Gift

The words of Elder Marion echoed in my head from that day. She was right, it was my duty to protect this world. Even if I was scared and angry.

I didn't ask for this, why am I the one?

"Lucia, we should go now," the Duke came to look for me to go into the carriage. This time we were going to the Capital with a whole town and several groups moving on the underground tunnels.

I couldn't count how many lives were under our watch, but they were a lot. The sense of responsibility suddenly embedded in my heart and my mind, but the man guiding everyone did it without a word of complaint.

He was amazing.

"Darling," I hugged him harder when he was making slow steps to take me to the carriage.

He was unusually gentle, and I could feel his anxiousness every time I walked around as if I was a fragile lady. However, I liked it so much.