On the Greenleaf Road of Fenlai Cit

On the Greenleaf Road of Fenlai City, the capital of the Kingdom of Fenlai, a member of the Holy Union, there were many noble manors clustered together. In front of one particular manor, over ten people were clustered together.

“The Debs [De’bu’si] clan would like to thank you, Linley, for your assistance. If it wasn’t for you, this child of ours, Kalan, probably would’ve suffered greatly.” A distinguished looking old man with flowing silver hair smiled towards Linley. By this old man’s side was Kalan, Alice, Tony, and Niya. Behind them were the servants of the Debs clan.”

Turning around, the old man nodded at one of the servants, who took out a small golden sack from within his clothes.

Taking the gold sack, the old man turned to Linley with a smile. “This is a hundred gold coins. Although it isn’t much, it represents the gratitude of our Debs clan. I hope, Linley, you will accept it.”

“No need. It didn’t take any effort on my part.” Linley said quite courteously. “I should be heading off now.”

The old man didn’t persist. Smiling, he watched Linley depart.

“Tony, you three should go home as well. Your parents are no doubt extremely worried.” Smiling, the old man spoke. After bidding farewell, Alice, Niya, and Tony all headed back to their own homes.

When Kalan and the silver-haired old man returned to their own living room, the old man’s face suddenly turned cold. In a voice filled with frozen rage, he barked out, “On your knees!”

With a thud, Kalan immediately fell to his knees. “Second Grandpa, it was wrong of me. This time, I brazenly took three of my friends to the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts without clearly investigating all of its associated dangers. Second Grandpa, please punish me.”

“Hmph! Brazen?”

The old man’s cold glare stared daggers at Kalan. “Kalan, you are already an adult. In addition, you are the heir and successor to our Debs clan. How can you make such a foolish, such an utterly moronic mistake? How could you possibly imagine how dangerous the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts is? You dared to traverse it without so much as even informing the clan? Hmph! I’ll let your own father decide what punishment would be suitable. Just let me remind you of one thing – in the future, if you continue to act so foolishly, even if the clan is handed over to you, you will wreck it!”

Hanging his head, Kalan didn’t dare to speak.

The Debs clan could be considered one of the three top clans in the Kingdom of Fenlai. The reason the Debs clan was so powerful was not because it had a high rank of nobility; it was because the Debs clan was the direct trading partner in Fenlai of the Dawson Conglomerate, one of the three greatest trading unions in the Yulan continent.

The wealth of the Dawson Conglomerate could match an entire kingdom’s wealth. It’s business stretched across the entire continent.

Any of the three trading unions on the Yulan continent possessed a terrifying amount of both wealth and power. Here in the Kingdom of Fenlai, many clans wanted to do business with them, because being able to do business with the Dawson Conglomerate meant being able to ride atop a titanic war-machine.

For the Debs clan to be able to do business with the Dawson Conglomerate was an extremely impressive thing.

After all, even the two major alliances and the Four Great Empires had to do their best to watch their step around the trading unions and to do their best to make them happy.

…..

After departing Fenlai City, Linley took the road towards the Ernst Institute. Bebe was perched on Linley’s shoulders, keeping watch, while Doehring Cowart was also walking side by side with Linley.

“Grandpa Doehring, have you ever felt that this world is a terrifying place?” Linley said mentally.

Doehring Cowart nodded, but he didn’t speak. He just quietly listened.

“In the past, when I visited Fenlai City, I didn’t notice anything. But upon returning from the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, I’ve learned so much. The ruthlessness and mercilessness of the mountains is naked and open. It’s bloody, without any concealment.”

“If we look at the high ranking magi and warriors, as well as the nobles, of Fenlai City, on the surface, they all seem to be polite and courteous. They make the entire Fenlai City seem so splendid. But the class system in Fenlai City is so severe, so callous.”

“Even the law itself gives nobles far more privileges than the commoners. Although Fenlai City is very prosperous and gaudy, filled with laughter, its unspoken rules are far more binding than those of the mountains. In the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, there are no such things as nobles or commoners, only the strong and the weak.”

Linley was slowly beginning to understand the world.

In this world, the nobles had all the advantages, while the commoners were trampled upon. No matter how gentlemanly and refined the nobles acted, or how benevolent they behaved, there was no way they could alter the severe inequality that existed in the world as a whole. If you wanted to have status as a commoner, your only choice was to become a powerful warrior or a powerful magus.

If you didn’t strive hard, you would be discarded.

“Human society is far more complicated than the world of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. They just hide the same brutality which exists in the mountains under a beautiful set of clothes. But sometimes, this set of beautiful clothes can be very useful.” From the bottom of his heart, Linley felt contempt for those nobles who pretended to be kind but really were not.

After seeing the cruelty of the mountains, as well as the splendor of Fenlai City, Linley’s mentality had begun to change upon seeing the great contrast.

“Are you afraid of struggling?” Doehring Cowart suddenly asked.

Linley smirked. “Afraid? No. I enjoy it. If there were no struggles in the world, and everything was calm and peaceful, how boring would that be? I like struggle, especially struggle that is exciting. Dancing on the edge of a knife…that’s the sort of life which is the most exhilarating.”

“Squeak squeak!” Bebe let out two cries as well.

….

They stepped into the Ernst Institute.

After having travelled into the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts and after having witnessed the cruelty of mankind, Linley cherished the genuine friendships he had formed at the Institute even more than before. Upon entering his dorm, he heard these words….

“Boss Yale, Linley still isn’t back yet. Could he have run into a dangerous situation in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts?”

“Shut your stinking mouth, fourth bro. Third bro will definitely come back to us safely. Come on, let’s go eat…” As he raised his head, Yale saw that familiar shadow standing in the doorway. He paused, stunned. George and Reynolds were stunned as well. But then, immediately afterwards, the three of them charged forward towards Linley.

“Haha, third bro, you finally came back!” Yale was the first to reach Linley, wrapping his arms around Linley in a bear hug.

Reynolds also shouted out happily, “Wow, Linley, do you know that Boss Yale and George have been muttering about you every day? They were all worried about you. I was the only one who was totally sure you’d make it back safe.”

“Fourth bro.” George stared at him. “Just now, you were talking about being worried that Linley had encountered something dangerous.”

“Me?” A look of ‘confusion’ was on Reynolds’ face. “Did I say such a thing?”

Seeing his three bros together, Linley’s heart instantly felt warm. Yale immediately waved his arm ostentatiously and said, “Alright, enough chitchat. Third bro’s safe return from the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts is a major event! Let’s go have a good celebration!”

“Second bro, fourth bro.” Linley laughed as well. “Let’s go. We have to all go and have some drinks. My treat!”

“Whoah.” Reynolds stared at him. “Your treat?”

Yale laughed loudly. “Right, third bro has to treat us. Don’t forget that a while back, those representatives from the Proulx Gallery contacted us and send us that letter of invitation. Those three sculptures of third bro managed to sell for over 4000 gold coins. We have to have a good celebration.”

“A letter of invitation from the Proulx Gallery?” Linley was startled.

Yale hurriedly explained, “Third bro, your sculptures sold for high prices. The Proulx Gallery has already totally recognized your abilities as an expert sculptor, which is why they are now inviting you to start up a private booth at their ‘Hall of the Experts’. Right, let me give the letter to you.” Yale immediately ran towards the interior of the dormitory.

Reynolds said in a very secretive way towards Linley, “Linley, you wanna know something? Ever since that guy from the Proulx Gallery came to our school, the news that you’ve been invited to have a private booth at the gallery has spread across the entire institute. You fame has tremendously increased.”

“It’s been spread across the entire institute?” Linley was somewhat numb with surprise. He himself had just found out, after all.

“Right. In the entire institute, you might be the last one to know about this, actually.” George chortled as well.

“Linley, this is the letter of invitation the Proulx Gallery sent us.” Yale came running out of the dormitory with a white enveloped that had a golden seal affixed to it

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 1:

Di jalan Greenleaf kota Fenlai, ibukota kerajaan Fenlai, anggota Uni Kudus, ada banyak manors mulia berkumpul bersama-sama. Di depan satu tertentu manor, lebih dari sepuluh orang berkumpul bersama-sama."Debs [De'bu'si] klan ingin berterima kasih kepada Anda, Linley, atas bantuan Anda. Kalau bukan untuk Anda, anak ini kita, Kalan, mungkin akan telah sangat menderita." Dibedakan tampak tua dengan mengalir perak rambut tersenyum ke arah Linley. Oleh orang tua di sisi adalah Kalan, Alice, Tony dan Niya. Di belakang mereka adalah hamba-hamba dari klan Debs."Berbalik, orang tua mengangguk di salah satu dari para pelayan, yang mengeluarkan karung emas kecil dari dalam pakaiannya.Mengambil emas karung, orang tua itu menoleh ke Linley dengan senyum. "Ini adalah seratus koin emas. Meskipun tidak banyak, ini mewakili syukur dari klan Debs kami. Saya berharap, Linley, Anda akan menerima itu.""Tidak perlu. Itu tidak mengambil setiap usaha di bagian saya." Linley mengatakan cukup sopan. "Aku harus menuju sekarang."Orang tua tidak bertahan. Tersenyum, ia menyaksikan Linley berangkat."Tony, Anda tiga harus pulang juga. Orang tua Anda tidak diragukan lagi sangat khawatir. Tersenyum, dikatakan orang tua. Setelah Penawaran perpisahan, Alice, Niya dan Tony semua kembali ke rumah mereka sendiri.Ketika Kalan dan orang tua berambut perak kembali ke ruang mereka sendiri, orang tua wajah tiba-tiba berpaling dingin. Dengan suara penuh dengan kemarahan beku, menyalak, "pada lutut Anda!"Dengan suara keras, Kalan segera jatuh berlutut. "Kakek kedua, itu salah saya. Kali ini, saya berani mengambil tiga teman-teman saya pegunungan binatang-binatang magis tanpa jelas menyelidiki semua bahaya yang terkait. Kedua kakek, silakan menghukum saya.""Hmph! tuangan?"Orang tua itu dingin silau menatap belati di Kalan. "Kalan, Anda sudah dewasa. Selain itu, Anda adalah pewaris dan penerus klan Debs kami. Bagaimana Anda bisa membuat seperti bodoh, kesalahan seperti itu benar-benar tolol? Bagaimana Anda mungkin bisa membayangkan betapa berbahayanya adalah pegunungan binatang-binatang magis? Anda berani untuk melewatinya tanpa begitu banyak seperti bahkan memberitahu klan? Hmph! Aku akan membiarkan Anda sendiri Bapa memutuskan apa hukuman akan cocok. Hanya Izinkan saya mengingatkan Anda satu hal-di masa depan, jika Anda terus bertindak begitu bodoh, bahkan jika klan tersebut diserahkan kepada Anda, Anda akan menghancurkan it! "Tergantung kepalanya, Kalan tidak berani berbicara.Klan Debs bisa dianggap salah satu klan atas tiga kerajaan Fenlai. Alasan klan Debs begitu kuat adalah bukan karena itu peringkat tinggi bangsawan; itu karena klan Debs mitra perdagangan langsung dalam Fenlai dari konglomerat Dawson, salah satu dari tiga persatuan perdagangan terbesar di benua Yulan.Kekayaan dari konglomerat Dawson bisa menyamai kekayaan seluruh kerajaan. It's bisnis yang membentang di seluruh benua.Salah satu tiga Serikat Buruh perdagangan di benua Yulan memiliki menakutkan jumlah kekayaan dan kekuasaan. Di sini di kerajaan Fenlai, banyak klan ingin melakukan bisnis dengan mereka, karena mampu melakukan bisnis dengan konglomerat Dawson berarti mampu naik di atas mesin perang titanic.Untuk Debs klan mampu untuk melakukan bisnis dengan konglomerat Dawson adalah hal yang sangat mengesankan.Setelah semua, bahkan aliansi besar dua dan empat besarnya harus melakukan yang terbaik untuk menonton langkah mereka di sekitar perdagangan Serikat pekerja dan untuk melakukan yang terbaik untuk membuat mereka bahagia.…..Setelah berangkat Fenlai City, Linley mengambil jalan menuju Institut Ernst. Bebe bertengger di Linley di bahu, menjaga, sementara Doehring Cowart juga berjalan berdampingan dengan Linley."Kakek Doehring, Apakah Anda pernah merasa bahwa dunia ini adalah tempat yang mengerikan?" Linley kata mental.Doehring Cowart mengangguk, tapi dia tidak berbicara. Dia hanya diam-diam mendengarkan."Di masa lalu, ketika saya mengunjungi kota Fenlai, aku tidak melihat apa-apa. Tapi setelah kembali dari pegunungan binatang-binatang ajaib, saya telah belajar banyak. Kekejaman dan mercilessness pegunungan adalah telanjang dan terbuka. Itu berdarah, tanpa penyembunyian apapun.""Jika kita melihat orang-orang Majus peringkat tinggi dan prajurit, serta para bangsawan, kota Fenlai, di permukaan, mereka semua tampaknya santun dan sopan. Mereka membuat seluruh kota Fenlai tampak begitu indah. Tetapi sistem kelas di Fenlai kota itu begitu parah, jadi tak berperasaan.""Bahkan hukum itu sendiri memberikan bangsawan hak-hak yang jauh lebih banyak daripada rakyat jelata. Meskipun Fenlai kota sangat makmur dan mencolok, dipenuhi dengan tawa, tak terucapkan aturan yang mengikat jauh lebih banyak daripada pegunungan. Di pegunungan binatang magis, ada tidak ada hal-hal seperti bangsawan atau rakyat jelata, hanya yang kuat dan yang lemah."Linley perlahan-lahan mulai untuk memahami dunia.Di dunia ini, para bangsawan memiliki semua keuntungan, sementara rakyat jelata terinjak-injak atas. Tidak peduli bagaimana sopan dan halus bangsawan bertindak, atau seberapa baik mereka berperilaku, ada tidak ada cara mereka bisa mengubah ketidaksetaraan parah yang ada di dunia secara keseluruhan. Jika Anda ingin memiliki status sebagai rakyat biasa, pilihan adalah untuk menjadi seorang prajurit yang kuat atau magus kuat.Jika Anda tidak berusaha keras, Anda akan dibuang."Masyarakat manusia jauh lebih rumit daripada dunia pegunungan binatang-binatang magis. Mereka hanya menyembunyikan kebrutalan yang sama yang ada di pegunungan di bawah satu set pakaian yang indah. Tapi kadang-kadang, set pakaian indah bisa sangat berguna." Dari lubuk hatinya, Linley merasa penghinaan untuk orang-orang bangsawan yang berpura-pura baik tapi benar-benar tidak.Setelah melihat kekejaman pegunungan, serta kemegahan Fenlai City, Linley's mentalitas telah mulai berubah setelah melihat kontras besar."Apakah Anda takut berjuang?" Doehring Cowart tiba-tiba bertanya.Linley smirked. "Takut? No. aku menikmatinya. Jika ada perjuangan tidak ada di dunia, dan segala sesuatu adalah tenang dan damai, betapa membosankan yang akan? Saya suka berjuang, terutama perjuangan yang menarik. Menari di tepi pisau... yang jenis kehidupan yang paling menggembirakan.""Mencicit mencicit!" Bebe mengeluarkan dua menangis juga.….Mereka melangkah ke Institut Ernst.Setelah perjalanan ke pegunungan binatang-binatang magis dan setelah menyaksikan kekejaman manusia, Linley dihargai persahabatan sejati yang dia telah terbentuk di Institut bahkan lebih dari sebelumnya. Setelah memasuki asrama nya, ia mendengar kata-kata..."Yale bos, Linley masih belum kembali. Bisa dia telah menjalankan ke situasi yang berbahaya di pegunungan binatang-binatang magis?""Menutup bau mulut, keempat bro. Ketiga bro akan pasti kembali ke kami dengan aman. Ayo, mari kita pergi makan..." Saat ia mengangkat kepalanya, Yale melihat bayangan akrab yang berdiri di ambang pintu. Dia berhenti, tertegun. George dan Reynolds tertegun juga. Tapi kemudian, segera setelah itu, mereka menyerbu ke arah Linley."Haha, ketiga bro, Anda akhirnya datang kembali!" Yale adalah yang pertama untuk mencapai Linley, membungkus lengannya di sekitar Linley di beruang pelukan.Reynolds juga berteriak gembira, "Wow, Linley, Apakah Anda tahu bahwa bos Yale dan George telah telah bergumam tentang Anda setiap hari? Mereka adalah semua khawatir tentang Anda. Aku adalah satu-satunya yang benar-benar yakin Anda akan membuat kembali aman."“Fourth bro.” George stared at him. “Just now, you were talking about being worried that Linley had encountered something dangerous.”“Me?” A look of ‘confusion’ was on Reynolds’ face. “Did I say such a thing?”Seeing his three bros together, Linley’s heart instantly felt warm. Yale immediately waved his arm ostentatiously and said, “Alright, enough chitchat. Third bro’s safe return from the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts is a major event! Let’s go have a good celebration!”“Second bro, fourth bro.” Linley laughed as well. “Let’s go. We have to all go and have some drinks. My treat!”“Whoah.” Reynolds stared at him. “Your treat?”Yale laughed loudly. “Right, third bro has to treat us. Don’t forget that a while back, those representatives from the Proulx Gallery contacted us and send us that letter of invitation. Those three sculptures of third bro managed to sell for over 4000 gold coins. We have to have a good celebration.”“A letter of invitation from the Proulx Gallery?” Linley was startled.Yale hurriedly explained, “Third bro, your sculptures sold for high prices. The Proulx Gallery has already totally recognized your abilities as an expert sculptor, which is why they are now inviting you to start up a private booth at their ‘Hall of the Experts’. Right, let me give the letter to you.” Yale immediately ran towards the interior of the dormitory.Reynolds said in a very secretive way towards Linley, “Linley, you wanna know something? Ever since that guy from the Proulx Gallery came to our school, the news that you’ve been invited to have a private booth at the gallery has spread across the entire institute. You fame has tremendously increased.”“It’s been spread across the entire institute?” Linley was somewhat numb with surprise. He himself had just found out, after all.“Right. In the entire institute, you might be the last one to know about this, actually.” George chortled as well.“Linley, this is the letter of invitation the Proulx Gallery sent us.” Yale came running out of the dormitory with a white enveloped that had a golden seal affixed to it