ARCHDEUS

MOORHUST(1)

The sun is shining on this clear day. Under the moving clouds following the wind, the figure of a chariot drawn by a bull looks gallant. He pulled a car containing a pile of barrels.

The coachman was a middle-aged man with his sturdy and dark body, it was seen that he had long basked in the scorching sun.

"Dad's coming! Coming!"

Two small creatures greeted the coachman cheerfully. They jumped up and down while waving their hands. The driver laughed and waved back.

"Kids, daddy's coming."

These two little creatures were children around five years old. They were the sons and daughters of the coachman. All three have the same brown hair and eyes.

In the Archiberian Plain 30% of humans are brunettes, 18% red, 14% blonde, 12% blue, 9% silver, 4% black, and 6% with other colors (purple, orange, green, pink, and more, etc.).

The father got off his carriage and moved the barrels one by one. Their dwelling did not look like a decent home but was merely a shabby building with wooden walls that had been hollowed out here and there.

"Darling, did you send the same thing?"

The figure of the woman who had the motherly face came out of the house. She is very thin but still quite beautiful if she excludes all her meekness.

"Yes, sir ordered us to start plowing the land. These barrels contain fertilizer and grain."

Hearing her husband's explanation, the wife only nodded weakly. Both he and all were slaves of a wealthy gardener. They were slaves so their two children also had a similar status.

Slaves are not human! They have no rights! There is not a single country in the world that prohibits slavery. Slavery is one of the major milestones of the national economy. The exploitation of labor without the need for a decent wage and optimizing production will certainly be very profitable for stakeholders.  That is why even in a republican state, slaves were only property and were not considered living beings.

Although both partners were still smiling but in the depths of their hearts there was a feeling of great fear and uneasiness. They keep thinking about the future of their children day and night. They couldn't possibly not know the grim future of the two children in the future.

***

The birds sing on a clear morning. Inside a cattle pen, a teenager opened his heavy eyes. He falls asleep on the hay every night. This is his home, a cattle pen belonging to his master.

"I'm dreaming again."

the teenager held his head. The feeling of sleepiness was still not out of his head. But he can't fall asleep now. It has to work.

The teenager got up and went to a large barrel filled with water. He took the water with a bucket and washed his face. He smelled the scent of the earth from the water but he did not care. This water he took diligently from the river not far from the farm fields.

The master is a fairly rich breeder, so the master has several cows farmed. The teenager had to take care of all the animals because he was a slave.

After washing his face, the brown-haired teenager went to open the fences that locked the cows in the stable. He herds about 30 cows of various sizes, genders, and ages. He took them all to a field full of fresh morning grass. There was still morning foam in the plants. The cows were so happy to get a fresh breakfast that they dodged the sound of 'moo' and the movement of the tail.

By the way, this teenager has not had breakfast. Of course his master gave him some food but it was just a very tough bread and had no taste. So as to fulfill his appetite, the teenager often sought his own food. Usually he will look for nuts, sweet potatoes, and wild fruits in the forest, sometimes if he is lucky he will get hunted animals such as poultry or wild rabbits.

This field is protected by a fence made of piles of rocks so that livestock can not escape. Actually when compared to his previous duties, the task as a shepherd is not too heavy. It even feels like a vacation.

After making sure that all the cows were eating and did not look anything suspicious, the teenager decided to go into the forest looking for his breakfast.

It was impossible for the teenager to escape. He was not so desperate that he decided to run away and live in the forest. He knew many beasts there at night and he also did not guarantee that he would have a shelter there. As for if he escaped to the market, then most likely he would have to steal or become a beggar to continue living. It was clearly a life far more torturous than his present one.

This young man was named Rain but as a slave, he had another name. His master named him Scraps. That's identity. It has been sold several times. During his childhood, he was lacking in nutrition so that his body was smaller than children his age.

Rain brought some wild frosts from the forest. He did not dare to go too deep. He was afraid that ferocious beasts or even magic beasts could appear in the interior of the forest. Although he did not really understand how hot the magic beasts were but he often heard from people that they were creepy.

Rain sat on the stone fence. He's used to it there. Every morning he would see children his age pass by. They had clothes that were much cleaner and more expensive than him.

Usually children from poor families will help their parents work by bringing agricultural produce and taking public transportation (horse train/buffalo train) to the market. While children from wealthier families were usually merchant families, religious, and scholars would go to a place called school.

Schools in rural and small towns only provide reading, writing, and religious studies. But it is very expensive. That is because the teachers who are academics or religious will set the price sky high so that those who can enjoy educational services are only upper class people.

As for the education center in the Kingdom of Artchania there are four types of education centers, namely:

- Royal Militory Academic of Artchania Kingdom, is an educational center that produces skilled warrior candidates. Akmil is only found in the capital and there are three schools, namely Warrior School, Ranger School, and Assassin School. This was the most prestigious type of education in the kingdom. Most of his students were royalty and royalty members.

- st. Adriana's Theological Institute, is an insititute who teaches the science of Hexatheism in the Kingdom of Artchania. The institute is located in the capital city near St. Castelius' Pontheum became a secondary school after the discimpion (pupils) graduated from their respective theological schools.  There are two concentrations of education here namely Clegy School and Paladin School. After graduating from this institute, they will officially become Serkon (Young Map) and Young Paladin (Young Paladin).

- King Julius' Magical University is a university focused on teaching the magic sciences. Be in the capital and teach magic arcane type, spiritual and alternative. Some of its faculties are Faculty of Alchemy and Medicine, Faculty of Magic Engineering, Faculty of Magic Education, Faculty of Wizardry, Faculty of Humanities and Hypnologies, Faculty of Biotaming and Summontologies, Faculty of Arcanomantics, etc, Faculty of Forecasting, and Faculty of Literature and History of Magic.

- Augustus' Royal University is a university founded by the house of Augustus and located in the capital. The university focuses only on the social sciences and does not follow witchcraft. There are six schools here, namely Philosophy School, Law School, Economics School, Arts School, History School, and Literature School.

Rain is the same as slaves in general or rather there is at least an equation between slaves and the poor. They are both illiterate. The literacy rate on this continent is very low. In the Kingdom of Artchania, the percentage of people who were able to read and count if summed up all the nobles, religious, magicians, military, merchants, and scholars then their number was no more than 20% of the population.

Rain continued to eat the fruits that became his breakfast and it did not feel to him that all the fruits he gathered had been exhausted. He was about to descend but before that, he heard a screaming voice that led to him.

"Hey stinking slave!"