They even seemed a little uncomfortable.
They were carefully trailing behind Anjia.
When they saw bandits kneeling down not far away.
Their faces instantly changed, showing panic, they prepared to flee back to their dungeon.
The brutality of the bandits had clearly left them psychologically scarred.
Anjia and the soldiers, after several reassurances.
The women and children finally calmed down, and began to line up for porridge and food.
After getting their food, they just found a place to squat down, disregarding the dirt on their hands, and started to gulp down the porridge.
They seemed to be starved half to death.
Anjia walked over, "There are 242 women, all fairly young, and 75 children aged between three to ten years old. All these people were captured from different regions by the bandits, and not yet sold."
In this world, most people would start families at the age of twelve or thirteen.
So, they matured early as well.