"War is a bitter fruit of their own making, a path they chose for themselves. We have no right to intervene,"
"But those innocent people… those children the same age as mine once were, other people's children…"
The former mercenary clenched his fists, muttering resentfully to himself, "What 'choice of Humans'? It's clearly the result of choices made by those lofty figures in power!"
He had thought that the Huai Guang Church would intervene to stop the actions of Fiery Flame Land, just as they had prevented the disasters lurking in the South Sea Great Labyrinth, and just as they had supported his revenge, to crush the cannibalistic, sacrificial rites of the Redwood People.
At the very least, they should have rebutted him, explaining why they referred to the choices of those powerful figures as the 'choice of Humans.'
But Bishop Huai Guang didn't say a word, making the blood of the Mountain People grow somewhat cold.
