Side Story 49: Saori, Leader of 1357 Beastmen.

Side Story 49: Saori, Leader of 1357 Beastmen.

[Humanize (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]

Saori Segawa, vice-leader of Aurora, and Princess Hestias head retainer. A pleasure to meet you once again, Madam. The burly man and I grasped our hands in a handshake, with both of us putting our strength into it. I was originally intending to hold back, but this man was strong enough to make me change my mind.

Staring into his scarred face where I noticed he was blind in his right eye, I gave him a short curtsey out of respect, before standing as tall as I could, but he was still a bit taller than me. He was probably around the same height as Yorshka, or perhaps a bit shorter. Regardless, despite meeting me in a suit, I could see his muscles barely being contained behind his clothes.

Marquess Alessio Franzesco Lifcio, correct? You say meet, but at best, we have only seen each other twiceonce during the anniversary ball and another time when Lady Hestia spoke with King Drangleic and all seven dukes.

I was speaking about that time we went to that ball made in honor of the founding anniversary for the Kingdom of Artorias, and then latter was when Hestia formalized our alliance with Artorias.

When the man heard me say this, he released my hands and gave a hearty laugh, stroking his shaved chin with an interested look. He agreed, but the fact I knew his name despite never personally meeting was what impressed him. After all, as a princesss retainer, why would I need to know the name of some marquess?

Well, the reason was this marquess was the ruler of Port Annencia, Artoriass only harbor city, and the right-hand man of Duke Lecartiglio, the current Grand Duke of Military Affairs. As if I wouldnt try to know the important personages of this country. And, thankfully, knowing who I was supposed to address helped me quite a bit when I had to find a place to dock four grimgarian-made ships full of beastmen slaves.

Once again, networking was king. It also helped that I borrowed Ellaines manatech bird to send a preemptive notice about our arrival so our ships wouldnt be sunk by the cannons.

The rebuild seemed to be going well, I brought up, prompting the Marquess to agree, telling me the mages did a good job.

Looking around the city, I was currently in the port area of Annencia. About a month ago, this whole city was the recipient of a grimgarian attackthe same attack I had intended to thwart with my attack on Grimmeirgon, the grimgarian nation founded by the Ogre King, Kreigst Thunderslayer.

There wasnt any rubble lying around and the many houses I noticed in this giant multi-layered city had already been repaired. Although it didnt look like an attack had happened, it was easy to notice that the majority of the buildings looked brand new.

I looked up and took in the multi-layered view of the city, with the harbor town at the very bottom protected by giant walls built on the ocean floor right in front of the piers, with three gates allowing ships to enter. The second layer looked like the commoners part, as most of the buildings didnt really catch your eyes aside from their sturdy design, probably made that way in case of tsunamis, sieges, or such. The third layer was the noble district, with their mansion homes, and at the very top, you had the palace itself.

If I had a camera, I would immortalize this sight. Just like Griffonpeak, I was astonished by this incredible scenery.

Tasianna told me the city was in a terrible state when you left. I know mages expedite construction, but this is still spectacular, I noted.

Lady Duchess Morgiana sent her mages to help us out, and then we had Lord Duke Myrrdin doing the same. Both of them wish to have Lord Duke Lecartiglios support for the next Grand Duke selection, he informed me. Well, good for us! The Lecartiglio Duchy puts more focus on martial achievements, so if youre a mage, you would rather go somewhere else. Extra hands made sure our kingdoms only big port is back in business.

So, when not around to help Hestia or their king, the nobles are being nobles. Well, to be expected.

However, this little greeting of ours had to stop when the Marquess sighed and looked behind me. Well, I would love to show you my appreciation for helping my city by invading the grimgarians' base. We have a fantastic winery which uses a sea fruit to create wine even sailors cannot handle more than three glasses of, but business, Madam. Sadly, business.

His frown drew my attention to the four docked grimgarian ships, where I noticed a large commotion. The beastmen slaves were slowly walking down the exit ramp, only for them to be confronted by guards blocking their paths. Similar to entering a city through the gates, you had to get your identity verified before you could enter. While Asaka and I didnt have any issues since we had our IDs, there were over 1000 beastmen who didnt. Another logistical nightmare.

Back away! Put your hands up! One of the guards called out as multiple of his colleagues drew their spears at an approaching leonid.

The lion beastmen snorted with a gruff tone, cracking his hands at this threat. I fought and killed more than my share of human fodder. You western humans are softer than the Empires, so how do you think you can stop us?

Hand ups? You drop your weapons, or Ill ram my horn into your head! Not even your mother would recognize you! a rhinoncerum growled. Despite being in nothing but rags and bits of rusted metal armor he picked up from some orc, he and many other of the warrior caste beastkin were not exactly being cooperative.

Over a 1000 of them have you heard how we have an immigration problem right now? I nodded at the Marquesss question.

My students had told us how beastmen slaves from the Atadoro Kingdom were fleeing into the Lecartiglio Duchy, causing a huge public safety issue as many were stealing and harassing the residents. It was a large enough of a problem that Duke Lecartiglio was forced to leave the capital and return to his home to handle the matter right before the demonkins attacked Griffonpeak.

Tensions are high for dealing with any beastman. Our duchy and nobles were never big fans of them, but it has just gotten worse. Unless youre a Caedhulen or Loatryxian, my seaman will dislike you, the residents will mistrust you, and our beastmen residents, those who've lived here in the city for years, will avoid you. With everything happening, they dont want to associate themselves with foreign beastmen.

[In other words, you would need to push your authority onto them to let these thousand into the city,] Belzac spoke with me, and I agreed.

It took us two days to reach Port Annencia by ship due to the beat-down state of them. Since they were carried by the wind and using the oars, instead of some sort of engine, it took us a while for the malnourished and weakened beastmen to row us over here. We had to have Shoyi push them during the night to even make it in time.

As mentioned, there were over 1000 beastmen spread on these four ships, including my pack and I. We required a ton of food, and while we fortunately got some rations by stealing from the grimgarians, we only had enough for a day until people began to go without meals. The slaves were already used to scraps of food, so they, thankfully, didnt eat much. Water was also easy to make since a few of the beastmen were shamans and had [Create Water].

I couldnt enter the subspace during this time since I was forced to act as the peacekeeper. People might have been celebrating being freed, but that also meant old tensions were reignited. I was used to caring for, at most, 100 students on a school trip. Not a 1000 children, teenagers, and adults all cramped on four separate ships with vastly different cultures I couldnt understand, not to mention, some of them couldnt even speak Common!

Regardless, I had to control them. They were here because of me, and my Divine Quest wasnt over just yet. I still had to bring them to the dwarves so they could help them return to Carmaniate.

When I walked up to them, the normal, non-aggressive beastmen took a step back, separating themselves from the 47 warriors confronting the guards. The citys guards noticed this and took a step back, giving me the space to confront them.

Some of the larger beastmen sub-races, like the leonid, rhinoncerum, and bovline, towered over me. I recognized a few who scorned me for running away from the Ogre King, but after our one night stay on the ship, most didnt want to stand in my way as I walked over to their leader. Surprisingly, when I learned about this yesterday, I didnt expect who this leader of theirs would be.

Tell them to stand down, Shizar, I ordered, prompting the person to reveal themselves behind two panthereons.

It was a loopridae woman.

You think were the ones at fault here, Belzacs Successor? the rabbit beastman rebuked me, eying me in anger with her two elongated upper canines. She tilted her head, letting her one intact rabbit ear hang loosely to the side. We aint taking this shit. We got the treatment from those demihumans, we aint ignoring it for humans. Especially not some soft westerners.

Looking at rabbit beastmenthe loopridaewas a constant reminder that in the far past, there was some super strong rabbit monster that managed to turn into a humanoid with a skill before, ahem, making love with somebody. I have met some feisty rabbit monsters before, but I had not expected the leader of this group to be a rabbit. A rabbit who earned the respect of leonids, rhinoncerum, and many more.

Looking at this shorter woman, I noticed her human-like face had a deep gash scar underneath the left side of her head, exactly where her missing left ear was supposed to be. As a member of the warrior caste, she was a soldier and had fought the Empire before being enslaved by the grimgarians. A war vet, essentially, and her glare showed how undaunted she was, even towards me.

I thought I had already made myself clear. While I am on this Divine Quest to bring you back home, you will not cause trouble to the people on our way. You will not loot, kill, or otherwise vandalize their lives. I crossed my arms, trying to act intimidating without using my skills. You owe me your freedom.

And I am holding everybody back. You know what we did with humans directing their weapons at us back in Carmaniate? We strung them by the legs and dragged them on the hot ground of the savannah to make them regret what they did. They do this in the north? The snowfolks bury them in an early snow grave, the brown-white furred loopridae spoke back. We are being tolerant. You think we can fight cities like this?

She gestured down at her bodythin like a stick, barely enough muscles to perform physical labor for the grimgarians. She was wearing a ragged one-piece dress made from linen, so used up there were holes which showed glimpses of her dirted, rough skin and fur. The other warriors were in the similar situationjust enough muscles to work, but not enough to fight for too long.

In their situation, even if they managed to unarm some of the soldiers and take some weapons, I knew the Marquess wouldnt let this sit. I havent appraised any of the beastmen yet, but even if they had somebody who was over level 100, you couldnt do much with numerous ailments weakening your body.

You want us to stand down? You tell them to stand down, Belzacs Successor. Carmaniate follows the strong, we respect those able to stand tall. We endured the grimgarians long enough because they beat us, but you are telling us to lower our heads for these humans?! We would rather die!

TO THE DEATH! The over 40 warriors around her shouted in unison.

I failed. As such, I activated [True Wolven Bloodlust].

Grk!

And just like that, everybody was silenced, as my bloodlust was spread through my aura. The howling of wolves replaced their roars as the four original members of my shadow pack emerged from the various shadows around, heralding the appearance of mother, Varya, and Shoyi. Shere and Ajay, Rajahs siblings, also showed up, trying their best to roar, but it only made them seem cuter. Thankfully, they were sitting on their growling mothers back, a rank B tiger with fur as sharp as blades, so nobody could make fun of them.

I didnt assume my true form as all of us stared the beastmen down. Carmaniate respected strength? Then so be it. I shall handle it like a Carmanian.

I do not want to lecture you here; we are not friends, only acquaintances at this point. While I am trying my best to change, I like it best when things go smoothly. One part about it is to respect another culture or city whenever you travel. It makes sense. I noticed my eyes were exuding red mist, something the even Shizar couldnt help but gulp at. Respect must be earned, I agree with that. It also works vice-versa, for them.

I pointed at the guards, then the Marquess, and then to his bodyguards behind him.

You are here as guests; these people are willing to grant you a safe haven because I asked them to. I asked them to give you a space to recuperate, so we can make our way towards the dwarves, allowing all 1357 of you to return to Carmaniate! If you disrespect them, you disrespect me! I put my foot down, unwilling to let any beastman the chance to do whatever they wanted. It would be chaos. Tell me, Shizar, can you control all 1357 who came on the boat? Can you ensure they will not cause any trouble?nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

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