After the wand was rescued by the snake, he had been resting in a manor in Port Wright.
The most serious injury on his body was in his abdomen, where some of his internal organs were damaged. He had to lie in bed for almost a month before he could barely recover.
The biggest headache for the wand was his weak body. He couldn't withstand teleportation magic, so he had to rest in the city for a whole month.
Fortunately, Hemina seemed to be a rich lady in this city. The short-tentacle wand was honored to stay in a noble's manor.
"Is this the life of a noble?"
The wand sat on a bed that could fit at least four people. He looked out the window at the blue sky, and there were all kinds of snacks on the side of the bed.
Even though the snake's healer told the wand not to eat too many sweet things, he still didn't let go of the snacks. He sat on the side of the bed and stuffed everything he could eat into his mouth.
If he was in Noland, he wouldn't be able to afford these snacks. But now, he could eat them for free. The nobles didn't feel bad about it anyway.
Halfway through the wand's meal, he saw black smoke rising from the blue sky outside the window.
Black smoke? What's burning?
The wand swallowed the cake in his mouth, then held his abdomen and forced himself to the window. Then … he saw a horrifying scene.
"You mutated people, get out of our land!"
The shouts pierced the eardrums of the wand. The wand leaned against the windowsill and discovered that the garden below had already been set ablaze by a scorching fire.
A group of people raised strange flags and rushed into the manor.
This … this is … a riot?
The wand looked at the scene of the manor's guards fighting with the commoners. He was already in a state of panic.
Although there were many guards in the manor, there were more than a thousand civilians participating in the riot. With such a large number, they entered the manor in a crushing manner and began to use fire magic and alchemy flasks to burn down the buildings in the manor.
This is not good …
He looked at the snack in his hand and quickly put it back on the bedside table.
The wand felt that he was also a member of the commoners. Maybe he should join in the burning down of the manor?
Just as the Wand was lost in his thoughts, the door to his room was suddenly pushed open.
"I was actually arrested …" Just as the wand was about to turn around and join the revolution, he realized that the person who opened the door was Hemina.
"Can you walk now?" Hemina asked.
"There shouldn't be any problem."
He rubbed the wound on his abdomen with the wand. He could no longer feel any pain, but his body was still a little weak.
However, Snake's pharmacist had warned him not to do any strenuous activities, or he would die.
Walking shouldn't be considered a strenuous activity.
"Then hurry up and leave this place." Hemina waved her hand at the wand. The wand didn't think too much about it and followed Hemina to the corridor.
An old butler of the manor was pushing Hemina's wheelchair. He wanted to say something when he saw the short tentacle wand following them, but the situation was too urgent and he didn't manage to say anything in time.
The wand followed Hemina all the way to the kitchen at the back of the manor.
Along the way, the wand heard all sorts of shouts from the crowd. These sounds were mixed with the sound of things being smashed. The situation sounded very chaotic.
There was a secret door at the back of the kitchen. After the wand entered the secret door, it realized that it was a tunnel that led underground.
The wand walked along the passage for some distance before the noise of the commotion behind it gradually faded away.
"What … What happened?"
The wand was injured. When he was halfway through the underground tunnel, the wound on his abdomen started to hurt again.
He had no choice but to slow down. In the end, he could only sit on the damp ground.
"Kerber, stop," Hemina said to the old butler who was pushing her wheelchair behind her.
The old butler pushed Hemina's wheelchair to the wand again.
"Did your wound open again?" Hemina asked with concern.
"I don't know … But what's wrong with those people?"
The wand sat on the ground for a while before he could catch his breath.
"Actually, it's because …"
"Miss, I don't think it's appropriate to tell him the truth." The old butler finally spoke to remind Hemina.
"It's okay, Kerber. He saved my life before. He's a trustworthy friend." Hemina thought for a while and said to the wand, "Actually, I can't be considered a human."
"What do you mean by that?"
The wand looked at Hemina from head to toe. She looked like a normal human, but when Hemina pulled up her sleeve, the wand finally saw the tiny scales wrapped around her arm.
"I'm a descendant of the Sea Tribe, a tribe that lives in the ocean," Hemina said.
"Mermaid?"
The wand was an apprentice of the Sage Mage Tower. He knew some of the legends about non-human races. Of course, the legends about mermaids were the most popular.
"Many people would think so, but in fact, we can't turn our legs into fish tails." A helpless smile appeared on Hemina's face. "Our ancestors could do it, but now we only have the ability to communicate with sea creatures, grow scales on certain parts of our body, and breathe underwater."
"Other than that, we're no different from humans?"
The wand thought that he had met the legendary mermaids, but it seemed that the legends were completely different from reality.
"The ocean is heartless to humans, but to us, it's our home." The old butler seemed to be dissatisfied with the wand's words.
"But I still don't understand why those people burned the manor. What are they trying to do?"
The wand ignored the old butler's words. He only wanted to know why he was sitting in this damp underground tunnel from his soft bed.
"We are the ancestors of the Waterfront Kingdom." Hemina told the wand about the history of the Waterfront Kingdom. "Our ancestors came to this land from Berchemont and built the original Waterfront Kingdom. At the same time, they accepted humans from all over the world. As time passed, the country gradually became prosperous."
"But those humans don't know how to repay our kindness." The old butler seemed to be holding back his anger. "Now, they treat this place as their own land and treat us as aliens."
"I don't know much about the history of the past, but Miss Hemina, if you were captured by those people, wouldn't it be bad?"
The wand realized that this was not just a rebellion by the civilians against the nobles, but also a purge by humans against the Sea Tribe.
"So, where are we going next?"
"We could have returned to our hometown of Berchemont, but now, Berchemont is occupied by a group of evil elves." As Hemina said this, a noise came from the end of the underground tunnel.
The group of civilians who attacked the manor had reached the kitchen.
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