Volume 3, Chapter 29 – Yeluo’s Change

The factions were hostile to each other, so even though Fisiel did not particularly like Beastmen, she still held deep respect for their refusal to surrender and their resolve to fight until the last soldier fell.

At the very least, that single trait was full of what one would call knightly spirit.

And Fisiel herself was somewhat surprised that she had ended up capturing the Northern Fortress almost by accident.

“Captain, we’ve already taken the Northern Fortress. What should we do next?”

After the battle, the Paladin Lancelot approached Fisiel to ask about the next step.

In response, Fisiel slowly swept her gaze across the Northern Fortress.

“First, split off part of our forces to rebuild the Northern Fortress. Even though the Beastman army has been repelled, we still need to leave some troops behind in case they attempt a counterattack.”

Fisiel was cautious in her approach.

The whole army was divided in two.

One part was assigned to rebuild the Northern Fortress, while the other remained ready to respond to any possible Beastman ambush at any time.

But after giving the orders, Fisiel felt that something was off. Lancelot had not left. Instead, he looked as if he wanted to say something but was hesitating.

“What is it? It seems like you still have something to say.”

“Captain… while we were cleaning up the battlefield… we found someone who seems to have been abandoned by the Beastmen. A half-beast…”

“A half-beast?”

Hearing the term, Fisiel recalled some faint impressions.

After all, in human perception, half-beast women and elf women were considered beautiful and alluring.

Of course, Fisiel did not know that among the nobles of the Kingdom Faction, elf women and half-beast women were considered extremely valuable goods…

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“A half-beast? Is it a man or a woman?”

“A girl… but she claims to be the chieftain of the half-beast tribe.”

Lancelot answered.

“The chieftain of the half-beast tribe?”

Fisiel showed a slightly puzzled expression.

“If she’s the chieftain of the half-beasts, why was she here? And why would the Beastmen abandon her?”

“Your subordinate does not know.”

“Forget it. I’ll go meet this half-beast myself. Lancelot, go handle the arrangements for the reconstruction of the Northern Fortress…”

Although she felt some doubt about the identity of the so-called half-beast chieftain, it did not stop Fisiel from meeting the half-beast girl.

But…

Strange. Why would Beastmen abandon a half-beast?

Fisiel could not understand no matter how hard she thought.

Of course, this confusion was only natural. As a Paladin, she had little understanding of the internal social structure of other factions.

At the same time, Grinrui who was leading the Beastman army in retreat received a piece of unexpected news from his subordinates.

“General, the half-beast chieftain who was traveling with us seems to have gone missing during the battle…”

“Hm? Something like that happened?”

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Grinrui was surprised, but thinking about it carefully, Beastmen really did not pay much attention to the half-beasts during battle. It was understandable she got lost.

“Forget it. If she’s lost, she’s lost. If she died in battle, we can’t be blamed.”

Although Yeluo was indeed the chieftain of the half-beast tribe, in the eyes of the Beastmen her position was something that could be replaced at any moment.

So even though Grinrui was surprised she went missing, he did not take it seriously.

“She’s just the half-beast chieftain. When we return to the Stronghold, we can pick another one from the half-beasts.”

That was the truth.

In the eyes of the Beastmen, the so-called half-beasts were existences they could casually discard.

Even if that half-beast happened to be the leader of her tribe.

Abandoned.

This was the first fact Yeluo realized after the Beastmen were ambushed by the Kingdom’s forces.

Although she did not want to accept it, Yeluo understood very clearly that this was the truth.

She had been abandoned. Or rather, during the battle just now, not a single Beastman had cared whether she lived or died.

Indeed.

She possessed an unusual power and was basically capable of protecting herself without being harmed.

But the reality was that she had truly been cast aside.

No Beastman cared about the life or death of her, a half-beast, in war.

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Not even though she bore the title of chieftain of the half-beast tribe.

Why… Did it turn out like this?

Yeluo suddenly sank into confusion.

She knew that the status of half-beasts in the Stronghold was not good, but the half-beasts had joined the Stronghold willingly. They had not been forced.

That was because the Beastmen of the Stronghold had once promised:

If the half-beasts joined the Stronghold, then the Stronghold would protect their entire tribe.

But reality now left Yeluo lost and disoriented.

In the battle just now, not a single Beastman remembered that there was a half-beast like her among them.

Even during the retreat, they instinctively ignored her.

Although Yeluo could easily keep up on her own, the moment she realized the truth, she suddenly did not want to follow anymore.

Was the Stronghold… really a faction the half-beasts could rely on?

Indeed, back then, almost no faction was willing to accept the half-beasts. In the end, only the Beastmen of the Stronghold took them in.

But now, Yeluo suddenly wondered… had the Beastmen truly taken them in out of kindness?

Warmth flowed from the bracelet around her wrist.

Yeluo lowered her head and looked at the relic left behind by her deceased mother.

“Sometimes, it only takes a moment to see a person’s true nature. That’s why, you know, your mother fell in love with your father in a single moment~”

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Those were her mother’s words from long ago.

Yes, Mother.

Sometimes, it only takes a moment to see someone’s true nature…

And likewise, seeing the nature of a race, seeing the nature of a faction, also takes just a moment…

Do the half-beasts really need to rely on the Beastmen?

In a daze, memories surfaced in Yeluo’s mind.

Memories of her earlier exchanges… with Tianyin.

At that time… in the city called Eden, the faces of the half-beasts were filled with genuine happiness.

“I…”

Feeling the warmth of the bracelet, the chill in Yeluo’s heart slowly settled, and at the same time, a bold idea grew within her.

“Since I have power… why shouldn’t I lead the half-beast tribe out from under the Beastmen’s control?”

“Leave the Stronghold and form a faction belonging only to the half-beasts?”

With such thoughts in mind…

Yeluo then took the initiative to approach the commander of the Kingdom forces and declare her identity as the chieftain of the half-beast tribe.