25 【side story】村人と騎士小隊の憂鬱 (1/2)

A young man came to us out of the blue and accused us of what we had done in the past, forcing us to make a decision.

As time passed and no one could say anything, he gently put his sword back in its scabbard and said, ”I'll wait a little while so you can make up your mind. He then walked out of the village.

No one could answer whether this resolve was to free the beastmen and atone for their sins, or whether it was to antagonize him, or something else.

At first, none of the villagers opened their mouths, but when one of them began to speak, a variety of opinions began to emerge.

The number of beastmen in our village is two men from the rabbit tribe, two men and a woman from the cat tribe, and two women from the fox tribe. You can give them that much .... ”Idiot!

I'm sure you're not the only one who has a problem with this. That's not going to be enough!

”Then what are you going to do? We may be able to negotiate with the beastmen of the villages and settlements, but the beastmen slaves of the city are beyond our control!

Then there's nothing we can do!

Well then, let's just pretend he listens to us and get rid of him. Then we'll get rid of him.

Maybe we can get rid of him by surrounding him with all of us.

Have you forgotten what they did to the men earlier? They'll kill you this time!

But this time we have knights! But this time we have knights! But this time we have knights!

The knights poured cold water on the villagers who were saying whatever they wanted to in order to protect themselves.

I think I'll pass. I'll pass. I'm no match to begin with. ”I'll pass.