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?

the truth began settling into his

a few

It grew darker.

"Rui...?"

at him

gazed at him, she grew increasingly more anxious and scared as she bega?noticing the countless discrepancies

was the light in his

could only see an endless darkness in

the warmth in

frosty chill

question

"How...?"

It was a whisper.

"How did she go?"

A bittersweet smile emerged on her face. "With a smile on her face surrounded by whose who loved her. The

as a fleeting melancholic smile

tone grew dark.

words were a question, yet

An expression of grief.

Alice's smile grew bitter.

than remembering her death, I remember her life. All those times she would read us bedtime stories when we were children, all the

memories flooded both of them. They lightened the vice that gripped Rui's heart even as

not have her anymore, but we have the family that she created."

of the Quarrier Family that

orphanage relatively recently. These children gazed at Rui reverent excitement, having heard of many tales

older adolescents whom Rui had spent some time training and playing with before he

like Max and Mana who had

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

It was heartwarming.

him, it was

was cursed to watching all of them grow

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

Mind allowed him to almost see their

made his love