"Any creature with a monster's appearance is prey to be exchanged for magic stones, a mortal enemy that must be slain immediately."
"If you went and told the people on the surface that there was a group of good, rational monsters in the Dungeon, and asked them to put down their swords and embrace them?"
Haimo shook his head.
"That would be wishful thinking."
"From the very beginning of evolution, when life huddled around ancient campfires for warmth, it harbored absolute hostility toward creatures in the darkness that did not belong to its own kind."
"This instinct to reject outsiders, rooted deep in the genes for the survival of the group, cannot be completely erased no matter how many millennia civilization advances."
"As long as the other party's appearance falls outside what one recognizes as one's own kind, fear will arise before understanding."
"And fear breeds prejudice."
"Prejudice builds insurmountable walls."
"So whether those Xenos in the deep floors are rational or capable of speech."
"As long as they are still defined as monsters."
"Without an invisible pair of powerful hands keeping things under control."
"Making them public will lead to only two possible outcomes."
"Either Orario will immediately descend into chaos, and all the major Familias will be forced to organize expeditions at once, storm the Dungeon, and slaughter every last one of those monsters called Xenos."
"Or Orario's Familias will split into two factions-the acceptance faction and the rejection faction-and fight among themselves."
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"And."
"While we're on the subject."
"It actually isn't just the people on the surface."
"To the ordinary monsters in the Dungeon."
"Those Xenos possess human intelligence, yearn for sunlight, and long for the surface. In