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Chapter 314: Abandoned Baby Canyon

Su Ye looked in the sound curiously and saw a market ahead of him with people coming and going. A team of strong men were only wearing shorts covering their lower body, singing and moving forward slowly.

Unlike the miserable expressions of the Hilo people, some of these men were smiling and indifferent, some were silent, and some were extremely calm. Only a few of them showed shame and looked down on their heads.

Several of them were particularly strong and had a strong aura, as if they were in high positions.

It made Su Ye feel that even the silver warriors in the arena were far from reaching.

"Poor guy..." Segus gloated.

"Who are they?"

"Bachelors who are over 25 years old and are not married, in our Spartan law, they are determined to not marry and commit crimes of destroying the country. After all, we Spartans are too few. If we do not force marriage and have children, the number of people will decrease and be replaced by other city-states. So every time a certain time is passed, these bachelors will be pulled out to parade in the streets. You see, most of them are not caring and are used to it."

"They are also part of the punishment when singing?" Su Ye asked.

"Haha, yes. The pedestrians on the road laughed at them, it was so pitiful." Segus said.

"I didn't expect that Sparta is so unfriendly to singles, it's so miserable." Su Ye's tone was full of sincere sympathy.

"Single dog? This word is good, haha."

Segus smiled and shouted at the punished bachelor outside, "Single, get married quickly, you don't have to be punished after getting married. Single!"

Pedestrians nearby burst into laughter.

Some children also shouted: "Single dog! Single dog..."

The singles who were parading looked at Segus angrily.

Segus returned to the carriage and said, "I will never be like them. I will definitely get married before the age of 25."

"It's good to have dreams." Su Ye half-joking.

"We Sparta are a marriage scrambler. As long as I discuss with the girl I like, find an opportunity to grab the house with my brothers and get married. So, I am not afraid of being single at all." Segus said.

"The question is, does any girl like you?" Su Ye asked.

Segus was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and said, "I have been in the arena for the past few years, and I really haven't known any girls. I used to think that after becoming a powerful gladiator, there would be girls who would show my love to me, but they didn't end up. The most annoying thing is that last night I saw a girl who showed love to Di Aotian and Wang Dahui on the graffiti wall outside the arena."

"So, you are also a single dog." Su Ye said.

Segus murmured to himself, "It seems that he is right."

The carriage continued to move forward, left the city, and arrived at the abandoned canyon outside Sparta.

Su Ye walked off the carriage, his brows and nose slightly frowned

A faint odor floated in the air.

"This is the smell of the abandoned canyon, alas..." Segus sighed softly.

"Let's go in."

The two of them walked slowly forward.

The light gray peaks are like huge door frames, leaving a intersection in the middle for more than ten carriages to run parallel.

At the entrance of the canyon, a team of Spartan soldiers wearing black leather armor walked around.

They looked at Suye and Segus and continued patrolling.

The two entered the canyon and walked for more than ten minutes. The front suddenly became clear.

The green grass spreads out, rows of old brown wooden houses scattered among them, and the roofs and walls of the wooden houses are rotten and black, as if they have been soaked in rain.

Further away, there are some small undulating mounds. In the further away, the mounds are weathered and reveal a little pale.

Su Ye withdrew his gaze, the two walked forward, and looked at the nearby room.

The sounds of babies crying one after another.

Some people walk around, mostly women.

A woman is breastfeeding her baby with her back to her.

A woman was crying while gently coaxing the child in her arms.

Someone is feeding baby rice soup bit by bit.

There are also women who clean up dilapidated wooden houses and let the babies lie down.

A girl in black walked out of a room, sighed softly, and turned to look at the entrance of the canyon.

The girl is petite, with her black hair hanging down, and her bangs cover most of her face.

The hair was not covered, revealing dark red birthmarks and a few dark moles.

The birthmark has a very large range, and it seems to cover most of the face.

However, the girl's eyes were faint pink.

Like a pink diamond.

Her eyes seemed to have amazing magic, and it was unforgettable to just look at it.

Su Ye looked at the girl, and the girl also looked over.

The two people looked at each other.

Su Ye stopped and nodded slightly. The girl blinked, as if she smiled, but seemed to have no expression. She nodded gently and walked towards another house.

Segus sighed and said, "Although the law throws weak babies into the canyon, family affection does not abandon them. Many mothers will come here to breastfeed the babies, but they will slowly reduce the number of times. In the end, they have to give up. There are also some kind-hearted people who take care of the children when they have time."

"City-states don't prohibit them?" Su Ye asked.

"The law of the city-state does not stipulate that babies cannot be saved. It even stipulates that if the baby can live to three years old, the Spartans can adopt it. A few parents will feed their children until they are three years old and finally apply for adoption from the city-state. In fact, I know several such abandoned warriors."

"So that's it." Su Yedao.

"Are you here to donate? There is a donation box." Segus pointed to a wooden box.

"Donation does not have much effect on these babies. After coming here, everything was similar to what I guess. There is no donation required for abandoning the canyon, and it requires long-term feeding." Su Ye said.

"Then you mean..." Segus looked at Su Ye in disbelief.

"I have established a charity association in Athens and am preparing to establish one in Sparta." Su Ye said, looking up at the sky.

The sky is blue and cloudless, but the entire canyon is gloomy.

"It will cost a lot of money," Segus said.

Su Ye smiled and said, "I have calculated that I use less than 10,000 gold eagles a year."

"A golden warrior can earn less than 10,000 gold eagle a year. Gladiator King Comodes's income ranks among the top of all gladiators. Even so, with the identity of Gladiator King alone, it seems that he can earn less than 20,000 gold eagle a year. Of course, he has other stores and industries, and his total income is still more than 20,000. Moreover, if you raise babies, you really need less than 10,000 gold eagle a year, and you may not even be able to use a thousand." Segus looked at Su Ye in confusion.

"It may not cost much to raise a baby. When they grow up a little, it will cost more." Su Ye said.

"Ah? Are you here really here? Don't bother. Some people try to cultivate abandoned warriors, but... the success rate of abandoned warriors is not high, and they will basically lose money. If a private mercenary group is established, they won't lose too much." Segus said.

"I saved these babies not to make money," Su Ye said.

"What's that for?"

Su Ye thought for a while and said, "There are many reasons. Part of it is due to the most basic kindness of human beings. I can watch adults step into the underworld, but I don't like to let children who have no choices go on a path of death. I have hoped since I was a child that when I have the ability, I can help people in need. What's more, don't you think that if you can save so many people just by spending some money, is it a very valuable thing? It's not price, it's value."

Segus hesitated: "What you said makes sense, but I still think something is wrong. It is not necessarily a good thing to use your own money to save others."

"If I am not rich but helping others, it is pedantic, and it may be stupid to be a little bit ugly. However, I have a lot of spare money in my hands, which comes from the whole world. Then, isn't it a good thing for me to give back some of the money to those in the world? A few thousand gold eagles every year are just a golden magic weapon for me. It is very worthwhile to use a golden magic weapon to exchange for so many lives." Su Ye said.

"You are such a good man." Segus said sincerely.

"What's more, everyone can gain spiritual and spiritual gains from doing good. My own gains far exceed my efforts. So, I don't quite understand why the Spartans don't feed these babies." Su Ye said.

"It's not that I don't want it, it's impossible. The civilians can't afford it, and no one can travel so far every day. Rich people and nobles can afford it, but they can't do it. Because in the eyes of the Spartans, throwing these babies here is the dual will of the law and the gods. If a noble keeps feeding these babies, is it considered to be against the gods? Will it be hostile to other nobles?" Segus said.

"So that's it. However, I believe that no god with justice will allow this kind of thing to happen." Su Yedao.

In the wooden house, the girl with pink diamond eyes looked at Su Ye carefully and continued to help the crying baby.

Segus looked shocked, hurriedly reached out to block Su Ye, and whispered: "My idol, don't say that, it will scare people. A few years ago, I saw someone drunk and scolded the gods in public. As a result, thunder came from the sky and struck him to death."

"I didn't name the gods, so there would be no problem." Su Ye said with a smile.

"If you really want to feed them, you need to find a large number of nurses first, which is not easy. After all, babies cannot drink sheep milk, and it is difficult to survive when drinking rice soup." Segus said.

"This is the mind of your warriors. I am a magician, so when I think of these babies, I immediately thought about how to solve it with magic. I just flipped through the book and asked the teacher and found out that there was a potion that was put into goat's milk or cow's milk, and then diluted with water, so that the baby could drink it directly, and the effect was not less than breast milk. Now I only need to buy that potion to feed all the babies here. You see, things are not as difficult as I imagined." Su Ye said.

"It's true? I don't understand magic, don't lie to me." Segus asked in confusion.

"It really has it, and the price is not high. Today I will go to the people from the Plato Chamber of Commerce stationed in Sparta and ask them to configure potions directly." Su Ye said.

Segus smiled and said, "That's great. I will come here to help if I have time in the future. But...what should you do if you are not in Sparta?"

"Julis will do everything." Su Ye said.
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