บท 220: For the most part.

"Sorry about that." Sam said, offering his hand to the man. "My girls are a little overprotective, you see."

The man stared at him for a couple of seconds, as if in a daze, then clicked his tongue and turned away. Seeing him stand on his own, Sam retracted his hand but kept his fake smile on.

"What's going on here?" Just then, one of the soldiers came running over. Sam recognized him immediately and shook his head.

"Nothing, Sergeant David. We were just discussing the children and… well, I guess they don't think I'm a trustworthy person."

"Wha- how can this be?" David turned his eyes to the man who tried approaching Sam. "You realize that it is only because of this man that we are alive right now? You saw how the girls he brought with him defeated those monsters, right?"

"Yeah, we also saw them make weapons out of thin air." One of the women said in a hushed voice. "I heard from my husband that they burned half of the forest above…"