George's POV
After witnessing something so utterly impossible unfold right before my eyes, and seeing the Republic's flying machine, which had been sent here to reduce this kingdom to nothing but rubble with its relentless bombardment, vanish almost completely in the blink of an eye, my head slowly fell forward. It genuinely felt as though every bit of hope I had been desperately holding onto throughout all of this had disappeared together with it, leaving behind nothing but a crushing sense of emptiness.
"W-What...?" I muttered to myself, barely able to process what had just happened before me. "Did I really do all of this... for absolutely nothing in the end?"
The words escaped my mouth almost automatically.
Even I struggled to believe them.
Everything I had sacrificed.
Everything I had thrown away.
Everything I had convinced myself was necessary.
It had all collapsed before my eyes in a single moment.
