He truly liked Roland. From the first moment he saw her, he had fallen for her.
"Roland, I don't feel the same way about Qiao as I do about you. Only you can make my blood boil and my heart feel like it's about to leap out of my chest."
"Besides, I lost to Han tonight, so the position of clan chief can no longer be mine. I don't want to fight for it anymore. From now on, I only want to stay by your side, take care of you, and raise and teach our children properly."
Xize's confession didn't make Roland happy. Instead, it made her feel somewhat disgusted.
How could she, Roland, possibly allow herself to be surpassed by these primitive natives?
If she was going to do something, she would become the king of this world and stand at the very top!
However, Roland didn't object to staying. She simply went along with it and remained.
Even if she wanted to move somewhere else, she had to plan it out first.
Besides, winter was almost here. She had heard that winters here were especially cold, with particularly heavy snowfall.
She planned to leave after winter, once spring arrived the following year.
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Because of what had happened before, the female beastmen who had once gathered around Roland in the tribe began avoiding her again and keeping their distance.
This time, no one dared approach her anymore.
Many of the beastmen who had always worshiped Xize also finally made up their minds and silently distanced themselves from him.
Although there was no evidence proving that they had done it, everyone had already concluded in their hearts that they couldn't have been uninvolved.
Only now did everyone remember that Roland's origins were indeed unknown.
She wasn't from the Tiger