"There is one last thing to announce today." Lucas' calm and resolute voice rang out, silencing the excited civilians.
Mina's heartbeat sped up as she didn't want to see Lucas in a difficult situation.
Lucas patted Mina's shoulder and pulled Mina in front of him. "The City Lord's Mansion will open a shopping mall and hire a group of beastkins similar to Mina to help us in work."
"Eh? What's a shopping mall?"
"Shopping mall?"
"Are they all as pretty as Lady Mina?" Someone from the crowd asked.
"No way, right? Lady Mina is so beautiful. How could there be more people as beautiful as her?"
"City Lord is so kind to hire beastkins."
"What do beastkins look like? I've only seen Lady Mina before. Are other beastkins also as beautiful as her?"
"It's because we worked too slowly. The city lord had to hire beastkins. We must speed up. We can't lose to the beastkins, after all."
Mina was dumbfounded and Ben was confused. The situation was completely different from what they had imagined or expected. They hadn't expected these kinds of reactions from the citizens and how they didn't discriminate against beastkins.
In the corner of the crowd, there was a group of beastkins. Annie covered her mouth as tears rolled down her face. She had not expected such reactions from the citizens, either. Andrew scratched his head and silently threw away the wooden stick in his hand.
"Big sister Annie, what should we do now?" Andrew asked cautiously. This was the first time he had seen Annie weeping. Not only him, but the other beastkins also acted more obedient than before.
"Let's go. It's time for us to respond to Lord Lucas." Annie said, wiping her tears. Her eyes were red but there was a pretty smile on her face.
"Okay!"
The beastkins took off the cloth covering their head as they walked to the platform.
"Fox race beastkin Annie is willing to serve Lord Lucas." Annie said while kneeling on one knee.
"Bull race beastkin Andrew is willing to serve Lord Lucas." Andrew said, copying Annie. The other beastkins quickly followed them.
"All of you, get up. From this moment, you are all my citizens." Lucas said.
"Yes!"
The citizens all looked at the beastkins curiously and started chatting.
"Wow! Annie looks so cute and beautiful."
"That pig beastkin with the big ears has ears that don't even look like pig ears."
The chatters calmed down the anxious beastkins, as the citizens were different from all the other citizens they had previously seen.
"Everyone, go to work. The shopping mall will open in three days. Everyone can buy wheat and other daily necessities there." Lucas said.
The citizens didn't know what the shopping mall was or what use it had. All they needed to know was that they could purchase wheat and daily use items there. The citizens obediently left to do their work. It was almost winter, so they had to hurry up and finish building the new houses.
Lucas turned his head and looked at Ben. "Take Annie's companions away and do what I told you. They only have three days to learn how to be a clerk."
"Understood." Ben said, nodding his head. He took all the beastkins away, and only Annie, Mina, and Andrew were left.
The group of people soon returned to the castle. Mina asked impatiently, "Young Master, how did you do it? How did you make it so that they don't discriminate against beastkins?"
Lucas crossed his arms in front of his chest and smiled lightly. "What kind of place do you think Sedona City is?"
"Poor and barren." Mina said.
"Remote with hardly any outsiders," Annie said. She thought for a bit and added, "A very simple land."
"Young master, quickly spill the beans." Mina urged.
"You're right. Sedona City is remote and barren. The commoners don't even have enough to eat, so there would be no way they would pay attention to the rumors about beastkins. Sure, they know about the existence of beastkins, but most of them haven't even seen one, let alone been brainwashed by the rumors against beastkins." Lucas did some research and realized that most of the citizens of Sedona city didn't even go out, and as such, naturally didn't hear about the bad things about beastkins. Only people like Max and Ben, who had gone out quite often, would worry about beastkins and their behavior.
"So that's why." Mina said.
Andrew, who was listening at the side, thought of Sophie, the human girl who had been nice and kind to him.
"You were the person who rushed in through the window from outside the castle, right?" Lucas said, looking at Andrew and laughing lightly. "You seem to be pretty skilled, you should join the army."
When this topic was brought up, Annie's face was red all the way down to her neck. Mina's face was also red as she thought about her moans that day. It would be fine if Lucas hadn't mentioned it, but since Lucas had mentioned it, Mina had also thought about her scream in a dirty way.
"Then can I bring along a few companions?" Andrew asked, a bit anxious.
"Yes, as long as they aren't females, all of them can go and join the army." Lucas said.
"Alright! I'll join the army and kill the enemies for you, my lord." Andrew said, straightening his back. 'When I've got big accomplishments, I'll go see Sophie. I want to be kind to her. And will ask her if she liked to be hit similarly like the other woman he heard when he broke into the castle.'
"Go." Lucas let people take Andrew to the military camp. He now had people for his heavy cavalry and heavy infantry units. Beastkins, who were stronger than humans, were the best type of soldiers.
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