Becoming an Extra in a Trash Game

Chapter 46

Chavid.

The widest but most barren country.

A matriarchal society that arose due to the nomadic culture of always wandering and living, as well as the free atmosphere that comes with it.

That’s why their values were always different from the continent, and the parts they considered important were different, from the beginning, humans, who were the center of the continent, have always discriminated against the beastkin of Chavid.

It’s only been about two or three hundred years since they were even treated as a single race called the Ain race. Before that, they were treated as talking livestock for much longer.

The chain of hatred that has continued for decades and centuries.

It wasn’t unexpected that it would burst again.

‘Why now of all times…’

Luna bit her pink lips hard.

“Who is that arrogant human? Why did you dare to bring him to Chavid? Have you sold our beastkin’s pride and sided with the human race? Surely you’re not after our sacred objects or holy sites?”

The Chief of the mountain goat race, who had sat down on a rock a little distance away from where Adelian and Luna had walked after letting the giant sheep they had ridden, Mei, graze on the grass a bit farther away, interrogated.

As her horizontal pupils contracted and glared at Luna, Luna’s shoulders shrank even more.

“That’s… Not it…”

The top races and second-tier races are divided according to the size of the race and the number of strong warriors.

In Chavid, where there is no absolute power like a king, the authority of the top races, maintained at 5 or fewer, and the second-tier races, maintained at 10 or fewer, is sky-high. For Luna, whose timidity had not yet completely disappeared, her legs couldn’t help but tremble.

But if she just repeated ‘yes’ here and hesitated under pressure, she would not only be of no help to Adelian, but rather…

‘I can’t be a burden…’

“The Young Master… Was just on his way to my race with me… Sacred sites or objects, those things don’t matter.”

At Luna’s soft-spoken words, the mountain goat race woman snorted.

“How can I believe that? I don’t like that slick, arrogant human. I don’t trust him either. Besides, the atmosphere in Chavid is not good these days, so for the sake of your precious master, just go back.”

“But… the Young Master is a good person. Such concerns…”

“Humans are a cunning and selfish race. Even those who have lived together for 5 or 10 years often deceive for their own benefit. What if you’re being deceived too? If you want to go home so badly, go back alone.”

As the mountain goat race woman bent one leg and put her hoof on the rock, Luna raised her lowered head at her words.

‘How dare she insult the Young Master like that?’

I don’t like it…

Is she something special just because she’s the Chief of a top race?

With a strangely rising sense of rebellion, Luna opened her mouth.

“No. Why are you doing this to us? You should at least tell us what the problem is.”

“What?”

“That’s right. As the Young Master said, it’s obvious that merchants at least would have no restrictions on coming and going. Is what you’re doing now something that has been discussed with other top races? Or is it just venting your anger?”

At the appearance of the eloquent Luna, which would have made Adelian mutter, ‘Is it the problem of madness or following?’, the mountain goat race woman tilted her head as if surprised and then opened her mouth.

“Venting anger? Well… I suppose it could be seen that way. Fine. It’s a problem I can explain to you. You might change your mind after hearing it. You know that the desert of Chavid has been expanding for about 70 years, right?”

As Luna nodded, the mountain goat race woman extended her hand to one side, and a leopard race member with leopard patterns only on their skin quickly placed a water pouch on her palm.

“We recently discovered that humans are coming and going in the center of that desert, conducting some kind of magical research. No matter how we think about it, it seems they are promoting desertification. It means we’re living in such a barren land because of humans.”

“Moreover, Chief, tell her about that too. That slave hunting has gotten worse these days.”

At the words of the leopard race man who chimed in as if to encourage, the mountain goat race woman, who had been gulping down water, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and said,

“That’s right. And slave hunting is rampant these days. It’s gotten too severe. We knew that human bastards would come into Chavid to hunt once in a while, but now it’s to the point where all humans entering look like hunters.”

“It’s easier to identify those who come in as merchant groups because they have a lot of luggage and move slowly, but it’s hard to catch those who come in groups of three or four and just take a few children.”

The other beastkin standing behind, besides the mountain goat and leopard races, also had fierce looks in their eyes, and killing intent spread.

“Those bastards kill all the beastkin who are old or have no value as goods from their perspective right on the spot. Not only that, but they also completely annihilate livestock like horses, sheep, and goats, and burn all the crops we grow.”

Originally, humans lived in a much more prosperous continent than Chavid, but now they were not only making this barren land even more barren, but also kidnapping children, cruelly killing old beastkin, and burning their property and land.

“Do you know how many of our kind are starving to death because of that? We’re importing all our food, but the human bastards know our situation and are just raising prices!”

“Now there are no grown sheep left to sell, so we can’t even buy grain, let alone try not to eat small sheep. I heard there are races where the elderly are starving to reduce the number of mouths to feed for the future.”

At their angry cries, Luna’s shoulders shrank again, but she tried to straighten her staggering body and defended herself with a trembling voice.

“That’s unfortunate. Yes, it’s a tragedy. But what does that have to do with our Young Master? The Young Master just came with me to see my family.”

When Kane went to his hometown, Luna also thought of her parents and siblings.

The opportunity was given by Adelian who noticed that. She had expected to have a pleasant time going to her race, eating traditional food together, and greeting her parents.

Luna, feeling her eyes and nose stinging for some reason, sniffed and opened her mouth again.

“Slave hunting? Food shortages? I know they’re all big issues and heartbreaking, but our Young Master didn’t do anything wrong. We just… Wanted to go home.”

At Luna’s words, which she barely managed to exhale while her small body trembled, the eyes of some of the beast-type beastkin lit up as if a fire had been lit.

“You dare to take the side of a human?”

“You’ve been tainted by dirty water after going out to the continent. You’ve been too influenced by humans who are not your own kind.”

It’s hard for a rabbit race, which is particularly delicate among herbivores, to easily withstand the killing intent of carnivorous beastkin.

But

‘Rather… That troll in the labyrinth was scarier…!’

Instead of just trembling in fear, Luna calmed her breathing and straightened her body.

If she bows down here, they might use that as an excuse to do something to Adelian. Maybe if they had explained the situation from the beginning with kind words and asked Adelian for understanding.

‘The Young Master is kind, after all.’

If Luna herself had said it was okay, he might have stepped back and said they should come again next time, but if they pressure and oppress first, and come out like this using things they haven’t done and won’t do in the future as an excuse…

‘I can’t back down. For the Young Master’s sake.’

As she clenched her small mouth and slightly moved one foot forward, putting strength in her big toe to be able to shift her center of gravity at any time, a faint sound reached Luna’s ears.

“Go, Kane.”

“What’s with that nonsense at the end?”

Tap, tap!

The sound of stepping on a Parts Shield created in the air.

Then with a bang! Kane fell from the sky, stomping the ground hard and standing in front of Luna.

“Oh, suddenly from above?”

“What? Wasn’t he over there?”

At the sight of Kane suddenly descending from the sky, the other beastkin drew their weapons and tensed, when the sound of clapping was heard.

“Ugh, hero landing.”

“Young Master…”

Luna slightly turned her head to see Adelian walking over with a beautiful face that looked arrogant and smiling.

* * *

“Senior Rabbit… Will you be okay?”

I put my index finger to my lips and shushed at Zero’s worried voice, then turned my head.

“What are they saying?”

“They say the desert has grown recently.”

“Again?”

“And they’re saying slave hunting is rampant.”

As expected of the all-capable Kane.

At first, I couldn’t understand the situation over there because everyone except for the two beastkin watching me, Kane, and Zero rushed far away with Luna.

Realizing this is why people secretly record phone calls and leave calls on to eavesdrop, I once again resolved to popularize Siren as soon as possible.

Just in case, I asked Kane if he could hear, and Kane said, “Can’t you hear?”

Hah, annoying protagonist… Does he think everyone else has superior physical abilities like him?

Anyway, thanks to that, I whispered in the smallest voice possible so that the beastkin watching us couldn’t hear.

“And now?”

“They’re blaming humans.”

Kane makes a strange expression as he says this.

“They’re criticizing actions we haven’t done.”

This is… Like catching a mouse while a cow walks backward.

Kane, who used to say ‘humans’ and ‘human bastards’ at the drop of a hat, seems to be changing his mind a bit seeing others do it.

Yeah, even you can see it looks ugly when they lump all humans together and criticize indiscriminately, right?

Are you ready to see good people as good and bad people as bad, regardless of race, without colored glasses from now on? Huh?

As I was analyzing Kane’s face with satisfaction, his expression suddenly hardened.

“They’re about to emit killing intent. No, they just did.”

“What? Isn’t that a big problem then?”

“What? No, what are they doing over one small child like Luna.”

I frowned slightly and immediately took out the Codex from subspace as soon as it seemed like they were pressuring Luna even from afar.

“Go, Kane.”

“What’s with that nonsense at the end?”

Once meaninglessly with force.

“Ugh…!”

As Kane, who had snatched me and Zero, kicked up into the air as if stepping on a translucent Parts Shield, it disappeared and I created another one where I predicted the position.

The sound of wind whooshed in my ears.

“Wh-where are you going? Stop right there!”

“What? Flying through the sky?”

The beastkin who was guarding us belatedly tried to follow, but we were already far away.

After Kane dropped Zero and me safely behind midway, I created one more Parts Shield in front of Kane, and he stepped on it strongly and made a big leap to land in front of Luna.

I really can’t help but clap at that perfect hero landing where he kneels to disperse the force.

“Young Master…”

“Luna, straighten your shoulders.”

Why should we be intimidated? Straighten your shoulders.

I smiled slowly as I looked at the beastkin who were holding weapons, filling the distance in a semicircle around Luna and Kane.

“Is it customary for beastkin to draw weapons twelve against three?”

After putting a Parts Shield on Zero, who still had no abilities, and gesturing for him to step back, I sneered, and as expected, they got upset.

“How dare a human interfere in our business?”

“You keep saying human race, human race. Isn’t it a bit unsightly? Even a dog eats half in its own yard before going in, but you’re oppressing us who haven’t even committed any crime yet just because it’s your country, while you can’t make a peep outside.”

“How dare you insult us!”

“You insulted us first. Surrounding peaceful travelers and oppressing them to go back, as a top race. Is that a proud tradition of Chavid or something?”

Kane, watch carefully. Fraud and bullying aren’t just done by humans, it’s done by anyone with intelligence.

At my words, the mountain goat race woman’s face turned red and she shouted.

“Talking won’t do. How can you be so arrogant, proud, and willful? Moreover, what are you trusting to be so stiff?”

Who do I trust? I trust Kane.

As I smiled and made eye contact with the racial Chief while floating the Codex, she gritted her teeth.

“You don’t happen to have any connection with the hunters, do you? We should really take you to our race…”

As the Chief, whose braided hair was trembling with anger, aimed her hand crossbow again, I slowly opened my mouth.

“I roughly know who’s behind those hunters.”

“What?”

The leopard man’s thighs, which seemed about to leap out, suddenly thickened explosively and then shrank.

“I’m saying I know what kind of organization they are.”

“…How can we believe that? Isn’t this just a ploy to avoid the current situation?”

Have you only been on the receiving end? Ah, these days you probably have only been on the receiving end.

I closed the Codex with a snap as its pages were turning, and gestured to Kane and Luna to lower their weapons first, then opened my mouth.

“I think we need to have a proper conversation in a more appropriate space, don’t you think?”

I wonder if you’ve heard of the Evil god cult.