Confusion set in among the soldiers at first. But eventually, certain things became hard to ignore.
The oni woman wore no collar, and she seemed to be in perfect health without a single bruise or blemish. She wasn't a slave.
And the young boy seemed not to show the slightest bit of fear of them. Almost as if he was used to growing up around humans.
Ignoring the truth was hard to do, even if they had wanted to.
Everything kind of became a blur afterwards.
Leo was brought before the king in chains. His family didn't even have the dignity of being beside him- and were instead brought in muzzles and dirty ropes like wild animals.
The King must have berated Leo for over an hour before giving him an option.
He could renounce his ways and come back onto the right path, or he could suffer judgement with them.
It got Leo thinking about everything he experienced when he first came here.
