"It seems you know literally nothing, despite your association with Liv Ivaldi. Well, ask her for the details. My point is that the world is safe only because Antarctica is a special case; if the sa thing happened anywhere else, it would be the end of the world."
Zachary Lynch's words echoed in my head as if mocking . It was shaful, so much so that I wanted to kill myself. I kept saying I loved the Sirens, but I knew nothing about them.
Lilly killed her heart to fulfill her duty. As commander of the White Guard, she would have been at the forefront of most of the executions of rogue Reapers. n, won, probably even children. Anyone with Reaper blood had the potential to beco a Reaper.
This ant that the chances of Lilly having to kill the sa person twice were quite high. Once to end their human life, and a second ti for their Reaper life. Being given such a task by David must have made her despise herself.
Robyn knew nothing but war before today. She was coming to terms with the consequences of her actions and now had a new outlook on life that tornted her.
Josephine heard voices that drove her insane. The fear of losing control never left her heart. Zanardi also destroyed any semblance of happiness she might have had.
Bella, though not the perpetrator, pulled the trigger on countless atrocities. And it made her see herself as nothing but a monster, all for the sake of her vengeance.
Jasmine was deeply ashad of her actions in the Syrian Civil War, but not only did she take pride in seeing her enemies suffer, she even took sexual pleasure in it.
Aki lived a life of murder, all for her brother Haru. With his apparent death, the weight of her despair broke her, leading to the purge of Miroku. Unwilling to have her 2nd life under the sa circumstances, she decided to die by my hands.
Finally, Liv, carried the hope of an entire continent. She sought help because of her desperation and kindness. If she really was the reason for the fall of the continent, her guilt must have slowly eaten her alive.
Bella was right, these were all things most would not reveal. And they all wanted to hide it from out of fear and sha. When I accepted their darkness and vowed to carry the burden with them, they all felt happiness and contentnt.
Obviously, the sa offer applies to my northern bride. Just like the princesses in the Isekai novels, this woman would sacrifice herself in exchange for saving her country. If that was the case, why was she alone? Why did no one help her?
Liv stopped eating and made a sad face. "My love, my true lineage is that of a daughter of Erick Odinson. The Revenant of the North."
'Well fuck, she really was a princess,' I couldn't help but exclaim in my mind.
"I... That is... Nine years ago, the sa year the North was breached. I made a mistake. I.."
Hearing the emotional voice of my beloved, I stood up and went to her. Liv was trembling. A woman who created {Withstand} was trembling. Overwheld by the desire to protect this woman, I dropped to my knees and took her hands.
I kissed them as I solemnly told her.
"Liv. My love. Take your ti. Whatever shadows you carry, we will face them together. The promise I made to Robyn applies to you as well."
When the Northerner heard my promise, the last pieces of her mask fell away. Liv began to sob as she continued her story. To see soone as powerful as her crying so pitifully, her heart must have been distraught to the point of shattering.
"Sniff. My mother was a powerful Specter, she was the commander of the honor guard. You rember I said I looked like a man, right? In the North, won are treated like cattle. To protect , my mother cursed to look like an Orc to n."
"But you are beautiful? I never saw you as an Orc, not even once?"
Liv chuckled as she continued to cry.
"Yes, my mother said that only n who cherish would see my true face."
"Oh. Well, she is not wrong. I do love you."
Perhaps not used to such direct praise, Liv looked away as she continued her story.
"I was 21 at the ti. Although I was technically a princess, my father had over two thousand wives, spouses, and lovers. With over two hundred siblings, being a princess didn't carry much weight.
"Among my father's wives, the more children a woman had, the higher her status. Although my father had a very large harem, he regularly spent his ti loving only three won. My mother was one of them. My father's neglected wives hated her out of jealousy."
"Was?"
"Yes, was. My mother is gone. I killed her. On the day the dead broke out of hell, my siblings bullied so much that I hid in my room. My mother left her post out of concern for and spent the day trying to make feel better."
Just from the details of Liv's story, I could imagine what happened next. But I remained silent, allowing my lover to finish her story.
"I...knew my mother was busy. So even though she tried to coax out of my room. I didn't co out just to have her stay with . I was lonely. My sisters thought I was a disgrace because I lacked femininity. My brothers, on the other hand, saw as competition."
This ant that even in the midst of such a massive family, Liv remained alone. It seed that every single one of my won had it extrely hard. My circumstances seed blessed compared to theirs.
"Looking back, my stubbornness in wanting my mother's affection caused the North to fall. Because my mother was with , the honor guard's response was delayed. The sudden onslaught of the undead invaded our cities and caused catastrophic casualties.
"The situation was finally resolved at the great cost of abandoning three cities. Luk, our head of wisdom, persuaded our council to lay the bla on my mother. As penance, she was sent to reclaim the fallen cities. She failed. And was pronounced dead a month later."
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