"I've warned you many times not to come near me, haven't I?"
"sorry"
After breakfast, my night was stolen by the Shure, who spotted me scouting the favelas thanks to the great intuition of Sergio.
Dressed in black, he did not set foot in the shantytown, but looked out from the roof of the warehouse. He was threatened by a man who looked like a bodyguard and returned with his tail tied. He agreed with me.
"That's fine, but don't go into the slums."
"Yeah, that's enough for me."
"So, do you know Cat Man?"
"This is"
It's hard to tell, but the cat thief is his brother, who sold his body as a male prostitute for a little money.
"It appears that an acquaintance of mine has been put into a situation that I don't want to talk about."
"Uh, why?"
"Hua Wuming's expression and attitude are too much. I can't leave the negotiation to him."
"Well"
"It can be hard to talk about, but there's nothing we can do if we don't understand the situation. Try talking."
“It’s true that as a new arrival in Ibro, I don’t know the situation in the slums.”
"Even if you say you have memories of past lives, your experiences before high school don't seem to help you."
"actually"
Since it snowed heavily this year and my brother came to Ibro relatively late, I confided everything I saw last night.
After listening to my story, Sergio scratched his head and frowned.
"I don't know how it happened, but I couldn't find a suitable job and ended up in the ghetto. The former would have been a bit more troublesome."
"If you are as talented as Hua Wuming, you can find a lot of jobs, but for cat people, it is not easy to find a job."
"Looks like getting a job as a cat person in Ibro is harder than I thought."
It is difficult for small cats to do physical work, but there is no problem for large cats to do mental work.
If you have a keen eye and a talent for business, or you have many acquaintances in your local village who are likely to be customers of the vendors, or you have nothing better than others, you can't hire a cat lover from the countryside. I can't seem to understand it. .
"What do you think if I can't find a job in Ibro, I'll go back to Azka?"
"Yeah, rather than living in a slum like this, it's better to go back to the village."
"What are you going to do? After Hou Xiang marries a wife, can you find a job to support your family?"
"If you make so much"
"Because it's Hua Wuming, is it impossible?"
"I understand maybe"
The reason why I can catch forest mice and fish is because I can use natural magic, and the reason why I can gather herbs is because I have been walking in the mountains for many years under the guidance of Grandma Carissa.
My brother seems to go to school every day, but I have never seen him studying at home. I just think he is lazy and doesn't do any housework.
"? Is it possible that my brother is a useless and useless person?"
"I don't know what kind of person your brother is, but a child who has just started working is more or less useless. Hua Wuming, are you going to school too? Do you think you can start working right away?"
"It's hard, isn't it?"
Even if I can't help it because Miguel and Jasper are the same age or a year younger than me, if asked if they would be available in three or four years, I would just say yes. hard.
"If you ask me, my brother is more normal and Hua Wuming is more abnormal."
"abnormal..."
"Idiot, no one at your age can kill the Bronze Wolf.
"But all the adults in the village are fighting the orcs, and I even killed a goblin."
"Isn't that what it's like when a few men from a village get together? There's not much one person can do."
I thought I could register with the guild after the departure ceremony, and Horacio would be discovered by the knights, so I had to become an adventurer as soon as possible.
However, even those who choose the path of adventurers, after repeated training, seem to become a force that subjugates the country by the time they are seventeen or eighteen years old.
"If you've been to the slums you'll understand, but the people who fall are not limited to cat people. They may be big, but they're not good at work, they're lazy, they're not good at work." Poor health, frail People fall down slopes when given the chance. "
Listening to Sergio's story reminded me of a documentary about homeless people I watched in China in my previous life.
The company I worked for went bankrupt and I was suddenly laid off from a contract job so I couldn't find another job.
I can't find a job because I don't have an address and my debt is mounting. I wonder if my brother is caught in what is called a vicious cycle.
"what should I do..."
"First of all, if you don't have any debt, if you have, how much, you can't talk about it without knowing."
"You have to ask him about this, right?"
"Yes..."
It seems that the only way to get information about Aniki is to go to the place where he solicits customers, but that is also to let him know that I understand his current life.
"First of all, it's a dangerous place for me and Sergio certainly won't look good."
"Hua Wuming. Can you walk on stilts?"
"Hey, are you walking on stilts?"
"Yes, it can be handheld or foot-mounted."
"No, I've never ridden one, so I don't think I can."
"Okay, let's practice."
“Are you going to the slums on stilts for practice?”
"Yes.
"Are you going to disguise yourself as a tall race?"
"That's it"
Sergio's strategy was to go to the favela with me in disguise, pretend to buy my brother and take him away.
"In that case, should I hide it in a bag or something?"
"No, you can't bring big and small bags into the slum brothels. Someone is hiding little prostitutes and trying to escape. If your brother is also in debt, you can't take him out, don't run away." "There should be surveillance, but since He came to the market to steal something and he shouldn't have had any debt, or if he had, it might have been a small amount."
"Then you go to the slums to solicit customers because you don't have enough money to eat?"
"I believe that's a strong possibility."
“If you had a place to live and were well-dressed, could you have a job?”
"It's up to you."
I couldn't make up my mind and felt like all eyes were on me.
"To be honest, we don't get along very well. But he's my big brother and I want to help him."
But isn't it a bit presumptuous to let your brother stay in the base of the team you just joined?
"Also, during our expedition, my brother was the only one left, and I was worried that he might sell the equipment in the base without permission."
"Aha"
Sergio's sigh made me shiver.
"Hua Wuming. Are we that unreliable?"
"Uh, no, that kind of thing is"
"Then why don't you rely on us? We are a party."
"But I just joined"
"You idiot! Don't underestimate the chariot! Do you think this is a pitiful team that can't even save a catkin boy? [Listen, for an adventurer, the team is a lifelong companion. This guy will never Betrayal, you can put your back on him, you can stand up for him, you don’t care if he kills you that’s the real party.”
When I heard Sergio's words from the front, I couldn't help but straighten my back.
"Hua Wuming, what do you want to do? Do you want to help your brother, or do you want to abandon him?"
"I want to help you.
"Then trust us.
"Please, help my brother."
I lowered my head as if to hit it on the table, but got no response.
"Raise your head, Hua Wuming.
"Then..."
"Haha, leave it to me and I will show you the power of the B-class team."
"Yes!"
"You're practicing on stilts for now."
"Uh, do you really need to be on stilts?"
"Don't be lazy, start practicing now."
"I thought walking on stilts and pretending to be tall was a joke, but it seems like it's serious."
I temporarily decided to use natural magic to make stilts and started practicing.
