Book 4: Chapter 42
Mom adjusted her clothing. She then looked at me with a serious look and said: “It looks like they’ve connected their nest with the sewers. In other words, the church was also involved in the incident two months ago when you returned and they took you down into the sewers.”
I nodded then looked at mom and asked: “Mom, did you see a group of children on your way here?”
Mom thought about it for a moment. She then shook her head and replied: “Children? No. The only people I met here were the ones transporting the weapons as well as this group who killed the prisoners and then tried to flee. I haven’t seen children though.”
I thought about it for a second. I then looked at my surroundings and said: “That means the kids are still here.
I don’t think that the group fleeing would go out of their way to bring along the children. I think they were aware that the children weren’t a bargaining chip. I looked at Nier. Nier had her head lowered and didn’t speak. She didn’t dare to look at the empress’s face either. I hesitated for a moment before sneaking a glance at mom. Mom still had her kind smile on, so I wasn’t sure what Nier was worried about.
Mom looked at me, wiped the blood on her body off and said: “In that the case, son, you two head out first. Mommy will get the guards to search for them. Mommy can’t leave with you two. Mommy is going to go back the way mommy came from.”
I shook my head and said: “No, mom. I want to search for those children. I must find those children no matter what. I promised Nier, so I must find them.”
“For Nier, huh…?”
Mom sounded like she had her teeth clenched as she said that. She then looked at Nier with a strange smile. Nier froze up and didn’t dare to say a word. I noticed that, so I looked at mom and sternly said: “Mom, I just want to help Nier, that’s all. I’m not doing it out of any other emotions. Mom, don’t make things hard for Nier.”