“Well, looking back now, I guess I feel that way too. But back then, I didn’t have a choice. Mom… the Chieftain wouldn’t even listen to that kind of talk from the start. She’d say things like, ‘You’re not smart, so you’ll get tricked easily.'”
“Ah… well, I understand parents worrying about their children, so I can’t really say anything about that. At that time, Lani, were you still 14?”
“Hmm, I think so? But in the end, I met Soushi and the others, became Rank A, and I’m doing well now. Ah, thinking about it that way makes me feel a little better. But does that just make it more likely she’ll tell me to stay in the Village and become the Chieftain…?”
Lani’s tail was busily swishing up and down. It seemed like her worries wouldn’t be resolved until she actually met the Chieftain.
Well, Count Lautrec did say the Wolf Beastkin tribe is the largest faction among the beastkin, so if she’s the Chieftain leading them, I guess that means she’s not someone who can be easily persuaded.
As someone who dealt with difficult company presidents and the like in my previous life, this kind of talk hits me right in the gut.
“Haha. Well, compared to Lani’s situation, I think mine will be quicker. My old man hates troublesome talks, you see.”
As she said that, Karma bent her arm and flexed her bicep.
Vaguely guessing the meaning behind that gesture, I, like Lani, could only make a wry face.