"Do you want to find out more?" asked Romuald, intrigued.
"This kind of story is very common in small villages..."
Everyone had heard that their chief was looking for a powerful animal to contract, although they didn't understand exactly how their chief was going to make it obey him if they really met one.
But of course everyone in the group was more sensitive to rumors.
Aveline whispered to Maxime,
"My father receives letters like this every day from the villages in the area. Often it turned out that villagers who had been a little too drunk had sent a letter. Sometimes they were upset about the loss of livestock, and deliberately exaggerated the facts so that the count would send an army to reduce the number of predators such as wolves and foxes in the area."
"Even if it wasn't true, since the army had been sent, they usually ended up helping the villagers."
Kaite also nodded as he heard Aveline's murmurs.
