Aurelia watched the Paladins dug the ground for a mass burial for the fallen knights. She had to see, she had to see the cause of the battle, the bodies that were no longer recognizable. She had to witness the cost of war, she had to bear all the responsibility for their deaths even though she felt like her chest was being squeezed from guilt.
"My Lady, you don't have to be here to watch everything," Ulric said as he looked at Aurelia with a worried expression.
"No, I have to be here. I will remember their faces... at least their remains. I'm responsible for their deaths, I caused this to them," Aurelia answered, her face was unreadable, but her voice was filled with guilt and pain.
