"Honestly, they woke us up first thing in the morning to tell us to bring bandages and stuff to the docks, so we didn't even get to have breakfast in Hazlosa... You could have used magic to heal, right? Like slow recovery or something."
The Naga leader complained as she disappointedly gnawed on the soft bread with a few salty slices of meat... However, thanks to Yinla, the quality of all the food and water on the ship was now quite high.
"Yes, I can indeed manifest Vera's wings to cast healing spells."
As he said this, Yinla realized that the Naga leader didn't seem to know much about this, so he explained, "However, the essence of healing spells is to stimulate the body, making the body's own self-healing ability double or countless times."
"If someone is simply injured, even severely injured, then this kind of spell will naturally work. But if the person is still very weak, such a spell will only hasten their death."
As Yinla spoke, he looked at the children slowly undergoing rehabilitation exercises on the deck and said, "This is no longer the Age of Gods. There are no clergy who can use divine magic anymore, and besides..."
He didn't continue, but everyone knew what Ira wanted to say... It was a secret known only to a few—especially now that the gods were dead.
"Huh? Is that so?"
Those who didn't know much about this looked on with surprise.
"Speaking of which, Yinla, do you have some kind of special ability?"
The leader of the Jiaoren people asked with some curiosity, opening his arms as if to hug them, and said, "They looked like they didn't want to live before, but after you hugged them, they were able to move around with difficulty."
Yinla didn't want to spoil the leader's mood, so he hugged her... and then immediately let go.
"It doesn't seem to be anything special."
As the leader of the intercession said this, she laughed and said, "If I were also locked in a dark, sunless cabin and whipped, then your embrace would feel especially warm, wouldn't it? To be honest, I originally thought that I would feel genuine happiness after being embraced..."
Yinla simply shook his head at this, jokingly—
"That's a technology that only succubi can master; I certainly don't have that kind of special ability."
Yinla patted Jiaoren on the shoulder, stood up and said, "The greatest effect of a hug is to make them realize that they are people who are on equal footing with me, and not commodities called slaves... Of course, this is not enough to unlock their closed hearts."
"Ha, because they can sense that if they stay still, they will cause trouble for me, their savior, and also delay the rescue of their other companions."
With a light laugh, Yinla explained why hugs were so useful. He gestured to the orcs and monsters, saying, "Looking at the real reason, I should be quite insidious... taking advantage of their gratitude."
"Fortunately, the nobles are currently quite concerned about the cleanliness of their slaves, so the slave-catching teams haven't done anything during the slave-collecting process... which allows me to preserve their last shred of dignity."
As Yinla was saying this, the door to the captain's cabin was pushed open from the outside, and the black cat girl walked in calmly, seemingly about to say something, so Yinla immediately stopped talking.
These are absolutely inappropriate words to say in front of the other person... but it seems they still heard them.
"In fact, some of our companions had already been [done something] before."
The black-cat girl spoke calmly, her expression mirroring Yinla's usual indifferent demeanor. She continued, "However, once they start doing something, those pirates become unstoppable..."
Apart from Satan Ye, who is still completely baffled, the other leaders all showed expressions of emotion and sorrow... The monsters can empathize with others, an ability that is ten or even nine times greater than that of the imperial high command, which is excellent.
After the black cat girl finished speaking, she paused for a moment, and then said, "After that, that companion died like a tattered rag doll, and was then thrown into the sea... that was my sister."
"..."
"..."
In that case, it's quite normal for her to end up like that, or rather... the fact that she didn't completely fall into autism and never wake up again already shows how incredibly strong this girl is.
Although Satan Ye didn't quite understand, she could roughly grasp that the other person's sister had been bullied and then killed. She pursed her lips and asked, "Poor child, may I hug you?"
After a brief silence, the cat-girl looked at the young scarlet dragon demon king, nodded, and took the initiative to hug Satan Ye, saying, "You can come anytime you need me."
Then, Sylvanas and the three sirens gently embraced her...
The scene was very warm and inviting.
...
"So, as their representative, is there something you want to say?"
In response to Yinla's words that ruined the atmosphere, the black cat girl, surrounded by everyone, spoke up in a muffled voice, saying, "On behalf of the orc slaves, we..."
Yinla interrupted the black cat girl almost immediately, correcting her, "You are not slaves. You were not slaves from the beginning. You are just victimized children."
In response, the black cat girl immediately changed her tune, saying, "I understand. I am speaking on behalf of the orc children. We do not want to return to the orc kingdom... at least not until we are brave enough to go back. Some of the children hope you can help us let them know we are safe."
To put it bluntly, it's just that they don't know how to go back and face that land they feel guilty towards...
Yinla didn't refuse, but nodded and said helplessly, "It's very troublesome to keep changing the flight path, but I respect your opinion. It's a good thing for you to have something to do, at least you won't be thinking nonsense all the time."
As she said this, Yinla looked at the black cat girl who had been freed and said, "Afterwards, I will inform the Demon King's territory and have the person in charge of diplomacy inform the Beastman Kingdom about your situation. You will stay with us and work in the Demon King's territory for a while... until time heals the wounds."
In response to Yinla's words, the black cat girl tilted her head and said, "My father said something similar... time heals all wounds... I've always thought my father was amazing."
It seems the black cat girl's father is also a philosopher... He might have something to talk about with Yinla.
"But he died just like everyone else, killed by the slave-catching team."
"..."
Aren't you being a little too pathetic?
Thinking this, Yinla could only respond to the girl with a bitter smile.
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