After setting a huge blaze roaring skyward and rescuing the innocent women and girls who had been taken by the beastmen and violated until they were barely recognizable, the all-powerful Queen Annie, the green-haired witch Schierke, who was utterly absorbed in the novel techniques and incantations of magic, and Guts, who had nearly been burned to death, resumed their journey to a certain old place.
Along the way, the three came across many corpses lying by the roadside.
But, to their surprise, they also found a pair of refugees collapsed by the roadside and on the verge of death: an old woman who was barely alive and the baby girl in her arms, who had almost no strength left either. By the time the three passed them, they could hardly breathe.
Having experienced war from childhood and seen death countless times, Guts had a heart as hard as iron for various reasons. Although he noticed them, he had no intention of getting involved. He simply strode past as if he hadn't seen a thing, without even intending to take a second look.
"!!"
But Schierke, who was on her first journey outside and had never seen such a tragic scene, naturally couldn't do the same. The moment she realized something was wrong, her heart lurched, and she hurriedly stopped to go over and examine them carefully.
"Please wait!"
"Guts!"
"Come over here and take a look!"
Knowing there was no way he could reason with a certain troublesome little girl, Guts was a little exasperated, but didn't argue for long. He soon turned to Schierke and asked whether she wanted him to carry the woman, who was so emaciated she was little more than skin and bones.
So he was more concerned with what the woman had said afterward...
"It