Chapter 204
The elder observed Euphoria and explained, "Several years ago, a crisis struck our city: pregnant females rarely managed to give birth successfully. Not only did they fail to deliver their babies, but the mothers themselves lost their lives. Because of this, the number of females in our city has been dwindling rapidly."
Euphoria pondered his words. She had previously assumed that a low number of females was simply normal for this city, but now she remembered that Alan was being raised entirely by her brother, Goru. Children of that age are usually incredibly attached to their mothers, yet Alan was not. Could it be that her mother had died while giving birth to her?
"You are well aware that outside orcs have been raiding our city lately. Those warriors come from distant territories, and their own female populations are in even worse decline than ours," the elder noted.
