Chapter 185-3
[Part 3/6]
In other regions, people would only help if they were paid or forced, but in the Center region, things were different.
The nearby villagers were richer than others and didn't feel as much danger.
They saw youkai like bears or wolves, and were reluctant to offer help unless they got something in return.
It wasn't until they take some of the youkai bodies as payment that they finally agreed to help.
Even then, they insisted they wouldn't actually fight.
While I wasn't too surprised, since I expected this kind of behavior, I knew other families out on similar missions were probably having trouble.
...Maybe this is part of the plan to make sure no one helps surviving exorcists after a bad ending?
"...No, no, that would be against the rules, wouldn't it?"