Arcanum - Chapter 132

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\"I was a lowly maid working for a wealthy family in a small plantation not too far from here, during the night more and more workers began disappearing mysteriously . So they fled leaving us all to fend for ourselves . Very few that made it here . . . Some fearful carried on making their way to the capital . . . . . \" Aimaki explained .





\"Could you tell us what attacked you? . . \" Daisy asked curiously .

\"I'm not quite sure . . . . . They only ever struck at night . . . . they looked oddly elven . . . very tall very slim with elven ear and silver white hair\" She answered .

\"Hmmm . . . . . and did they murder your group? . . \" She asked .

\"Not all . . . most the time they slaughtered families and individuals without mercy . . . but sometimes they captured a few taking them away in the darkness . \" She answered .

\"Sounds like Dark Elves . . . \" Daisy whispered to me .

\"That's bad right? . . \" I whispered back .

\"Yeah . . . . it might be smart to let a prefect or a teacher know . \" She replied .

\"So do you know anything of what's been happening around here? . . \" Daisy questioned .

\"Ummmm not much . . . but rumours have spread that there has been very dangerous creatures have begun appearing during the night . . . . . Unnatural creatures . \" She replied taking a bit more food out for her children and patting them on the head gently causing them to purr in happiness .

\"Is it safe for you here? . . \" I asked curiously .

\"I guess it's been okay . . . I've been lucky to find work in a local tavern . . . so I've been reluctant to move to be honest . . . . and I'll need to save up money so I can afford safe passage for me and my daughters . \" She answered .

\"Where's the father? . . . If you don't mind me asking . \" I asked curiously .

\"Ohhh . . . . \" She answered looking down, \"Sadly we've lost him many years ago . . . . . . to make more gold for our family and wanting to provide more for our children . . . he went on a voyage transporting spices . . . the ship never reached its destination . \" She spoke quietly almost tearful .

Seeing the hardship and pain she must have gone through brought me on the verge of tears . . . . \"Is there anything I can do to help? . . \" I asked sincerely .

\"It's okay . . . . . Just trying to keep an honest life . \" She smiled slightly .

\"It's not easy for non-human folks here . \" Daisy added addressing me .





\"Yes even though . . . non-human races are kinda accepted here . . . we are still considered second rate races . \" Aimaki agreed .

\"Ohh wow . . . . that's really horrible . \" I instinctively replied .

\"Yeah . . . . although it's improving it's still kinda bad . \" Daisy explained .

\"Would you prefer to live anywhere else? . . . . . Like where you're from? . . \" I asked curiously .

\"Sadly I don't even know where my race originated from . . . . . But I imagine home would be pretty great, but Arcadia is okay . . . it's a lot better than other regions I've heard . \" She smiled slightly .


\"If you're ever in need of any help . . . . the church of Serra is always open to helping everyone and anyone . \" Daisy smiled .

\"Ohhh that's be great!! . . . . Do they watch over children? . . . . I feel my boss although loves spending time with them . . . I would love to give her a break every once in a while . \" She asked curiously .

\"Ohh yeah . . . . . I'm sure they would offer such services . \" Daisy smiled .

\"Well . . . thank you for talking to us . . . . . I think we should make a move on unless there's anything else you need help with? . . \" She asked her with a giant smile .

\"No . . . . thank you for all your help!\" She bowed stoically .

\"If there's anything that happens or you need help with come look for us or any other student . \" I smiled .

\"I will . \" She replied .

\"Ohhhh and take this . . . . I'm not sure if they liked it . . But I did give them some candy when we first met . \" Daisy smiled handing her a small bag of candy .

\"Ohh thank you!\" She smiled, Natsuko and Keiko heads turned instantly the moment they heard the bag rattle their ears turning to face the bag .

\"We're going now . . bye . . . . \" I waved at them .





\"Sorry that they're so quiet . \" Aimaki chuckled as they both stood up and silently waved goodbye to us with smiles on their faces .

\"Byeee . . . . take care . \" Daisy smiled exiting behind me .

\"I really wish I could do more for them . \" I said to daisy as we left to meet the other .

\"Yeah same . . . sadly . . . we can't help everyone . . . \" She sighed .

\"I guess you're right . . . . everyone here are probably in a similar situation to her . \" I replied .

\"We've been quite lucky . . . . their lives feel so hard especially for Natsuko and Keiko . \" Daisy sighed kicking a small weed .

\"I was wondering . . . . how much it would cost to get her safe passage to somewhere safer . . . . . \" I asked Daisy .

\"To be honest . . . . I don't even know who to trust . . . \" She frowned .

\"So what's it like being a non-human in Arcadia? . . \" I asked curiously .

\"You know . . . . people giving you looks . . . . . Being called names . . . . and just being treated differently . . . \" She answered .

\"I see . . . \" I nodded in understanding . \"I wonder if there's any way we can get her and her children some new clothes . . . . they were all wearing battered rags . . . \" I asked extremely concerned .

\"Hmm I don't think we can do anything right now . . . . we are in class . . . . . But if we was to maybe take a trip on the weekend we defiantly could . \" Daisy answered .

\"True true . . . . \" I replied thinking of the idea .

\"Hey guys!\" Jay greeted us as we approached .

\"Hey! Did you manage to help anyone? . . \" I asked .

\"Yeah . . . there was an old man that needed some help with bandages and a family needed some extra rations . . . . . You? . . \" He answered .





\"Yeah . . . we have to stop some punks stealing some stuff from a Fox family . \" Daisy answered .

\"Wow! Fox people!!\" Jay questioned in shock .

\"Yah . . . . they were pretty cute . \" I answered .

\"That's so awesome! I've never seen one before . . . \" Jay answered .

\"By the way we also got some information on what's been happening lately . \" Daisy told Jay .

\"Ohhh I did as well . . . . I was told a lot of people and solider injuries are from natural weapons . . . . . Like claws or bites . \" Jay replied .

\"We found out that Dark Elves are also involved in some killings and kidnappings . \" Daisy answered back .

\"Hey Guys!!!\" Grace and Helen greeted us .

\"Hey . . . \" We all replied .

\"So did you guys manage to help anyone? . . \" Jay asked .

\"Yeah . . . but it wasn't easy . . . . a lot of people dislike Elves . . . \" Helen sighed .

\"How comes? . . \" I asked shocked at the news .

\"You know . . . . . Elves . . . . higher class . . . . . Arrogant . . . . . That sort of stuff . \" Grace explained .

\"Ohhh I see . . . . . \" I replied .

\"We also found out . . . . . The recent attacks have been made by natural weapons like claws and bites . . . . and Dark elves have been involved in some raids . \" Jay notified Helen and Grace .

\"That's not good . . . . . \" Grace replied hearing the news looking extremely worried .

\"What do you think is happening? . . \" Jay asked noticing her reaction .

\"Well . . . . . Dark elves are very cruel and ruthless . . . . . Did they take any prisoners?\" She asked .

\"The Fox lady we talked to said some were taken . . . most were murdered . \" Daisy replied .

\"Hmmmm so Dark Elves only takes prisoners for two reasons . . . . . Slavery . . . . and torture for information . \" Helen answered, \"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?\" She asked Grace .

\"Yes . . . . we need to go check out the wounds and see if we recognise the bite and claw marks . . \" Grace asked .

\"Yup . . . . . \" Helen answered .

\"Wait what's going on? . . \" I asked not understanding what's going on .

\"Well . . . . It's a tactic Dark Elves use . . . . they send their creatures to cause chaos and unrest, with the stress and commotion slip in through the shadows undetected . \" Grace answered .

\"Yeah . . . if our suspicions are right . . . . . The city might be in bigger trouble . . . \" Helen agreed .

\"Shouldn't we tell a teacher? . . Or prefect? . . \" I asked .

\"I think it would be better . . . . \" Jay agreed with me .

\"Problem is . . . . . If we get a teacher or prefect involved . . . . It might just cause them to take action . . . . they'd never suspect anything from normal students especially young new students . \" Grace answered .

\"You got a point there . . . \" Jay agreed .

\"So we're gonna do this? . . \" Daisy asked with a smile .

\"We all got our weapons? . . \" Grace asked .

\"Yup . \" We all replied .

\"Okay just remember they probably assumed the image of a human . . . . . So watch what you say and do . . . . . Don't trust anyone other than us . . . . . And watch each other's backs . \" Grace warned .

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