"Why does all the credit go to those guys? It's obviously all done by Hedra."
In the dormitory room, Lovier looked at the new newspaper in his hand, showing dissatisfaction.
"Because Hedra wants those credits for nothing, but Police Station's people can get promotions, salary increases, and additional financial subsidies if they get the credits." Aurora put down the book and answered with a little helplessness.
"Didn't Hedra talk about this yesterday?"
"But I'm still a little unhappy when I see it." Lovier closed the newspaper, picked up the golden-colored cat that was rubbing against her calves, put it in her arms and rubbed it, then hugged it and rubbed it with its cheeks.
The golden cat was a bit stupid. It was pinched by Lovier's front legs and opened its eyes wide. It looked around innocently and let out a meow.
"Hedra said tonight that he will attend Police Station's celebration party and will come back later, so we won't go out to eat together."
"Okay, then we can only go together tomorrow." Lovier lay on the table and pressed the kitten on his knees. Then it jumped down, shook its fur, and then got under Lovier's stool and lay down.
On the other side, Sylutia was having dinner with a group of police officers in a restaurant. After finishing her food, she sat in a corner and listened to the police officers next to her describing the results of the interrogation.
"He explained why he chose Orc to attack." The police officer took a small sip from his wine glass.
"Why?"
"Because the person who deceived him on the black market was a leopard-eared Orc. If it hadn't been for that incident, he would have advanced to the third level. It can be said that his life was ruined by that incident of being deceived."
"The extreme hatred and unwillingness to give up Distortion has weakened his mind and made him specifically look for Orc to attack. In addition, Asura District and Orc's status is not high, so the pressure he faces will be much less."
"Alas..." Sylutia sighed.
"Those Orc who died, do their families have any arrangements now?"
"Abis Jellion's property will be used to compensate part of it, but he doesn't have much left."
"We can't help much. Police Station receives many cases every day. At most, we can help punish the murderer, but we can't help the victims."
"I know." Sylutia is not that kind of innocent child. People who know Police Station also face many problems. Being able to talk to her about these is already very humane.
"Give me the list of victims and I'll go take a look." Sylutia thought for a while.
"Are you sure you want to go? This is completely beyond your responsibilities. Besides, you are also a student. How can you have so much time, energy and money?" The other party shook his head.
"And the most important thing is that you study hard now and prepare to advance and enter the advanced Academy."
"It's a good thing to have a kind heart, but if you interfere too much, you may harm others and yourself." The other party thought for a while and reminded again.
"I've seen too many cases where kindness is repaid with hatred, tsk tsk."
"I understand, and I will also pay attention to the scale." Sylutia replied.
"Well, since you are mentally prepared, I will ask my colleagues to sort out the list and addresses for you tomorrow."
"If the other party asks, you'd better say you were sent by the authorities, otherwise they will pester you."
"Thank you, I understand."
Three days later, Sylutia came to Agate Street with two roommates.
"Is this here?" Lovier looked at the dilapidated house in front of him and compared it with the address in his hand.
"That should be it." Aurora looked around and nodded.
"Let's go in and take a look. According to the records, there are two children and an old man in the victim's home." Sylutia knocked on the door.
After a while, a coughing sound came from behind the door, and then the door was opened, and a thin old man appeared with a wrinkled face and a wooden cane.
"Hello." The three of them saluted briefly, and then Sylutia introduced the origins of their group.
"The previous murderer has been caught, and we are here to compensate the family." Sylutia took out Police Station's certificate.
After squinting for a while, the old man made way for a few people to come in.
"Let's sit down for a while. Unfortunately, I have nothing to entertain you." He walked into the room slowly, brought a pot of water and put it on the table.
"The cups in the house are not very clean. If you are thirsty, you can just drink some water."
"Thank you." The three of them drank water without any thought.
Sylutia looked at the room, and she was a little surprised that there were almost nothing of value here.
Orc was in a bad situation in Asura District, and she had been mentally prepared for it. After all, this was Mage Alliance, not an area ruled by Orc, and Orc was not naturally suitable to be Mage, so she was not taken seriously.
However, Asura District is, after all, the central area of the Mage Alliance. It is very wealthy. Even the waiters and porters on the street have a monthly salary of more than ten silver coins. The monthly salary in slightly better shops is 20 silver coins. With such an income, the family will not be so shabby.
After listening to Sylutia's question, the old man sat on a stool against the wall and looked at the young girl. He shook his head calmly, neither angry nor mocking, as if he no longer had the energy to argue, but calmly explained the reasons.
"Yes, the salary at Asura District is much better than other places, but the cost will also be high. You must ensure that you will not get sick, stay young and strong forever, and have no family members to drag you down, so that you can live a better life."
"Doctoral care and medicine are very expensive when you are sick. Once you are old or disabled, it will be difficult to find a suitable job because there are so many people competing. In addition, for every additional person to support, the expenses will increase a lot. This cost is several times that of other areas."
"So, the result is what you see."
"Sorry."
After a while of silence, Sylutia asked again.
"Where are the two children?"
"I'm studying with the teacher, but the tuition can only be paid for this semester." He answered slowly.
"It's Orc's teacher from Agate Street. The fee is very low. He can teach them literacy and basic arithmetic so that they won't be cheated in future jobs." As for being admitted to the Mage Alliance's school, don't think about it. The teachers here don't have that kind of knowledge reserve and ability.
"When will they come back?"
"Soon." The old man replied briefly, looking past the three of them and looking out the door.
Half an hour later, the two Orc children trotted back. When they arrived home, they saw the three girls in the house. They were a little afraid of strangers, but also a little admired. After all, the three of them were wearing clothes with good fabrics and they were all very beautiful.
"Come in, these three sisters are here to help us." The old man waved.
"Hmm." Two Orc children crossed the threshold and walked in.
One of them has small curved horns on his head, and the other has no horns, but his eyes are special, with blueish whites and larger pupils.
After briefly introducing his identity and background again, Sylutia asked the two about what they are currently studying.
"I'm studying <Brief History of the Alliance> Volume 1, Chapter 12." One of the children with blue eyes replied proudly.
"What is this chapter about?" Sylutia asked in a gentle voice.
"The beginning of talking about "War of Iron and Fire", saying that the iron cannon is more powerful than Knight, and knowledge defeated flesh and blood armor for the first time." He repeated the content in the textbook.
It seems that he learned very well, Sylutia thought to himself, and then chatted with the two children for a while.
"Here are 200 silver coins. You can take them later and use them sparingly. They should last for a while." Before leaving, Sylutia placed a pack of silver coins on the table.
The two children couldn't help but opened the bag and counted the silver coins in it excitedly. The old man behind looked at the bag for a long time and then raised his eyes.
"Thank you." He thanked him by bending down hard.
"I know, this should not be Police Station's compensation. Thank you very much." He has lived in Asura District for so many years. He doesn't know Police Station's style. How could he have the mind and energy to do such unnecessary things.
"It's okay." Sylutia said goodbye to their family, and then went to several other houses.
Generally speaking, the process went smoothly, except that one family was particularly greedy and hoped that Sylutia could give more, but was rejected by Sylutia.
"Sorry, we only have so much money."
After walking out of the house, even though they were far apart, she still heard the family whispering behind her, saying that she was a silly lady from a noble family and that she could pretend to be more miserable next time and get more money from her.
In response to this, Sylutia just shook his head and did not turn around to pay attention.
After walking around the neighborhood where Orc lives, Sylutia has a much more comprehensive understanding of Asura District, especially the large number of neglected lower-class workers.
Generally speaking, the salary and benefits in the Mage Alliance are better than those in other regions, but the life span of workers here is actually shorter than that in ordinary agricultural countries, and many people at the bottom have to live harder.
This is caused by a series of complex reasons, including the fact that Orc and marginalized people are weak and not taken seriously, as well as urbanization leading to fragile relationships between individuals, few solid mutual aid mechanisms, and a lack of support institutions.
Orc's identity is at the lower level of the Mage Alliance and has always been unrecognized. Moreover, due to the lack of high-level Transcendent, their right to speak is very low, and it is difficult for them to make a big splash.
However, it is these Orc who undertake a large number of the arduous low-level work in the city and support the operation of the city in corners that ordinary students cannot see.
Rude, durable, cheap, and impulsive, these are the most obvious labels of orcs. If Sildiya was an enemy of the Mage Alliance, she would probably encourage these orcs to fight for interests, disrupt the operation of the city, raise the cost of security for the Mage Alliance, consume their energy, and destroy the major plans of the Mage Alliance.
However, the Woodland and Mage Alliance are not in a life-or-death situation. If the Woodland reforms like Mage Alliance and sets off a wave of urbanization, it is estimated that she will face the same problems. Finding solutions and ways to improve them is her current topic.
Well, although it was just a small step, as she walked around the neighborhood where Orc lived for a while, she gradually accumulated a small reputation, allowing her to get a lot of gossip from the Orc group.