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.

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

in his eyes. The Lowminers and that man Wern. Rui was not going

to serve it himself. At this very moment

He exhaled, restraining

STEP

the arrival of a group of people

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

Bella's corpse even as the

sighed shakily before turning his back

the Academy was a few hours in its totality. Giving Rui enough time

responsibility did he bear? And most importantly, how was he supposed

Rui wasn't even sure he had an answer, or

much more objective, allowing

failed was because they had fallen into their enemy's trap. They were screwed the moment Wern

the Lowminers must have mobilized pretty much all available manpower at hand even before the masked Martial

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

in despair as the men held her

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

avoid the Martial Apprentice, they would have survived. Rui would have easily disemboweled the grunts with

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