League of Legends in Multiverse

"Mm... that's how it was. I envy Lily too, being able to meet someone who treasured her like a jewel, not having to bear such a heavy burden, and being able to live out her life in innocence, as the original 'Jeanne d'Arc.'"

Jeanne d'Arc sighed. If she could choose, who would want to join such a cruel war?

But Marie saw it differently. "Lily-chan is certainly adorable, but so are you, Jeanne d'Arc. You left your village with such a dignified bearing and threw yourself resolutely onto the battlefield, fighting not for yourself, but for all the people."

"Yes, Jeanne d'Arc truly is beautiful. Very, very, very beautiful."

Marie came to that conclusion on her own. After all, the Princess Consort's words were absolute.

"D-Don't make fun of me." Jeanne d'Arc said in a panic. She was nothing more than a village girl, while the gentle woman before her was France's most dazzling rose.

"No, it's the truth. Because if I were in your position, Jeanne d'Arc, I would probably have accepted what the 'Dragon Witch' said."

"Marie...?"

"I do not hate the people who executed me. That was a fact I could say with ninety percent certainty."

"But the remaining ten percent... perhaps it was something even more insignificant."

"I merely held a slight resentment toward those who killed my children."

"..."

Jeanne d'Arc fell silent. Children were innocent, and yet...

"They inflicted their revenge against me upon the children they killed—I truly felt 'angry' about that."

"So if the 'Dragon Witch' who belonged to me appeared, I would probably think, so this is another self hidden deep within my heart—and accept her that way."

"But you do not think that way, do you, Jeanne d'Arc? That is truly wonderful, truly beautiful."

"It was not that you were