Bartlett followed Evita with an uneasy mind, finally understanding what Guide Gene meant by the phrase "life praise."
It wasn't that the Barbarian was slow to react, but in the traditions of the Nordic people, funerals and such solemn and sad events were taken more seriously than in other kingdoms. That was also why the Nordic people had abandoned the custom of cremation imposed during the Magic Empire Era and reverted to burials.
They even considered burning corpses to be a desecration of the dead, not to mention the so-called "life praise." It was simply unimaginable to them.
The reason our Barbarian adventurer was able to respond at all was not because of his own efforts, but because Red Crab whispered softly next to him, "Go on, I've heard that the Centaur Clan is easy to ride, no, I mean, they make great mounts."