Strictly speaking, for thousands of years, humanity seemed to have only fought back after being attacked.
There was even a time when people regarded the era of Demon Race rule as a dynasty.
During the worst period of the Fourth Epoch, humanity held the same view of history, treating the dynasty established by the Demon Race in the Central Lands as a human dynasty.
They had truly been brainwashed into believing that whoever occupied humanity's ancestral homeland was their ancestor.
It was only in the past few centuries, after the Demon Race had continually attacked humanity, that this view began to change.
People dug up old historical records and pieced together what had happened. Only then did they once again turn against the Demon Race, though they still did not regard them as mortal enemies.
The bard met with Lynn and told him a few things. For instance: "Humans don't know who they are, so others look down on them and bully them. It's because humans have forgotten whose descendants they are."
"When humans don't know whose descendants they are, the world joins forces to bully them. Even the Elves and Dragon Race, who are relatively friendly toward humans, can only stand by helplessly. They may not even acknowledge humans, believing them to be inferior."
"When humans don't know who they are—especially when the Imperial People don't know who they are—the world will bully them."
"Even if humanity has already identified its general enemies, haven't the Empire's people identified theirs?"
"And yet the Imperial People are still being attacked by a united front."
Lynn asked him why he said that. His reply was, "Humans are kind at their core, like flowers."
Lynn could hear the implication. Wasn't he saying that humanity's pillars were all kind, righteous, and merciful people?
But