LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 669 Parliament
"So, you guys have many leaders as well?" Rain asked. "The magic people and the beast people live like that as well, so I am not that surprised."
Van looked like he had to ask some questions… he knew how things worked with the magic people, but he wasn't sure about human territory. Still, he decided to stay quiet since he was working, and looking too friendly with Rain would make him look suspicious.
"We call them elders, but they don't have to be particularly old to become one of the leaders of this country," Isa explained. "They just had to be prominent in one field or the other and affect positively a lot of people, and then they can receive the votes of the population to become part of the parliament."
Parliament… Rain didn't expect to hear that word there. He couldn't help but think that a human from Earth was reincarnated as a demi-human and created that. In theory, it was a good way to govern a land. Isa explained that the election was something that happened every five years, and those in power would use their influence and money to keep their positions in the Parliament.
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Level 90: Epicurean Mastery (60) - Tap into the pinnacle of culinary prowess, temporarily enhancing your cooking potential to create masterpieces.
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While Rain was waiting, he checked and wondered how he could make the Cook's path evolve… it seemed that he would have to focus on quality over quantity to make those skills reach the max level…
After waiting for two hours, the red-stripped tiger man returned saying that they could enter… Rain didn't see anyone coming to the building, so the elders were already there. Just like the council of the magic people, they made him wait a lot to talk with them to make themselves look important… they were a cute bunch acting like that.
That naivety was cute since they thought that such mind games would affect Rain.
"Any tips?" Rain asked when they entered the building. "I can't say that being diplomatic is my forte."
"That will be interesting to see, then," Isa said while she annoyed looked at the front.
Isa really didn't want to be there… It seems that Rain will have to meet some difficult people. He had met a bunch of them, so Rain wondered if he had some resistance to them… but it was hard to imagine that he would have more resistance than someone who was probably thousands of years old.
Before long, Rain and the others stopped in the middle of a dark room where there was only a single magic candle holder above them that illuminated a single part of the room… Rain couldn't feel any presence there, so that he couldn't help but frown.
Still, before long, some people appeared around them while standing. Their bodies were blue, and they looked a bit weird, like their bodies were being affected by static… it made sense since they were holograms.
"Magic holograms… are you serious?" Rain thought. "Just how much advanced are they from the rest of the world?"
Rain knew that they had advanced technology and magic, but he didn't think that it would be that far… moreover, that meant long-distance communication was what he wanted. Even if Rain had to pay in 72 times, he tried to buy that technology.
"Introduce yourself, human, for you are in front of the Parliament of the demi-humans. We don't let other species enter our territory, much less talk with us directly. Unless you have a good reason to be here, we will treat your arrival as a declaration of war."
That guy who talked looked a bit weird… he was a half-beast person, but he had the ears and the eyes of an owl… Rain was pretty sure that such a variation wasn't supposed to exist in the beast people's territory.
"My name is Rain, and I just came to visit my friend, Isa," Rain said. "That is all."
Silence took over the room… it seemed that Rain's words confused them. Maybe they were expecting a long speech from Rain that would try to convince them to become allies with humans thanks to their technology and the fact that they repelled dragons. The fact that Rain had dragon bone weapons with him proved that he was fighting dragons, after all.
"... We advise you not to lie," The owl man said.
"I am not lying, and I just came to consult with someone that is more knowledgeable about the world compared to all the people that I know," Rain said. "I want to return home today, I left my wives and kids waiting for me, and they will scold me if I don't keep my word."
"... Why did you bring those weapons if you only came to consult her?" An old man who had his eyes closed asked.
"... I can't exactly make her answer all my questions without giving anything in return, so I was planning to give her those since I don't have anything that she might want," Rain hesitated once he realized that the old man had an aura similar to Artisia.
Rain was surprised… he didn't think that a demi-human could have the same ability as Artisia, but maybe it was just a mutation since that tends to happen with them… either way, he had to be careful around those guys.