"Get out of the way!"

In a moment of desperation, Ronald let out an angry roar.

The spell from "Divine Comedy" to manipulate objects immediately extended forward with his will.

Even before Ronald himself arrived.

The upper level of the collapsed building was skewed to the side by this powerful force, while the lower part of the building remained firmly fixed in place, unmoving.

At the first moment, Ronald didn't just yank open the rubble.

Because he was well aware of the methods of rescuing trapped victims.

Clearing the upper debris was enough in this situation; if he were to recklessly and abruptly lift all the debris with the spell, it could possibly harm the powerless survivors trapped below due to structural changes in the rubble.

Maintaining the spell like this, Ronald approached the ruins:

"From relations between the Earth and the sky, we begin to construct our understanding!"

Activating the star chart from "Astronomy Master," the main structure of the rubble ahead was fully mapped in his mind. With this step complete, Ronald moved to the right side of the building ruins and reached out to grasp a collapsed slab in front of him.

Crack, crack, crack—boom!

With Ronald's powerful strength supporting it.

A corner of the slab in front of him was slowly lifted by relying on the ground, revealing a triangular space trapped in a crevice below.

In this shadowy corner, resembling a wardrobe.

A little girl covered all over in soot was curled up there, too weak to move at the moment.

Only when Ronald lifted the slab higher did light from outside shine through the crevice onto her face, and the little one barely managed to open her eyes, vaguely seeing a figure appearing in the glow.

"Uh..."

At this time, the little girl moved her lips in a daze, seemingly wanting to say something.

However, her earlier groan during the building's collapse had already drained the last bit of her strength.

Even with Ronald's extraordinary hearing, he couldn't make out what the child was trying to say at that moment.

"..."

"!"

Seeing such a tragic scene, Ronald's heart tightened sharply.

Although he had experienced killing and even torturing enemies in battle, seeing such an innocent child appear weakly before him, it was impossible not to be moved.

What made Ronald even more helpless was—he had nowhere to vent this feeling now.

Because the cause of this little one's hardship.

Was the rebellion launched by the people of Entrod against their rulers.

"Sigh—"

Ronald sighed helplessly.

Then he took a step forward, wedging the slab above him with his shoulder, before reaching out gently to lift the child out from the crevice of the ruins.

——Breathing weakly.

——Limbs cold, body temperature dropping.

——Even the heartbeat was showing signs of slowing down.

Ronald immediately sensed the state of the child.

Her life was at its limit—without intervention, she might lose her life within minutes.

"In December 1831, I had the privilege, as a naturalist, to board the Royal Navy Ship 'Beagle' and begin a five-year global scientific expedition..."

Ronald recited a spell from "On the Origin of Species" with a voice as gentle as his actions holding the child.

The accumulated vitality during this period surged into the little girl's body at once with the spell's casting. While it helped restore her strength and heal her injuries, Ronald specifically enhanced the child's constitution.

Ensuring she would have a healthy body for her future life.

"..."

After doing all this.

Ronald didn't awaken the sleeping child.

He held the little one in his arms in a more comfortable posture, then stood up and looked around.

Everywhere he looked was ruins.

Unless the child's family had turned to corpses below the fiery city, Ronald could not find the child's relatives in a short time.

As for someone who could take care of the child...

Whether it was the rebels who had stormed into the city, currently on edge; or the guards defending the city, whose emotions were also starting to escalate.

Ronald didn't think entrusting the child to them was a good idea.

As for finding a kind-hearted citizen of Waterfall City to entrust with the child...

Now, even the ordinary residents of Waterfall City might find it extremely difficult to protect themselves.

"Hmm..."

Ronald stood quietly in his place, feeling somewhat at a loss.

However, at that moment, the child in his arms moaned and opened her eyes.

Maybe it was due to the effectiveness of Ronald's healing, or perhaps the sounds of the war around had awakened her from sleep.

Anyway, the little girl in Ronald's arms regained consciousness, and upon opening her eyes, she saw Ronald who was holding her.

"..."

It was then Ronald also looked down.

Their large and small gazes met in the air, detecting each other's emotions in their eyes.

It was an identical bewilderment.

Ronald was at a loss concerning the current situation.

And the child, only just waking from her fainting spell, was unaware of her current predicament.

However, what surprised Ronald,

was that before he could think of opening a conversation, it was the child who reacted first.

The continuous gunfire around and the roar of collapsing buildings reminded her.

Everything swiftly peeled back the layers of memory, and the child realized the situation she had previously encountered and recalled the silhouette she saw when her consciousness was blurred.

She understood that this man in front of her had rescued her from the collapsed ruins.

She was still alive.

"Waa waa waa!"

"Daddy, Mommy!"

"Phil doesn't know, I don't know..."

Faced with the pressing reality before her, the child immediately buried her face into Ronald's chest, letting out cries of fear and helplessness.

Ronald could feel the front of his shirt becoming wet through the fabric.

At this point, he wanted to open his mouth to comfort the child in his arms.

But the glib tongue that could handle cult magicians and agents couldn't find even one suitable word to utter.

Relying solely on his instincts, Ronald held the child tightly in his arms, then with his right hand patted her head, whispering intermittent comfort:

"Cry, cry it out loud."

"Now you are safe, and I will protect you."

While comforting the crying child in his arms, Ronald simultaneously activated the "Wrath Sin" from "Purgatory."

Though he did not use this ability for violence. Instead, he found the child's only thread of peace deep in her heart, and guided it to be the primary emotion at the moment.

In the chaos of reality, Ronald, in his urgency, accidentally found the best use for this spell.

Feeling the child's mentality in his arms improve some with the spell's assistance.

Only then did Ronald stand upright and begin to walk towards another direction of Waterfall City.

Because he remembered that was where the church was located.

In order to properly place war orphans like this one, the best course of action at the moment was to go there.

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