"What a tremendous blasphemy it was. At that time, I resolutely refused, even making preparations to be killed. I left the army and returned to my long-lost home, intending to tell my parents that I hadn't betrayed the gifts from God. But when I arrived, all I saw were two corpses."
Liya gently patted Hu ao, comforting him as people around them gathered to show their care. In that moment, they seemed like a family.
Years passed, and Hu ao's good deeds were finally rewarded, but Corey never received such a reward.
"I'm not quite sure how they died, but they might have starved. After all, the Radiant War had just ended, and nobody had enough to eat. Their bodies were as thin as dry sticks, while that gilded statue of God stood silently in front of them, watching.
The gilded statue was quite valuable; it could have been exchanged for several meals. Yet they never thought along those lines from beginning to end."
