Preparations (Part two)

We made a round trip to the mansion. Or rather I was planning on making one. 

Neira was dead set on traveling with me. She didn't care if I was going to the battlefield or the capital, she just wanted to tag along to gain experience- or so she claimed. 

So, I had to get rid of her. And for that, I was going to have a conversation with her mother. Surely, she wasn't going to let her daughter march into death, right?

Right?

"Why the hell are they on the ground?"

We'd reached the mansion. 

There was a small garden in front of the mansion. It mostly had grass and some small trees. 

The people, and the soldiers were on the grass, just lying there. They were conscious and very much alive. It seemed more like they were passing the time. 

So, what the hell happened?

"They were probably scared of what was about to happen," Neira said. "But once you saved us, they just relaxed?"

Why the hell was she asking me that?