Bowen XVI and the others got their wish and arrived in the secret chamber beneath the royal city, though they had not dug their way in themselves. Terra had tied them up and brought them there.
After seeing these humans she had simply roared unconscious, Terra was rather puzzled. She felt they were far too fragile.
Darkness did not obstruct her vision. Even after the torches went out again, she could clearly make out their features.
One of them seemed to have something like a crown on his head.
Terra remembered that crowns seemed to hold special meaning in human society. Thus, rather than burying them outright, she brought the group back to the castle and waited for Oran to deal with these unusual prisoners.
"Meow!"
"Meow!"
Within the royal city, a cow-patterned cat and an orange tabby in cat mecha completed the handover of the suspects with Terra, then took them to a corner of the royal city.
Terra did not leave afterward. Instead, she curled up nearby and dozed like a guard until Oran returned.
"Roar."
"Meow."
"They said Terra discovered these people digging for something near the treasury, then captured them. She noticed one of them was wearing a crown, so she brought them back."
After Oran returned, a somewhat complicated translation process took place at the scene.
Terra explained what she had done to the agent cats in Dragon language. They then translated it into cat language to communicate with Kate, who finally translated it into human speech.
Oran had hatched Terra, but that did not mean he was proficient in Dragon language.
If Terra had reached adolescence, she could have used her powerful Spiritual Power to connect with Oran's mind and convey her meaning through telepathy.
However, Terra had reverted to childhood and lacked that