Soru

Read the unseen passage below:

The old village head, Pa Demola, adjusted his spectacles and looked at the dusty ledger spread across the table. For thirty years, he had recorded the births, harvests, and disputes of the village with meticulous care, expecting no monument, no applause, and certainly no gratitude from the young men now clamoring for his removal. He dipped his feather pen in blue ink, his hand steady despite the angry shouts echoing outside the town hall. "Let them chant," he murmured with a faint, weary smile. "The rain does not stop because the dry leaves rustle."

What is the character's tone toward the protesters outside?