"By the way, Your Highness."
"What is it?" Mydei asked, puzzled.
"Well, I heard people say that Nikadori's core flame has already been brought back by you..."
The young-cheeked child asked:
"Are we... going to be able to go home soon?"
"..."
Mydei was silent for a moment and countered:
"Have any of you ever been to Castrum Kremnos?"
"No..."
"Sigh."
"You were born in the holy city, live no differently from the Okhma people, and your understanding of our tribe comes only from the accounts of others."
"You haven't even seen that blade in the sky with your own eyes... If so, how can you speak of returning home?"
The child blurted out, "Because this place isn't home."
The naive words were very earnest.
"Mom and dad said that children of Xuan Feng should hold sharp swords from birth and are destined to rush toward the battlefield."
"That's right, that's right." Another child chimed in, "They also said that the Xuan Feng Lone Army led by the prince is the fiercest army in Amphoreus, and they are invincible."
The stockiest little boy lowered his head, "The little kids in the holy city are unwilling to play with us. When they know mom and dad are Xuan Feng people, they hide far away..."
"But we don't care." He raised his head.
"Everyone knows that one day, the prince will lead us home."
"..."
Facing these children, Mydei did not know what to do for a moment.
Castrum Kremnos as it was now had long since fallen into ruin and also bore a massive amount of Black Tide pollution.
Let alone living there, even mere survival was a problem.
If they were truly to bring these children home, it would involve rebuilding, purification... but where would they find so many resources