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"Mom! Are you okay?!"
Little Celes ran towards his mother, asking if she was alright.
"I-I'm fine, dear… D-Don't worry about me."
Nia quickly hugged her son, tightly, as she protected him from the Paladins that had savagely barged inside her house.
The kept looking for Maria and her group, but they were nowhere to be seen! Not even the large group of kids they were tagging along with were here.
It was as if they had been swallowed by the air…
"Nobody's here…"
"I could swear we heard something!"
"Hey, you guys outside, did you hear something? Is there anybody outside running away?"
"N-No captain… there's nobody."
The Paladins, wearing brilliant blue armor, kept looking. However, after lifting everything in the small house, they gave up, the captain and the other Paladins glared at Nia and Celes with furious expressions, mixed with disgust.
"T-They're not here.. S-See?"
