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

Rui was not going to conceal any of the information he possessed. He hoped

serve it himself. At this very

exhaled, restraining

STEP

heard the arrival of a group of

Rui's Apprentice uniform. "I'm inspector Gale." He said, showing Rui a badge. "I'm here

one last look at Bella's corpse even as the sight of

turning

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

fail? How much responsibility did he bear? And most importantly, how was he supposed to deal with

sure he had an answer, or if he would ever find

objective, allowing him

because they had fallen into their enemy's trap. They were screwed the moment Wern informed the Lowminers of their location.

pretty much all available manpower at hand even before the masked Martial Apprentice ambushed

keep him there while the gangs mobilized by Bella must have killed her after, when

struggled in despair as the men held her down and

thought of that send blood to his head, until he closed

Rui had been able to avoid the Martial Apprentice, they would have survived.

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