"My lord, that is everything I know! May I ask if you can let Bessie and me leave now? I guarantee we'll leave your territory immediately and head for the Northwest Desert!" Old White looked at Nalant expectantly.
"Old White, I cannot let you and Bessie leave!" Nalant shook his head at this.
"Th-this..." Old White froze.
Just as Nalant was preparing to give him a dramatic twist, Old White gritted his teeth and continued, "My lord, I do not blame you for going back on your word. After all, from your perspective, the Daughter of Misfortune truly does bring disaster!"
"However, I hope that after hearing what I have to say next, you will reconsider, because everything I say is true!"
"Hm?" Nalant had not expected this turn of events.
Ignoring Nalant's reaction, Old White began speaking on his own. "My lord, perhaps you won't believe this, but a hundred years ago, Daughters of Misfortune did not bring misfortune. They brought luck instead!"
"Uh!" Nalant was stunned. Old White even knew this? Wasn't that exactly what the system had said?
Thinking Nalant did not believe him, Old White continued, "Dark Creatures first appeared over two hundred years ago. Though they emerged with great ferocity back then, they were not yet enough to defeat the human race of the Sacred Continent!"
"Because humanity had Divine Maidens at the time. These Divine Maidens were like gifts from the gods, possessing all manner of talents. Once they awakened those talents, they gained various miraculous abilities!"
"And they were the best means of dealing with Dark Creatures. Back then, under the Divine Maidens' leadership, our human race crushed the Dark Creatures so thoroughly that they did not even dare continue invading!"
"If no accident had occurred, the Sacred Continent might have remained peaceful