However, Brand could actually gain their acceptance, which could only be described as freakish.
Others were fine, but the Princess had a somewhat complicated look when she saw him. Brand could even clearly feel that in the Half-Elf Girl's eyes, there was both recognition and a hint of vigilance, and he knew well where that vigilance came from.
With the addition of the Grey Fin Naga, the army gathered around Princess expanded to six thousand men, barely having the strength of a Guard. Everyone seemed to see a glimmer of hope, especially Count Otin's Private Soldiers, who no longer appeared panicked—Brand had initially feared these guys would desert at the slightest touch.
