Chapter 64

“… “I’m sorry”, those were the words that escaped her lips. Back then I didn’t really understand why she said that. I figured she was just trying to console me at the time but it was more than that. Recalling how she looked at him while using those elegant silver s steel wings of hers to shield me from the snow with the wings glowing with a brilliant light that provided warmth for me, I saw small glimpse of her pain with those eyes.

If only I knew back then the sorrow she must have felt back then while having to shield me from the raging blizzard surrounded by the wreckage the only home I had and surrounded by the bodies of those I considered my family. If only I was able to understand back then agonizing to must have been for her, despite being the most powerful person in the world, and yet be so powerless before a child who you couldn’t prevent from losing everything. If only I knew back then…”