"Thank you, my lord!" they all said in unison.
Phew… It's simple, but at least they have names for now, Damien thought. Why did he know Arabic numbers? Well, because every middle schooler need to learn it in his previous life.
"Now then, Ithnan, please tell me what happened to all of you," Damien prompted.
"Understood. We, the Yashcherolyud tribe, were a people who lived deep in the Chyornyy les Forest. The forest had long shielded us from the ravages of war, but…"
Ithnan explained that the Yashcherolyud tribe had lived peacefully in the depths of the Chyornyy les Forest, isolated from other species. Though wars raged between this country and its neighboring nation, the forest had always kept such conflicts at bay.
