Chapter 2688

"Mm, yes."

Zhao Chi asked, "Can surrendered nobles still become third-class citizens?"

Xu Qinglian said, "Yes, after all, nobles have high status, and quite a few are still lords, so their identity is indeed much higher than ordinary people.

Zhao Chi nodded. "Understood, please continue."

Xu Qinglian sighed lightly and said, "Then there are beastfolk, elves, goblins, and so on — these are all fourth-class."

Zhao Chi interrupted again: "Beastfolk? Elves? Where did they come from? From the south?"

"No. They're all summoned from the territories, mainly to serve the werewolves. And beastfolk women and goblin women are very popular with the werewolves — they fit the werewolves' aesthetic, so they summon some of them."

Zhao Chi was a little speechless.

But it also made sense.

Aesthetic taste is inherently subjective.

Humans like human women, beastfolk like beastfolk women — nothing wrong with that.

Elves look close to humans, but with fairer, more delicate skin and more refined features, fitting human aesthetics, so humans like elves too.

Same thing.

Female beastfolk are muscular and have a strong body odor.

They resemble female werewolves, so perhaps for werewolves, looking at beastfolk is like looking at "foreigners."

Very exotic.

So werewolves like them.

Female goblins have strange looks — long noses, pointy ears — and are also smelly.

Coincidentally, werewolves also have long noses, pointy ears, dirty bodies, and strange smells.

Perhaps werewolves find goblins rather "cute"?

Maybe…

Werewolves liking those two races also makes sense…

Zhao Chi couldn't accept it, but he could understand it.

Elves aren't within the werewolves' aesthetic either, but elves have nimble fingers and are very good at sewing and fine work, so werewolves find them useful too.

So these races naturally rank as fourth-class.

Humans…

Naturally are the lowest class.

Damn it.

Humans don't ask for much.

All they've ever wanted is fairness.

But they've never gotten it.

Before, under the nobles, they were lower-class people; now the werewolves have come, and they've ended up even lower than lower-class? They've sunk practically into the dirt.

Zhao Chi isn't overflowing with compassion.

But when it comes to his own race, he still hopes things will get better.

Xu Qinglian noticed Zhao Chi's expression had darkened, and quickly said, "Actually, humans in the Third District can still get by. Their status is low, but werewolves also need humans for production and labor. It's just a little harder than before — they can still live."

She put it very tactfully.

But as fifth-class people, it couldn't possibly be just "a little harder."