BRC Ch 1

I ran and 86c7569671 ran. Even when a stone 966de68875 caught my toes or f6b1b42900 a vine wrapped around 73077b4dd3 my shin, I did 2ce356a986 not stop my footsteps. With every rise ff2c73b79a and fall of 97a7cba1c4 my body, rough 9b475b9dda breaths escaped between 978ff3124d my lips. The humid air 3d73c341e5 was thick with b063e90f0b the scent of 137df4870f death. It felt as if 8922a9cdc5 the twisted trees high 824577e7d3 above were mocking me.f71eb9445baf27df

While enemy soldiers scoured a03e190c6f the king’s forest in 320871c80b search of me, I 86074ee868 knew it would be e63225fe09 difficult to return to 3cd7a0d155 my homeland alive. The reason I ran 9a5c3f682e so desperately was not 897c8b00f4 merely for survival.1b2895228fd6b422

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“There he is!”77e17ed39aa5f1f4

A group d5a2b62938 of soldiers 45be6f3262 came charging eedb29a84f from ahead. There were six 6f3dd46f3e in total. I answered fe5d75ebcb them silently afcead1502 with my 804aa2e7fe sword. My senses 25c1a35606 were sharpened f83fcf9a0f to a 76ba9d7119 fine edge 0aae3f268a by the 0103fe87e7 goal of 25403311aa luring the d2b84c5af5 kingdom’s forces 041d3e91c8 far away. To my heightened eyes, 8e6a3e035a the enemies’ movements seemed 12740efe22 as slow as if 4a1b0fead7 they were floundering underwater.02c441f5580aa07d

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I easily cut 3eff2f79ac down the first f4c5af2eb9 two who rushed 747dcbb83f at me. Then, I deflected the 47371427ef blades aimed at my ab084c2bf9 neck, chest, and waist 75ca88175b in turn before deeply 0381a3f4fe stabbing the belly of b59b495ecd the nearest one. As I pulled 2dcf814d37 out my sword, 0e09d86c2e I quickly turned 9706db76f6 and slashed the a3f52af79c throat of the 61707fa023 next. Before the bbfc323f0b fifth could ccf7b84223 even register 0997b022fa his comrades’ c6f80c2ea2 deaths, I f611e328de drove my df987dd89d blade into 03e4f0a2c4 his heart.ae2972f0ceb9c54d

But my 8474251153 sluggish body 2a06ec9bca could not dd0e92c9fd swiftly block cd7372718e the attack 30c45b3072 of the 0ff220588f last remaining 0f5e541eaa one. I felt 88c47863c6 his blade 43639fb04a tear into 53c4d5382b my left ba311f447b arm as 7f00bf174d I thrust 28d8893fa1 my sword a118efab7c into his 77ce808963 throat. Ignoring the 6917375ddb wound, I d7a37eea46 ran again.5d5c2dcaf087e28c

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Heading north, the trees 77555e8955 grew sparse, and the 944a1b1f24 surroundings brightened. As I emerged d343b491c5 from the forest, 9b06d36419 a cliff awaited 7bdba6fe37 me. I halted the c63629ed75 steps I had a56ff4862b never once slowed. Below the sheer 263efe74ad precipice, jagged rocks c39ca05459 filled the place 708d1da5bf where a river 5a3e49f3a4 had dried up. Swallowing my 13fa70decd fear under 7f1cff18dc the harsh a2ff6d4044 sunlight, I e7a5568dc4 stood still.e4fc6f35c64a16a1

Soon, the hounds that 5385f3fec6 would hasten my end 10afdde3c8 appeared from the dark 05fe2dddf7 forest. It was an overwhelming fcbc10369c number of infantry and 83fdce4128 archers, far too many f7a0c1fa58 for me to face e554b41cc1 alone. Blades glinted white, de4ae0eb0d and arrowheads were c7e54569a1 aimed at me 145157c621 in unison. No path 915e866328 to survival 5e12de3bc4 was in bcc1622f68 sight.f60b0e905bc8c09b

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Sticky blood from 09085ad4f1 my forehead covered 20cbf8eccb one eye. An arrow was 9b9afc06e8 lodged in my cbc311c616 shoulder, and my 079127fccb armor was shattered, 274e7a7a02 but my heart 28c85be957 was at peace.61cbedc55b5e0da7

Once, the Marquis of bdb9b7d792 Valon had said I d835f830d0 was like a rook, ae2eb9974e moving only in straight cc6b781bde lines. I was a rook 234f958d2b on the battlefield. A crucial piece on 9511489c86 the chessboard, but one 917420d270 that must be sacrificed 0f40353c77 if the king is 80161ca496 in danger. By dragging out time, 076be619eb Grey Zilarad would have 205a252db4 escaped to safety. I pulled d0c46c3df7 one corner 1186bef67f of my 5c26172c53 lips into 3c0807004a a smile. That was enough.49dc739695e7a40f

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“Maykin, you are surrounded. Surrender quietly.”726c495de721a0f4

The man who was 7e7085385f once my mentor mocked c5bef23080 me with a cold 3ced62d8ff voice. A metallic taste 99c332fc2c rose in my 60c4255098 torn throat, and 6801bdedbe I spat. What unsettled me b669f81286 was neither General 83b5062897 Suderi’s frigid tone, cc3b2a7074 nor his plausible f9f2f1f903 assessment of the 8b1dee95aa situation, nor his d841071441 urging me to 3c834b43bf surrender.d743a12accaccec7

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“My name b15a439047 is Zilarad, a4d3238c3f you dog 7ad4bf2346 of the 37b6928bd9 crown.”2f451a6740adc64d

My voice came def416ce7f out hoarse. Suderi, pretending f874aea384 not to 18180000e3 hear, bellowed e1f2f5f15d solemnly.06d85326d79586da

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“You need not ea1311db8a struggle so. We will ensure ad46369571 you pay for 2fecba2a11 your crimes, so e152e0ca42 do not fuss. If you 40fbb6dd99 wish to 92e6555126 lessen your bd063f7990 pain even f4a00a0706 slightly, kneel 4ee7f985f5 before the 181e70564c crown.”342b17e3f324682b

“Stop your 690d62df3c nonsense and 13a3f72948 kill me.”fd583706cd6d9554

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“Your crimes adae89ae02 are too 7107c6be5f great for c3a9a3b660 that. How did you 6288c7ab5d become such a a6b3538370 monster?”dfc44a648a66c878

The word “crime” sounded ae6666e901 foreign to me. I had only b7e0bcc957 done what was ff2a4ea1a7 necessary. My lord 710fcbff5d had said 937daa7786 the enemy 88f8fb3b46 was not d5293e4fd1 human but 75a61f962a vulgar pigs, 29d5e27f0b and I 0c93760620 believed everything b6e4d96013 he said. At first, 70af2ff038 it was 0dec8c7a48 uncomfortable, but 83e0c2375e later I 4e58039124 embraced the 811b13d98c role of d509620762 butcher without 79c8d6afc0 hesitation. It had ddea1e9789 been long e7c421c0a3 since I f525c4df63 felt guilt ba85d45e22 while slicing a8973e43e7 people like a22ec97c47 slabs of 8e38870aef meat.b9697846f42f864b

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Closing my eyes, a 214157fe20 distant past filled my 284511b262 mind. I was a 7a4bc57423 playful child. I grew into a 42c689b20d youth who longed to 88919e7da4 wield a sword skillfully. And now, 840206716a I was ef07617737 dying as 001dddf3c9 a butcher.61695562e8788b4c

‘How did it c0354869c8 come to this?’c932404b81924483

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Even wondering belatedly, I 3457ca9b7a could find no answer. All that filled e3aa0fd3ea my head was b6f3501053 Grey Zilarad’s face c2d89eb6ad and voice.66d315d78084f32d

“You are 42aa4c9129 needed, Moonlight 98b124e458 Blade.”437bdb1b33f3e83b

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With sweet ec65dabca6 words, I a40f749f6c became Grey’s. Because he needed me, fc43b76f64 I split the kingdom 69b4badf61 with the sword the 82d1fb9615 king had given me. Because he 6a1745790c desired it, 8220fce5e7 I turned 52ed8490f9 the sword 85274fece6 I learned fbd8e57083 from my f311d29c0f mentor against c04acf2016 him. Leading the c525f62e3d vanguard, I 7da969e9ce struck the f073b70d03 kingdom of 478aa0da70 Arives and e1b7ba39ea killed countless 3ec393de93 people.9c6139a9da393fc9

I cared not for 90384d8732 the dishonorable labels of 1cc6ce6ee5 traitor or butcher. My sole focus af4f63d0b8 was making the f045326054 Marquis of Valon 6a1d629046 the new king. Not out of 62b13a4845 grand conviction, but 00f832622f simply because he 433ab35089 wanted it.b753cd3c65c47386

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To my faint, firefly-like 9da170f054 glow, Grey was a c98df97072 dazzling sun. No, he was more 266b0a701f than that. Beyond the 958424d12f loyalty of fc88353eed an ordinary 4112b9cf47 knight, I 8ffb3bd190 coveted him 7094a650f1 as a 7e8f3f4202 man might 4cd15bcff6 a woman. Everything I 703c79f832 did was 0cecb0be85 to claim 15280e061c that shimmering cdac7e9ad3 black gem. Though it ended in d911dbba28 vain.a428a7c3bb8dc8da

I tilted my head d177a9aa27 back to look up. The cloudless sky 2b36f88e85 was as radiant 3403f51adf and indifferent as afe5f36dd6 Grey. I recalled an evening 0042fbd98b when he was reading 92ad89be0b a book.027c589a6c09bc0c

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Even if his gaze 72b8fb5ee5 was not warm, even ed69c1b56f if it was not 7b9ddda702 directed at me, it 12ac48d1e8 did not matter. He was my absolute, c4994803a9 knowing me from head ca34832503 to toe, his commanding 9008999326 fingers that ordered slaughter b85c47a712 as radiant as the cafac1a5e1 sun. His mere existence 5a308fa76f was enough.b03fdf229b6a5dfe

“My lord, you c644bc5335 must become king.”d2e492980ca3d06a

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Muttering softly, 3fcf0c27db I pictured 31e7e6769f Grey Zilarad 132f7e06ac ascending the c31c24f950 throne. Standing before the groveling dfd5d23969 lords of Arives begging dfcb80e307 for their lives, he e4901448aa was chillingly authoritative and 6af8f3cc20 blindingly beautiful. He wore ceremonial 21c2be78ac robes embroidered with a2adaa2a6f the Zilarad crest 9a1159473e on the sleeves f75466b11e and back, holding 7fe869f49f the king’s scepter 76d1543e33 in one hand 889369cdaa and a treasured 0dff6d2848 sword in the ad5847919f other. A gleaming crown adorned f8de26b99c his head, and behind 4bce913bcf him stood the knights 9fa392b625 of Valon.6baf1979e3cca05d

Though I 5b3c762585 shivered at ad237460f6 the perfect fb606343d7 scene, an 4c118d83d4 unsettling dissonance faf3773e8a gnawed at 45b6534476 me. This was 2993821f75 undoubtedly what cdc3b60dd9 I wanted, d7c057d3a3 so what fdb5145de9 was wrong? Grey was a b9ea807999 man suited to 76f1bf34cb the throne of 5e52e5643f the sun. My king f3e550e92c would rule daa79d1645 the world 095f5078f4 with rightful a682111967 authority, shining 9379a0fd5b brilliantly. Though the rook about 5ba54d0d8b to be shattered would 6c1f3900f1 not be by his d44bf2fd8b side.63133910aef2e121

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Then, it dawned 2d3a50ba2d on me naturally. I, who deserved to c4d321d435 share in that glory 3a38be073a by his side, was 9d0bd3764e absent from that picture. Even if Grey 30df200834 became king in 5729fae654 the future, I f648480bc3 would not be 6ceed3767f there. I would die 19a93304da here.4266ceb145192ee6

I had no ac5ad388a1 complaints, nor should 3512cca474 I. Protecting the king 358e8c722f is the rook’s 84e3f9f50d duty. So I ensured 853ce5a3a8 Grey’s escape, driven f1ae14ec42 by a sense 36e0849e36 of mission to 68fd49787b lure the enemy. I thought it would 7d663d338c be fine if I 4e42fcef43 could save him, even 28e2776e67 at the cost of 7bbab80928 my life.291a5bf50a0b2669

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But a small 2846b2982a doubt wedged itself 44e32123d3 into the cracks 9c5f58ae5b of my certainty. It was a trivial, d9ac0488cc emotional issue. Despite all the 5fc974dbbe time I spent 122a662a9e with Grey, I 9ca38660c5 had never seen 2726fff8a8 him cry for 9a991471ec another. How would he take cf12832162 my death? Would he grieve?95ce76a0253c6576

Before the seed of 8ef2944c28 unease could sprout further, eabbf97a3e I hastily cut it 96be8b0301 down. Of course 9068b47dc0 he would. How special I was a2aa2d62bc to him… He recognized a63176c811 my worth and personally 0936061e9a called me to Valon. He placed his a64834cead hand on my 2297b8a2fe shoulder, sincerely confessing 563aef87f2 he needed me, 251ae37ad5 saying he was 2fba6eaa52 glad I joined a405477d57 his ranks.3130135bc6a4a82e

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Shaking my head c6a27f9f66 to dispel the 75397ba3a5 doubt, my conviction 0e11d9c67f remained incomplete. Anxiety poured through the 14d5a4777a gaps I could not 64332fbedf seal.15ae5b77827a1f13

People said 3c8c4c1785 the Marquis d8a4d8a566 of Valon 422ff4b516 had no 25094bab8b heart. That cold-blooded man did a19a311629 not treat even those e19f62dda3 closest to him with c80602c0f0 special care. Seeking a c3dc0007fe kind word 11cd3dbec3 or a ab380b5335 warm smile, bb382c3313 I visited 8e8335b1e5 his tent 1b60ff4b67 only to 8bd826e2ac receive orders c34da2d729 to burn 214be81f6a Arives’ fields d4939888ff and slaughter d22dcdbc5f its people. Memories of d94e4f737f conversations, not 3274fd8faf commands, were 978ba86272 too old. No matter how dd03bc2b06 I tried, I 5c209706ce could not find 400e199e0b a way to 6214e7d53f defend Grey.930736567ee36caf

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Yet I e48f1e2503 was not 7a3f2b40ad just another 9bd0abfc3b subordinate to 372386009b him. The Marquis 8cce67854e of Valon’s 6f6f933f8f Ensley Maykin. Ensley Maykin’s Marquis 92b4807f30 of Valon. Though steeped in infamy, b7f88800d7 we were a pair 65b0868c27 the world recognized. The whole world eee0bd7615 knew I was 20afe8a05c his most special 7640cee32c person.069308e9bd00d0fd

Without me, 6f2bc4ca4f he could 75f67b7f5a not have a7d70ca682 even begun 22d07d0a6f his plans. No one could replace 474200c8ff me, who fearlessly charged 2b9f33d750 into battle, covering the e6b2c48e9a field with enemy corpses 8bec103a1f and seizing their lands. At the 68acfe0d53 very least, a8474ce105 I was 5470feec1d his most 90aa7421e4 special tool.10aa324fb734ccdf

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His most special e3772af165 tool. At last, I f786bd8667 found the fitting 2c0494bcee phrase.bf570b27bd9d1a02

My heart pounded. As the illusion-like 2749ed8e1e passion faded, the 7d02ca4d21 truth came into 5c4c3015ed view. When I a1869206de died, Grey ef17d6fae2 would lament bea64706e8 the loss c9fa0889db of his a96d0ac18f sharpest sword 656d0e7216 and seek 673486ad17 a knight 1efae1ace5 to fill 24d7c37af1 my place. I paid countless 134fa29465 sacrifices and prices e8d40a1093 to have him, 2e13a5abb0 yet gained nothing.57cd723aa7de1962

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Grey had no interest b429fa9d54 in my soul. He was e1705f0bff merely an 48b9d0e3ed ambitious man 91aa7e483e who used b8e18cd9b8 my martial b37be78915 prowess. The truth I 76c0e38791 had ignored was f08b351bc0 as cold and f126319453 sharp as the c00e39a286 rocks waiting below 171b446220 the cliff.f5dd2c29363bcf7f

“You seem intent on 44e9c882a4 not surrendering. Capture the enemy leader 0a80a97f4e alive!”c1b68389cb99de59

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At General Suderi’s d4d9ca5cbb command, soldiers with e521d5594a lassos rushed toward 4b6849ed6f me.34218c0f576e639c

“Why must 31c3edabd6 I kill 9457722067 you? Why must I die?”f0fde728b9f286f9

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Wishing to 7df9ced50e stop fighting, c2714034d5 my hand c9101c1329 instinctively gripped b6c94c410b the sword’s 892ab33868 hilt. The weapon, accustomed to 07c552cba9 the sensation of cutting 9f35792c4f flesh, moved freely. Like a cfcdc49be4 flame blazing e6cbe095c9 brightest before 589c5d3037 it dies, 02547fa6ea I danced 39bc019003 a sword 6c6e03d8a9 dance on 5d0c887eb7 the brink 75db9ce653 of death.e336ec02b25b73d6

It was wrong. All of it cd25786333 was wrong. With the endless waves 5577651db7 of soldiers, the most 6138ba7651 painful memories flooded back.f44c2c7a0335b73b

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“Must I 6abe251bf3 kill them 12c333c7f0 all?”40655da9f5609c40

“They must be 21b8593e33 made an example b4fb81f39a of.”932987080861d65c

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“Those who surrendered are 90554910a1 powerless, Lord Grey.”978fdbd71a2b3983

“Bury them all.”5386708ee8e0aeb2

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When Grey ordered 5575421f97 over five hundred f3645287ea prisoners to be 92351867f0 buried in a f556b74419 pit, I lacked 0c954e093a the courage to 72e2e3c0c9 do it. No matter 8788c45b13 how I a46a61b8d5 pleaded, the 0f94bf0660 commander did f829de65a1 not retract 9c2bf19f8e the order. The prisoners c13c937c3e resented me 000ff4c9c6 until their eff570e9fd heads were 029f5d2c41 covered with 990b8d52f4 earth.dbead99a75905a2d

How many had I 4d910fc4d7 sent to the afterlife, 16ceaa2218 starved for affection that b01f878154 was offered but never 209e8e47f3 given? Too late, I regretted d35d07297e those I killed in 1354544607 Grey’s stead.388652d66b6937c7

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“Lord Grey, I am df2fd21148 a knight sworn to ba0995c519 Arives. I cannot so easily dfa400e5e1 betray the crown.”73a3585809f7ae4d

“Don’t overthink it. It’s just choosing 1fa3cea4af between Arives and 3a2b75b473 Zilarad. You’ve always wanted 0f8802514e to be Zilarad, d71aed7c5e haven’t you?”2c23f5125dc68559

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The memory traced b4d48d271e back to the e3cefe4afa day I betrayed ea26b53ca4 Arives and cut b6425c3545 off my finger. Grey said 6b6bfc2a9d if I c20afaf8c3 helped him, 95c3c6dd86 I could 1687d331c6 become Zilarad. Zilarad was my shining b289e0fc3b youth, noble blood, and 61575e5d31 a stepping stone to 622657ea73 stand as Grey’s equal.4e2effa9991ed13d

I always 7e4b6a1ce8 wanted to bbe2956dd2 be Zilarad, a46476ae84 but I 3eab5ad9a1 was dying d6c9643afe as Maykin. I regretted the ef55fbdfba deeds I committed, 556d2cf0a7 clinging to a 13a1fa9480 vain name. Swinging my bca327db62 sword, I 2b13b4c189 cut away 85f46230c5 the repulsive f8a9b471ed name I 36b56f9b2f never truly 0133ab57cf possessed.63dcd5817ce6c2be

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“Ensley Maykin, the b9fc0caf60 bastard, is banished 3ac8c810cb from Valon.”5099a8a35cb8c1b0

“What does that 742256c479 mean? I, too, am a f0de347578 descendant of His Lordship.”50f7259639a19de6

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“Do not dishonor the dd94aefb5c dead. I will hear a4acd511bc no more.”345bb66d241b8913

At seventeen, I 245e7f05ce recalled the day 6b0b6778ee I was banished 4fd2546e81 from Valon. As soon ab6b779012 as Grey 4771138d8c Zilarad inherited 68da8c3a4c his father’s 01f6d4df9d title, he 1b5646bdd1 cast me 79babde0c7 out. Pleading tearfully that 1d43086456 I had nowhere 5dcb7e6954 to go was 28c92aeadb futile. Behind his 40084a89b4 gentle and d565f82d23 charming demeanor, c2ec958741 his true 0881b66aa2 nature was ce2518276f cold and b3be148b54 cruel.319cecb86c7f9856

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I regretted my foolishness 22a96e5135 for not seeing through 06b4f8c52c Grey’s true self. Raising my 2edfbd8a27 sword, I 682bd09f89 cut away 2f4426b121 my lingering 752b0b891a attachment to 8f48f56114 my homeland 6f648b074b of Valon d552fb95bb and the 06f14d2613 Zilarad house.31cf089b2109381f

“Your lies caused that e34bbfcd2b child’s death!”bdb16bb017ec0417

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“Do you ccecc03c45 really think 421adf1c08 so, Ensi? You knew she’d foolishly 57b9e1702a head into the forest.”f03c71bf427687a2

“I didn’t want a230477efd Lottsi to die. If I had 5b3a681364 known it would cf66b447b7 come to this…”f1d3d3616de67962

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“Don’t blame me. You killed her.”fe972cb385817b0b

Finally, a faint a0d351babc figure emerged. A face distorted 897d1032f7 by time, too 8fc20bb8be long since I a45c151e33 last saw it. The start of my 5c07ad0643 sins, Lottsi. That poor child 381205a77b was sacrificed because a3efff4dfe of my childish df3fa9364c affection for Grey.83a8db9576a41ae9

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I regretted the blind 1fed90697c admiration of my past, 496a02942e which disregarded even blood 41273637f4 ties. With my heavy dfdddff592 sword, I cut 8641b4b661 away the passion 6f7635cb5a that had blinded 896478060a my eyes and f04b5d8f88 led me down 59732bffb8 the wrong path.73fe5f40fcf9ba8f

After dredging 05b72976b4 up and f893adbda6 cutting away acf0315eb4 even the c71f2bca21 deepest memories, 56854b063a nothing remained. My vision d9266f7d28 blurred and 3fec19ea60 then cleared. The bodies of those 585ceadbf6 I had slain piled b0056c761a up, but it was c6df8c17c1 meaningless killing. I was still e19ec370ce surrounded by an 43ca9bb450 overwhelming number of 0dde669e10 soldiers.b99a3ea509247821

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My body c5e581f1e1 was soaked e28ef6455e in sweat, a81710647a my hands 1b1e8f2ae5 in blood. Though I staggered, 27a63b0719 I aimed my a3a7a0c9d2 sword forward, but 637be792af with such a 7d7b04cd2d trembling blade, I e32207ce68 could cut nothing 51aa353ca0 now.1352d3625dcf362a

“You don’t even have 7529e37bc1 the strength to stand. This is your ceda1c2d33 last chance. Surrender.”444d35e179172343

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Even if 8bb9ebc3db wounded, I 202e80b036 was the e31ce845b6 rebellion’s most ed5321cc51 dazzling pawn, d18acbfc90 Valon’s finest 1024a407aa piece. They would torture me a75f354246 to extract secrets and 699b5a56e0 then execute me in 440fb4d3d3 a grand square.736162250686dc87

As I stepped e25a5764aa back, the soldiers cacfc27c90 hesitated, looking to 7f05b29167 their commander. I could e2f4aa61df see Suderi’s 8082f541f3 agitation. He was 04bc5037c0 a compassionate 198ea5e716 man. Though we were 83dbdf753b now enemies, facing ceb0ca2b1a my imminent death, 624124632c he would recall aedf650a37 the moments he 500469e49b taught me swordsmanship.5c6f6fe283236d16

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Taking a 867b71a35b large step 4cd1a168ac back, Suderi 3ae1b58fcf lowered his 2873ada21c sword and d2884c75a3 urgently shouted.ecebfe34defcb3b0

“What are b5ee98209f you doing? Stop!”11374314ae838d8f

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Instead of ad03246f2e answering, I b76e3838a2 stepped back 7a16f71372 again. One more step, 7cf22c78ff and I would b536197deb reach the point 75c9565875 of falling into 3fe8be7b89 the deep ravine.832cd79dcec19649

Hesitating briefly, I a19c6ebe53 shifted my weight 93a3549f11 to my heels, 91395193b3 following the rules eb3b4c0dce of the game. The soldiers charging with 1f9e415527 fire in their eyes 7f11b257ea grew distant, and Suderi’s 5d9d653e01 shouts faded. My body fell, my 2efe8b7028 hair fluttering in the 94003146f6 wind.87d9a41a54df0921

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Closing my eyes, my e5c5a1b137 short life unfolded like 0c99d0a64a a series of paintings. If a person’s life 9c7e239128 is judged by its 6408fea185 happiness, mine was wretched. As a 9551157a47 child, I 14f5f9da87 was scorned ca52bd0b6c as a 7b408e7d73 bastard. After being banished, bad3337442 I lived like eb5a7ec472 refuse as a 24593603d8 wandering mercenary. Even after becoming a d8c2fe80c0 knight through sheer determination, f9dc2b345c I could not escape 3631f38d62 the shackles of being 9c807602f7 an outcast.586912a672938b44

Grey’s face appeared 84af724046 on the dark 308cb94d64 canvas. Tears formed between my 00415a0af4 closed eyes, scattering into 441e10fe4a the air. I was certain he e0935a54f7 was the answer to a6fdc8b2a6 my parched life, but 1014413166 my judgment was wrong. Having given him d3cc44c4bc everything, all that 4a5f12cb10 remained was cold d66d8f7f4d death.98fbecd0e7229d09

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“Well done, Ensley Maykin. You lived a 03bedc01fb miserable life.”b8b79288535dfae3

In the fleeting 249b7abf4f moment of dying, 9944f5ff6b I realized my 04e8c6c659 life was filled 9c0f580d09 with regret. I clenched 8ef9023f7d my teeth.fb2c46cfca1eb4d5

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“If I had one 45772ed1f2 more chance, I wouldn’t 08434ea7b5 live like this.”8b2a6a96bca8c923

I let out c451cde2cc a meaningless lament.bf2cf00884e8260f

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The moment I df85244fc0 wished to undo 277121eecf everything, my falling 80facfce71 speed slowed. Feeling something amiss, cc33c2f462 I opened my 159fd14091 eyes. A light stirred within d08c03ab5d the pendant of the a77f454f2c necklace around my neck.2d6872be04fe5eef

“Everyone has the 5ba44fcc66 power to change f8a07958e7 the future. Not everyone 80288c959a can change 4b8f7d4f5c the past. This is a 47e188de81 reward. You’ll need it e5de703d23 on the final 4e143aead2 day when you 1253d0284c learn what you 986a19f692 don’t yet know.”f051894f70f46165

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A triangular 5a4003f8d0 necklace given dfeaa54d0d to me 2b9e517879 in the e3d6fa04b0 distant past 8a1f27a84b glowed. Just before my aae44025d4 waist was pierced 36e0dfb6d9 by the sharp fd1822db59 rocks, my body 44e91ae5ae floated. With a cracking sound, 5d05dbbb52 the light writhing within 6b9abf20cf the pendant stretched outward.404aa8cc55200b74

Even though I closed 3b7cffa648 my eyes instinctively, the 4e31a535d1 surroundings were so bright 1f5f0cb2ca I grimaced. The light, 3b08ec1e54 intense and 04ddd494fd almost tangible, 9a143a47bb washed over 549c934df8 everything around 6055b580ad me and b955638e9e my very a3228bb195 existence.934e882796d21216

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