Chapter 57
"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I might have a moment of your time to ask a few questions about your stay in our city?" Yeah, I’m in my robes, let’s go for formal and hope it helps get answers.
"Greetings Your Highness, these most humble followers are glorified to be in your presence." Nevermind, my status alone is overkill. But on the bright side, they’re definitely not looking like they’d lie to me if they had ulterior motives.
"First, let me welcome you to Arcana. The church has noticed how many demi humans are flocking to our new city, and thought it might be wise to hear more of your stories." They’re still face down on the ground, 6 Bunnies, all mottled blacks and browns in their fur and hair, and 2 young girls that look like squirrels, with big bushy tails.
I look over at Lala, obviously I’ve scared them too much to answer.
"If you could tell the High Priestess where you come from and what you did for work, plus why you left it would be a great help to the city administration and the Church" she says softly and they relax a little.
The first to raise his head to speak is one of the older Bunnies. His face heavily wrinkled and he’s covered in scars that I’d expect from a lifelong fighter not one of the peaceful Bunny Kin.
"Greetings, I am Nicholas, formerly of the Atamos Kingdom. A doorman at the prestigious Atamos Hotel in the capital."
Atamos, wasn’t that where Lala’s people were evacuated to?
"Ask the gentleman how he came to have left Atamos" I say softly to Lala, letting her speak on my behalf as not to scare the people any more than necessary.
"Please tell the High Priestess how you came to leave Atamos, and for what purpose?" Lala repeats my instructions. She’s now in her Servant’s robe I notice, switching into her formal role now that we’re asking questions on behalf of the church.
"I left through the portal in the capital. It formed right outside the Palace gates, but it only stayed open a few hours before collapsing. Atamos has fallen to the Pink Orcs. In fact, the entire planet was collapsing when I left. The other continents were already below the sea, and almost all mana had disappeared. The archmage Zolbert brought most of the Palace inhabitants out through a portal before the siege, but I’m uncertain what planet it led to."