There was no countryside at all... The black ash had eliminated any possibility of farming.
Sirin felt it was a miracle that so many people were still alive in this village. How had they survived?
"Queen, shall I go capture a few people and bring them here?"
Bella spread the crystal-like dragon wings on her back and calmly asked Sirin.
"No. Gabriel... go bring a few people here. Don't hurt them unless necessary."
Sirin refused Bella's request and turned to order Gabriel. However... she was not being softhearted with that last part. The people of this world were already pitiful enough, so Sirin felt there was no need to make things harder for them.
After all, after the great war ended in the original story, fewer than a hundred humans remained.
Chapter 103: Skywing
"Kogetsu, are you going out again?"
Inside a hidden house, a woman stopped what she was doing and watched her husband emerge in a black robe, worry lingering on her face.
Although she had long grown used to it, and her husband went out almost every day, she still could not help worrying. The outside was dangerous, terribly dangerous... One careless mistake, and he might never return.
Almost every month, many people went out and never came back.
"Mm. There isn't enough food at home anymore. We did get quite a bit before, but now that you're pregnant, you need something nutritious to eat."
Kogetsu looked at his wife. She was not particularly beautiful, merely ordinary. In truth, she was not very old, but the harsh life had made her look like a woman in her twenties or thirties.
But... now that she was pregnant, the little food they had was nowhere near enough.
"Actually, I..."
The woman seemed about to say something, but Kogetsu cut