Effective
Everyone cursed inside their heads upon hearing Journey's words.
They looked at the old man who spoke arrogantly earlier and could not help but pity his current situation.
None of them went to help him, though. That old man has been known for being arrogant because he had the strength to back it up. In truth, some of them were even secretly delighted with his misfortune. Who told him to become arrogant? If he simply followed their words and did not pry on them any longer, none of this would have happened.
After all, prying others was a bad thing; everyone knew it and was aware of the consequences if the other party was offended by their actions.
Seeing that everything had calmed down, Miguel scanned the vigilant crowd once more and spoke.
"Let me introduce myself once again. You can simply call me Journey."
He pointed and gestured toward Edith and said, "She is one of my beasts, Edith."