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Marie had always known of Dion's devotion to her. Unlike Executioner Sanson's morbid emotions, Dion was her knight; Marie had been the one to dress her in splendid garments. There was no doubting that loyalty. Medieval knights were remarkably single-minded.

"However... I failed in my duty. I was an unworthy knight. I could not protect you, and afterward, even His Highness the Prince and Her Highness the Princess..."

Saber Dion shouted loudly, not rebuking Marie, but rebuking herself.

"I know... It is not your fault. In the face of the greater tide, even I could not resist the Revolutionaries, much less you. It does not matter that you could not protect me. As long as you survived safely afterward, that is enough."

She was clearly her enemy, yet she was comforting her. That was probably just who Marie was.

"I cannot forgive myself. Was it really right for me alone to cling to life so miserably? I survived for more than a decade with this bitterness in my heart, yet I never found a way to avenge you. The rest of my life without you is meaningless. Even if I live on like a walking corpse, only to die deeply hating my own helplessness..."

Dion was Marie's knight. Even if it had not been Marie's wish, Dion had carried out the royal family's most difficult missions countless times. ...Yet Saber Dion had no regrets, because she knew she was striving for Marie's sake.

Yet she had failed to protect the Princess Consort, allowing innocent Marie to die beneath blade and axe. To a loyal knight, it was a devastating blow that shattered her entire worldview.

"So... now is the only chance for revenge! You, who were killed by the people. You, who were tied to the guillotine and beheaded amid