Gros stood up and beat his heavy stone wings, whipping up a gale, his red eyes fixed on Lido.
"Don't forget how those humans treated us! All they do when they see us is draw their swords and try to dig the magic stones out of our chests to sell for money!"
"The Gods are the ones behind all of this! They created Familias and turned hunting us into a game!"
"And now you're actually sucking up to a God? Sooner or later, you'll get everyone killed!"
Gros's words infuriated Lido.
He strode up to Gros.
"Gros! If we want to go up to the surface and feel the sunshine, we have to gain the acceptance of the people living there! If we keep hiding in the darkness and hating everything, we'll always be monsters who can never see the light!"
"And Lord Haimo is here to help us!"
"Stop having such ridiculous dreams, Lido! The surface doesn't belong to us!"
"He just finds us novel right now. Do you seriously think anyone would actually take us seriously?!"
For a moment.
The two, representing the "coexistence faction" and the "distrust faction" respectively, stood at loggerheads, erupting into a fierce argument right in the middle of the square.
"Stop arguing! Gros, Lido, the God is still watching!" Panic covered Rei's face at the sight.
"Lord Haimo, please don't be angry... Gros was badly hurt before, and that's why his temper is so awful. He didn't mean to offend you..." Rei desperately tried to placate him, terrified that Haimo would take offense at those deeply disrespectful remarks.
The other Xenos were also deeply worried. However.
Haimo, on the contrary, found the scene quite interesting. "Angry?"
"Why would I be angry?"
"Isn't this interesting, Miss Rei?"
At those words, Rei froze.
Lido and