When did the beastmen change their temper and start adopting a lenient policy toward human serfs?
Distracted by this question, she momentarily forgot to escape. Just then, the final and greatest shock arrived.
A cart pulled by no horses entered the village, its rounded shape reminiscent of a beetle. As the strange vehicle arrived, the atmosphere in the village visibly changed. The villagers stopped their work and rushed to stand by the wall, hastily taking off their hats to salute the cart. Bear Tribe Soldiers performed a salute as if they were holding rifles.
The cart stopped by the fountain in the village center, and a Bear Clan member who appeared to have some status opened the car door; a black, high-waisted boot emerged, followed by an elf... with pointy ears?!
Minerva clamped her hand over her mouth to stifle a gasp of surprise.