But Karen instead stood there in a daze.
"You could very well die here, but what then? If you simply throw your life away, will that help Schicksal—or help you fulfill the ideals in your heart?"
Karen began to waver.
Eleanor's words lingered in her heart like a demon.
"Do you remember how I ended this lesson?"
Karen repeated it instinctively.
"Preserve your useful life, seek an opportunity, and serve the ideals in your heart..."
"If you're dead, where will you find the opportunity to fulfill and uphold your beliefs?"
Karen pressed her lips together.
Seeing this, Eleanor lowered her voice slightly and leaned close to Karen's ear. "Surrender is only temporary. Xu Qi comes from Huaxia, and there's a proverb in his country that goes...
'Though the body is in Cao's camp, the heart remains with Han.' It means—'You can have my body, but you can't have my heart.'"
Was that really how it was explained!?
"Then..." Karen said with a trembling voice. "What if he asks me to do something truly outrageous? What should I do then?"
"For example?"
"Xu Qi... seemed to have shown obvious interest in me before..."
If she could, Eleanor truly wanted to burst out laughing!
This little girl, Karen, was far too easy to deceive... And yet, she really was such a pure and kind person.
Eleanor was almost beginning to feel guilty about what she was doing.
"It's all right, Karen. I'm your commanding officer, Eleanor. I'll protect you. As for those things you're imagining... if they really happen, I'll deal with them for you."
Eleanor did not rush Karen for an answer. Instead, she gave her the whole night to think it over. After all, haste made waste.
"Though I was prepared for it, I didn't expect you to actually try