Tenebrous Sovereign

Return to the Slum District

When leaving, Fino was driving the carriage alone. Instead of going to the scavenger's castle that Dean had seen earlier, she went directly to the residential area and stopped under the high wall, asking Dean to get off and walk back by himself.

"Don't I need to become a'scavenger'?" Dean was somewhat puzzled.

Fino jumped back onto the carriage and said impatiently, "We've already tested you. There's no need to test you there again. In a few days, someone will take you to report." After saying that, she shook the horse rope in her hand, and the black carriage galloped away.

Dean frowned slightly, turned around and walked along the street towards the home of the Jura couple. Fortunately, he had followed the carriage of the Al family back once before and remembered the route. Otherwise, he would surely get lost.

When he returned to 108, Linkang Street, he was already panting heavily, sweating profusely all over his body, and his legs were sore and swollen. Although the Jura couple's home was not far from the high wall, only about seven or eight miles away, his body had not yet recovered from the aftereffects of the cryogenic chamber, and his physical strength was much weaker than that of ordinary children of the same age.

At the doorstep, the Jura couple were standing there looking around. When they saw Dean appear from the street corner, their eyes immediately lit up and they quickly came forward.

Gregg asked, "Why didn't anyone send you back? Did you walk back by yourself?"

Jura gave him a blank look and said, "Let's go back first and talk."

Gregg came to his senses and immediately picked up Dean's weak and exhausted little body and quickly returned home. After closing the door, Jura found a cotton towel to wipe Dean's sweat and asked with concern, "Child, are you okay? Those people didn't do anything to you, did they?"

Seeing their reactions, Dean knew that they probably knew something and asked, "Do you know?"

"Someone from above came to notify us and said that you have obtained the qualification to join the guards." Gregg looked at Dean's red and hot little face, suspiciously saying, "Did your test not pass?"

Dean thought that the identity of a'scavenger' also needed to be kept secret and said, "It passed. Someone will take me there to report in a few days. However, I don't want to go. Can I refuse this matter?"

If he could choose, he would still prefer to learn the law first, master more things, and then go and see the scenery outside the great wall.

Gregg let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Do you know how many people want to go but don't have the chance? You, this child, still want to refuse. Becoming a guard can ensure that you have no worries about food, drink, illness, old age, or death for the rest of your life. Just standing guard every day can earn you a large salary, and no one dares to bully you. What a great thing."

Jura gently looked at Dean and said, "Do you still want to learn the law?"

Dean nodded seriously.

"I asked for you." Jura smiled and said, "When you go to the training camp there, you can still learn the law, and not only that, you can also learn medicine, geology, sewing, and so on. It's a comprehensive school."

School? Dean was stunned.

Many people can't tell the difference between a college and a school. Simply put, a college specializes in one subject, such as a law college or a sewing college, while a school is composed of multiple colleges, and you can learn very comprehensive things!

"There's no need to learn the law. Once you become a guard, you won't have to worry about anything." Gregg patted Dean on the shoulder and encouraged him with a smile, "Work hard. I heard that there will be eliminations during the training there. You have to focus and don't get eliminated."

Dean felt relieved. Comprehensive learning? This suited him perfectly.

"Auntie." Dean seized the opportunity and said to Jura, "I want to borrow some pocket money. I will definitely pay you back later!"

Jura was stunned and immediately smiled, "How much do you want? I'll give it to you. There's no such thing as borrowing or repaying. We're all family."

"That's right." Gregg smiled and said, "You've lived here for so long, Dean. It's time for you to change your address."

Dean pretended not to understand what he meant, estimated in his heart and said, "About a hundred copper coins."

"So much?" Jura and Gregg were stunned. A hundred copper coins was almost equal to their living expenses for half a month. Gregg asked curiously, "What do you want to buy that requires so much?"

Dean had already thought of a reason and said, "I want to buy some food to go back and visit my partners in the orphanage." After saying that, he silently said in his heart, I'll borrow from you first. I'll visit you again in the future.

Jura smiled slightly and said, "It's also appropriate. Here you are." After saying that, she took out a stack of green copper coins from her wallet, counted them, and handed exactly a hundred to Dean.

Since the printing technology emerged ten years ago, the Xinghai Bank under the management of the Sylvia Great Wall has issued a large number of banknotes. In just a few years, it has replaced coins and circulated to every household in the residential area. People have gradually gotten used to using lightweight banknotes for transactions.

"Thank you!" Dean immediately took it and didn't count it, directly putting it in his pocket.

Seeing this, Gregg couldn't say anything else and waved for Jura to go make dinner.

Early the next morning.

Dean got up on time, washed up, had breakfast, greeted the Jura couple, and went straight out. Although he didn't know when someone from the'scavengers' would come to pick him up, he didn't need to go to the Law College for classes these days.

"Sulfur..." Dean vaguely remembered the recipe for gunpowder. It was his sister who told him when making firecrackers for him during a festival. However, he didn't know what else was needed besides sulfur. After all, he was still young at that time and wasn't interested in these things.

Dean didn't go to buy sulfur directly. Instead, he called a carriage and went to the slum district to retrieve something that belonged to him.

Soon, after entering the slum district, Dean went directly towards the Meishan Orphanage and then turned into a remote and dilapidated street four streets away. Walking straight ahead, the stench of feces and the smell of rotting insects made him frown slightly. Before long, he came to a huge garbage dump.

In the slum district, the garbage dump is truly a garbage dump.

Here, you will definitely not find anything of value. Trying to search for treasures here is a fool's dream.

Therefore, not even the poorest people would come here because all the items thrown here have already been thoroughly searched.

Standing far away, Dean could smell a strong mixture of rotten and feces and urine. Many poor people or homeless people still preferred to relieve themselves here.

There were seven or eight huge black garbage piles, like small mountains. Dean seemed familiar with the place and came to one of the garbage piles. He looked left and right to make sure there was no one nearby before bending down and squatting. He lifted a black cloth covered with garbage and unknown mucus. There was a small hole in this black cloth, just big enough to accommodate his thin and small body.

This was of course not a coincidence. This hole was dug by him in the first place.