The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 62: The Beast King

I flew to the beast kingdom, where Ausar was supposed to be located.

I walked to the gate as a catkin. No one bothered me, why would they? But I heard things.

"Did you hear that Silith apparently confirmed that the rumored dragon was a god?"

"No way, he did?"

"Yeah, and more than that, he said she was the mother of gods."

"There's no way, Lord Ausar will be able to clear this thing up."

"Did you hear that he actually took control of this kingdom?"

"Finally, I was waiting for him to decide to become king."

"So was the king."

It seems Ausar just wanted a throne. Vain... like he always was.

I entered the town and saw multiple beastkin celebrating. The few humans around were keeping their heads down.

"Hey, human. Did you steal that?"

The man had grabbed an apple off a stall and paid for it. Everyone knew it, but no one stood up for him. Well... almost no one.

"Hey, let him go. We all saw him pay."

The Catkin who started it glowered at me.

"A sympathizer? Please, he's revolting. He shouldn't even be allowed to roam the city. Thank goodness at least the temple is clear of them."

It seems this city had a similar issue to Silith's city.

"Yeah, I don't care, he paid, he followed the law, so lay off."

"Listen, kid. I'm a D rank adventurer. I can beat you up."

"It's a shame that fools like you represent the lower ranks."

I flashed my C rank, and he blanched.

"S-sorry. I was out of line."

"You were, now apologize and leave."

"Sorry man, I was wrong."

Then the catkin fled quickly.

"Goodness, it's almost as bad as Silith's city here."

"Ah, do you hale from there?"

"No, I'm from Selethon."

A wolfkin passed by.

"Selethon? Then did you meet the dragon who claims to be a god?"

"Yes, and she is very powerful."

The human nodded.

"I heard that Silith himself confirmed her as the mother of gods."

"Yeah, but you can't trust Silith."

The wolfkin acted like he was better than Silith.

"See, this is the problem with humans, they side with Silith, the enemy of Ausar and then shut out beastkin."

"Well, what do you think, C rank lady."

"I think both are twits. They discriminate against an entire species for the simple crime of some serving their opponent."

Everyone, including the humans, looked at me, jaws dropped.

"Lord Ausar isn't a twit."

"Then why does he dislike all humans."

"Because they side with Silith."

"I don't know. Selethon's humans are siding with this Kala."

"Yeah, and the pretender god Kala is sided with Silith."