The village head of the Big Stone Village was a bit hesitant when she saw that the ones who were standing behind her were the women of the Big River Village, after all, it was fine to hurt mers and children since there was no lack of them but in case they were to hurt women then this matter will surely escalate to the point where it will not be suppressed easily.
It was fine if mers and children were gone but how many women were in this village, if something happened to them wouldn't they be troubled?
Women were untouchable in their world even more so than men since they were already rare to begin with. After all, women were the ones who did all the major jobs and they were also required for the proper functioning of the entire country and village altogether. They were also the ones who managed to control the entire power.
