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.

crime in the Kandrian Empire. The Martial Union would cooperate with law-enforcement and begin the judicial process immediately. He would be required to provide testimony and statements on

Lowminers and that man Wern. Rui was not going to conceal any of the information he possessed. He hoped justice would be

strong desire to serve it himself. At this very moment he could easily sprint back and

He exhaled, restraining

STEP

as he heard the arrival of a group of people

A man at the head of the team 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

at Bella's corpse even as the sight of it scorched his

before turning his

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

bear? And most importantly, how was he supposed to

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

much more objective, allowing him to

trap. They were screwed the moment Wern informed the Lowminers of their location. This was the reason Bella

realized the Lowminers must have mobilized pretty much all available manpower at hand even before the masked Martial Apprentice ambushed Rui and

to drag Rui away from Bella and keep him there while the

as the men held her down and cut open her

that send blood to his head, until

avoid the Martial Apprentice, they would have survived. Rui would

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