We Must Trust Kiana

Himeko's lips trembled as she slowly laid Captain Laguna down beside her, then walked step by step to Siegfried's side.

"Why...?"

Siegfried showed a pained expression, which then turned into a bitter smile.

Looking at Kiana beside him, he said, "This child is still young. She hasn't truly come to understand this world yet, but she's already doing everything she can to protect the people around her."

"Didn't you see just now? If it hadn't been for her, I'd probably be dead already."

Himeko roared in confusion, "But if it hadn't been for her, you never would have encountered this! My teammates wouldn't have died either!"

Siegfried took a deep breath and looked up at the azure sky. "The Second Herrscher once killed my wife. My daughter was imprisoned by Schicksal's Archbishop on the floating island. This child looks exactly like my biological daughter."

"Are you looking for a replacement?" Anyone who heard that would naturally think along those lines.

Finding a girl identical to his daughter and treating her as his own—it was the thinking of a coward, a weakling, a scumbag!

"Heh."

Siegfried rubbed his head against the ground. It was clear that he wanted to shake his head, but he no longer had the strength.

"I also regard this child as my biological daughter. My own daughter was imprisoned on the floating island, and I failed to save her. That was my own incompetence."

"Time was pressing, and pursuers were close behind us. My daughter did it so that this child could be saved... so..."

The situation back then had been extremely complicated. To draw Schicksal's attention, Kiana had left on her own, allowing the injured Siegfried and K423 to escape together.

"The child by my side is an independent new life. She's curious about this world,