After traveling a couple of miles in the direction Dusul pointed, Fabby arrived at a hut. However, it was already occupied by a senile man, who didn’t let her in for free. The deal was she had to cut wood for as long as she stayed, and she also had to make her own food.
Though she agreed, the real pain of cutting tough trees that grew near a pond was later greatly felt. They were so big and sturdy, and her inexperience only made things difficult. She got blisters on her hands on the first day, but she was still forced to work on the second day; however, now she wrapped a cloth over her hands.
The old man was watching her even though it didn’t seem like it. “At least she’s not thick in the head,” he thought.
It took hours to cut a single tree. And every tree moaned as it fell. Carrying l
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WHIT 92 - THE YAWNING DUO [VOL 05 - THE WINTER BEFORE WAR]
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WHIT 93 - ONE VS TWO
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WHIT 94 - FREEDOM
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WHIT 95 - THE RETURN
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WHIT 96 - CLASSES
The foot disciples were not part of a sect. They were more like the official workers of a sect, who could farm in the lands owned by the sect, or work in the mines, or gather firewood to sell, and do different other kinds of labor for the sect and at the same time earn decent money. The reason they chose to work in the sect was because it provided more safety than outside and guaranteed better earnings, too, along with a little bit of fame. Generally, the children who had lost their parents and were forced to look after themselves would be allowed to directly become the foot disciples without even having to take the entrance test. Every foot disciple had ten years of time to become an outer disciple, and those who failed to become an outer disciple would be kicked out of the sect. In case if a child was born to a foot disciple, then the child would be given twenty years of time to become an outer disciple.
WHIT 97 - LIVES AT MINES
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WHIT 98 - RESPECT
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