As night descended, Violet generously invited Reina and Nemo to share her spacious bed, creating a cozy haven for the trio.
Eulia, watching over them with a tender smile, gently caressed each child's head.
"Sleep tight, my darlings."
With a final sweep of the blanket, she tucked them in snugly before quietly slipping out of the room. A last glance over her shoulder ensured their comfort before she clicked the door shut behind her.
Returning to her own room across the hall, Eulia opted to leave the lights off, guided solely by muscle memory as she settled onto her bed with a weary sigh.
"Hmmm..."
Relaxing into the mattress, her mind wandered back to a pivotal conversation she'd had with Saber on her first night in the mansion.
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"Don't you feel disgusted towards me?"
As she ask this, Eulia unconsciously clutched on her left shoulder and lowered her head. She couldn't properly look at him in the eyes. She wasn't sure what his response would be like. He was kind to her, that's it. When she tried to express her feelings through actions, Saber took this as her repaying her debt after saving him.
Saber glanced at her face from the side before heaving out a deep sigh. "Honestly, yeah... I do feel disgusted towards you," he says, his tone turning cold.
Eulia's grip unconsciously weakened, her body trembling as she pressed her forehead to his back.
"..."
What was her expression? She didn't want him to see her ugly state, she could only hide herself away from his sight.
"But that's already in the past. I've already forgotten about it."
"...?"
And so, she raised her head to look at him. Confusion was evident on her face as she opened her mouth wanting to speak but no words came out.
"You should only focus on how to be useful," Saber said softly, stroking her head in a comforting manner.
"...Why?"
How can you forgive someone like me that easily?
How can you trust someone who gave up on you?
And someone who never bothered to put their trust in you in the first place...?
"Are you a fool?"
That was the only sentence that left her mouth. She quickly realized what she said and tried to move away from him in fear of Saber hating her. However, to her surprise, instead of answering her question, Saber took the chances to move forward.
"...!!?"
Without waiting for her to give an immediate response, Saber kissed her. He pushed his tongue inside her mouth, playing with her's, as he pressed her body close.
"Does that answer your question?"
"...."
"Look here. I don't care if you're not a virgin. I already lost mine... What I'm saying is..."
He placed his hand to her chin, lifting her face to look at her poor girl straight in the eyes. He said, his face was full of seriousness, "You are mine, that's all you need to hear about."
"I love you and that's all you need to know."
"Do I even deserve your love...?"
She unconsciously turned her face away.
"How can you even love someone with an impure body like me...?"
Saying this, Eulia slowly hugged her body to cope herself from the intense emotions she was feeling.
"I've been tainted... If you're just saying those to comfort me, please stop." Her eyes began to form tears as she struggled to continue.
"I don't want you to get my hopes up, then throw me out later..."
Although she knew that she had no rights to say this, considering how she and the others left Saber, Eulia couldn't help but feel a strong sense of guilt.
She was on the verge of crying her tears out when Saber suddenly pressed her close for a tight hug.
"Eulia... Even if it leads to betrayal, I'll save you."
"Even if you hate me in the end, I'll save you."
"Even if you were to forget who I was, I'll save you."
He announced to her, pulling back as their eyes meet each other.
"I don't care what happens, I'll save you!"
"If plan A doesn't work, there are still 25 other letters in the alphabet. And if all of them failed, I'll use numbers!"
"That way, I'll continue saving you and give you an infinite amount of chances!"
Those words...
It was the same as what he had said in the past.
Back when he first saved her when she was captured by the bandit in their first meeting, to the time he bought her out of the slave market.
"You..."
'You already saved me the moment the moment you said those words.'
Although she wanted to say this out loud, those words remained stuck on her throat.
She could only feel grateful.
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..
.
As Eulia opened her eyes, she sat up on her bed. She had realized that she almost forgot about her night prayers.
"Mmm~"
She stood up from her bed and took a sculpture hidden inside her closet before placing it on the bedside table.
Unbeknownst to everyone else in the mansion, Eulia's private room was filled with altars and other such decorations.
Pictures of Saber's face filled the whole walls as Eulia sat on her knees in a praying position.
To her, Saber was God.
The one and only savior.
He became her sole salvation from that day.
Saber was the truth.
Saber is the order.
Each of words sounded melodic, echoing gently in her ears like chants and mantra.
It was her guide for the future.
"My lord~"
With frantic breathes, Eulia prayed to the Saber sculpture with all her heart.
"Please come back quickly... I need you."
If her God orders it, she would be willing to do any of his bidding.
If her God became the enemy of humanity, she would trample of them all, sacrifice even her friends and people who gets in his way.
As long as he order it, she would even offer her own life as the living sacrifice.
While thinking deeply about how majestic her God was, a thought entered her head.
"Everyone must learn about your gracefulness and teaching~!"
With that said, she began to establish a plan.
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ยซ7๐๐ต ๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐๐ตยป
Somewhere in the Labyrinth.
While Saber was busy slaying all the monsters in his path, he suddenly felt a cold chill crawling down his spines.
He momentarily lost his focus and decided to teleport away using his ability [Replace] by exchanging position with a boulder.
"What the hell was that...?"
Saber hugged himself in attempt of comfort to the new feeling.
A strange, yet unknowingly familiar feeling...