"I am..."
Anders was about to answer, but after noticing the interested gazes of the elves around him, he swallowed the words he initially intended to say and instead said honestly,
"We are retainers of the Border Earl of the Holy Mania Empire, and this time... we were fortunate enough to be summoned by Lord Giant Dragon to help transport livestock. We never expected to encounter mercenaries on the way back..."
"They found out about the existence of Lord Giant Dragon and set their sights on the dragon... Really... it wasn't us who encouraged them!"
"Border Earl?"
"Holy Mania Empire?"
The players looked at each other in confusion.
Demacia, who had squeezed in, suddenly brightened up and quickly said,
"I know about this! I've heard from the returning..."
"Ahem, ahem..."
Li Mu lightly coughed twice.
Demacia: ...
He swallowed back the word "elves" and chuckled awkwardly,