บท 375: Part Of The Deal

(From Blue's Perspective)

"Your Majesty, I might be little, but I know that no one in this world can be utterly selfless. I don't blame them. If we want to survive in this cruel world, we have to be selfish. I am not any different. So, I know that the duke won't suddenly adopt me out of kindness. There are hundreds of children on the street right now. He can't be that kind to give every single one of them home. He has his reasons."

"I promised not to lie to you, Abel. I will tell you the truth," I said. "You are right. We are not selfless, not the duke, not the duchess, not the king, and not me. Athena is indeed the saint. But she did not choose it."

"No saints choose their fate, of course. They cannot," he said.