Chapter 723 (2/2)

“From the Orc Empire, no official status… This is only your surface identity. Tell me more, and don’t be afraid. I won’t leak it to anyone.”

Hopes smiled bitterly but relented nevertheless. Since the men had promised to keep his background a secret, he did not mind sharing more.

“My name is true, but my birth identity has a bit of an issue. Although I am indeed from the Orc Empire, I’m from a nameless tribe and am from the wolf Wilder tribe. My father was one of the grandsons of the tribe leader, but my mother was a princess from the rabbit tribes. ”

“Ah! You’re the one who was announced as the dead mixed-blood child by the Wilders, right?” The young man smiled in earnest this time.

“Yes,” Hopes smiled bitterly and replied.

“Don’t worry, no one here will judge you for that. If anyone dares to look down on you, come find us for help! I am the manager of the Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Animal Resource Center, Clito, and he is the Mining Center’s manager, Reif Kawat.”

Hopes was shocked as he did not expect to meet such important figures in person. The administration of the Republic was a little blurry, but there was a general rule that only high ranking officials took on solo leadership roles.

Hopes knew of Reif Kawat. He was the first miner in the country and had presided over the construction of negative energy magic crystal veins long ago. As for Clito, he had never heard of him, but from his job scope, he seemed like an important man nevertheless.

Seeing as Hopes was rather stressed, Clito smiled and poured him a cup of tea. It was sweet and fragrant and allowed Hopes to relax and explain his background more calmly.

There was not much to say except for the fact that he was relentlessly looked down upon and had reached a point of desperation where he had abandoned his family.

Reif sighed repeatedly, and Clito shook his head. When Hopes had finished his story, the two officials comforted him and told him to forget the past and concentrate on his current job opportunity.

“The Republic is your home now and so are the mining grounds. No one will bully you here,” Reif said.

“If anyone dares to, I’ll destroy him!” Clito seconded this opinion.

At this moment, another worker who had received the command reported for duty and thus Hopes bid the officials farewell.

Once their job was done, the two officials discussed Hopes’ case in detail again.

“He’s led a tough life since young, I’m sure it hasn’t been easy for him!” Reif said.

“He’s strong, though. I can tell that he possesses great internal power and magical powers.” Clit replied.

“Hey! He’s a good miner, don’t poach him as an explorer!”

“I think I would like to develop him as an explorer though. He has great strength and will do well as one.”

“When are you planning to tell him?”

“There’s no rush. I will be part of this expedition with him anyway, we can discuss it along the way…”