Despair.

Rage.

Shock.

Guilt.

And even grief.

A maelstrom of emotions swirled within Rui. Emotions he did not understand. He had only known her for a meagre twenty-four hours. They were just barely friends as they had grown a little closer over the duration of their mission. There was a good chance Rui would never even see her again even if the mission succeeded.

So why?

Why did he feel like his soul was being torn apart was he gazed at her corpse?

Because she was his responsibility? Because he had ended up becoming emotionally invested in her well-being and success?

Probably both.

An eternity passed before Rui broke out of his reverie. He pulled out the communication device handed to him by the Martial Union, hitting one of the numerous buttons, the one he was supposed to hit when the mission ended. He hit in a few additional details, indicating the presence of a corpse. The device would convey his location to the Martial Union, and they would send post-mission personnel to take over.

Union would cooperate with law-enforcement and begin the judicial process immediately. He would be required

hint of determination glinted in his eyes. The Lowminers and that man Wern. Rui was not going to conceal any

himself. At this very moment he

He exhaled,

STEP

of a group of people in uniforms

inquired, noting Rui's Apprentice uniform. "I'm inspector Gale." He said, showing Rui a badge. "I'm here to take proceed with the post-mission protocols. I encourage you to do the same by returning to the

Bella's corpse even

shakily before turning

the Academy was a few hours in its totality. Giving Rui enough time to introspect, and sort out his thoughts

fail? How much responsibility did he bear? And

last part was the hardest. Rui wasn't even sure he had an answer, or if he would

more objective, allowing

fallen into their enemy's trap. They were screwed the moment Wern informed the Lowminers of their location. This was the reason Bella

hindsight, Rui realized the Lowminers must have mobilized pretty much all available manpower at hand even before

keep him there while the

as the men held her down and cut open her throat like

of that send blood to his head, until he closed his eyes and crushed the feeling, trying to

would have survived. Rui would have

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