Book 4: Chapter 43
As Nier knelt on the ground holding the children tightly while crying, she thanked me in a hoarse voice: “Your majesty! Thank you! Thank you, your majesty!”
The children had been drugged. We had to expend a lot of effort to wake them up. Those bastards didn’t consider the children’s well-being at all. Some of them had yet to wake. However, we managed to save most of them.
“This was my promise to you.”
I gently stroked Nier and the children’s heads. Nier held the children as tightly as she could. The frightened children reciprocated her sentiments by hugging her tightly and crying loudly.
I walked around Nier who was worked-up and up to Freya. Her small and slender body looked particularly pitiful next to Alice. She held a seal tightly in her hand. I suppose it’s the church’s seal. Maybe that was what she wanted. She noticed us leaving. It took a lot out of her for her to stand up. She bowed and said: “You have worked hard, your majesty.”
It was like how Luna calmly welcomed me at the outer court. I looked at her small slender body as well as her hands that were covered in wounds. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. What had this young girl gone through? Maintaining her elegance and calmness with such determination despite what she had gone through made me admire her, but at the same time, feel sorry for her.
Beneath her weak small body was her dignified soul which I admired. She didn’t change her pride and demeanour as a noble despite going through so much. This is what you call nobility.
“Alright, it’s over. We’re getting ready to head back now. Let’s go, Freya.”
“As you command.”