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

Wern. Rui was not going

At this very moment he could easily sprint back

exhaled,

STEP

as he heard the arrival of a group of people in uniforms with

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.

at Bella's corpse even as the sight of

shakily before turning his back on

was a few hours in its totality. Giving Rui

bear? And

even sure he

first two were much more objective, allowing him

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

mobilized pretty much all available manpower at hand even before

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

and struggled in despair as the men held her

head, until he closed his eyes and crushed the feeling, trying to

had been able to avoid the Martial Apprentice, they would

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