"Elder Ogrin, what are you doing here?" The guard that represented the others asked this in a slow and shocked voice.
The elderly giant that had been called Elder Ogrin narrowed his eyes and said, "If I wasn't here, would no one see the way that you're treating our honoured guest? Or are you saying that I'm not allowed to be here."
The guards were all shocked hearing this.
They looked at each other as if they were trying to figure out what was happening, but it didn't seem like anyone knew what was happening.
After all, they didn't understand why the elder would be acting this way.
The way that the elder was speaking, it was clear that he was defending this human... But why?
That was the question that was on everyone's minds.
The guards didn't know how to respond when Elder Ogrin confronted them like this, so all they could do was stand there in silence.
Elder Ogrin just looked at them for a bit before giving a snort and turning to look at .
I was also surprised by this since I never expected one of the elders to show up to defend like this.
With the way that the guards treated this person, there was no mistaking it.
This elderly giant was clearly one of the elders that were at the peak of the giant race.
He was one of the elders that had summoned here.
Only...I was also wondering what he was doing here as well.
It didn't seem to make sense that this elder would suddenly co here and support like this.
After all, I was a human in the territory of the giants.
They should be supporting their fellow giants instead of .
After looking at silently for a bit, Elder Ogrin suddenly revealed a friendly smile and said, "I apologize for this. I wanted to et you under different circumstances, but it seems that our instructions had been misinterpreted."
As soon as his voice fell, he turned to look at the guards to say, "We intended to invite you as an honoured guest, but it seems that they thought that we summoned you here as a criminal."
The guards had further looks of shock on their faces when they heard this.
All they could do was awkwardly look away to avoid looking at Elder Ogrin.
I didn't respond right away even though it seed like Elder Ogrin seed to be acting friendly. I just carefully looked at him as if I was trying to figure out what his motive was.
However, it didn't seem like Elder Ogrin minded as he looked at with the sa smile on his face.
Eventually, I said, "It's not a problem, I'm sure that they must have been eager for success which is why they acted that way."
The smile finally disappeared from Elder Ogrin's face as he shook his head and gave a sigh before saying, "It's just the way that our giant race is. The scars run deep in the relationship between our two races, which is why it's hard to change things."
Then with a bit of a bitter smile, he said, "But I hope that things will get better in the future. We're no longer in the age of racial wars, so the only path to peace is to cooperate with the other races."
The giant guards seed like they were completely surprised by Elder Ogrin's words, but Olos and Olmir seed to nod in agreent to this.
I didn't give a response to this as I just looked at him with narrowed eyes, almost as if I was judging him.
Even if he said this in a natural way, it was still possible that he was lying about this.
But there was a part of that wanted to see how this would go, so I said...
"Is it alright for to bring my wyvern with ?"
Elder Ogrin nodded in agreent as he said, "Of course. We know the difference in stature between us giants and you humans, so we know how hard it will be for you without the help of your wyvern."
The guards seed like they still wanted to say sothing, but Elder Ogrin shut it down by glaring at them.
Like that, I was allowed entry into this Valley of Origin.
"Do you know why this place is called the Valley of Origin?" Elder Ogrin asked as we entered the valley and followed him to where we would be eting the other giant elders.
I didn't know what he was doing bringing this up, but I shook my head to show that I didn't know.
"This Valley of Origin is said to be where the Origin Giant was born. It was here that our giant race originated, which is why it is the most important place in our entire giant race."
After saying this, Elder Ogrin looked at with a aningful look as if he was implying sothing.
I didn't miss this and I understood why he was saying this.
He was letting know the importance of this place to the giant race, which would allow
to understand just how big it was that they were allowing here to et the elders.
It was to make feel touched that they were doing such a thing to .
It was to make it easier for them to accomplish whatever goal they were trying to accomplish.
After all, when one had good feelings for the other side, it was easier to negotiate. However, I wasn't fooled by this trick.
All it told was that this Elder Ogrin was quite the sly old fox that he was able to do such a thing without even batting an eyelash.
Old ginger was the spiciest.
That was an idiom that remained true regardless of the world.
After following him and listening to him talk about the Valley of Origin for a bit, we finally arrived at the place where the other elders were.
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