Bab 164: What would you choose?

As he expected, Clara joined them a moment later. She did not say anything and quietly followed behind them.

The image of her trying to help that man who, in turn, was about to stab her before getting himself killed kept flashing past her mind.

She was not contemplating because of the decapitation in front of her. She had already recovered from that since she had seen her fair share of bloodshed even as a pampered lady.

Instead, she was reflecting on her actions because of how close she had been to death. Although she did have a couple of artifacts that would have saved her life, it reminded her how just a single mistake from her could have such consequences.