Having completed our talks, Goff and I went for a walk, which really wasn’t for the safe of walking, bringing both Ivar and Gurver . Goff, who bragged about how conceited his wolf was, even remained calm as Gurver tried all he could to impress and win Ivar over . Furthermore, it was more telling that he brought monster meat even without me telling him .
“Krrrrrng”
He was urging her to take a taste . As if to be telling her, he wagged his tail and put forth the meat before Ivar, but after taking a small bite of it, Ivar threw away the meat that he brought, with her front paw . I truly did not expect such reactions to be made by Ivar .
Standing tall, she appeared to be like a queen . Gurver, who was brave and audacious just moments ago, looked to be more like a servant, let alone her boyfriend .
“ ………… . . ”
Despite that, Gurver seemed happy about something as he went after the meat that Ivar threw out, and my heart began to ache, seeing that . Goff and I picked a good place to sit and discussed about the future while watching them .
It was most appropriate for Black Spear to join in this meeting as he woke up . He came after receiving a message, requesting his presence, via a goblin nearby .
Of course, as this discussion was too important for just for us to be involved, I was planning a general tribal meeting on this subject, but thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have an initial discussion among the tribal chiefs .
Even though Storm Shadow assured that we could stay as long as needed, we couldn’t burden him with our presence in his village for an extended, unknown amount of time . It was because to continue to remain here was no different than not wanting to become independent . Black Spear, who spent 3 years here, probably knew about this place much better than us, so I sort of wanted him to take charge during our discussion . Fortunately, as he also had a desire to do so, he has already looked around for an appropriate place to make home for our united tribe .
“You must be trying to mate the wolves . ”
“That’s right . Although not sure how successful it will be…”
He also watched Gurver and Ivar with heightened interest . It was after Black Spear has arrived when we were making small chats .
“Hm . I’m curious as to whether there is a place for us to make home… Black Spear . ”
Goff, perhaps wanting to stake a new flag on the ground, immediately opened the subject for discussion, and Black Spear nodded his head as if he understood it .
“In fact, there is a place that I’ve been thinking about . Goff . ”
“Hm…”
“But, I needed to change the plan a bit . ”
“Certainly, I see…”
Goff had a gloomier look than me . If Black Spear Clan and Blood Dagger Clan were seeking to establish a turf, it was possible to do so at the ‘eastern’ swamps . It was also possible and understood to not cause any issues to utilize villages, which other trolls, orcs, or goblins have deserted, with some repair work .
However,
If we’re to live together with Goff Clan, it would certainly change the calculus . Unlike the trolls, who can easily adapt to the swamps, the big ogres could not easily live there . If it was only one ogre, it would not be an issue, but most of Goff Clan’s ogres were either ogres or half ogres . It wasn’t reasonable for any place to accommodate all of them .
That wasn’t the only issue, either . The bigger issue was the fact that the population of Blood Dagger Clan has increased dramatically . With the exception of the cities, in which the humans lived, or Storm Shadow’s village, there was not a place that was big enough to accommodate the size of our united tribe .
“Krrrrk . It must be that our ogres must be the problem…”
“That isn’t the only issue . Goff… The fact that the size of Blood Dagger Clan has grown so much was also an issue . ”
That was certainly true .
“K-aaang… . ”
“To tell you the truth more forwardly, I do not recommend setting up the tribal village in east that much . As there are so many swamps, it isn’t appropriate for such large sized clan . It isn’t that it may not be livable, but no one would like to live at a place where they need to be cautious about where they walked on…”
Although Goff nodded his head, he didn’t particularly say anything .
We have decided to live over here . I expected it to be a difficult situation, but it was much more difficult than thought . If Black Spear was to say something like this, it would be no walk in the park to be living here .
It was when I was considering that it was a right time to think about moving to south, or to the west again .
“If we really wanted to find a turf here, there is a place that may just work . ”
Sitting down in his spot, Black Spear slowly began to draw a picture . Rather than a picture, it was a map . Perhaps, he wanted to provide a rough idea about the terrain around here . Perhaps being curious, Goff also bent down his large waist, and after finishing the map, Black Spear spoke to us .
Using his dagger as a pointer, he began to explain .
“We are currently over here . This is the Storm Shadow’s village . ”
“And Hadom, the city which the humans call it, is further north, and lastly, this is the place where we liberated the slaves . If we assume that our united tribe can withstand the humans, we would like to grow roots within the human village which that we conquered, but…”
“That’s impossible . ”
That, I cut it off firmly . Including the city of Hadom, I thought that the cities in the east would be preparing monster suppression forces, even just for the purpose of showing off . Furthermore, countless cities that had connections to the small city of Somora would all be doing the same thing .