"I hate to admit it, Your Holiness, but the situation in the city couldn't be worse; we need to evacuate you as soon as possible."
"I will not leave these children alone."
Cecilia's response was instantaneous; she didn't leave any room for discussion either. The expression on her face said: I'll die rather than back down. In other circumstances, Xolei couldn't be happier to let this reckless woman meet her death. Still, the situation around him kept changing, so he couldn't afford to ignore both Cecilia and the others.
One had to know that the church was never privy to the details of the attack; the Kormat empire did not share much with them. However, the church always worked under the premise that the scale of the attack would not be too grand and would primarily target some assassination attempts on important figures during the chaos.
