I was very lucky, yes.

[ there's not a day that goes by that she doesn't think about what could have happened, if niles hadn't shot the barbarian down from afar. before that battle, the impromptu union between the two kingdoms was shaky at best, but it only solidified it afterwards when the battle was through. ]

Both of them [ "are"? "were"? ] are safe. The thief is Lord Leo's retainer whom none of us trusted at first. But personality aside, he is a good man.