Angelica carefully wrapped the bandage and tightened it.
“Well, about you being a werewolf, is it known to others?” I tried to initiate the conversation.
“Only, Dean Rolanna and a few professors know…”
It seems that Felina did not publicize this matter everywhere.
“Did they say anything? Did…” I asked carefully, “Did they say they are going to send you somewhere else?”
Rolanna once said that the way to break the werewolf’s curse hasn’t been found yet, both by elves, who knew more about magic and curses, or the humans, who were more familiar with werewolves.
Even if Angelica doesn’t want to hurt others, it was an indisputable fact the werewolves are categorized as dangerous. The teacher might decide to send Angelica to another place, or even back to the human village.
“No, they… have discussed it, and everyone agreed to let me continue to….stay here.”
“Ooh, really… this is good.”
Although I also thought that it was possible they would allow her to stay here, I was surprised by the result of the unanimous agreement.
“They said that there is already more…. A dangerous precedent, it is just a werewolf,… it doesn’t matter.” As if hearing my thoughts, Angelica explained to me.
“Oh…” I immediately understood it once, and just gave a brief reply.
You can even think with your toes about the so-called ‘more dangerous precedent’ they were referring to.
Yes, for these female elves, the danger level of werewolves was only orange, while the danger level of our orcs was black, the same as that for a dragon. Haha haha… D*mn!
“Dean,…imposed restrictions on me, which made it easier for me… to control my power, and also arranged a teacher… to train me.” Angelica continued.
“Well, that’s nice.”
Although it was impossible to eradicate werewolves’ curse, it was good for Angelica to learn to control the power of werewolves. The power of werewolves was also a valuable ability. I’ve heard that some armies of the human kingdom would especially recruit werewolves to train them into elite warriors. Many werewolves use their power to become famous mercenaries and bounty hunters.
So it seems that Rolanna has already arranged it. Although that woman is unpredictable, she was quite reliable at the crucial moments.
Speaking of which, I feel sorry towards her.
As a prisoner of war, I came to this country full of strange prejudices against orcs and have been caught up in one trouble after another. Now I could sit here peacefully like this, mostly thanks to her.
Putting aside the racial prejudice she had, Rolanna dreamt of reconciliation between two races and has been working hard to achieve them.
However, I, who had received her kindness, didn’t really understand her. I just thought about myself and the safety of the tribe.
I blindly sought to be understood by the elves of this country, but I didn’t take initiative to understand them.
The experience of the past few days has made me reflect a lot.
For thousands of years, the races of the alliance have been constantly fighting with the orc commanded by the demon king. Even during the abyss war, the orcs invaded their country on a large scale. The feud between the elves and the orc is the origin of that strange prejudice.
If it were me, it would have been hard for me to accept the race that once slaughtered my own people.
By trying to put myself in their shoes, I felt like I could understand them a little bit.
It was natural for those female elves who have never seen a real orc, and who have been exposed to only the distorted images of the orc in their legend and writing, to be disgusted and afraid of me.
Felina’s extreme hatred for before stemmed from her father being killed by orcs in the war.
Angelica, who seemed loner and eccentric, was actually trapped by the curse of the werewolf.
And then Miriya… er…Miriya?
My reflection was stuck here.
That woman… I can’t understand her at all, she is just a pervert…
Forget it, forget it.
Anyway, I have to keep working hard in this country.
This time, not only for the safety of my tribe but also for the day when elves and orcs could truly understand each other— to change their prejudices and at the same time try to understand them as well.
This incident ended with the result “The Orc using his life fought with a beast and saved the elf students.” This should make the elves have a great change of view towards the orcs, and it could also be considered a big step forward.
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