Chapter 32 - Volume 2 (2/2)
“So what’s the question you want to ask for you to buy me a meal like this?”
“It’s nothing. I just need to do some work but I’m going to need some help for it.”
“Huh? What work?”
Reisha quickly asked Isaac. Everything Isaac had been involved in was fun. Just the fact that she managed to sell goods to students in Campus made her famous within the elven society. Already there were families and relatives who had gathered at her home to listen to her adventures. If Isaac was planning something fun again, she was going to join in no matter what.
“I want to know more about elves and North Bear Tribes.”
“Hm? What do you want to know about us?”
“Nothing. Things like their likes, dislikes, personality. That sort of stuff.”
“Doesn’t everyone already know about it?”
“It’s different to listening from the person directly.”
Reisha tilted her head but began explaining to Isaac about non-humans in detail.
Despite the world being ruled by humans, non-humans were treated as equals to humans. They didn’t leave their reservations much, but they weren’t restricted from doing so either.
They simply don’t leave because there is no need to. They actively interact with humans when they have to, and races who sell their specialties travel across the continent and live in harmony with the humans.
However, dwarves, dragons, elves and beastmen, who are considered the main prominent types of non-humans, had personalities greatly differing from what Isaac had thought.
According to Reisha’s heavily biased explanation, dragons are shut-ins, dwarves are boring old coots and the beastmen are perhaps the most likable of the non-humans to become friends with. And Reisha continued to depict elves as adventurous race that loves to make friends and doesn’t shy away from experiencing new things, who loves humour and are very pleasant to be with. Isaac wasn’t sure if he should be taking all of this with a grain of salt, but there was one thing which he found useful.
“You guys take experiencing different things as a hobby?”
“Rather than different, we prefer experiencing something which no one else has done before.”
Remembering Reisha’s actions back in Campus seemed to back this statement. She was so keen on performing the trade in Isaac’s place when she was asked to, but the moment Rivelia stopped her from doing so with her tea parties, she tried to pull out from the whole thing immediately. Isaac thought it was just Reisha who was different, but if she says all the elves are like that, he’ll have to trust it no matter how dubious this statement was considering her extremely biased explanation of every other race.
“So why do you guys want to experience things that no one ever has?”
Isaac thought whether elves ever had such strong personalities in reality. If it was according to the imagination from the old world, elves were beautiful race that lived in the forest and were expert archers, who were very guarded and didn’t venture out into the human world.
“Having just one job throughout our long lives would be so boring. Having multiple jobs to experience new things is usually the case for us.”
Isaac guessed that explains why they willingly let themselves be caught by the police.
Isaac’s impression was that elves didn’t just seek out new experiences but also found them as something they could boast about. It’s just that Reisha is a tad more special than the rest of the elves. Well, it was a good thing for Isaac.
“So why don’t you guys leave the Reservation?”
“Because we can experience most of the things offered by the human world back in our Reservation. There’s no need for us to tire ourselves by leaving,”
“So you are free to move about in the Empire? It’s not because there’s a rule or dangers regarding leaving your Reservation?”
“Huh? Why would they stop us when we decide when to leave ourselves? And this is the first time I’m hearing that non-humans are vulnerable in human world.”
According to Reisha’s explanation, the Empire’s law’s policy regarding the non-humans were equivalent to ‘just look over it because they were drunk,’ except ‘just look over it because they are non-humans.’
Plus if a human were to perform a crime against a non-human, the laws from the Empire and the Reservation would be weighted. There was a case of a very unlucky individual who got caught in the act of trying to pickpocket a non-human. According to Empire’s laws, it was a crime which deserved 1 year of labour, but because of the Reservation’s laws, his hand was cut off. Unless they held a significant grudge, no criminal had the heart to touch non-humans.
“So I can get a flock of volunteers as long as it’s an experience you can’t have in the Reservation?”
“What are you planning? Whatever it is, let me in!”
Reisha realised that Isaac was planning something by using the elves. There was no way she was going to be left out of this one.
“I think you should graduate first.”
“Hing. I hate studying…”
“If you graduate fast enough, I’ll give you an experience that’d make you the envy of all elves.”
“Really? You promised!”
“Sure! It’s something so great that no other elf will ever be able to experience it.”
Reisha was too absorbed in having something to boast to her tribe to notice Isaac’s muttering and calculating stare.
Isaac sent Reisha back to her Reservation after a lot of sweet talk. Then, he quickly headed to look for a Communicator for use. He didn’t want to go back to City Hall again, so he decided to use the public Communicator instead. It seemed the rumours had spread already and people began noticing Isaac. They looked to him as they muttered to themselves and created a path for him. Isaac didn’t even have to wait before his turn for the Communicator.
“h.e.l.lo. I am Albert, head of the Communicator Service. I’ll lead the way. “
Isaac spoke back to Albert, who maintained his professional att.i.tude despite Isaac’s notoriety.
“Ah, I just want to send some doc.u.ments.”
When they created Communicators for communications, they also created a system akin to fax to simplify doc.u.ment procedures.
“Come this way.”
Albert led Isaac to a room in the corner of the Communicator room with a small desk. It seemed all Isaac had to do was write down what he wanted to fax and hand it to the operators.
Isaac pondered for a moment then wrote down something on two sheets of paper and handed them to Albert.
“Send this to the Campus and the Elven Reservation. Ah! Wait.”
Isaac went back to thinking after finis.h.i.+ng those words, and then he quietly muttered to himself ‘It’ll be worse if she gets angrier’ before creating another doc.u.ment.
“Is that all?”
“Yeah. Just send them over to their destinations. You don’t have to worry about who receives it.”
“Yes sir.”
“My business is done here. Goodbye.”
“Yes. I’ll make sure to send these now.”
Isaac left the room without even bothering to see if Albert would send the doc.u.ments properly.
Albert knew this wasn’t a job the head of the Communicators should be doing, but decided to do so because Isaac had come here personally due to his special situation. He read through the doc.u.ments as he faxed them and couldn’t help himself from laughing at what was written.
“Now hiring? I can understand looking for employees but why are elves, beastmen and the Campus involved in this? Are any of them crazy enough to come there?”
The Elf Reservation was in quite a commotion when they received a single doc.u.ment from Port City.
Now Hiring
Are you looking for a new experience? Do you want to experience something no one else has ever had? Come to New Port City. I will make sure you will have an experience you can boast about for the rest of your life.
Pay: Adjusted after negotiation.
Work: Begins after a few months of training. Guaranteed 3 years of occupation.
A debate was opened where theories on what this work will entail ran wild, but when Reisha arrived home and told them of all the adventures she had had thanks to Isaac and boasted that he had promised ‘something special just for me’, many curious young elves and middle-aged elves who were bored of their current life decided to have a trip to New Port City.
Now Hiring
3 years of employment. Volunteers will have their pay decided after negotiation. Minimum 700 Giga monthly pay. Pay scaling with performance.
Work: Basic office work, can find work which will help gain experience for financing. Can be adjusted to fit your current studies.
Volunteers are to discuss with Sunbaes or professors who know of the current situation New Port City is in before volunteering.
I hope to see many skilled hubaes volunteer.
“Why would anyone from Campus come to New Port City to work? They must be insane to do so. But I must say that is quite a lot of pay.”
The 700 Giga monthly pay was indeed quite the great payroll; even Albert was tempted. Albert had risen to his current rank by climbing from the bottom of his merchant guild, and as a middle management his monthly pay was only 300 Giga. Even this pay was enough to say he had a successful life and lived on without any envy of others.
But a new employee receiving 700 Giga? Albert would have volunteered immediately, but this doc.u.ment was aimed at the Campus. He wondered if any of the students would be desperate enough to volunteer just for the pay when they would be receiving offers from all over the Empire and already have a decent life of their own.
But there was one thing Isaac knew and Albert didn’t: that the Campus has many commoner students from the poorest of families who study there.
Coming from their homes, they arrived at the Campus highly encouraged to study, but they soon realised they were just barely managing to pa.s.s or be average among the students of the Campus. Students like these have much less freedom when it came to looking for a job. But the 700 Giga pay and experience for their related subjects from Isaac was most definitely a great opportunity. Even just working as an office employee for 3 years would bring a small fortune. The only real problem was whether Isaac could pay the promised 700 Giga, but when word of the million-Giga investments from Seven Grand Merchant Guilds spread, all of the worries disappeared and the students immediately headed to New Port City after graduation in fear that there wouldn’t be enough s.p.a.ces.
Now hiring
One pot of honey every day. One pot of elven honey awarded to best employee every half a year.
Work: Basic labour
However, volunteers must receive permission from Kunette.
“No! No! I’m going alone!”
All of Kunette’s families and tribesmen struggled to convince Kunette, who was still extremely mad at them, to give them permission. Kunette fought on however, thinking all of the elven honey would be hers if she went alone.
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