“Humans certainly have indelible bad qualities, but they also have brilliant virtues. If I were to say which virtue is the most precious, it would probably be courage to me.”
The queen's movements seemed difficult. She sat down next to Lorenzo with great effort, her slender pale legs dangling in the air.
"brave?"
This word was too insignificant for Lorenzo, and if the queen hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten its existence.
"You might think this word is very common, right? But on the contrary, it is so precious that not many people actually have it."
The queen slowly narrated that she had rarely communicated with others so deeply in her life. Ever since she put on the crown and learned the secret, she had lived in fear all day long.
"I am a person who lacks courage. If I were full of courage and dared to do things without knowing the consequences, I might not have become the queen. I would have escaped from the Platinum Palace when I was young, taken a look at the outside world, and then died."
The Queen said as she turned her head to look at Arthur and smiled.
"That's why I let Ovis go with you, Arthur. That kid has the courage that I don't have. He dared to take that step, even if the ending was terrible... I'm really enviable."
Although she was Queen Victoria, like all members of the Victoria family, the queen was trapped in this luxurious palace all her life, and she was bound to the throne by countless powers.
“Brave, courage, what common words, everyone can say they have them, but when it comes to actually proving it, people will retreat and become afraid. When faced with danger, most people lose the ability to be brave and can only stop at the edge.”
There was a pause before the Queen continued speaking.
"In fact, this does not mean that people are not brave. They do have the courage to face danger, but they do not have the courage to bear the cost of danger."
The Queen repeated.
"The price, that's what we fear."
The voice echoed in this lonely cemetery. Under the gaze of the steel corpses, the atmosphere here became softer. Arthur looked at the two people talking, which reminded him of the scene in the church, where believers confessed to the priest and told the pain of life.
The queen is the believer in pain. She seems to be explaining all this to Lorenzo, but it is more like a self-confession. The Platinum Palace is so huge, but no one can understand the queen's pain from beginning to end, and she cannot pass on this cursed knowledge.
"Whether it's you or the other people from the Elimination Agency, I know that most of you are extremely vicious criminals. If you were thrown into court, you would all be sentenced to death.
You are filthy and possess all the bad qualities of human beings, but what I want to say is that even such dirty people have noble souls.
You have something I don't have. No matter what your purpose is, you have the courage to wield the sword when facing the unknown evil, even if you have to bear the cost of death or even a heavier price afterwards."