Ark: The Cycle of Light and Darkness

The heavy door was slowly pushed open, letting a ray of light penetrate into the quiet and peaceful house.

The black-haired Sakaz walked into the room silently, and the door automatically closed behind him without any wind, making a low sound.

The light leaking into the room was not cut off as the door closed, but gradually converged into a soft light, suspended above the quiet room like an artificial sun.

Levi didn't do anything in a hurry, but slowly looked around the surrounding scenery.

In the quiet room with no end in sight, there are thousands of stone tablets standing like a forest. A bloody dog ​​tag can be found on each stone tablet. Some of the blood even stains the stone tablet along with the dog tag. Dark red marks are left on each of the engraved names.

Levi sighed softly and sat on the floor.

A bottle of wine appeared in his hand at some point. Sakaz, who was sitting on the floor, did not speak. He just filled the wine glass in his hand, bowed to the surrounding stone monuments, and then drank it all.

"Everyone, long time no see. How are you? This time I didn't come on time again, so I punished myself with a drink first."

The voice echoed in the quiet room, and there was no response. However, Levi seemed to be accustomed to it, and he poured another glass of wine by himself, and then lightly sprinkled it on the ground.

"During the war, I won't let you get a drop of it... now, feel free to drink."

The quiet room responded to Levi's words with silence. The clear wine flowed on the ground and seeped into the gaps, leaving only the faint and elegant fragrance in the air. The black-haired Sakaz looked at the forest of stone tablets in front of him. , trying to recall the vivid memories behind the silent names.

These names belong to the soldiers who followed him through life and death.

Some of them had fallen asleep even before Levi became the commander of the legion, and some were Those who died in those bloody wars, a large part of them, were even buried deep under the snow-capped mountains on the border of Ursus and Kazdaele, and even their bones have never been returned to their hometown.

Hometown... What a distant word.

For Sakaz, how long has it been since he was homeless?

Levi was a little silent

"You...can't speak, just me. Sakaz stretched out his hand and pointed at his chest:"I understand in my heart what you want." We... Sakaz, no matter where we go or wander, the only home we want to go to is the one and only home."

"——home."

Pour the wine, raise your head, and drink it all in one gulp. The movements are smooth and fluid. The wine is strong alcohol. It is hot when it enters the throat. It slides into the stomach like a stream of hot water. It is spicy and choking.

"Daystar is very good, really good... so good that many Sakaz have considered it their second home."

"But, Sarkaz, no... Tikaz, fallen leaves return to their roots"

"This root is not in this duckweed sky, but in this land, the place called Kazdaele."

Levi drank himself another drink, his face turned slightly red.

"However, the world is not peaceful. It was like that ten years ago, and it will still be like that ten years later."

"Ursus, Victoria...these wolves are still eyeing our homeland."

"And Trasisi - that bastard who abandoned our home and his promise - abandoned the people of Kazdare as lightly as he betrayed us."

The bottle was not big, and it had already reached the bottom. Levi simply put the bottle on the ground, but there was a cold flash in his eyes.

"But no matter what, hope is always much better than disappointment"

"Just like the soldier who keeps watch in the long night, the dawn we expect will surely come"

"We have built up enough strength that we have been able to take back our homeland."

Speaking of this, Levi paused slightly, his voice also stuck.

"……Brothers, believe me, we will fight back soon"

"I have one last personal thing to do - when I'm done with this, I'll take you back to Kazdaele"

"I will take back the home of Tikaz, and I will drive out the unjust people who are entrenched there,"

"If the bear in the north dares to stretch out its paws, we will cut off its paws - if the lion in the west dares to show its tusks, we will pull out its tusks - if the wolf in the south dares to cross the line even half a step, we will call it death. burial place"

"……As for the corpse of the traitor, I will let him hang high until his bones and ashes - let this beast become your memorial monument."

The black-haired Sakaz stood up, closed his eyes, turned his head, and turned around.

The light dragged out a long shadow in front of him, and the heavy door opened again. The light outside the door converged with the indoor light, forming a golden thread. Wherever it goes.

There is no hesitation in Sakaz’s steps, and there is no nostalgia in his eyes.

"When I come back, let’s go home together"

————Dividing line————

"Code name?"

"Rusty blade!"

"go in."

In a brief conversation, the two parties did not even make eye contact. The soldier guarding the door looked intently, and the soldier who entered the door had a dull expression.

The soldier counted the steps and walked to the room, knelt down on one knee, and then looked up. He glanced at the figure with his back to him in the room.

The afternoon sun was dazzling and warm, making it impossible for him to look directly at the background for a long time.

"Sir, the 'plan' is all in place."

"Um."

Trasis turned around and looked at the intelligence officer who was kneeling in front of him, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

(Regulus Harvey, this time - let me break your sharp blade '!)

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