"Exactly, exactly! I didn't expect someone so small to be able to become an Empress. I want to become an Empress in the future too!"
"Haha, Mine, you'd be lucky to be a maid for Her Majesty the Empress!"
The children's voices were not loud and were quickly drowned out by the surrounding crowd, but Kerridwen and Hysilens's hearing was at the demigod level, so they could naturally gather this information.
Aren't these the children from the Golden Welfare Institute? I didn't expect that nun to have brought them out too.
With just a glance, Kerridwen found Mine and the sisters Akame and Kurome in the crowd. When she first heard those compliments, the corners of Kerridwen's mouth curled up slightly, but soon she couldn't laugh anymore.
These children really have no filter; they dare to say anything? But considering they are young, forget it.
Kerridwen: "...Heh! Just the innocent jokes of children; I don't care at all, not at all!"
Out of sight, out of mind; Kerridwen just waved her hand casually at the crowd and turned her head to look the other way.
But Hysilens was different; as the person who had once taken Mine, Akame, and Kurome to the Golden Welfare Institute, she had privately brought some small gifts to visit them.
Therefore, the black-haired beauty looked at those young saplings who had not yet grown up with a soft gaze and gently waved her hand.
It was both greeting the children and saying goodbye to them; after all, after this battle, whether it was Kerridwen or Hysilens, they probably wouldn't have the chance to go to the Golden Welfare Institute again.
But the future of the Northern Territory Empire might need to rely on these children...
What Kerridwen and Hysilens could do now was to imprint their figures in everyone's eyes, leaving a glimmer of hope for this terrible world of akame ga kill.
Even if the hope was slim, it still existed, and sooner or later, it would radiate true light!
Just like Amphoreus, even if Kerridwen and Hysilens died, the seeds of hope would take root and sprout, and people would still continue to move forward... until they welcomed the true dawn!
As the Northern Country army completely departed, the surrounding crowd slowly dispersed, but everyone had a smile on their face.
But the children from the Golden Welfare Institute showed no signs of leaving; instead, they stared blankly at the departing figures of the army...
"As expected of Lord Daughter of the Sea; even though she is a girl, she is so elegant and so cool..." Akame's expression was very flat, but a strange light flickered in her eyes, as if she had found her life's goal. "In the future, I also want to become an adult like the Daughter of the Sea!"
"Then I will assist my sister and become my sister's adjutant!" Kurome also put her hand on Akame's shoulder at this moment. The sisters looked at each other and smiled; everything was understood without words.
The Golden Welfare Institute guided children in their studies, and the sisters had a clear understanding of their own abilities. Kurome was stronger in terms of intellect than Akame, while Akame was stronger in combat than Kurome, and the two complemented each other perfectly.
However, Mine was a bit different; her physical condition was clearly not very strong, and she was only in the middle to lower range during physical fitness tests... It seemed that she had indeed suffered a lot when she was wandering before, to the point that she had not yet recovered.
"Ugh... I don't care! Don't you dare think about leaving me behind!"
From the very beginning, little Mine's gaze had been fixed on Kerridwen. The other's head-held-high, upright, and proud appearance had indeed struck Mine's "strike zone" hard.
It was the first time she had seen someone like Kerridwen, and her heart was filled with admiration for the other person.
After all, Mine herself was just a mixed-race child with Western foreign ethnicity, and she had always been wandering the streets. If it weren't for meeting sister Hysilens, she probably would have died on the road already, right?
And to repay Hysilens's kindness, Mine wanted to help her, make the Northern Country better, and let more children like her live happy and fulfilling lives.
"Empress..."
It was indeed too far from her current self, but that didn't stop Mine from having fantasies about it.
"Sooner or later, I will stand at the peak of the Northern Country!"
"Become an Empress like Kerridwen!"
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