Chapter 2193: Alterrans’ Looking Outwards

A/N: Sorry I’m late! Somthng came up at home. T_T

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Virion was led to the head of the table and they chatted a lot, starting with what happened after the half-orc children got back to Alterra. The other side, on the other hand, was also curious about the West, especially since two ministers had just arrived from there and caused quite a scene, bringing along a lot of new faces.

They spoke about their respective adventures and experiences, many of which were genuinely impressive.

Freya, inebriated, even spoke of how they tricked slave traders to their deaths without harming themselves, and that Freya was the mastermind.

It goes to show that half-orcs’ minds could be no less than that of humans.

The half-orcs and even the humans looked impressed. For Virion, there was no such thing as humans vs half-orcs, just friends vs foes.

His eyes twitched when he found out it was from a City somewhere East though. His mind went through the cities while he drank his juice and almost choked when he did so.

But he shrugged in the end. As long as the Alterran was on the right and reasonable side, Alterra itself would be their backing.

Another topic was the improvements around Alterra lately and how they were looking forward to the ’orc villages’ that would appear around them. It would definitely add a major safety factor for everyone.

The gardens of the restaurant were not big, but it was compact and had plenty of things to admire. There was a koi pond, made to appear much bigger by taking advantage of elevation, with colored fish captured from some ponds near Flaret Town.

Fresh water seafood existed on their own place (water) like how birds existed in their own domain. The difference was that fish were much easier to capture because they had smaller areas to move around. If there was a powerful water elementalist in the vicinity, it was no problem to catch a bunch of them.

Fishes were also more prone to taking bait, which was why the fishing areas in Alterra were so popular.

There were bridges, gazebos, and so on, and the group chatted with each other or in smaller groups. Unsurprisingly, the half-orcs were much more talkative among each other.

At some point, they don’t know when it started, but somehow the Alterran half-orcs and the Warrior City half-orcs started showing off.

"Warrior City has a level 9 wall."

"Alterra has level 7, as a Level 2 town."

"Warrior City started the half-orc integration movements."

"Alterra has half orcs too!" they said, pointing at themselves. "And we have our own customized villas~"

Med, Virion’s half-orc guard, choked on his words. Land in the city was notoriously expensive and had long been taken over by the rich few, which was the case for almost all territories. So far, only Alterra imposed strict limitations of property per individual.

For those without a background, all they could do was rent.

He should ask their boss to lease land here, too. Hmph!

"Our bathhouse is big and can accommodate many orcs."

"Our bathhouse is the best, customized and one-of-a-kind."

"We have goblins and dwarves!"

"We have...er...a bigger territory!"

And so on...

The humans just let them be. It was somewhat inevitable to have comparisons, and these half-orcs had a strong sense of belonging to either territory and believed theirs was the best, so they naturally would protect their ’pride’.

That said, a lot of great friendships were formed that day, and many lives that would’ve been parallel lines congregated, all in one place, Alterra.

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Althea returned home from their hosting duties, and she decided to spend the rest of the day bonding with her babies. Mathilda’s home had transformed into a little nursery for their group’s babies, so she didn’t have to go out and look for them.

When she arrived, the children were playing pirates. She didn’t know who made or who bought the miniature ship, but it was not small and could really fit the toddlers walking around.

The skull flag adorably had a hat with the Alterran logo on it.

There was even a small pool underneath it, and it was filled with water.

"Ataaaccc!" Captain Meatball said as he raised his wooden toy sword, facing an imaginary water monster. Lola was a water user, and she’d sometimes manipulate some of the water in the pond to create mini water snakes for the baby to fight.

The chonky baby waved his sword so heroically that his tummy bounced with each movement.

Pepper was leisurely sitting at the back like a princess, though she’d later learn she was apparently the hostage, and the other babies were to rescue her. Soon, they would battle the kingdom’s navy sent to rescue the princess.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Meatball yelled onomatopoeias, combined with matching body twitches, as if he were the one firing the invisible cannon balls.

He had a serious expression on his face, except he still had a splatter of chocolate on his face and hands, no doubt just eating chocolate not long ago.

Althea wanted to laugh, though she did wonder how he was getting to know these pop culture references that had almost been lost.

It was apparently one of the kids’ digital tablets, which had a lot of kids’ shows saved up. The child had come in from Guardian Village, and his mother migrated after getting hired by Andrei’s fashion design firm.

The tablet had been in the child’s mother’s space all this time. When they successfully migrated to Alterra, they charged the device for the first time, revealing a lot of saved content. The child watched it when he was out playing and attracted many kids. Despite being a newcomer, he immediately became one of the coolest kids on the block.

He even got the prince and princess of Alterra, Prince Meatball and Princess Pepper, to become friends with him~

Althea didn’t know much of the side stories that happened in the children’s lives, and she just had a smile on her face.

Since the Elyssian Stone was transferred, the children had become a bit healthier. At the very least, one of the deepest worries in her heart calmed down, even if just a little bit.