While Brian and the TAINTED engaged in a brutal battle, Elizabeth stood at a distance, her arms folded tightly across her chest. Worry danced in her eyes, flickering like a candle in the wind, but her expression remained frozen in cold indifference. Ever since her awakening, she had found herself unable to express anything but an icy stillness. Emotions no longer rose freely to the surface—they were buried deep beneath the frost that had settled over her heart.
"Let's leave and allow those foreigners to take care of the situation. We don't have what it takes to defeat that monster," Emperor Augustus said with calm authority, his gaze fixed firmly on the raging battlefield ahead.
"You may leave," Elizabeth replied without hesitation, her tone glacial. "But I'm not leaving Brian behind. I'm fighting alongside him."
Without waiting for his reply, she turned and began striding toward the castle gate, her determination evident in every step.
