Chapter 189: Demi-humans in Green Shade Town
While visiting the library, Professor McGonagall was very interested in the books inside. In addition to the Hogwarts textbooks she was familiar with, there were also professional knowledge books on witches, wizards, mages, puppeteers, alchemists, etc. Even if it was just the basics, it still made the professor wish she could live here.
“As a professor at the school, you can borrow books here at will, and you can also get a contribution value every month, which can be used to exchange for some special things, such as knowledge, materials, equipment, and even manpower,” Owen said pointedly.
Owen was still very generous to his own people. If Professor McGonagall could show enough value, it was not impossible to spend some time accumulating progress value and exchange it with him for Hogwarts characters.
Next was the stone tower allocated to Professor McGonagall as a residence. These stone towers were distributed around the school and were the first line of defense for the school.
However, the previous assassination of Professor Bryan made Owen realize that the school’s defenses still had loopholes, so he exchanged for some more Golems, such as Gargoyles and Steel Golems.
“I’ve never seen this kind of Transfiguration before. It’s a magical application. It’s a perfect combination of Transfiguration and alchemy. There’s still room for improvement. No, this part can’t be changed. It will destroy the overall transformation.” Professor McGonagall was obsessed with studying the Gargoyle with her wand, after all, this was her biggest hobby.
Because there was still a banquet to be held in the evening to welcome the new professor, Owen did not plan to return to the castle, changed into a vest, and went to the Great Tree Hollow Tavern.
As a landmark building in the town, the Great Tree Hollow Tavern was a must-visit place for outsiders, because it had the best wine, the most delicious food, and the most beautiful girls in the entire Northland. Whether adventurers or merchants could not resist the temptation, and neither could Owen, especially when he knew that Green Shade Town had gathered a lot of demi-humans.
Demi-humans were human hybrids with non-human characteristics. In theory, half-elves, half-dwarves, warlocks, and wizards all belonged to demi-humans, but humans widely referred to hybrids with beast-like characteristics as demi-humans.
As for how demi-humans came into being, of course, it was because they did not control their lower bodies, otherwise, where would the hybrids come from?
After all, humans were in a hard state all year round. As long as they had good looks, they would go after anyone, especially when humans had the upper hand in competing with the Hundred Races for dominance. They were spoiled for choice, so after the war ended, a large number of hybrids were left behind.
After the war ended, humans discovered that it was unrealistic to kill all these hybrids. Who could guarantee that there were no children of their own among them? Even if they were hybrids, they had some feelings. What’s more, at that time, it was still a time when bloodlines were paramount, and the upper class almost all had non-human bloodlines, so they did not have much disgust for hybrids. Therefore, some barren areas were divided to resettle these hybrids, and other races willing to join the empire, such as wood elves and dwarves, were also divided into some territories.
In other words, not all humans lived in the empire. In addition to wood elves and dwarves, there were also a large number of demi-humans who had both non-human and human characteristics.
Although half-elves and half-dwarves could be called demi-humans, what really moved Owen’s heart were those beast-eared girls. God knows what those humans did back then, anyway, he was quite satisfied.
As for why so many demi-humans gathered in Green Shade Town, it was mainly because human supremacy had always existed within the empire. Wood elves and dwarves were better, and still had the right to independent autonomy, but demi-humans could not. They were not like wood elves who were all excellent archers, nor were they like dwarves who accounted for a considerable proportion of the empire’s military equipment. Apart from their physique and appearance, they really had nothing, and coupled with the barren land, they could not support too many people, so the living conditions of demi-humans were not good, and many demi-humans would choose to leave their homes to make a living outside as soon as they reached adulthood.
It was just that they had no skills and were discriminated against. Working was just selling hard labor, and being an adventurer was just cannon fodder. There were really not many ways to live.
Many demi-humans could only join gangs, be thugs, be thieves, or even become mixed-gender technical workers. Even so, few could return to their hometowns alive.
There were many demi-humans in the first Northland Pioneer Group, but looking at the current Northland, it was clear that few survived. This showed the situation of demi-humans, and therefore the Northland became a demon kiln in the eyes of demi-humans.
However, as the territory started trading with the outside world and attracted adventurers, many demi-humans came to Green Shade Town, and it was like coming to heaven.
Green Shade Town never rejected non-humans, and even non-humans were the mainstream here, so many demi-humans chose to stay here, and the trend was growing.
Of course, there was no job allocation here, and even if demi-humans wanted to stay here, they had to work hard. Therefore, those who were not good-looking enough went to sell their labor, those who were good-looking went to taverns or shops, and the most popular one was naturally the Great Tree Hollow Tavern. Only the best-looking demi-humans could stay there as waitresses, and even if they did some side jobs, the customers there were generous.
Owen had known about this for a long time and had always wanted to enjoy it, but he couldn’t spare the time. Now it happened to be a good time, so he rarely used puppets, but dressed up and came to the Great Tree Hollow Tavern.
Lively, this was Owen’s first impression. Adventurers who lived for today never treated themselves badly. Except for the necessary equipment expenses, they were willing to spend money on good wine and food, which happened to be the strength of the territory.
The plump steaks from the nomadic tribes, the delicious fish and crabs from the North Boundary River, the sweet fruits and vegetables from Green Shade Town, and the high-quality ale from Autumn Field Town, after being carefully matched by the chef, were so delicious that people couldn’t close their mouths. No one would leave here with an empty stomach. This was the full confidence of the Great Tree Hollow Tavern.
Although it was not mealtime, there were still many people eating and drinking, most of whom were adventurers who had just returned from the underground ruins. After taking a comfortable hot bath in the bathhouse, they ordered a table of delicious food, and each of them gobbled it down until there was no space left in their stomachs, and then they sat there paralyzed with satisfaction.
If there were female adventurers, they would also order strawberry cake or fruit pudding.
Owen found an empty table in the corner, and a beast-eared girl came over with a tray with a smile.
“This is the menu. What would you like to order, sir?” Judging from the beast ears and the spotted tail, this was a leopard girl, and there were some scars on her exposed arms and thighs, and the muscle lines were slightly obvious. It seemed that she was an adventurer before she became a waitress, but now she was just a waitress at the Great Tree Hollow Tavern.
“A small lamb chop, a salad, and a glass of wine,” Owen ordered casually, then closed the menu and handed it to the leopard girl.
“Okay, sir, please wait a moment.” The leopard girl put the menu back into the pocket of her small apron, then smiled slightly and went to the back kitchen with the tray. Judging from her wagging tail, she was in a good mood.
In fact, many demi-humans gave up their original lives after coming to Green Shade Town, because here they only needed to pay taxes to the lord, and then no one would deduct their salary, no local gangs would exploit their hard-earned money, and they would not be forced by their so-called teammates to scout the way, so naturally, their mood would improve.
