"Guardians?"
"Don't you think these three words are a curse?"
"What did we do wrong? What have we done wrong? Why must we stay here generation after generation, guarding this wretched place?"
"Why?"
"Just because our ancestors took on the identity of Guardians, does that mean our fates were decided for us?"
"What exactly does this seal imprison—the Devil Race, the Demonic Qi, or us?"
"We've been stuck here, unable to leave. How are we any different from the Devil Race?"
"If that's the case, then what if we simply became devils ourselves?"
Hearing that, the Qian Family Head frowned and said, "If you're dissatisfied with this identity and don't want to continue being Guardians, you can just leave. The entrance has already opened, anyway."
"There's no need for you to do things that would bring shame upon your ancestors, is there? Can you really face them after betraying everything they sacrificed back then?"
"Leave?"
"If we could leave, would we have done all this? Back then, they made it sound so nice. They said our ancestors would become Guardians here, and once the time was right, they would come take them away."
"But what happened? We waited one generation after another, and nothing ever came. We couldn't leave at all. Those people from back then never intended to let us out."
"Even though the entrance is open now, our identities have destined us to remain here."
"Unless... unless the seal here vanishes completely, we'll never be able to leave."
Hearing the Guardians' words, everyone fell silent as well. What could they say? That the Guardians were wrong? But what about the people who had trapped them here and deceived them back then? Were they blameless?
"Right and wrong—we have no right to pass judgment."
"You have your choices, and