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"This Orphanage has been officially disbanded from the church's protection!"
"What?!"
Knight Commander held high the signed paper by the very Queen of the Country. This paper disbanded this orphanage, named Starfish's Cradle, from the Church's protection, which was the only thing stopping guards, knights, or even bandits from stomping over this, which was a quite common sight in this country where the powerful could do as they pleased while the poor struggled.
Rose and Coral were naturally shocked. This paper represented more than just what Knight Commander Eustace said, but it also meant literally war for them. They already knew that several knights and guards were corrupt bastards, and that they had been actively working with bandits and thugs to kidnap children and young people, for strange and mysterious unknown reasons.
"You can't just simply…" Rose felt surprised.
