[竜 槍] Long had it been since he had felt his old strength. The thundering heart of the dragon roared within him.
The beating, a steady drum.
It fueled each step as he continued to traverse the path before him. The journey down the mountain was steep. Many would have had difficulty reaching it’s summit, let alone walking back down it again once they did.
Still, he continued. He did not waver even for a moment. Each step fell just as certain as the last. He would see the bottom of this mountain, and then...
That was something he had no answer for.
The dragoon stakes the end of his spear in the ground, signaling a brief pause to his descent. Lavender hues scanning the horizon curiously. The sun was setting, and the colors that it cast in its setting moments were breathtaking. The sky melded into subtle hues of blue, orange, and pink.
Who could not help but stop and gaze at such a wondrous sight?
He took it as long as he could. It was calming, almost peaceful moment. It was little surprise to him that in such a moment, his thoughts wandered back to the Kingdom of Baron.
What were they doing he wondered, Cecil and Rosa?
His chin lowers away from the sky as the light fades away slowly into darkness.
Darkness...
The reason he had left them. The darkness inside himself that he could not defeat. The hand that held his spear clinched the wooden shaft with renewed vigor. The white of his knuckles evident as his features bore a stern look.
Was it any wonder why he left them?
They were better off without him. He had nearly destroyed them with his jealousy. The two people he loved most.
He pulled his spear from the ground then, whirling it deftly around himself with nothing but a hand. It came to rest across his shoulders. A deep sigh resonating from his lips afterward.
He still was not worthy, to stand in their presence.
Part of him doubted if he ever truly would be.
Those lavender orbs close shut as he buries his face in his free hand. Being torn in two wasn’t nearly as painful as his guilt or remorse.
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