"If you don't make things clear, Nanali won't go anywhere!!"

Andrei was stunned for a moment, and then guessed a possibility. He turned to look at Wo and Erna, who looked lonely, her left hand over her waist and her right hand, her eyes pointing away from nobody.

"Nanali didn't know about it from the beginning to the end?" the Child of the Abyss asked the wolf girl, and after knowing the reason for the incident, he thought that the little girl's optimism was only because she knew that there would be a companion to save her, so she was not afraid. Now it seems to be completely different from what he imagined.

It is also a very normal reaction to be unknowingly used as bait and bargaining chips to start a war, and to get angry. It's just that the little girl who is jumping around is completely crying at this time, but it's not as simple as being angry.

"Of all the people, I am the only one who is voluntary......" **** Na still didn't turn her face, at this moment she was a little afraid to meet her companions. Perhaps for her, the questioning glances of her compatriots were more painful than the oppression inflicted on her by humans.

The Child of the Abyss looked at the little fox with a twisted face, snot and tears, and frowned and asked the wolf girl thoughtfully, "What was the situation when you were caught by those slave catchers?"

However, **** Na just continued to be silent and did not say anything, as if she had not heard Andrei's question. Nanali was like a mad puppy, staring at her companion, as if she would pounce on her and bite her fiercely in the next second.

"On the way back, our team was attacked by humans on the way back after trading with human merchants...... Everyone resisted desperately, but because there were so many enemies, more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded......" Finally, Logia answered the Abyssal Child's question in a sloppy voice, her eyes lowered and tears glistened, as if she was completely immersed in the memories that were too cruel for her.

"They're all the same as Logiya Nanali, they don't know what kind of danger they're going to face on this trip?"

As a victim of the layout of the superiors, the struggles and shouts of the little people always make people feel helpless and futile. What is even more tragic is that most of the victims have lost the ability to fight before they realize their fate - the resentment of the deceased is not taken to heart by anyone but their loved ones.

"Yes, they don't know anything! In order not to let the cunning humans see a flaw in it, everyone except me thinks it is just a simple bazaar transaction!" Perhaps taking Andrei's wry smile as a mockery, Wo and Erna finally stopped suppressing their emotions and shouted loudly at the Children of the Abyss, their eyes filled with tears that were about to overflow.

"How can you do that?...... How can this be!?" Nanali screamed as hard as she could, the little fox's voice sharp and hoarse, and her features were almost all crowded together on her little face with tears and snot.

And Andrei could only continue to smile wryly.

"Uncle Rick hasn't traded with a human merchant in years! If it weren't for Sister Nia's marriage in two months, and she wanted a sturdy canvas bag as a dowry...... Uncle Rick, Uncle Rick, how could he ......" the little orc girl could not stop crying as she spoke.

......

About ten days ago, the inquisitive Nanali heard that Uncle Rick would join the trading team, so she pestered the kind-hearted uncle like a fool, until the soft-hearted Rick agreed to take her to see the dazzling array of goods of the human merchants...... To this day, she still clearly remembers that Uncle Rick once patted his chest with a nonchalant face and assured the leader of the team: "I will definitely take a good look at this pestering little girl, and I won't let her get into trouble!"

In retrospect, Naineri felt that she had killed Uncle Rick...... As a Wolverine, Rick is small and stocky, not much taller than the young Naneri, but he is especially popular with children because of his appearance.

Rick is a fighter with a lot of scouting experience but not good at frontal combat, and when the human slave catchers launch a surprise attack, all the warriors are fighting to create an opportunity for the women and children to escape.

However, the cunning humans had already arranged for the light cavalry to intercept, and in order to fulfill his promise and buy a little time for the girls, Uncle Rick chose a person to launch a counter-charge against the charging human cavalry alone, regardless of the consequences...... After desperately pulling the two humans off their horses, he was finally nailed to the dusty wilderness with a spear through his chest, along with the canvas bag that had been eyeing Nanali for a long time......

When Nanali, who was caught by humans, saw Rick pinned to the ground with a spear from a distance, she desperately struggled to fall off the slave catcher's horse...... When the dusty little fox panted and ran to Rick's side, Uncle Wolverine was still conscious.

"I can't see my daughter's wedding...... I don't even ...... my daughter's dowry," Rick, mortally wounded, burst into tears the moment he saw Nanali, and he struggled to reach into the canvas bag hanging on his chest, but he couldn't do so for a long time because the bag was pierced by a spear.

"Uncle, you're going to be fine!" Naneri cried out as she lay on top of Rick.

"Nana...... Uncle has never begged you for anything before, but for you to live well! Bring the blessing of my incompetent father to Nia...... It doesn't matter if you can't make it to her wedding, so no matter what happens, you must live well...... No matter how much pain and grievances there is, you have to endure it......" Finally, Rick gritted his teeth and pulled out the spear that pierced his chest, and as the blood gushed out, he fumbled a handful of bloody yellow cotton thread from the canvas bag - it was his daughter Nia's favorite color, a bright yellow as a sunflower.

......

Nanali sat on her knees and cried loudly, as if she was going to drain all the tears of this life at once. Logia held her sister tightly in her arms, snorting in a suppressed voice, tears falling like beads of broken threads.

Na stubbornly stood on the other side, looking away silently, as if she didn't want to see her companion's weeping and uncompetitive appearance. But the Children of the Abyss saw that the wolf girl was turning her back to the other person's face, and tears were dripping uncontrollably, even as she pursed her trembling lips.

As a dispensable little man in the city-state, Larry once again clearly realized that behind the prosperity brought about by the slave trade and the rich people's wanton trampling on the dignity of slaves for fun, there were countless alien pains hidden in the shadows that he could not see before...... and hatred.

But even if he felt that it was wrong, it didn't make any sense. In his nephew's domain, many villagers lived no more dignified than slaves, and "nobles" like him, who did not know what to call them, were not necessarily nobler than slaves in the eyes of those great nobles.

In the chaotic town, the orc warriors in the east are reorganizing and speeding up the offensive, in the west, the rich people who are desperate for their lives are panicking but racking their brains about how to break through the blockade of the orc cavalry, and in the empty auction hall, the strange team of humans, half-elves and orcs is quite helpless to stop here.

Andre looked at Naneri and **** Na, thinking that he was just curious to know the truth of the matter. Now it seems that his own approach has caused this headache of "internal conflict" because he did not take into account the feelings of the girls. Either way, the Children of the Abyss felt that it was not wise to stay here in the midst of this chaos.

So, the self-proclaimed Mephistopheles sighed helplessly, and then thought about how to persuade the girls who "turned against each other": "There are some things that are not strictly right or wrong. ”

Probably because she was tired of crying, Nanali interjected with a snort: "But, but Uncle Rick, they can obviously ...... Just tell them that it's all arranged, as long as they don't resist......"

"Such cunning humans will find out about this anomaly, and then they will most likely choose to send us to a fortified city that the tribal warriors will not be able to conquer by all means!" **** Na retorted without thinking, but the tears on her face made her words very unconvincing.

"If Mr. Larry didn't rely on the mortgage territory tax to reluctantly redeem Nanali you, then when **** Na asked me to rescue you from the hands of humans, should I save Nanali and you first, or should I choose to save Logia first?"

"It's a multiple-choice question with no right answer, and no matter who I choose to save first, there's a good chance that the other person will be lost in the chaos while I'm saving someone. Although the idea of the two of them being rescued at the same time is good, it seems a little unrealistic. In another world, boring women always like to embarrass their men with their own and mother-in-law's "lives", but a considerate mother would never assume some such tangled questions to embarrass their son.

"But the kind Mr. Larry has tried to redeem me...... And、And what does this have to do with Uncle Rick and their death!?" the clever little fox noticed that her oracle was actually speaking for Wo and Erna, and Naneri retorted with a face full of grievance.

"In reality, we always have to face a dilemma like this because of our lack of ability or for various reasons. ”

"Uncle Kerek, they don't have to die! This team of trading with human merchants can not be arranged from the beginning! Or we can let more and more powerful warriors join this team! Let those bad guys not dare to fight our idea!"

Sacrificing one's companions in order to achieve one's goal is something that a simple Nainali will never agree with, no matter what kind of high-sounding reason, it is absolutely wrong to deliberately sacrifice one's companions!

The thoughts in Nainali's heart have never been so firm and unshakable as they are now.

"Without this operation, it is likely that the human slave catchers will continue to search for weak orc teams or tribes as they have done in the past. Not making a choice, or not making a change, is not necessarily better than making a seemingly wrong choice, and it may be better for a tribal leader to set a trap and give it a go while watching his people live in fear. The Children of the Abyss continue to explain the rationality of Wo, Erna, and her father's actions from the perspective of the "superior ones".

"But even if we win this time, those bad guys won't necessarily come to the wasteland to arrest people again!" The little fox retorted aggrievedly, and the tears seemed to be about to flow down the next moment. Perhaps in her innocent and innocent heart, she has never been able to accept the fact that her smart and brave sisters Wo and Erna will choose to watch everyone die and choose to do nothing.

"You may be right, but if you don't make a choice, no one knows what the outcome will be. Whenever we are powerless and have to face such painful choices, those who know that they are likely to make the wrong choice, but still do not hesitate to do so, are often the real warriors. As for those who can't make a choice, that doesn't mean they're good, and in many cases they can't make a choice just because they're too weak. ”

The Son of the Abyss walked up to Nanali gently, bent over and touched the little fox's fluffy little head with a wry smile, comforting the little girl who was similar to him in some places, similar and soft.

......

An eerie silence gripped the strange mix of the streets—Larry led his nephew to the front of the line, thinking that he would be rewarded by finding such a brilliant teacher.

Logia hugged Naneri and whispered something to comfort her. Behind them was the child of the abyss, who looked bored, and behind the son of the abyss, the **** Na, who was speechless, lowered her head and said nothing.

"Thank you for the justification you have just made for me, Mr. Mephistopheles. The wolf girl walked quickly to Andre's side in a few steps and whispered.

In fact, her heart is not much better than that of Nanali, as the daughter of the Great Chief, she would rather choose to sacrifice herself and use herself as bait to fight the slave catchers. But those unwitting companions, their sacrifices made **** Na feel a heavy sense of guilt in her heart, especially when it was possible to avoid these sacrifices...... But in order to strengthen her convictions, she even had to force herself to believe that all these decisions and sacrifices were all right and worthwhile! The sacrifices of the warriors were all for a better tomorrow, for the future of the tribe! Even if the brave warriors died in calculations that they did not anticipate or even have no glory to speak of. The words of the half-elf in front of her made the young wolf girl realize that the torment she had endured in her heart, excluding the despicable part, also contained helplessness and courage, and these truths made her feel much better in her heart.

To be able to understand himself to this extent may mean that the young half-elf is not an unknown figure in Andrari.

"Ahh......h Actually, you don't have to thank me at all...... While it's true to say that, that doesn't mean I agree with you. The child of the abyss, who frowned and seemed to be thinking about something, seemed to be stunned for a moment before realizing that the other party was talking to him, so he replied with a little unresponsiveness.

"What were you thinking, sir?" said silently as she continued to walk a few steps, and the wolf girl tried to break the somewhat awkward atmosphere with something else.

"Ah...... Last night I dreamed that a holy light suddenly and inexplicably fell on my head, and then I couldn't remember how I fought back. Andre scratched the back of his head with a depressed expression, if it weren't for the fact that this dream was not as relevant to his past life as it had been and remembered vividly, the Children of the Abyss felt that he would probably be more entangled now—after all, those dreams always portend something.

"......??" The werewolf girl, who didn't understand what the other party was talking about, only felt that the atmosphere seemed to be even more awkward at the moment.