Teogonia: Volume 2 by Tsukasa Tanimai

Author:Tsukasa Tanimai [TANIMAI, TSUKASA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

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As the villagers nervously watched for activity from the macaques gathered in the forest, the long-awaited responses from neighboring villages finally arrived. Everyone knew that several responses had reached the baron over the course of several days, and yet he made no announcements.

The villagers guessed that there was nothing in those responses that he wanted to announce. And they were right. In a dreadful outcome, every response for aid to the neighboring villages had been met with refusal.

This wasn’t such a surprise. Not only was the population of the borderlands falling, there were no lords in the borderlands naïve enough to send their subjects into a battle that they were obviously going to lose. In every village, people were already being killed by demi-humans faster than children were being born.

Instead, the messengers were told directly that survivors from Lag would be accepted, but they’d expect each survivor to come carrying two sacks of wheat or grain each. This response was so shocking that no one knew what to say.

They had no choice but to fight.

Although their request for aid had been refused, the people of Lag didn’t hate them for being so callous. The tough environment of the borderlands meant that everyone was expected to live their lives independently without relying on others. And since reincarnation was considered a part of life by the people of this world, they didn’t place high value on human lives.

Many truly thought that every villager could just return to the cycle of Samsara if things didn’t work out.

“The count said he’d need at least a month to get an army to us.”

“But he went charging into the battle in the west and got there after just a few days.”

“My husband says it’s because we’re up against too many of them. It doesn’t matter how big of an army they gather for us, we’ll all be sent back to Ispi Rio before they get here.”

“I don’t doubt that.”

That was the type of idle talk heard from the women.

While everyone was exhausted from their rushed battle preparations, the women would use what free time they had to start gossip.

But they weren’t at all lax in their duties, so no one had any complaints to make. In fact, the men couldn’t help but admire the women for being so mentally tough.

Kai caught sight of a familiar-looking girl carrying a basket behind a group of passing women. Their eyes met, but the girl very obviously averted her gaze.

In a situation like this, everyone had to pitch in and help, even the young children. Kai’s fellow soldiers were busy blocking up the front gate to the village using earth from the inside. The gates were the weakest points in their defense and blocking them up like this would prevent the enemy from breaking through.

“Look at this. There’s a pretty girl here.”

“...”

When the soldiers nearby paused their work, Lilisa was already out of sight.

The fact that the words “pretty girl” was enough to make everyone look up from their work was a clear indication of how badly many of them were shunned by women.

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