Mr. Athos wants to see you.


　That's what he said to us when we were talking to Gaius. It seems that Mr. Athos is calling me and Gaius. I wonder if he's finished talking with the cat beastmen.


　I wonder what he wanted.
　Gaius takes me by the hand while I'm thinking about this. Gaius often pulls my hand. I like it when he pulls my hand.



　On the way to Mr. Athos, I hear a voice.


"Why are there humans here?


　I was a little scared, thinking it was talking to me, but it didn't seem to be talking to me. I looked in the direction of the voice with Gaius. Ran-san was confronting the cat beastmen.


　The ears and tails of the cat beastmen are different from those of Gaius and the others. Cat's ears look comfortable to touch.
　Mr. Ran is being stared at by the cat beastmen, but he's holding his own. Amazing.


You don't have to yell at them so much. "You don't have to yell at me like that. I'm a human being, but I've never done anything to cause you any trouble.
"Huh, you're still human.
What would you think if I lumped all beastmen together? I know that beastmen are not like that, but in my hometown, some people say that beastmen are savage and unreasonable animals.
No!
I'm sure you don't like it when people make assumptions about you. I would hate it just as much. It's true that there are a lot of humans who would be horrible to you ......, but at least I'm not making such assumptions about beasts.


　Mr. Lan, great. You've got a lot of swagger. Beastmen are more physically powerful than humans. And you don't have the strength to fight. But it's great that you can speak your mind.


It's no wonder you have bad feelings towards humans. Even I, as a human being listening to you, feel uncomfortable. But I'm not that kind of person. If I were that kind of person, I wouldn't be allowed to live in this village of wolf beastmen in the first place.



　Ran says that it is natural for cat beastmen to have bad feelings toward humans. I wonder what humans have done to them. Maybe it's because of the humans that they came to the wolf beastmen's village at such an unexpected time.


　Athos, who was watching over Ran and the cat beastmen, noticed us.
　At the same time, Mr. Ran and the cat beastman also noticed.


"A human child?　Why are you two carrying not just one, but two humans!　Don't you understand what the humans have done to us!


　Mr. Cat Beastman looked at me and shouted again . What have humans done to us?


　I don't really understand what the humans have done, or are still doing, to the beastmen.
　Beastmen who were wary of humans. I've heard a few things. As a human, Athos, Gaius and the others accepted me. I hadn't really thought about the conflict between humans and beastmen. I am human and they are beasts. As long as that fact exists, it's a problem we'll have to face someday.


I understand. It's not that I don't understand. I just don't know if all humans are like that. And Lelanda and the others are not like that. They're already residents of our village. So, if you want to live in our village, you must accept the people who live here.


　That's what Athos said.
　It seems that the cat beastmen want to live in this village. I was glad that Athos was protecting me.


...... That's.
I ...... like everyone.


　When the cat beastman was at a loss for words, I spoke up.


"I love ......... me, my village, everyone.


　I love you, I really do.


I love you, I really do. "Cat, Beastman.

　I stare at them as they stare at me.

"I, cat, beastman, like, want to be.


　I love them all, and I want to love the cat beastmen too. I'm human, they're beastmen. But I want to like them. They may not like me because I'm human, but I'd be happy if they liked me.


　The cat beastmen looked at me in surprise. To them, I continued.


I'm ......, please.


　I introduced myself and said hello. Then, holding hands with Gaius, I bowed my head.

"Oh, yeah, ...... nice to meet you.
"Hmm.


　I was happy to hear him say hello. I was so happy that I couldn't help smiling. I thought again that it's nice to say hello to someone and have them say hello back.




"We'll talk more about this, including why humans are here, at my house. Lerunda, we're going to have a difficult conversation for the kids, so you can go home with Gaius.


　Mr. Athos said. We're going to have a difficult talk. He doesn't want me or Gaius to hear it. But I said, ".......


"Athos, Mr. ......, I want to know.


　I wanted to know.
　I wanted to know, because I thought it was something I needed to know, even if it was difficult.
　I'm sure you'll be able to tell me more about it.



　The ---- Girl and the Harbinger 3
　(Maybe the girl who is a godson met the cat beastmen)