Xize gritted his teeth and stood up. "If you really want to leave, then I'll leave with you."
"No!"
Roland anxiously shook her head. "You're a member of the Wolf Clan Tribe. How can you leave your own tribe?"
Beastmen all lived in groups belonging to the same clan and were extremely exclusionary.
If he went to another tribe, let alone becoming the chief, he probably wouldn't even receive equal treatment as a beastman.
He might even be driven out of another tribe's territory.
But she was different. She was a woman, and in their eyes, a precious female beastman.
She believed that no matter which tribe she went to, she wouldn't be rejected. Instead, she would be very welcome.
Xize had no idea what she was thinking. He thought Roland was doing all this for his sake.
He happily took her hand. "Then don't leave either. We'll form a bond right away. Once you become my female beastman, they'll have no reason to make you leave."
"Will that work?"
Roland's heart stirred.
This really was the best solution at the moment.
In truth, she didn't want to go to another tribe either, and she wanted even less to be separated from him.
When he had proposed forming a bond before, she had still been hesitating. Now, it seemed she had no other choice.
Xize knew that she had agreed, and his eyes lit up. "Of course it will."
Whether she was an outsider or not, once a female beastman formed a bond, she became one's tribeswoman. That was the rule of every tribe.
That way, no one would ever doubt or reject Roland again.
Once they learned of Roland's abilities and realized that she sincerely wanted to help the tribe and its people, they would surely accept her and