"Was that traveler the Sage?"

"Yes."

Hosanna nodded.

"Thanks to the help of the Sage and the people who followed him, we survived. My lord’s face and my leg became irreparably damaged... but still, I’m grateful that we saved our lives."

Yuder was reminded once again that Hosanna couldn’t properly use one of his legs. He wondered when the injury occurred, and it seemed it happened at that time.

"Did your leg also suffer the same kind of 'punishment' as Nahan’s face? Around the same time?"

"Ah... yes. But compared to what the Sage went through, it’s nothing..."