Chapter 101 (2/2)

[Yeah, of course]

[That’s relieving, I’ll also obviously be serving under you]

[I see...]

Diane was vigorously turning her face to me.

Just a moment ago she had a face that could cry at any moment, but now she’s all smiles.

[I don’t really get it but, you are trying to destroy the dark beasts huh? ain’t that something amazing you want to do? Let me help you too!]

[Yeah, that’s right]

She wasn’t outside of the norm as warrior as Lade, but she was plenty strong for this world standards. Besides her ability to lead the tribe’s warrior is something we are currently lacking.

[From now on I’ve become your sword, also 30... no make that 50 warriors from the tribe I’ll dragging along!]

[uh huh...]

Above all is her motivation to fight against the dark beasts, I think...

I don’t feel any anger nor any desire for revenge from her.

Rather, I have the impression she strangely feels admiration for me.

It might not be the best way to say it but, it’s not something like determination or willingness to fight, more like she’s depending on me.

[How reliable... thanks. But first you need to calm down your people]

[Ya I know!]

For this 14-15 year old girl, her mother was the cause the dark beasts destroyed her birthplace, it was an abnormal situation.

It’s absurd to expect her to keep her sanity.

In the first place, there’s no way I’d know how to deal with the mental trauma of PTSD.

It’s vexing, but it’s up to herself to regain her own peace of mind.

[Well! Wait for a bit!]

She waved her hand and with an empty smile she returned to her tribe

I fought the dark beast legion and destroyed their nest, while also negotiated with Irudo (Ild?) the patriarch and the va.s.sal of Fillsand.

Based on that, the remaining members of the Schultz tribe discussed what to do, and now have an answer.

First, there’s about 1200 people of the tribe gathered at Fillsand, roughly 1000 of those decided to follow the lead of the patriarch, and return to G.o.d’s Garden. Also, the army of Fillsand was prohibited from attacking the tribe in any form, on the contrary, they’ve been tasked with maintaining order in the vicinity for the time being.

The remaining 200 people, are being lead by Diane and the former patriarch to Jiiteas Castle.

Among those 200 people, 50 were warriors while the rest were their family members.

As for me, I’m basically planning to have them clear the forest at the western part of Jiiteas Castle, build a new village. Of course, I’ll hire some of the warriors as soldiers in the castle.

In the end, the only thing I probably did was to divide the tribe in two.

I know for sure this can become a source of conflict in the future but...

[I can only hope it doesn't become like that]

I’m always lacking confidence, so I need to keep pus.h.i.+ng forward.

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