Qiong Xing did prioritize Leander and the others as his family, but beyond that, he naturally extended his care to others he wanted to protect, such as comrades and friends.
That was something only Joa, who had once led and supported beastmen companions, could understand, while Leander still could not.
"If it were me… if those brats were suffering or collapsing, I wouldn't even think about helping them. If they were going to die, I'd just let them die peacefully."
"Yeah."
Even if those children Qiong Xing had taken in accepted them now, that was all it amounted to.
"I know those brats are different from other stupid humans. But… so what? What does that change? What have they ever done for us?"
As Qiong Xing had said, those children might grow up, and there might one day be a future where beastmen could live as humans.
But that future was not guaranteed.
What if, when they became adults, some foolish people planted unnecessary ideas in their heads and they believed them?
