The Martial Unity

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In many ways, Lashara had been a rock in his life. No matter how crazy his life as a Martial Artist had gotten, he could always return home to the unconditional love of his mother.

It was a tether to his emotions.

He had yearned to fall back into the loving embrace of his mother after the mental turmoil he had experienced inwardly recently.

The loss of emotional feedback.

The loss of his identity.

Who could help him if not for his mother?

Who could ease his mind if not for his mother?

Yet, fate cruelly denied him this simple comfort.

No longer could he find any emotional respite in his mother's embrace.

No longer could he soothe himself in her unconditional love.

Inwardly, he felt as though he had lost more than just a person he had loved his entife life.

He had lost a haven in the Quarrier Orphanage.

While he had deep love for many of the caretakers that had raised him and had been raised alongside him, he saw them as responsibilities he ought to protect.

And while he certainly felt most protective of Lashara, a part of him felt protected by her in ineffable ways.

Now, she was no more.

Suddenly, all the power he had gathered felt useless.

He felt helpless.

What was the point of being a mighty Martial Master if he couldn't even be there for his mother? What was the point of voyaging for an absent father when it deprived him to be there for his mother?

across his skin as the

grew a

It grew darker.

"Rui...?"

gazed at him

as

was the light

an endless darkness in its

warmth

frosty chill

question escaped

"How...?"

It was a whisper.

"How did she go?"

face. "With a smile on her face surrounded by whose who loved her. The family

as a fleeting melancholic smile

tone grew dark.

a question, yet his

An expression of grief.

Alice's smile grew bitter.

blessed with a life full of love. Rather than remembering her death, I remember her life. All those times she would read

them. They lightened the vice that gripped

have the family that she created." Alice tugged at

Quarrier Family that had come out of their homes, eager to

of them were new young children who had been accepted into the orphanage relatively recently. These children gazed at Rui reverent excitement, having heard of many

some time training and playing with before he departed for

mature adults like Max and Mana who

Julian, Farion, Nina, and Myra. These were among the first generation of the Quarrier Orphanage who had helped run the orphanage when he

It was heartwarming.

within him, it was

to watching all of them grow old and

Senior Realm a while back with plenty of life-prolonging potions at his disposal, he was doomed to watchingg all his loved ones

Martial Mind

his love