บท 2815: Scheme

"Is it a small village near the sea with only a dozen households?" A thin man asked hesitantly. 

Old White nodded: "That's right, that's the small village."

The thin man asked anxiously: "How do you know about that village? Are the people in the village doing well?"

"We just came from there!"

Old White flicked its tail and said: "My Master and I stayed there for one night and we invited the people in the village to have a big meal. There were only children and elderly in the village. They said that their sons and daughter-in-laws have been captured by the City Lord. Have you seen them?"

Upon hearing this, the man's eyes turned red, and he asked in a choked voice: "They are our family. That is my home. The strong men in our dozen households have all been captured. We haven't been back home for more than a year, and we haven't seen our parents and children for more than a year. Are they fine?"