“Your sentence has been announced, are you going to still remain silent? “The elf mage named Rolanna crossed her legs in front of me and sat in a less decent posture.
She was the same elf mage who attacked me with magic, captured me alive, then against all odds at that trial meeting, made the proposal that I should be educated in an elven institution.
“What the hell are you thinking?” I asked the elf in an almost roaring voice.
Whether it was on the way or now alone in the room with her, I would have liked to take advantage of her unpreparedness to subdue her, get the escape route with the most successful rate, then get out of this place and return to my own tribe.
However, currently, I couldn’t even move a finger. The mage was very careful and ‘ordered’ me to sit crossed-legged in front of the desk and she calmly sat on the desk looking down at me.
This damn magic device collar makes me unable to disobey her, I have to find a way to break it…
“If you want to break this collar, you should save yourself some time. This is Saidian’s chief mage, that is, my special magical device. No matter whether it is a knife, ax, fire, or water, it would still be alright.”
She immediately saw through my thoughts and gave me a playful smile.
“To some extent, you should be grateful to me. It was me who spent my tongue at the trial and saved you from life imprisonment.” there was a smiling expression on her face.
Spit! “ I didn’t ask you to do this” I stared back at her ungratefully.
“Oh, how vulgar! You said at the trial that your orcs were a civilized race, but you can’t even speak calmly?”
I couldn’t say anything to refute.
Tsk, although I am not reconciled, this elf’s eloquence was obviously above me. I couldn’t say that she is complete —–.
“Okay, let’s not joke.” with a triumphant smile, she adjusted her posture a little. “Coming to the point, as you should have understood at the trial, I want you to study in my college–”
“I refuse!” I interrupted loudly before she could finish.
“Refuse? Saidian Central Academy is the most prestigious institution in this country. How many elves have been breaking their head to get into the academy? You unexpectedly said that you refuse?”
“I’m not an elf.”
“Oh? Your tribe might get destroyed if you refuse. Is that okay?”
“What!” I was shocked.
“Hmph, you’re finally interested in the topic.” Rolanna smiled.
“Stop talking nonsense! What did you say about my tribe getting destroyed?” I immediately asked.
“Answer my question first. If your tribe and Elves of Saidian got to war, which side do you think will win?”
I became silent.
The answer to this was too obvious. Saidian, the country of elves, forest nation, was a big country with a long history, and our Bloodaxe tribe was a small tribe that moved out due to drought and settled down in the valley a few years ago. If the full-scale war starts, then our Bloodaxe tribe would have almost no chance of winning.
“The valley that your tribe occupies without permission is at the border of our country. Which has not been included in our territory of our country, because it is not suitable for elves to live in. But, I don’t think any elf would like a bunch of orcs living near their border. You know, orcs were once the race led by the demon king, and our elves have always been enemies with it.”
“But the demon king is dead! We have long ago escaped from the enslavement of Demon King. Our ancestors rebelled against the Demon King and bought today’s freedom with their blood. Our tribe had moved here because of the drought in the north. We just want to live in the land. We have no intention of invading your country.”
“But I don’t think many elves will believe it.” Rolanna finally got down from the desk. “To tell you the truth, our country has put an agenda to expel you guys with all our force, but some people are hesitating. After all, the war will bring casualties. If this matter can be settled peacefully, everyone will be happy.”
“Then why not do that? It was you who have never given us a chance for peace talks from beginning to end. You have rejected our emissaries. All along only armed troops have approached the valley, and you guys laid an ambush for me and the chief!”
As I said this, my anger rubbed up again.
“Haven’t you realized yet?” she sighed and shook her head, “What kind of existence are orcs in the traditional concept of elves? You should have gotten some understanding through the trial meeting, right?”
I was speechless.
“Take a look, these picture books and novels are some of the best selling books about orcs written by our elves. If you read them, you will have a deeper understanding.” Rolanna took out a few books from the bookshelf and spread them on the floor in front of me.
I looked at those books, and I couldn’t help being petrified on the spot.
“Elvish is hard for you to read, but you should be able to imagine the contents of books just by looking at the cover, right?”
On the cover of every book scattered on the ground was painted with pictures of male orcs and female elves, and all of them were drawn quite… Indecent.