The Seventh Knight

ack to the town square and she bade me farewell. She said that she cou

iling face as she waved at me goodby

d the darker the closer I got to my house. Eventually, I reached the wooden

ould even see that there were spots of cobwebs below the awning of

eel and placed my hand on the wall beside the door. This was where my father used to mark

er's. He wanted me to have a better life than he did, and he wanted my children's life to be bet

eam, I found myself wondering why

y in what I did t

g civilians just so I could protect my squ

shudder to think that I would do i

il my dying days, and I carried those thoughts with me as I

s rife with specks of dust, and it was darker than I could remember. My father was n

the wind as if I were ex

but I shrugged it off as tomorrow's problem, not mine. Right now, all I wanted was the so

d count. There was even a small one on the left side of my chin. The circles around my eyes had become darker, and my gaze had b

. But now, I had become someone I never imagined I would ever bec

more time for you to hate yourself

closed my eyes. It didn't take long

reds of people filled the air. Amidst the blaring chaos caused by the cat

weapons and armors of each soldier on this once peaceful village turned battlefiel

Even the hardened soldiers were unable to contain their tea

Even my fallen comrades were looking at me with t

t?" a familiar

I never wanted this to

k silhouette. "You wanted to save the people back home? You didn't

ealed it as my best friend... at least

hurt you. You were a br

o his bloodied state. There was large streak of blood across his face and

" Zeke growled. "You are no h

that it was all but a dream. I could feel my heart

"I'm sorry, brother. Someday soon, I'll join you. Bu