CH 166

We received a report that Ms. Bunny and the others had arrived.

When we greeted them, Adelaida, the previous messenger, was at the front.

I greeted them all politely.

“Welcome to Ravenna. I welcome you all. And in my name, I promise to protect your lives and property.”

The bunnies bowed in unison.

Probably on behalf of all of them.

Adelaida opens her mouth.

“We are all very grateful for your kindness in response to our sudden request.”

Feeling guilty I managed to keep my mind from wandering.

“What should I call you?”

“Adelaida is fine.”

“Adelaida, then. May I ask you a few questions?”

Adelaida looked a little nervous.

Don’t worry, I won’t ask any strange questions.

“Yes.”

“Am I correct in assuming that you are the representative?”

“Yes, the Chief is in his original residence. But I am the representative here.”

I looked at the other rabbits.

“The people in charge will take care of the residents. Aside from Ms. Adelaida, please follow the one in charge.”

I signaled to Oracio to take over.

After that, I turned to Adelaida.

“There is something else I would like to ask you. Please come with me.”

“Yes, sir.”

I took her to the reception room.

I recommend her to be seated, and then we get down to business.

“Let me ask you then. You have been living without any contact with the outside world, haven’t you? Is there a reason for that?”

After a moment of silence, Adelaida asked back.

“Please forgive me for returning your question with a question. Why didn’t you ask before you accepted?”

I can’t say to her …… that I was too guilty, and I carelessly forgot.

I can only say something cool to cover it up!

“No, I don’t think it’s a problem to accept it …… However, I realized later that I don’t want you guys to be inconvenienced when you’re accepted …….”

I scratched my head and continued.

“I should have checked with you first. I’m sorry.”

Adelaida stiffened in surprise.

“No, we’re at the ones who made a request from you, so ……”

“It’s not good to be so concerned about your position that you can’t communicate your needs, right?

Adelaida turned her glittering eyes on me with conviction.

“I guess you are even more merciful than they say.”

Please, just talk to me normally.

My heart is writhing.

Do you actually know it and you teasing me!?

“No, it’s nothing like that. Can you tell me about it then?”

“Yes, it’s just a legend, so It’s not accurate ……”

Some of the things Adelaida had told me were new to me.

She said that in the past, they had interacted with other races in a normal way.

After a certain incident, they became afraid of human society and fled to a deserted place.

It seems that the reason for this was the second apostle.

They used to live near the current 2nd Apostle base.

However, during the war, the 2nd Apostle unilaterally killed people with a submersible ship that they called a submarine.

The horror of the carnage was horrifying, but what was decisive was the apostle’s words.

“I don’t want to stand out too much. But, you know, you’ll have to fight off any fire that comes your way.”

The rabbit people were truly horrified by the apostle’s complete lack of guilt and shame.

They also felt empty and sickened by the humans who praised these words.

It was as if they had no idea what they were talking about.

It seems that the reason they were not inspired by the apostle was because it was during that war that he first became involved with them.

They didn’t know when the power would strike them.

It was very frightening.

That’s why they drifted here so that they wouldn’t have to deal with people.

And the reason they didn’t have to deal with the people around them was because they carefully chose where to live.

On top of a hill away from the water source.

It is surrounded by wetlands.

A location that would normally be avoided.

In other words, there would be no profit in attacking it.

They thought that no one would come in contact with them here.

Well, if the land is unattractive and harmless, they’ll leave it alone.

However, are there any apostles here as well ……?

And before that, the apostle language is after the third ……

“I’m sure that the spread of the apostolic language took until about 300 years after the third apostle. Why are you guys using the apostolic language?”

Adelaida nodded her head, as if searching her memory.

“Our ancestors had minimal contact with others so as not to get into a conflict. I was told that after a certain point, they can’t communicate with each other.”

This phenomenon is interesting …… I naturally leaned forward.

“They were able to communicate before, but it happened suddenly?”

She seemed to be slowly remembering.

Adelaida’s response became more firm.

“They said that it wasn’t sudden. There was a lot of change in this region because of the demons that attacked.”

“What kind of change?”

“Our ancestors escaped without fighting, so they were able to avoid difficulties. But those who did were lost to the demons. Then new ones drifted in.”

So they sensed the danger and left.

Now the demon tribe has become a shield for the monsters.

Was Ravenna a danger zone before?

“After a certain point, the new settlers and the language …… became incompatible.”

Adelaida nodded.

“Yes. Then it became inconvenient not to be able to tell them that we will not fight. It is dangerous to be near a group of people who do not speak the same language as you. So we managed to communicate with them and learned their language.”

I’d love to know how that happened.

“Did you learn it right after you became unable to communicate?”

“No …… they said that all the different languages spoken by the different people sounded the same. So they understood that the language everyone was speaking had changed.”

That’s a lot of work ……

“I’m glad you were able to tell me that.”

“Luckily, some of the people we came into contact with could understand our language as well.”

“I see …… By the way, are people still being changed?”

Adelaida shook her head.

“No, the demon race moved in a little while after the language was changed. After that, we seldom see demons anymore.”

This means that we need to be very careful when dealing with the demons.

“Have you had any contact with the demon tribe?”

“My ancestors did, once.”

Then I can’t ask for much information.

“Even with all that consideration, did you ever come under attack from other tribes?”

“In that case, they ran away as fast as they could. I heard that eventually no one bothered us anymore. We do not like to fight. And we don’t get involved with other tribes because if we do, it could lead to conflict. But in this town, different tribes live together, and we felt that it was different from the human society we had known. So we thought we’d ask you for your help, even though we’re reluctant to do so.”

Well, that’s peculiar.

But if we’re looking for a quick way to spread our influence, I think this is reasonable.

I decided to ask Adelaida for some more information.

“I’m changing the subject, but are there any other customs that the rabbit tribe don’t eat or avoid? Of course, we will consider them.”

Adelaida seemed to be wondering.

“Why do you consider so much about it?”

I’m used to that now.

“Your species and mine are different. There is no way to change this. Do you think that forcing you to live the same way without taking into account those differences will work?”

Adelaida tilted her head.

It didn’t seem to make sense to her.

It would be easier to explain the reason clearly later.

“You don’t like conflict, do you?”

“Yes.”

“Are you okay with being forced to live in a world like the tiger tribe, where fistfights are conversation?”

The tiger tribe in times of trouble.

Very useful for metaphors.

Adelaida finally seemed to finally understand.

“Ohhh …… I understand. So you have such deep intentions.”

“So, if there’s anything you’d like to avoid, please let me know.”

Adelaida nodded deeply.

“Yes, we don’t eat vegetables that have been cooked. We can’t eat hard meat. That’s all.”

The diabolic grandma Magali’s information is right on point, huh.

“I understand. I’ll arrange it that way.”

Adelaida bowed profoundly and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

“Thank you very much. You are truly a merciful man ……”

S- …… Stop it…

Don’t look at me like that…

(T/N: GUILTY!!!!!)