Chapter 208 – Subjugation of the Cult of Love That Calls for a Storm (10)

It took another full day to get to the marimba tribe. Elsie made a face full of joy at seeing the tribe for the first time in a while and waggled her tail. James was hugging Mila and sucking on her breasts her, which made him feel like a baby.

“Priest. May I introduce the priest to her husband her?”

“How much?”

When Elsie came to town, she asked an unusual question. She had been explaining that Elsie was her wife all along, but she was looking at me for nothing. After she gave my permission, Elsie giggled as if she was in a good mood, and she wiggled her tail her even more vigorously.

“…Milla. May I introduce you to your wife?”

“Oh Hong Hong Hong, of course.”

James cautiously asked Mila for her permission her. Why is he asking permission? Without resolving my doubts, we entered the realm of the marimba tribe. A tribal scout spotted us and slowly approached.

“Who are you! Don’t we… Uh?”

The scout was a young man with cat ears like Roina Elsie. I frowned because I didn’t want to see it. Barely holding back her hand her to Mace and giving him a look, he stared at Elsie, frozen in her dumbfounded face her. It was Elsie who brought up the story first.

“This is my husband, a priest. His name is Lou, Lou… Roo… Lucius! It’s Lucius!”

“Elsie. You should introduce yourself first.”

“Right! I’m Else! Amori’s daughter, Elsie! Long time no see Sarmak!”

When I pointed out her problem her by touching her on the shoulder her, Elsie finally came to her senses her and introduced herself neatly again. Upon hearing Elsie’s self-introduction of her, the sentry was startled and ran to her tribe of her.

“Elsie is here! Elsida! Elsie is here!”

“Elsie? Are you Elsie? Elsie?”

“Elsie is here? Who is Elsie?”

“I mean Amori’s daughter!”

The sound of shouting for Elsie came from everywhere. A wave resonated as if people were spreading the word that they had seen a celebrity in Hongdae, and people started flocking to it. The sight of the beastmen running in droves was enough to make me wary. Elsie stopped me from habitually holding the mace.

“Okay. They are coming to welcome me.”

“Elsieii!!”

The face of the chieftain of the Marimba tribe was visible in the distance. He was a huge muscular man with pricked cat ears. He, too, was swinging his cat’s paw daintyly. Elsie casually approached her chief her and held out her feline hand her. The chief said, matching Elsie’s Yukgu’s cat’s hands like a high-five.

“Welcome back! Elsie! I was worried about how I was doing outside, but I’m glad I came back like this. I heard about Amori from other kids. We feel so sorry too!”

“Chief. Not quite back This man here is my husband. His name is Lucius. He is a very nice person.”

“Aren’t you an elf? Elsie. Are the elves really caring for you?”

The chief said, looking at me suspiciously. I nodded and smiled.

“Nice to meet you. Chieftain. My name is Peta Lucius, the Southern Priest of the Archangel Church.”

“Daecheonsingyo! Know! I heard that it’s a human religion, but it’s strange that elves are serving as priests!”

“Because I am a half-elf. And, although elves also believe in ancestral spirits, there are many followers of the Archangelism. My father, Peta Sirius, was also a priest of the Archangel Church.”

“Let’s go in and talk! The Dogville people there are coming too!”

“That’s right, the introductions were late. Those people…”

“Elsie. Go in and do it go in.”

Elsie got excited and stopped trying to introduce Mila and James. The chief couldn’t hide his joy that we had come.

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“So, Elsie and you are carrying out the operation to subdue the Sarang Cult, so you want to get our cooperation?”

I had heard that most of the chieftains here were sympathetic to the Sarang religion. According to what Elsie had told me before that, the Marimba tribe had been helped in one way or another by the Sarangkyo, so if this story was brought up, they might react sensitively.

As he said, the marimba chief was worried with a serious face. Next to me, James, who was held tightly in Mila’s arms her, was rubbing Mila’s breasts her. Some of the tribesmen were staring at James as if they were bothered by his behavior his, but I tried to ignore James, thinking that giving them eyes would make me lose.

“Hmm…”

We raised our heads at the pain of the marimba chief. I said.

“The members of the Sarang Church are currently helping the prisoners, but the purpose is unclear and we do not know how they will harm them in the future. I would appreciate it if you would cooperate in finding out Sarang Cyo and rooting it out in this plain area.”

“Hate.”

The chieftain shook his head. Elsie looked at the chief with a puzzled face. Said the patriarch.

“Humans, they bully our children. They often try to kill them, and when they are bored, they take them as slaves, and the children they take as slaves come back as fools. They kill us for ruining our fields, and we are often brutally attacked by other tribes who roam the plains. But love is not like that. Sarangkyo people save children who were enslaved and protect us from human attacks. You said that the Sarangkyo might turn bad later? Already humans are bad enough for us. What is bad and what may be bad later. If you choose one or the other, it is natural to choose the one that may be bad later.”

I wrapped my hair. Elsie glanced at me in a cold sweat. She could be heard saying in a low voice, ‘I’m sorry,’ but she had no intention of blaming Elsie. The chieftain continued.

“Elsie’s husband is our guest. I’ll treat you generously while you’re here, but that’s about it. Do not take it out again I’m talking about that. Hate.”

“What do you mean humans attacked?”

James, who was stroking Mila’s chest her, lifted her head and said. He said it with a sharp gaze, but he didn’t look sharp at all. Since the beastmen also had the same sensitivity as humans, there were only a few eyes looking at James with a rather embarrassed expression one after another. The chief said to James with a serious face.

“I heard you were a knight. Why do humans attack us?”

“As far as I know, there have been no recent raids. Even the lord of Aberdeen had never issued an order to subjugate outside the borders of the territory, and my father, the knight commander, had never issued an order to enter the plains and subjugate the beasts. You were attacked by humans in the middle of this plain? Then that’s not us. Maybe an elf or someone else.”

“I am not an elf. The smell of humans and the smell of elves are slightly different.”

The chief answered with a sniff. I asked to be James.

“Then why do you raid civilians passing through the plains? You should just take care of the prey and go.”

“We never attacked first. When the field is destroyed while hunting game, the main daily life is to fight against the soldiers who come in. Humans can’t be eaten, and if you kill them, more humans will come. We don’t kill humans with great effort. I don’t know about the other tribes.”

Something about this was weird. Don’t agree with each other One was one of the tribes closest to the human village in the neighborhood, and one was the closest to the Knights. But both claim that they never raided each other within their information? I asked.

“Chief. Are you sure it wasn’t attacked?”

“It is certainly. There is no need to pry.”

“What are you talking about. Not too long ago, beastmen attacked and confronted us. I also secured testimony that my father and I went to the scene myself, and that there were several corpses torn apart by the claws of the beastmen and that the beastmen attacked ferociously. At that time, even one prisoner was killed.”

“Even if you say so, we have no way of knowing. Because we are currently circling around the elven forest and not going in the direction of humans.”

Weird. Something was really strange. Clearly, misinformation was flowing in somewhere. Why? Why does misinformation flow in? Who is unlocking this information? Who benefits when humans and beastmen antagonize each other? James patted Mila’s chest and tried to argue again. I said, stopping James.

“James. Wait. Chief. Doesn’t something seem strange? We are at odds with each other right now.”

“Are the words different? Of course. Everyone wants to be held accountable. This is because whoever attacked first will be held accountable. So humans also blame us.”

“That’s not it. Think carefully. What do we gain by passing the blame on to the chief? Our goal is to eliminate the Love Church, and we ask for your cooperation in eliminating the Love Church, so what do we gain by placing such hostile responsibility on you?”

The chief frowned.

“I don’t know such complicated stories. Speak simply.”

“I have also heard that there are problems with a large number of prisoners in the knight commander’s barracks. However, the chieftain now claims that there was no raid. So what? Could it be that some tribe or organization is attacking humans out of the reach of the chieftain?”

“Which tribe? There are no other tribes around here. The closest one is Dogville. Other tribes are a little further apart. In winter they come close to human villages, but not now.”

“Chief. Think carefully. It’s not a tribe, it’s a group. There are organizations that have enough beastmen, and when humans and beastmen antagonize, the more they benefit.”

The chief was not a stone head. He thought for a moment, then spat out the answer I wanted.

“A cult of love attacks?”

That was the most likely answer. But the chieftain calmly asked back.

“Evidence?”

“… I don’t have anything else to say other than that.”

Of course there was no evidence. It was not known how or why the Sarangkyo manipulated the prisoners, and there was no evidence that they manipulated them. Everything was just biased speculation. And it was unclear what exactly he would benefit from enlisting the support of the prisoners.

“The story goes like this. We cannot help subjugate the Sarang Cult.”

“Milla, I failed…”

“Wuuuuu, it’s okay. I’ll touch your bed later.”

A sobering conclusion has been drawn. Mila began to soothe the depressed James. I clicked my tongue, and Elsie began to look at me.

“Chief! Chief!”

And the scout ran into the barracks, gasping for breath. The chieftain asked.

“What is going on?”

“The elves are being attacked in front of me! What do we do?”

“Attack?”

Is this an opportunity?