Pov Hilda:
I didn’t have time to think about the heart in whom I’d stuck my sword, I didn’t have time to understand what I was feeling at the moment.
The soldiers under my command are fighting with everything they’ve got, I can’t stand still now, I pull my sword allowing his body to fall, then rush into battle killing as many pirates as possible.
The battle took a few hours as the pirates, when they saw that they were starting to lose, started to hide inside the houses and set up ambushes, this made this battle last a little longer than it should have.
After it was all over I went back to the place where his body was, I can’t calm my heart before I resolve these feelings.
I stop in front of his body and sit on the floor looking at his face, that face that froze in an expression of anger and hatred.
“Not even in death do you let go of all that anger and hatred, until the end you weren’t able to understand that it was these things that made others not choose you.” (I)
“If you had let go of this baseless hatred and anger you felt for everything and everyone, then our lives could have been very different.” (I)
I close my eyes with a memory from a long time ago when I was still a child.
I was worried about my mother at that time, at that moment one of the maids took me to my parents’ room where I saw the doctor leaving.
When I entered I saw my mother with a smile on her face with my father beside her, it was one of the puddles I saw my father crying, in my mother’s arms he was calm.
I remember my mother asking me to come closer, she put him in my arms and looked at me with a smile, I still remember the words she said.
“This is your little brother, Ivan, as the big sister you should be responsible for him, alright?” (mother)
“I’ll always be there when he needs him, mom, I promise.” (I)
“Hahahaha… you’re a good girl, Hilda…” (Father)
Tears
I couldn’t help the tears that welled up in my eyes as that memory welled up in the back of my mind, so I open my eyes to see my little brother’s body and look around at the sheer number of bodies around us.
“I tried so hard to be what you needed growing up, the only reason I joined the army was to help you when you had to.” (I)
“I’ve tried to advise, I’ve tried to help, and I’ve even tried to cover up some of your mistakes by thinking you didn’t do these things on purpose.” (I)
“Until the day you disappeared I tried to deny the monster you had become, but then when your various crimes began to come out into the light that’s when I realized that little child I once held in my arms was gone.” (I)
“I promised I would be responsible for you, as such it was my duty to take you into my own hands.” (I)
I don’t feel sad about his death, I feel sad that he couldn’t get rid of that hatred even in death.
“General, General, we have a problem…”
“…” (I)
I can’t go on like this forever, I wiped my eyes as I stood up to speak to the soldier who had arrived behind me, returning to my usual mood.
“What happened, calm down and tell me what’s going on.” (I)
“Informing the lady General, as ordered after the confirmation of the death of all the pirates, we went to the boats to search, but we found nothing, besides that there was no one else on the boats.”
“Were there any signs of battle?” (I)
“No, but we found some fresh bloodstains, but there were no bodies.”
“…” (I)
I thought for a few seconds, then it all made sense, he wanted the treasures while fighting he took all the profit without making an effort.
“Did anyone see that big ship that was in port for a while?” (I)
“That ship left yesterday, since then no one has seen it.”
Sigh
“I guess it’s ok, thanks to him no civilians died, so let’s consider this your reward.” (I)
“(Actually he didn’t even need us to destroy that pirate fleet, at least that’s what my instincts say.)” (I)
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Pov Zenos:
I was on my ship that I was hiding using dark magic along with dozens of people waiting for the pirates to arrive.
“Are you sure we shouldn’t do anything?” (Diana)
“We have already helped, no one innocent should die, in fact, the reconstruction of the city can even serve to renew and expand the city.” (I)
“Actually he just doesn’t want to attract the attention of the Church of Light, you never know if they’ll head to the Dark Continent.” (érica)
“The faction from that continent might not, but one of the factions from other continents might come after you, Father.” (Vanessa)
“They might even use you as an excuse to start a holy war, it wouldn’t be the first time.” (Vanessa)
“That sounds like something serious, but I agree with him, duty falls to the army.”
“…” (I)
“…” (all)
Everyone points their weapons in the direction of the voice, who was there was a Beastman from the tribe of Wolves, his fur was black and his body thin, his height was a little shorter than Diana’s.
I don’t know who he is or how he got here, but he’s standing next to Diana, who’s barely raised a hand to her face.
I was surprised that no one noticed it, but the truth is that we were caught off guard, no one thought the ship would be found and because of that no one was paying attention to the surroundings, we were careless this time.
“You can put your weapons down, that idiot is my brother Hermes, he likes to take people by surprise.” (Diana)
“It would have been funnier if I could see someone’s face, unfortunately, everyone is wearing masks.” (Hermes)
“But I’m surprised you all put down your weapons with a single word from Diana.” (Hermes)
“Diana has our full confidence, if she said we can lay down our weapons then that means you are not an enemy.” (Kira) .
“If you are Diana’s brother then you are welcome, we can talk…” (I)
“Looks like they’ve arrived.” (Karina)
Everyone looks to the side that Karina pointed to, and we see several boats coming towards the port, as soon as they are close we see the attacks of the magic cannons destroying the city that must be empty if they followed my plan.
After that, we wait until the cannons’ attack stops, as soon as they get out of the boats and run towards the city it’s time for us to act.
“You know what to do, go!” (I)
“Hermes, wait here until we get back.” (I)
“Can I use that fishing rod while I wait?” (Hermes)
“That fishing rod is mine, so feel free to use it.” (I)
Saying that everyone leaves the ship leaving only Hermes and the Elves behind on the ship.
