[A/N: See guys we are sad that Stevie died but on the bright side, now I don't have to care about her pronouns anymore☺️]
Horses arrived to carry Lily and me, and at last we headed for the checkpoint.
I had completely lost control after losing Stevie, yet nearly twenty people had died back there. I had already grown used to watching other people die. And while I was at the margrave's mansion I had been worrying about Mother and Cass in the capital, but I now understood that had been a great mistake. I was the smaller, far more precarious one. Even though I had convinced myself I was stronger and tried to protect others, I could not even protect Stevie alone…
"Robby-sama, please do not dwell on it too deeply."
Lily spoke to me. That was right — Lily was feeling the same things. In fact Lily's relationship with Stevie must have been longer. Thinking of that, my time with Stevie was still short. Next time, if Lily looked lonely, I would be the one to comfort her.
