Heroes of The Sky – Chapter 0005

“As pets? They’re not buying them to eat?” Milo was puzzled. “What a waste! All of the meat on this is great!”

“You won’t understand the world that the rich live in.” Old Bane laughed and said, “I heard that rich people used to keep eagles as pets a few hundred years ago. But haven’t the eagles gotten too big and dangerous now? So the next best thing is the sparrows. Just look at how menacing this sparrow looks. It’s exactly what the rich like.”

Milo thought about it for a while. So while there were still a lot of people who didn’t have enough to eat, some people had started keeping sparrows as pets.

“But I’ll have to sell it for a higher price if they want it alive.” Milo said, “When this bird is still alive, it can even kill people if you aren’t careful! It’s too dangerous!”

All of a sudden, Milo thought that if the refugees outside the stronghold were contaminated, wouldn’t the sparrows be contaminated as well?