Denial and Betrayal

"Hahahah! The use of their tongue! Maybe that's the few reasons why our Queen's temper had improved quite a bit in the recent days!" Edwardio laughed out loud at Hamatarou's deduction.

"Well! I have quite a number of villages to take care, I cannot possibly track and remember them!" Hamatarou folded its small little arms together, and Salamander belittled him further that he should be doing a better job as the Sage.

"In any case, how many villages you had contacted for the past year? I believe that's the easiest few to find." Jin wanted to know, but Hamatarou shook his head as he opened his paw and three fingers out.

"Eight excluding the ones that had already perished," Hamatarou said with a tinge of sadness in his voice.