After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1026

A/N: Althea is in the finals now!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT GUYS! Garan also put up a super good fight that got the other guy really stressed out xDD

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Maomao was never the aggressive one in the group back then. The women had been relatively meek compared to their men—especially compared to aggressive orcs like Baku or Kuma.

However, there was still orc blood in them, so whenever they felt hostile—it showed through their auras and their bodies.

In Maomao’s case, it manifested in unusual ways. She thumped her legs to the ground in agitation and, because she had strong feet, it caused a minor vibration on the stone floor.

Her teeth were gritting, her back arched, her ears flattened against her head, and her tail was particularly puffed up.

This was her body’s show of hostility, but it was an odd juxtaposition to her cute face and soft features. Rather than intimidating them, it made the Golds feel lost... and amused.

"What did you do to Gochi?" she asked again, her small voice awkwardly modulated to be of lower timber (and with minimal success). "Where is he?"

The interaction caught the attention of more people around them, and the Lords’ staff members were alarmed. They panicked, immediately approaching them.

"Sorry about this…" they said and bowed, before turning to the half-orc with a bad expression and pushing her back. "HEY! You can’t talk to the Golds like that!"

This one had always been meek, so what was going on now? And in the Lord’s precious party, too! How embarrassing!

They had always questioned why this one was kept out of the cage! Sure, she was a slave, but she—and her race, in general—was so dirty they should never interact so closely with humans—especially with the nobles!

It was universally believed that half-orcs had some unknown disease to them. It was like how they called the goblins ’rats’ —short for ratus, which were disgusting critters that ate corpses like maggots—or "tunnelscum".

It was also similar to how they called Dwarves ’Grubs’ or ’Bearded Grubs’, which was akin to their view of the small race being creatures of soil, also dirty.

It was why the Lord and others wouldn’t touch half-orcs like her intimately. However, at the same time, keeping her as a ’pet’ was a major status symbol so they were still sought after.

The guards and staff reprimanded Maomao. "Kneel down! Slap yourself!" they ordered. After a pause, the half-orc did indeed do so.

She kneeled down and slapped herself, though her face was full of anger.

Slap!

"Stop it," Olga said, in an authorative tone, and the half-orc did pause. Olga was stronger than the staff members so, as a citizen, Maomao listened to her more by rule.

The rabbit orc’s eyebrows furrowed as she looked up to meet Olga’s eyes. "There’s no need to hurt yourself."

Otto nodded at the interaction and looked at the servants. "It’s fine. Let us talk." He then walked to the servant and handed a couple of silver from his space.

"She made us angry, you see," he said, tone full of meaning. "Can we borrow a room?"

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