Yuuta was silent for a moment. These were the answers he was hoping for—this was all pretty fantastical, unless someone was already in the know that such things were possible. He was just wondering if these others had done their due diligence to do all they could to protect these children who were shouldering a responsibility only the cruelest of beings could come up with.

However, that was what they were dealing with, wasn’t it?

Absolute, sure cruelty.

He wished that they could just whistle blow this to the entire world, have entire armies by their sides to protect these children and all other children. But when it came to the magical and supernatural, it was simply a fact that they could not.

“What is this fragile thing?” he asked.