Before the representatives’ meeting, I had a few things to check.
To do so, I met Magali who was resting in her room.
Kiara and Jules are the only ones following me.
I’ve asked Mil to take charge of the reception.
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Magali greeted me with a mischievous wink.
“Oh, since you came to see this old woman, are you picking on me?”
(T/N: Not in a bullying way, what she meant was in a man-to-woman picking up way.)
“If I were forty years older, yes.”
Magali gave him an exasperated look.
“What’s with that smug …… answer? How boring. How old are you, boy?”
“I’m seventeen.”
Magali is looking at me with blank eyes.
“Don’t lie to me.”
Kiara chuckles.
“No …… I know it’s hard to believe, but …… he’s 17.”
The first word was unnecessary.
Magali shook her head in disbelief.
“Oh dear, what a troublesome boy. So, what do you want from me?”
“Please tell me about the cat people and the winged people.”
“What do you want to know?”
“The reason you attacked me in the first place was because you were instigated by the cat people, right?”
Magali shrugged his shoulders as if it were obvious.
“That’s right. We’ve known each other for a long time. But that’s not all. You guys took on the wolf tribe and defeated the tiger tribe with ease. That’s pretty scary.”
So far is as predicted.
“So you’ve been made to feel threatened.”
“That’s about it.”
I have an idea of what I want to ask.
But let’s make sure.
“Whose idea was it to attack me directly?”
Magali gave me a mischievous look.
“It was me, as you might expect. You know that such a fast-growing group is bound to have a smart person.”
Kiara glared at Magali and looked like she was about to jump on her.
I chuckled and restrained Kiara with my hand.
“Kiara, please calm down.”
Kiara nods her head disapprovingly.
“Yes …… Brother.”
I’m sure the old woman was the one to initiate the next thing.
“How about the attack on the Dog tribe’s messenger?”
“Oh. There was a dog tribesman who was opposed to the migration too. He told the cat people about it and they asked him about it. You already knew it, right?”
“So you really planned the raid and the diversionary tactic.”
Magali started laughing.
“You didn’t think it was someone else?”
“It’s a possibility, yes. But the whole operation made sense to me. I thought it was one person’s decision, no matter how it happened.”
Magali looked at me as if she had found a toy.
“Hmmm. But I can’t give you any credit for that answer.”
Oh dear, an oral hearing.
I’m the one who’s here to asked things to you, though.
“There is a minimum number of people that can attack a dog tribe. So the casualties were kept to a minimum. It was a clear diversion, proof that they were working toward a single goal.”
Magali grinned, as if she was just starting to enjoy this.
“Hoh.”
“If they put all their strength into it, they could have killed the messenger and defeated the knights guarding him. But you didn’t take the small immediate results.”
Magali gets a big smile on her face.
The old lady’s big smile is uncanny.
It made me feel a little sorry for the grim reaper who had picked her up.
I wonder if he gets a pain allowance.
I had no choice but to continue answering the examiner.
“You’re focusing on me clearly, and if possible, reduce the local forces as much as possible. It would be difficult for several people to execute this series of strategies if they thought of them separately. It’s all too coherent.”
“That’s interesting.”
What a stubborn old lady…
“In a way, it’s a plan with a stone to throw away. If there are multiple planners, they will want to avoid responsibility for their own part of the plan. If there are many leaders, they will be more concerned about sucking up their victory than winning. If they succeed, the difference in damage could cause resentment after the war. If we start playing tug-of-war like that, the operation will be ruined.”
Magali looked as if she was enjoying herself.
Am I supposed to be this old lady’s entertainment?
“How nice …… How nice …… It’s the first time in a long time I’ve felt my back straighten.”
You don’t have to grow, just give me a pass.
I sigh.
“A person who is willing to take on post-war resentment as a solo initiative. That person will make or approve the plan. That person would also have to have the authority to pass on opinions. From what you have just told me, I know that you are intelligent and decisive enough. You’ve just met the requirements.”
Clap, clap, clap.
Magali clapped her hands and gave a big smile.
“That was very good”
I came here to ask for information and now it’s like she’s making me take some kind of test.
How did this happen …….
This old lady is evil.
I’ve just decided that.
I want to get some information from her, but ……
Is she going to give it to me honestly, Magali, you ill-natured old woman.
“Now that you know where the house is, how did you manage to locate it?”
Magali looked blank and sighed.
“That’s because the boy’s a public figure, and if anything goes wrong, he’s in that room talking.”
Oh no.
I’m beaten.
So you’re thinking that far ……
I scratched my head.
“So you had an idea that we would probably evacuate there?”
Magali started laughing.
“I had an idea. But I used a familiar to confirm it in the end …… You should cut down that tree by the window, boy.”
I can’t even make a sound.
“The only thing I didn’t expect was for two women and a boy to easily defeat four elite men. It was supposed to be two against four. I didn’t think the girl there and you to be strong enough. I don’t think the elf lady is that strong either.”
“I didn’t expect that either.”
She looked at Kiara and smiled.
It’s really a big victory.
Kiara also smiled.
Magali, the ill-natured old woman, shook her head.
“And to top it all off, the winged ones are trapped in a trap where they can’t fly at all. What the hell kind of trick is that?”
I knew it, she was aware of that.
I smiled at Magali.
“How do winged people fly? The child’s curiosity led him to try to figure out the question. And that was the result.”
As if she had run out of ideas, Magali shrugged her shoulders exaggeratedly.
“That made the winged ones scared so much …… It’s a big shock to have your strengths destroyed. To the extent that it’s a pity.”
I have one more question.
“By the way, the cat people are trying to draw us into their stronghold. Do you have any idea about that?”
“The Cat People are very secretive. They only talk to us when they want to use us. Other than that, they don’t talk to us.”
In other words, you don’t know.
Magali exaggeratedly looked up at the sky.
“There was a lot of distrust around, and the winged ones were no longer useful to them.In addition, they blamed us for the failure of the raid. And to top it all off, we got a delivery of forest produce. There was nothing we could do. So we raised the white flag.”
I didn’t doubt the white flag itself, but it did clear up a lot of questions.
“I see, I understand.”
""
As I was about to leave my seat, the ill-natured old woman stopped me.
She stopped me with her hand.
“I’ve got a question for you, too.”
“What is it?”
Magali smirked.
“Why did you come to talk to me when I’m alone?”
Before the representatives’ meeting, I had a few things to check.
To do so, I met Magali who was resting in her room.
Kiara and Jules are the only ones following me.
I’ve asked Mil to take charge of the reception.
◆◇◆◇◆
Magali greeted me with a mischievous wink.
“Oh, since you came to see this old woman, are you picking on me?”
(T/N: Not in a bullying way, what she meant was in a man-to-woman picking up way.)
“If I were forty years older, yes.”
Magali gave him an exasperated look.
“What’s with that smug …… answer? How boring. How old are you, boy?”
“I’m seventeen.”
Magali is looking at me with blank eyes.
“Don’t lie to me.”
Kiara chuckles.
“No …… I know it’s hard to believe, but …… he’s 17.”
The first word was unnecessary.
Magali shook her head in disbelief.
“Oh dear, what a troublesome boy. So, what do you want from me?”
“Please tell me about the cat people and the winged people.”
“What do you want to know?”
“The reason you attacked me in the first place was because you were instigated by the cat people, right?”
Magali shrugged his shoulders as if it were obvious.
“That’s right. We’ve known each other for a long time. But that’s not all. You guys took on the wolf tribe and defeated the tiger tribe with ease. That’s pretty scary.”
So far is as predicted.
“So you’ve been made to feel threatened.”
“That’s about it.”
I have an idea of what I want to ask.
But let’s make sure.
“Whose idea was it to attack me directly?”
Magali gave me a mischievous look.
“It was me, as you might expect. You know that such a fast-growing group is bound to have a smart person.”
Kiara glared at Magali and looked like she was about to jump on her.
I chuckled and restrained Kiara with my hand.
“Kiara, please calm down.”
Kiara nods her head disapprovingly.
“Yes …… Brother.”
I’m sure the old woman was the one to initiate the next thing.
“How about the attack on the Dog tribe’s messenger?”
“Oh. There was a dog tribesman who was opposed to the migration too. He told the cat people about it and they asked him about it. You already knew it, right?”
“So you really planned the raid and the diversionary tactic.”
Magali started laughing.
“You didn’t think it was someone else?”
“It’s a possibility, yes. But the whole operation made sense to me. I thought it was one person’s decision, no matter how it happened.”
Magali looked at me as if she had found a toy.
“Hmmm. But I can’t give you any credit for that answer.”
Oh dear, an oral hearing.
I’m the one who’s here to asked things to you, though.
“There is a minimum number of people that can attack a dog tribe. So the casualties were kept to a minimum. It was a clear diversion, proof that they were working toward a single goal.”
Magali grinned, as if she was just starting to enjoy this.
“Hoh.”
“If they put all their strength into it, they could have killed the messenger and defeated the knights guarding him. But you didn’t take the small immediate results.”
Magali gets a big smile on her face.
The old lady’s big smile is uncanny.
It made me feel a little sorry for the grim reaper who had picked her up.
I wonder if he gets a pain allowance.
I had no choice but to continue answering the examiner.
“You’re focusing on me clearly, and if possible, reduce the local forces as much as possible. It would be difficult for several people to execute this series of strategies if they thought of them separately. It’s all too coherent.”
“That’s interesting.”
What a stubborn old lady…
“In a way, it’s a plan with a stone to throw away. If there are multiple planners, they will want to avoid responsibility for their own part of the plan. If there are many leaders, they will be more concerned about sucking up their victory than winning. If they succeed, the difference in damage could cause resentment after the war. If we start playing tug-of-war like that, the operation will be ruined.”
Magali looked as if she was enjoying herself.
Am I supposed to be this old lady’s entertainment?
“How nice …… How nice …… It’s the first time in a long time I’ve felt my back straighten.”
You don’t have to grow, just give me a pass.
I sigh.
“A person who is willing to take on post-war resentment as a solo initiative. That person will make or approve the plan. That person would also have to have the authority to pass on opinions. From what you have just told me, I know that you are intelligent and decisive enough. You’ve just met the requirements.”
Clap, clap, clap.
Magali clapped her hands and gave a big smile.
“That was very good”
I came here to ask for information and now it’s like she’s making me take some kind of test.
How did this happen …….
This old lady is evil.
I’ve just decided that.
I want to get some information from her, but ……
Is she going to give it to me honestly, Magali, you ill-natured old woman.
“Now that you know where the house is, how did you manage to locate it?”
Magali looked blank and sighed.
“That’s because the boy’s a public figure, and if anything goes wrong, he’s in that room talking.”
Oh no.
I’m beaten.
So you’re thinking that far ……
I scratched my head.
“So you had an idea that we would probably evacuate there?”
Magali started laughing.
“I had an idea. But I used a familiar to confirm it in the end …… You should cut down that tree by the window, boy.”
I can’t even make a sound.
“The only thing I didn’t expect was for two women and a boy to easily defeat four elite men. It was supposed to be two against four. I didn’t think the girl there and you to be strong enough. I don’t think the elf lady is that strong either.”
“I didn’t expect that either.”
She looked at Kiara and smiled.
It’s really a big victory.
Kiara also smiled.
Magali, the ill-natured old woman, shook her head.
“And to top it all off, the winged ones are trapped in a trap where they can’t fly at all. What the hell kind of trick is that?”
I knew it, she was aware of that.
I smiled at Magali.
“How do winged people fly? The child’s curiosity led him to try to figure out the question. And that was the result.”
As if she had run out of ideas, Magali shrugged her shoulders exaggeratedly.
“That made the winged ones scared so much …… It’s a big shock to have your strengths destroyed. To the extent that it’s a pity.”
I have one more question.
“By the way, the cat people are trying to draw us into their stronghold. Do you have any idea about that?”
“The Cat People are very secretive. They only talk to us when they want to use us. Other than that, they don’t talk to us.”
In other words, you don’t know.
Magali exaggeratedly looked up at the sky.
“There was a lot of distrust around, and the winged ones were no longer useful to them.In addition, they blamed us for the failure of the raid. And to top it all off, we got a delivery of forest produce. There was nothing we could do. So we raised the white flag.”
I didn’t doubt the white flag itself, but it did clear up a lot of questions.
“I see, I understand.”
""
As I was about to leave my seat, the ill-natured old woman stopped me.
She stopped me with her hand.
“I’ve got a question for you, too.”
“What is it?”
Magali smirked.
“Why did you come to talk to me when I’m alone?”
