They seem to stay a short distance away from the village where I live when I notice them. They are not trying to leave anywhere from there.
Frenet was gathering information for me.
They had run away to this forest because they had lost their place. And I carelessly told them that they can make a living around here. As a result of my ...... actions, they are trying to contact us. They want to cooperate with us if possible. But some of them seem to have the idea of taking from us those who have. I think it is difficult.
As Frenet said, maybe they are not bad people at heart. It's just that because of the situation they are in, they can't afford to be. They were chased out of their homes, wandering in a forest infested with demons, and finally found someone who would not be hostile to them. They might have their hands full, too.
I was thinking, "With Lelunda's presence, we were able to get here without being attacked by many demons, and now we are able to live like this. But - I think those people are probably attacked a lot. Maybe some of their friends are dead, and they're being hunted down because of that."
Frene looked at them and seemed to feel that way.
Their friends are dwindling away and they are living in a situation where they don't know what the future holds. That is why they are desperate. I --- I have no small amount of desire to help them. No, it's not just me, I think it's the same for everyone. I just don't know what will happen to this village as a result of helping them, that's why I can't take action.
I think everyone is happy. I don't want anyone to be sad. I would be happy if everyone could laugh together. ---I know that it is difficult to help everyone, everyone who is suffering or grieving in front of me.
I shared the ideal that I pledged to Gaius, that it was just wonderful and I wanted to make it happen. I'm sure those goals are wonderful and I want to make them come true, but I realize how hard it is to make them come true.
While our village was worrying about what we should do with those people and how we should treat them, one problem arose.
One of the beastmen in our village was captured by those people.
When I heard the report, I wondered why. Mr. Dong had indeed told me not to go outside the village alone because those people were roaming around. It was said that since the beastmen were more physically capable than humans, they would not cause any problems as long as they did not act alone. But why?
'......Why, how could that happen?'
It seems they were in contact with ......... us without telling us. Loma was curious about people he had never seen before."
Loma, the beastman who was captured, is a younger man in this village, though much older than I am. He works as a hunter in this village.
He was curious about people he had never seen before, and he told me that he had made contact with them.
I was surprised because Mr. Loma had never disobeyed Dong and the others' instructions before.
'...... this is our fault too. Loma had always had a tendency to act unexpectedly. But after Athos died, she was forced to live on the run, met the elves, exterminated demons... and finally settled down here. I guess it was because I was able to live a comfortable life here that I let my guard down."
Mr. Dong has a difficult expression on his face. --If we had tried to avoid contact with them, they would never have contacted us. But this time, Mr. Loma tried to make contact himself, and as a result, he was caught. As a result, he was caught.
......What are you going to do about it?"
Our policy was not to contact them. We thought it would be better for both of us if they left the area. But - Mr. Loma was caught.
'......... they will try to contact us about Roma. If we think about this village itself, the best thing we can do is cut Roma out of it."
After Mr. Dong said this, he continued.
'Although, I guess I'm too naive to say that about Lelunda. Abandoning Roma is not an option at the moment. I think that's the consensus of everyone in this village. First of all, our goal is to create a place where everyone can laugh together. But there's no way we can do something so completely absurd as to abandon Loma, who is among those people.
.........
Our dream. We are chasing that dream. I am sure that everyone feels the same way.
As we were discussing how we could help Loma, they asked for a place to talk. One of their conditions was to send the first girl they met to the meeting, which meant that I would be there.
---- girl and the ethnic group 3
(Probably, the beastman of the village of the girl, who is a godchild, falls into the hands of the ethnic groups. And the girl starts to help the beastman)