Sigmund asking this wasn't because he had sensed some special connection.
The secret bond between the Mushroom Race and Lin Jun, born from the same soul, had nothing to do with him, and he didn't have any Skills that could directly peer into the essence of a soul to discover anything.
The ragtag band of survivors in front of him looked as miserable as the lowest of refugees, yet they had still gone out of their way to bring back what appeared to be an ordinary Puki.
Just thinking it over a bit was enough to know that even if this Puki wasn't one of the Mushroom Race the Empire had been secretly searching for lately, it had to be of some other extraordinary value.
Facing the Duke's direct question, Mengya didn't dare play dumb.
She knelt on the ground and answered carefully and respectfully:
