Apparently, the Duke had ensued an order to the people of this town, he wanted more boar meat, and didn't seemed to care about the hunters that got hurt in the attack of the red-skinned ogre that was spotted.
Effectively, this is how I had expected people of aristocracy to behave. There are many factors that would give him a reason to not care.
One of them is that he is in a higher stand of society while we all are serfs in here. A serf's life is not even worth a silver coin. It would be unrealistic to believe that he would think of us as valuable people.
I believe he doesn't even have any pity of anything that has happened here, our problems are not his problems, but his problems are our problems.
This is how these things work, and there isn't any other way around it.
It is how society is formed.
Those above the poor will always have a greater priority above anything else, their wills are our wills.
But what if something happens to us? Well, we are items, merely disposable for him, if one dies, many others can take their place.
I believe he might had fully expected all those hunters to die and even then, he simply thought that more people should take their place.
If they die, then that's fine as well, more can take their place after that.
If the entire village dies? It doesn't matter, another village can take their place.
This is how it works.
If we don't want to die, we have to get better at hunting, or we'll simply die and get replaced.
Of course, based in my previous life experiences, I have never been someone that would bend the knee to anyone. But circumstances are different now, I don't possess the power to rebel against those in higher authority than me, at most, because I am a child, I am allowed to stand and see how everyone dies until it is my turn when I reach adulthood.
But I won't let it happen anymore. I have grown strong enough to at least change the lives of the people around me, and that's enough for me to take the decision of joining this hunting team for today.
Perhaps I cannot rebel against the society I've been born in yet, but eventually, with enough power, I will be able to do so. And one cannot gain power without taking risks either.
In life and in all societies across the entire Universe, there were two absolute things that mandated everything.
Power is Money, and Money is Power, both are like Yin and Yang, they completed one another and without one, there can't be the other.
Because of this, I must accumulate enough power, through power I can accumulate more money, and through money, I can gain even more power.
Both will complement one another as I raise in this hierarchy, and one day, I will stand in the same position as this duke, and tell him what's wrong with him, and if he doesn't obey, I will kick him in the face, take over his entire family and take away everything that belongs to him.
This is what I did in my previous life countless times. Why wouldn't I be able to repeat it as I've done it a thousand times and more? I will do it.
But for now, the present at hand is different, the circumstances are different, and I must adapt to them to survive and slowly step forward into the path I've been forging this entire time.
For my father… I have to do it.
No, for my family and friends as well.
This life is very different than the one I've had before… I have made many new things, and found other things as well, there is a new joy in my life, that of family.
And I don't want to lose them.
I will go hunt with these people, protect them, and not let them lose their lives, while I also profit from this if I can get enough EXP from whatever I hunt.
I also want to go further into the forest now that I've rested enough, I feel like I am ready to see what's there.
I walked towards the group of hunters, bringing my spear.
The people instantly recognized me as they looked at me with surprise.
"A child? Wait, that's the child that healed the hunters back then… Blake, is it?"
"Blake, what is going on?"
"You're too young to join us…"
"I won't take "no" as an answer. I have healing abilities, so I am the most fitted to accompany you lot. I will take care of your backs and you'll do the same for me." I said.
The people looked at me with surprise, as I expressionlessly looked at them back. There was a certain presence that I was exuding, and this presence wasn't any power, even as a child, I had a very strong confidence, which didn't seemed reckless or childish at all.
They had already seen me do miracles, and it was possible they were being convinced by that fact as well. Eleanora at my side reinforced their thoughts, as she seemed domineering and her dark presence made her seem strong.
"Blake?! What are you doing? I won't let you go hunt on your own! Are you crazy?" asked my mother, as she moved to my side and looked at me with concern clear in her eyes.
"Mother, this is something I have to do. You've seen me improve this entire time, right? I will soon be six years of age… My father is sickly, even as young as I am, I have to make sure to replace him…" I said.
"Fear not, I will take care of him well enough." said Eleanora.
"E-Eleanora…" sighed my mother.
The leader of the hunting group, a man with long red hair and a scar in the middle of his face, who had a small, red-colored dog at his side, nodded.
"Fine, but stick close to us, understood?" He asked.
"Understood." I answered.