"I want to thank you for wanting to check on me and not only to wait. Everyone in the past decided to wait but when we returned no one was there. No one was waiting for us. It was painful and devastating. Despite that, right now, I still wish for you to wait. This time I have more confidence that there would be someone waiting when I return."
Listening to his words and seeing the emotions swirling in his eyes, Florence couldn't help but be emotional.
"Because I know your family and the kingdom were there to protect you. That I have more confidence now in fighting against the demon. There is fear because it will be another unknown fight. But there is hope that I can return to someone, that I have a place to return to."
If asked, the time they fought against the demon in the Dark Forest about three years ago, Richard was simply fighting. It did not even matter to him what may happen in that fight because he did not need to return.
No one will be there.
