Innocent Children

Ferda headed to the site.

He had received a report that survivors had been found.

But if they had been survivors from the Imperial or Allied Army, Ferda would never have gone to the site himself.

They were, astonishingly, survivors of the Kingdom of Heinkel.

Most of the survivors of the Kingdom of Heinkel had nearly lost their minds, muttering to themselves or lying half dead from dehydration.

Even if they were alive, they were so broken that killing them would have been an act of mercy.

But the people before him were children, and aside from being a little hungry, they seemed to retain their sanity.

“We’re told they were confined in a basement and used in the Dark Elves’ research. After examining a cross-section of the castle, we confirmed that they came up through the passage leading to the basement entrance.”

“Why are they covered with blankets?”

“Their bodies were cold, so we covered them.”...