News (Part One)

After the middle-aged man's brief explanation, Romon more or less understood who these people were.

The warriors and the middle-aged man had all been protecting their Baron as he fled. The children and women were their families, while a few of the women had been encountered along the way and taken along with them.

Judging by this, the group led by the Baron was not too bad. Romon glanced twice at the commoner women and children, then secretly nodded.

A nobleman willing to let these commoners follow him at a time like this could already be considered part of the good-aligned camp. Romon immediately developed a favorable impression of him.

However, although he and the middle-aged man could manage a simple exchange in the Mainland Common Tongue, it was obvious that the man was not very proficient in it. He was neither a nobleman nor a merchant, and normally had few opportunities to use the language.

On the other side, the voices seemed to be growing louder. Romon stopped talking with the middle-aged man and looked over.

He saw that the group had gathered together. A person appeared to be lying on the ground, and from his clothes, he seemed to be the finely dressed man. Somehow, he had ended up collapsed on the ground.

When the middle-aged man saw this, he had no time to continue talking with Romon. He rushed over with an anxious look on his face.

"My lord, what kind of people are they?" Lusenpei came over at that moment and asked.

As a retainer who had risen from the commoners, Lusenpei was not good at any common tongue. He had listened for quite a while just now without understanding a single word.

"They're refugees. I haven't figured out the exact situation yet. This man's command