The residents voice their bond

'Her husband must have been a good person and a good soldier. Is this why Duke Lucas let me read the reports the royal soldiers give him?' Anna wondered what his intentions were.

Leah, Clara, Beth, Lian, and Olive tried to stand up, but they couldn't. Their legs had no strength. Their eyes were red, and their face puffy from all the crying. Their lips and throat were sore.

"Please..." "Save mister..." "I like mister..." "Vincent is kind..." "Vincent saved us..." The five of them said one after the other with a wavering voice.

Anna looked at the children, who were trying their best to speak up for Vincent as well. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to report any horrible treatment, yet they did the opposite.

The five children wanted to remain living in the new life Vincent provided. They didn't want to go anywhere else. They wanted to remain living their current life in the mansion.