Doreen hugged her knees and crouched in the corner of the room fearfully.
The frost beast she brought was squatting in front of her, staring at her closely.
It is full - it will not attack others due to appetite for at least two days.
As a soul thief, Doreen knows this very well.
But her fear was not because the frost beast was staring at her...
But because of His Excellency "Ghirlandaio".
——How could a wealthy businessman from Noah have the skills to tame a frost beast instantly?
And how could a wandering werewolf like Doreen possibly tame a tamed frost beast?
If she had a tamed frost beast, the price of selling it directly would be enough for her to eat, drink, have fun and enjoy a happy life for more than ten years... Why would she need to use "scammers and missionaries" to deceive her?
Passers-by, taking risks to steal other people's hearts?
Her frost beast has never been tamed at all.
Just because Doreen took it to "eat a few meals", it would not prioritize Doreen as its attack target unless it was particularly hungry.
The relationship between her and the frost beast would be more appropriately called "cooperation".
But such a frost beast was instantly tamed in front of His Excellency "Girandaio"...
no doubt.
This Lord "Ghirlandaio" must have the blood of winter!
Even if he pretends to be a wealthy businessman from Noah, he can't hide this power. If a random extraordinary person can tame the frost beast, the frost beast will not be a disaster.
Being able to tame the frost beast, even if he is not Grand Duke Ivan, he must be within two generations of Grand Duke Ivan... He is undoubtedly a great man.
If she had followed her original life trajectory, Doreen would never have met such a big shot in her life.
But why..."Ghirlandaio" would choose to hide his identity and go full circle from Noah back to winter?
Doreen didn't dare guess or ask.
I can only throw all the blame to the teacher.
She always felt that she had accidentally been involved in some conspiracy involving the highest level of the principality...
Just being glanced at by His Excellency Ghirlandaio made Doreen so nervous that her back tensed up and her palms kept sweating.
Now she wanted to run away very much and was waiting for the words "You can leave now", but she didn't dare to run away without permission.
Lest it be revealed that he had guessed Ghirlandaio's true identity.
She will not have any inappropriate curiosity, and she will never inquire about anything.
Doreen knew very well -
The less you know, the safer you are.
not to mention……
"...I'm just a werewolf."
She buried her head in her knees and murmured softly.
Werewolves are not welcomed by the people of Winter. Only dwarves who are also good at wine, have strong labor force and do not like eating meat can get together with the people of Winter in the resource-poor Principality of Winter... When the full moon is approaching, occasionally,
Werewolves who can go crazy and lose their mind are not trusted by the people.
It can even be said that werewolves will be discriminated against by other races.
Of course, werewolves are also citizens of the Principality of Winter. In the Principality of Winter, as long as they are minors, disabled people or people with serious illnesses, or have worked in exchange for remuneration for more than one month, they are citizens protected by law.
However, people who have no illness or disaster as adults but do not work will not be protected by the laws of the Principality of Winter.
But the problem is... Unless your abilities are really outstanding, werewolves basically can't find a job.
At the same time, there is also such a law in the Principality of Winter:
——Beating a crazed werewolf to death is not considered a crime of homicide, but is treated as innocent.
There is nothing wrong with this law in itself.
Once a werewolf goes crazy, he will attack others like a frost beast - a werewolf will attack cubs of other races first, followed by people of other races, then cubs of his own race, and finally other werewolves. In addition to his direct blood relatives
Besides, werewolves may attack anything.
The purpose is not to devour, but only to bite to death. Therefore, it is an attack with a very high killing efficiency.
And even werewolves without extraordinary professions may even be able to defeat Bronze level warrior extraordinarys after going crazy.
According to scholars' research, this seems to be a racial ability acquired by werewolves in order to compete with other races for resources and living space in ancient times. Adult female werewolves who have finished lactation for a period of time, and those who have not yet given birth to children, are in a certain period of spring.
Young male werewolves are especially prone to going berserk.
In order to protect yourself, you cannot hold back when fighting against the crazy werewolf.
Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of other races, this law is very necessary.
But the problem is... werewolves don't necessarily go crazy on the day of the full moon.
Some werewolves may not go crazy once in several years, but some will go crazy twice a month. The crazy werewolves are no different from usual except that they cannot speak or drink water.
It is more difficult to prove that a killed werewolf was not crazy than to prove innocence.
This special racial habit also makes it difficult for many villages to accept werewolves - especially underage male werewolves, who can only live in caves outside the small barrier... and live in the form of a werewolf tribe.
As for female werewolves, they are relatively safe if they are not pregnant and can stay within the small barrier. However, once they become pregnant, they will also be kicked out of their residence - after the lactation period, female werewolves will go crazy almost every month.
The child is hatched once or twice and maintained until the child is six or seven years old and able to hunt independently.
The lifespan of a werewolf is very short, with an average of only thirty or forty years. A six-year-old werewolf is already about the size of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old human boy.
Logically speaking, as a female werewolf, Doreen can live within the barrier as long as she doesn't get married... It's not particularly difficult to learn some skills, find a job as a female worker, or save some money to go to adult college.
But the problem is... Doreen's mother once went crazy in the village.
Her mother had a good personality, so she gained the trust of the people in that village, and was even able to marry a human and have children - yes, Doreen is actually a half-werewolf.
But no matter how good your character is, you can't resist your racial instinct.
Doreen's mother went mad twice.
But fortunately, Doreen's father is a transcendent and an idol wizard who graduated from the White Tower of the Wind.
He quickly suppressed Doreen's mother each time -
After that, Doreen did not go crazy again until she was five years old. Her father also gradually relaxed his vigilance.
——Until a woman from out of town, holding her child in her arms and asking for directions, knocked on their door at night.
When Doreen's father woke up, she had already bitten the child to death and almost killed the child's mother.
Doreen's father hesitated for a long time.
He finally decided to help Doreen's mother deal with the traces and hide the body after the suppression.
Originally there was no problem.
But when little Doreen was playing in the yard the next day, she accidentally dug out the unprocessed body...
Although the attacker was not from the village, Doreen's mother was not beaten to death or reported by the villagers. However, she had already killed someone, and the villagers could not accept living with her - their whole family was evicted.
Got out.
Later, for some unknown reason, her father's illegal use of magic to hide his guilt for others was exposed.
Both Doreen's father and mother were wanted and captured by the Hand of Winter - Doreen's mother was to be imprisoned for twenty years, while her father was to be sentenced to three years of solitary labor.
Doreen was left alone.
Unlike other werewolves, her childhood life was so happy that she didn't even know "survival skills" - such as stealing and robbing.
Later, she met her "teacher".
Specializes in training werewolf orphans and turning them into phantom thieves, mind thieves, spies, and killers...