
"Hey Guys!!!" Grace and Helen greeted us .
"Hey . . . " We all replied .
"So did you guys manage to help anyone? . . " Jay asked .
"Yeah . . . but it wasn't easy . . . . a lot of people dislike Elves . . . " Helen sighed .
"How comes? . . " I asked shocked at the news .
"You know . . . . . Elves . . . . higher class . . . . . Arrogant . . . . . That sort of stuff . " Grace explained .
"Ohhh I see . . . . . " I replied .
"We also found out . . . . . The recent attacks have been made by natural weapons like claws and bites . . . . and Dark elves have been involved in some raids . " Jay notified Helen and Grace .
"That's not good . . . . . " Grace replied hearing the news looking extremely worried .
"What do you think is happening? . . " Jay asked noticing her reaction .
"Well . . . . . Dark elves are very cruel and ruthless . . . . . Did they take any prisoners?" She asked .
"The Fox lady we talked to said some were taken . . . most were murdered . " Daisy replied .
"Hmmmm so Dark Elves only takes prisoners for two reasons . . . . . Slavery . . . . and torture for information . " Helen answered, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She asked Grace .
"Yes . . . . we need to go check out the wounds and see if we recognise the bite and claw marks . . " Grace asked .
"Yup . . . . . " Helen answered .
"Wait what's going on? . . " I asked not understanding what's going on .
"Well . . . . It's a tactic Dark Elves use . . . . they send their creatures to cause chaos and unrest, with the stress and commotion slip in through the shadows undetected . " Grace answered .
"Yeah . . . if our suspicions are right . . . . . The city might be in bigger trouble . . . " Helen agreed .
"Shouldn't we tell a teacher? . . Or prefect? . . " I asked .
"I think it would be better . . . . " Jay agreed with me .
"Problem is . . . . . If we get a teacher or prefect involved . . . . It might just cause them to take action . . . . they'd never suspect anything from normal students especially young new students . " Grace answered .
"You got a point there . . . " Jay agreed .
"So we're gonna do this? . . " Daisy asked with a smile .
"We all got our weapons? . . " Grace asked .
"Yup . " We all replied .
"Okay just remember they probably assumed the image of a human . . . . . So watch what you say and do . . . . . Don't trust anyone other than us . . . . . And watch each other's backs . " Grace warned .