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[At Estel's orphanage]

[Muse point of view]

"Anything regarding the meddling third party you ask... Well, I actually got one" [Female cat beastman]

"Wait really!" [Muse]

"Not a concrete evidence per se, but yes. I do. For starter, I'm pretty sure all of you know the fact that one of the main forces inside this group is the True Beastman Group" [Female cat beastman]

All of us nod in unison.

"Well, there are rumours that the leader actually recruiting his pawns by hypnotizing. I'm not sure whether it's the boss himself do that or through one of the lackeys. Plus, the rumour even went as far as stating that some sort of mysterious stones were used, which honestly, sound like the very same portal stones that Brother Ash once investigated" [Female cat beastman]

"What do you think of it?" [Muse]

"While it is a rumour, I have to actually agree with it, considering how most beastman nowadays hate that group, so recruiting somebody to a terrorist group will definitely become much harder for them right now as compared to the past, and the bonus fact that Singa and Savel shine as our heroic beastman alongside Anjin and Kucin. Even King Leogris have made significant impact as a whole all this while" [Female cat beastman]

I see, that actually makes perfect sense. Considering how most beastman really hold negative feeling for this group, even without solid evidence, this do make sense. King Leogris with his open policy just like how Princess Diana does attract more and more beastman who lived as a traveler, and this in turn, causes a short term losses for the country but on a long term, the Beastman Kingdom do flourish

"Speaking of rumour..." [Long hair girl]

"What is it?" [Muse]

"Well, do you remember the prince that wanted to adopt them few years back, right after Princess Diana debutante party?" [Long hair girl]

"I do. I can still recall that even like it was yesterday" [Teenage elf]

"Can you specify it. I actually saw quite a number of nobles and royalty acting like what she said, that it all become tangling with each other inside my brain" [Muse]

Yes. I did saw a number of them, and the same pattern repeated itself for quite some time. Even after Mr Ash was... Well, that role were taken by Mahsuri, but now that neither of them are here, I wonder who will be take their spots?

"Well, sure. Right after the incident with the butterfly beastman suddenly summoning Tyrant Ant Drant, and how they were all exposed as the ten heroes, a prince came into the orphanage the very next day, demanding Director Mira to let him adopt all of them, which understandably got rejected. He threw some tantrum and at the end of the day, he got kicked in the face by Brother Ash" [Teenage elf]

"Now I remember! That one! He threatens to send an army to arrest Brother Ash, but both Brother Ash and Princess Diana simply challenge him to do so!" [Female cat beastman]

"Yeah. That one. How I still remember he cowered out when both of them said "bring it" in unison" [Teenage elf]

"And what's with this prince?" [Muse]

"Well, as it turns out, this is the very same prince that tried to prevent Charlotte from leaving his country after she offered her helps. I was there at the time, helping the embassy to protect her, and I still remember how furious Charlotte was during that time. Poor girl" [Long hair girl]

If I'm not mistaken, Charlotte almost storm that country castle... Why did she take after Mr Ash on that department...

"And, after a while, I came back to the country, doing some business, when I heard a rumor from one of the castle guards" [Long hair girl]

"Go on" [Teenage elf]

"That prince, was visited by a scythe devil, and the prince, before losing his life, keep shouting... "Behemoth Slayer" "Behemoth Slayer" multiple times" [Long hair girl]

"Wait! What?" [Female cat beastman]

"How come none of us know about this!?" [Muse]

This is a big rumour, so how comes none of us heard about it

"Well. For the most part, it's a rumour, but I actually think this one is true, since, there's no news regarding the prince ever since then, nor does the prince make any public appearance ever since. None even up till this day, which makes this rumour a believable one. As to why the castle tried to suppress any news, I'm not entirely sure myself" [Long hair girl]

That's shocking indeed. Maybe there is more to it than meet the eye here, something that causes the castle to shut down the rumour. Something significant, but what... Regardless

"Actually, Rean also heard a rumor every once in a while regarding this scythe devil, so maybe you're not too far off" [Muse]

"""Really!!!???""" [Other]

"Yes. I was with him, and even when I'm not with him, he would often share some rumour he heard with me during his time adventuring outside" [Muse]

We keep sharing information with one another, while discussing the possibilities of the rumour. Some are believable, with some straight out nonsense. I even got ahold of perspective of the public from another country regarding the heroes, with most of them envying Princess Diana and her allies for "keeping" the heroes to themselves. All of this talk makes us realize one thing

"You guys do heard a lot of thing, but sadly..." [Teenage elf]

"Us orphans only share it when we are together..." [Long hair girl]

"Well, telephone is still expensive, and even when we visited the orphanage, we always forgot to share the rumour" [Female cat beastman]

"I wonder, what can we do?" [Muse]

"How about using The Goddess Treasure Chest and replicate few phones for all of you" [Filvisar]

"!" [All]

Mr Filvisar suddenly join our conversation. From the looks of it, all of us are can tell that he heard almost the entirety of our conversation

"And, that's not all that I have to offer" [Filvisar]