SOCIETY

After Cass saw them off, the sister-brother duo headed to their home. While they were walking, Kai was thinking about all the information he obtained in a few hours. He couldn't help but feel excited about the future.

He thought that Fures, as a race, had limitless potential considering all of the beings and their abilities, but they also were too dependant on the others. They had to kill a large number of people/monsters/beasts to obtain power for themselves. of course, some considered it being respectful to the prey to assimilate their core like it is to eat them after their death.

Kai agreed to this idea. He thought it is the right thing to do because if he were to die and not be eaten by the beast that killed him, he would feel genuinely offended because if it killed him and not gained anything or didn't even satisfy its hunger what was the point even killing him?

Meanwhile, Meira had her own line of thoughts. She didn't like the fact that her little brother was going to challenge fearsome beasts and put himself in dangerous situations but she knew, she could do nothing about it. One day Kai, like every male Fure, was going to go into the military where he will be exposed to various dangers. These thoughts made her treasure the time spent together in the peace.

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While they were walking, they stumbled upon the situation which made their line of thoughts come to the end. In the middle of someone's garden, which was somewhat close to the city center, two boys were having a cheerful conversation.

"Coop is that really tier-4 monster core?" the boy asked with small sparkles in his eyes like it was the most precious thing he had ever seen.

The boy named Coop smirked and nodded while holding a stone-like crystal that emitted a dim blue glow. It was Kai's first time seeing monster core so he tried to not miss anything. fortunately, they weren't too close so the 2 boys didn't see how Kai was staring at the core.

"Yes! My father bought me this for my 6th birthday so I can absorb it shortly after I awaken my core. It is the chief orc's core that used super strong War Cry ability so I am aiming for that. " He said in a cheerful manner.

Kai, looking at the scene, couldn't help but smile. He felt happy for them and anticipated his first ability even more but then a new boy came seemingly their friend. he had a happy smile on his face and asked the same question as to the previous boy, Coop, in turn, answered with the same smirk he had before.

Their conversation continued with the same happy atmosphere as before until the new boy said something.

"I also got a core for my birthday but it's a beast core and it is of Tier-3 lava fish. " the boy seemed super happy as his smile grew wider but not for long.

When Coop heard the boy, his brows furrowed angrily and he almost shouted at the boy. "Don't you dare to compare my core to your trash, you stupid idiot! You and your family aren't even worthy to call themselves Fures. Soon my family will become a noble one and the first thing I'll do is teach you a lesson" his breathing became heavy and it looked like he was going to start fighting but before he could, the boy started crying and not long after ran away.

The third boy was somewhat shocked but shortly, after hearing about becoming a noble, he was praising the Coop guy.

Seeing the situation sister-brother duo both frowned, Kai even became angry and wanted to teach the guy a lesson but decided against it. Don't get him wrong, he would if he wasn't a child at the moment. He still wanted to say something to that coop guy but Meira stopped him.

"If what he said is true, we will have lots of problems in the future if we step in." Kai could see Meira's serious face and calmed down a bit. It made him wonder if the status noble gave so many privileges but didn't ask now as he thought it wasn't the time for that.

"Let's go home kai." soon after she said this she forced smile out of her and gave his little brother a hand which he hastily held. Kai saw through her smile and knew it was forced so he complied, He had already seen her true smiles many times and it was an easy thing to see the difference between the two.

After they walked further away from the place Kai calmed down considerably and was thinking about the situation with a cool head. He didn't know what to make out of this whole thing but One thing he was sure about was, he felt absolutely disgusted by the boy's actions. If he could he would beat him up but that wasn't the case.

When he was recounting the situation he thought 'At least something I found out something interesting.' He thought about what they were saying about beast cores and monster cores. turns out they are different. Even though his father is a hunter he had never seen any monster or beast cores so he didn't know what was the difference between them. he made mental note to ask him next time.

This event may seem like a small thing but actually, Kai understood more about this world now. to be honest he didn't like what he saw but it was undeniable that if he stayed powerless like he is now he wouldn't be able to enjoy this opportunity to live in this new world.

The most important thing he learned was the fact that there were social statuses like commoners and nobles. He knew about them from his previous life when he read a book specifically about them, but knowing and experiencing were two different things so he had to do something. He thought that the best thing would be to become so strong that nobody could do anything to him but he wasn't that delusional he knew there were people stronger even than his father not to mention anything about himself. So the best thing he got was to lay low and slowly gain the strength until he could do something better.

After that small accident, they were unfortunate enough to see, they hadn't said anything the whole trip, both were thinking for themselves. Meira's personality was of quiet and rational one but at the same time, she had loving and caring characteristics while also having a brutal side which only showed up when someone was late at the table. Even her own father didn't dare to be slow and always came 1 hour before the dinner or else he would have to deal with Fearsome Meira in her berserk mode.

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