"I'm glad you agree. Didn't you send your wife and children to Revodan the day before yesterday?" Winters said amiably, "I have brought them all back to Niutigu Valley. Weren't you also hiding three horses ready to flee? They've been confiscated as well."
The mayor of Niutigu Valley's eyes went dark, and it was only with Winters' support that he didn't topple down from the watchtower.
Winters patiently explained, "With the battle looming, sending away your wife and children isn't good. You are the mayor, and it's your duty to defend our land. If you run, everyone else will follow to Revodan, and then Niutigu Valley would be indefensible. But as it is now, 'if we hold, we live together; if we fail, we die together,' that's much better."
The mayor of Niutigu Valley, who had just stopped crying, felt tears well up again.
"Don't cry," Winters comforted the mayor. "Rest assured, facing the Terdon Tribe, I've technically been victorious in every battle so far. Are you listening?"
