"You really are such a gentle person, Sakura."
After seeing Yae Sakura's smiling face, Kallen suddenly said that.
"Hm?"
A hint of confusion appeared on Yae Sakura's face, as if she could not understand why Kallen had suddenly said such a thing.
"Why did you suddenly say that?"
"You lend a hand to injured people, and all those other things... Sakura, you're one of the gentlest people I've ever met."
Kallen praised Yae Sakura like that.
"Then... thank you for the compliment."
Though she did not understand what Kallen meant, Yae Sakura still thanked her for the praise.
"It's getting late, Kallen. You should go to sleep."
Yae Sakura said, "Once I've finished maintaining these blades, I'll go to sleep too."
"Mm... I'm not really sleepy yet, Sakura. I'll keep you company."
Kallen said this, then sat beside Yae Sakura and watched her maintain the blades.
"Then... all right."
Yae Sakura sensed that something was a little off, but since Kallen insisted, she could not exactly stop her. So, she continued maintaining the blades before her, preparing them for use against demons.
Under the somewhat dim lamplight, Kallen cupped her face in her hands and watched Yae Sakura attentively maintain her blades.
The Yae Sakura of now... did not look at all like someone who would later experience something like that.
And... if things truly happened as Xu Yanwu had said...
How much pain had Yae Sakura once endured after losing her younger sister?
Losing a family member, and having that family member die by her own hand...
As Kallen thought about these things, she also thought of her father.
When she had still been a child, her father had died after using Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire to protect her and Otto.
The pain of losing family...
By the