"Do you recognize the text on this thing?"
"What? Are you kidding me? Who am I? I’m the great Sir Emhart, what text don’t I recognize... wait a minute, let me see, this is the ancient Grey Bird Species mark! Where did you get this? This item was a treasure given by the Phoenix King to those six races as proof of their loyalty! Let me have a look at what’s written on it. I can’t wait any longer, come closer!"
Sure enough, when Fisher brought out the Seal inscribed with ancient characters, Emhart’s only eye lit up like a streetlamp on the streets of Nali at night, casting aside all previous matters and eagerly started reading its contents.
As a relic designed to record content, reading and recording unknown knowledge was an innate instinct of Emhart.
After all, he did not need to eat or drink like other creatures, hence his interest in these matters piqued.
Meanwhile, a relaxed Fisher put the Completion Manual back into his chest and continued towards the location where Alagina and Ossie were previously, listening to Emhart retell the contents of the Grey Bird Species Mark,
"Ahem, this records some events where the Grey Bird Species followed the Phoenix Species in defeating their enemies and receiving their fiefs. It turns out that the six clans that were enfeoffed back then had rankings, and the Grey Bird Species were ranked first... Um, and then, they accompanied the Ice Prince, the one among her three children who was most fond of fighting, to his fief."
"Ah, the Ice Prince’s fief is at the southernmost part of the Northern Realm, seemingly as a defense against another Invasion from the Chaos Species? Strange, could it be that the Chaos Species came from the sea back then?"
Listening to Emhart’s briefing, Fisher’s steps suddenly paused,
"That’s right, the Troll Species... Um, Humans today would rarely hear this term, their numbers are so few that they could be considered virtually extinct like the Phoenix Species. However, in some miscellaneous Northern Realm biographies that I’ve recorded, it seems many who entered the Snow Mountain have seen traces of so-called ’Snowmen’... I don’t know if those were the Troll Species."
Actually, Fisher’s confusion did not stem from hearing the term for the first time, as he had already encountered Elliog who mentioned this demi-human race, and given Eliog’s Great Demon trait, the demi-humans she referred to were generally the more powerful sort...
In fact, he suddenly had an inspiration.
Remembering his previous research on the Lion-man Species, they had a trait called "Yin Yang Inversion," which resulted in their females being stronger than the males, and the Troll Species also possessed this trait.
The problem was, the fief where the Troll Species were enfeoffed just happened to be located in what is today Sardinia Female Country, where the people for generations exhibited females being larger and stronger than males, leading to the matriarchal customs Fisher had witnessed.
So, was it possible that the Humans of Sardinia Female Country were all descendants of Humans and Trolls, and because the Trolls’ Rank was higher than that of Humans, their offspring continued to carry the characteristics of their Troll ancestors?
Fisher opened his mouth and, for a moment, felt this conclusion highly plausible. He seemed to have uncovered a secret about the people of Sardinia Female Country that had been completely forgotten by history.