Chapter 118
I’m thinking about being a garsh.
“Are you saying that what Garsh was saying wasn’t serious?
Why are you covering for that guy? Shaw didn’t really understand what Hal and Rick were saying.
“A little different.”
Rick seemed a little worried about how to explain it.
“I don’t know if he ever thought that his parents were poor, that he was fixing clothes, that he couldn’t even eat snacks, or that his kids were just made to work”
“Are you saying that what I heard yesterday was all for the first time?
“Yeah. And yet, because I got angry and caught on, I just disagreed from the easy part, I feel like”
Shaw was surprised that Rick and Hal thought so properly about Garsh.
“No, I went to school too and thought it might be the first time I’ve seen how Garsh was doing”
“Really?
“My prediction is that what happened yesterday, in Garsh, was his win. I thought you’d be proud to win.”
He said it didn’t look like that.
“Instead, look serious sometime”
Shaw almost penetrated what he usually looked like.
“When I finished studying this afternoon, I broke up with the kids I always play with and went home with those three girls”
“” Yeah?
Hal as well as Shaw were surprised by this.
“If you wonder what’s going on, I’ll call my mentor.”
The mentor finally came out here.
“Garsh was supposed to do an apprenticeship in the same place as those kids for a while, so I told him to come with me.”
“” Huh?
This is how Rik didn’t come today.
There was a tongue and a knock on the door, and the three of them were annoyed.
“It’s me”
“It’s Master Sein.”
Shaw checked his voice properly before opening the door. There is also Cyrus next door.
“Rick, I’m here too. And unfortunately, it’s time to go home.”
“Huh. At times like this, I do think it would be useful to have a house in town. I’m a farm boy.”
Rick left with Cyrus smiling bitterly.
The mentor looked over at the room and sat there snuggly as he stopped his eyes on the chair.
“Did you ask Rick?”
“Uh. Until they told me to check on you a little bit. And Rick said he was working with Garsh at work with the girls we were talking about yesterday.”
“Hmm. Have you asked me how I tried working?”
“That’s it.”
It’s time to go home just to ask.
“Hmm. Yesterday, Shaw and Hull asked me about the adult problem. It’s not a healer’s problem, so I thought I’d go talk to the mayor directly.”
After all, the mentor was moving for me.
“But I came to see you from the mayor before I moved. Though my son is young, he seems to be thinking about something and trying to move.”
“Are you talking about Garsh”
“Yes.”
That doesn’t contradict what Rick was saying earlier.
“But doesn’t that mean I’m going to send the problem ahead because my own children are important? Even more so if you’re a mayor.”
“Hmm. You could say that.”
The mentor reached out and pounded Shaw’s shoulder, which was a little swollen.
“Apparently, the mayor knew that some workplaces in town were hiring people from other towns cheaply. But he didn’t know he was letting the kids work without a penny. I was surprised when we talked about yesterday.”
“I didn’t know.”
Shaw couldn’t hide his anger after all.
“Well, there is no mayor in the north town. I guess that doesn’t change that much either, just because Gaius does a lot of representative work. He said he couldn’t talk to me about it because he was the mayor. He said you can’t be held accountable if you didn’t, because it’s not a decision, it’s a custom to give a penny to help younger people.”
“Oh, no.”
“If you don’t, you can say no, even if you’re a child, so be it”
Shaw got annoyed. But if you think that might make your parents quit their jobs, can’t you say no?
“Shaw’s right. The mayor said when his son suddenly said he wanted to try an apprenticeship at another workplace, he wondered what the hell was going on. Garsh said, ‘Because you’re a naughty child, but you don’t know a lot.'”
Shaw looked at Hal better. Hal nodded slowly.
In the meantime, I argued, but when I took my time, he realized he didn’t know anything about it, which is why he wanted to act on it.
“Honestly, I wish I could just bring everyone in and come pick up some herbs”
“Right. Because I’m a child leader, it would have been quicker.”
The mentor smiled. Shaw is right.
“The mayor gave Gersh permission and apparently immediately asked Zarwin to let his son work for a while as well. And he came to me to talk to me, figuring out that the reason his son did that would be a line in Deep Forest”
That’s right, town reps, those places are quick to judge.
“We’ve talked about Garsh all later, including the current state of healing, what the pharmacists need to do, what they want the town to do, and how they want their children to cooperate in herb collection, but both parents and children are people. Of course, yesterday’s story. I thought that was the biggest problem as a mayor.”
“Thank you”
Just a little relieved.
“Hey, Shaw, Hal. It’s been a really slow walk since I came to Canaan. To be honest, it’s often frustrating. But we eventually leave here. I can’t be held responsible until after I leave.”
“I understand. Unlike in Hull, it doesn’t mean we should just take one of them home.”
Shaw saw Hal, and Hal grinned, confirming to his mentor.
“Even if it takes time, there are problems that people in this town need to solve.”
“Exactly. I’m not sure.”
The mentor broke his serious face all the time.
“I also have some good news. Cyrus is turning around the outside of town, and he’s encouraging people who don’t usually come to town to do a trial ritual. Not to mention slime hunting and herb collection.”
“I’m really glad.”
Shaw was just a little relieved, but at the same time disappointed that Cyrus would not have passed on to those outside the town if he hadn’t turned around.
“Rick is also a Canaan child. By acting with Garsh for a while, I think you’ll see something.”
“Okay. Starting tomorrow, Hal and I will do our best.”
“Don’t ask me. Oh, I want to sleep here too today”
“Edgar will be surprised if he mentors you.”
Shaw and Hal sent the mentor out of the room, grinning.
With the hope that something might change from tomorrow, it was as if the sense of incarceration I had ever felt had disappeared.