"What you just want me to listen? what the hell is going on in your mind."
Tenbris was flying nearly dead on the ground and was confused about Yuuka's sudden intention of talking instead of torturing or killing him.
"You are a dead man right now, Just take some words of mine to hell with you."
Yuuka who sat right in front of Tenbris had his eyes lowered and his face clearly showed that he was feeling weak and just wanted to throw something out which, troubled his mind.
"When will it all end?"
"What?.."
"This entire war. When will this end?"
Yuuka asked Tenbris a question familiar to every soldier who lives through a war. Every day they ask their colleagues and themselves, when will it end?
"I don't know."
And to this, Tenbris had the response as all others.
"That is the problem, why you DON'T KNOW?!!"
Yuuka was now completely enraged and shouted his heart out-
"- Every time we fight, we win or we lose, A new person appears. They come to start a war, then they repent saying it was important for everyone-"
Yuuka started indiscriminately blaming all the people who try to bring a change through violence.
"- LIKE FUCK THIS!!! I can't stay with my daughter because some damn 40-year-olds couldn't decide that it was how they should run a government. I have never spent time with my parents, I don't know how they ever felt about me. I can't give the person I love the time to keep them happy. Why?! this-"
"Shut the hell up you, hypocrite."
Tenbris had enough of Yuuka ranting and self-served words, all he cared about now was to put the hypocrite in his place.
"You think that your parents dying for the country just because they did not give YOU time is worthless?!"
" For those 40 years old you are blaming ask them what have they lost. huh? How much have they sacrificed for the future generation to be happy? They-"
The argument by Tenbris acted as fuel for Yuuka flames.
"That's what I am saying, who is happy here?.."
"..."
Tenbris never expected his question, nor did he have a reply to that.
" Their sacrifices don't have a damn worth if all they did is put the generation they were supposed to be sacrificing for into another generation that needs to be sacrificed."
His words had grown a huge level of logic and bias in a few seconds but Tenbris still had his words left answer Yuuka.
" So, What are you doing here, bringing soldiers to kill themselves, killing people like me who you never knew, raiding towns, killing other people who have families and whatnot? Why don't you try to be different and change the world?"
"Because it's just that 'EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD'. They'll rather Rule hell than serve heaven."
"So, you want to rule hell too?"
"I will be the change; everything ends with me. On this battlefield, I have burned my own comrade's corpses, Lead my soldiers on multiple suicide charges, and killed many fathers, brothers and whatnot, but everything related to this war ends with me."
" And how will you do that."
"I'll do ...."
Yuuka was quite as moved his face looking down.
" Why are so quiet now don't you have an answer for such a trivial ques-"
"Anything... everything, I'll do it. Everything that needs to be done will be done. I'll make sure everyone who needs to, will meet you in hell after this story ends."
Yuuka has a reply with an utterly unhesitating voice. His eyes told that he has spoken the absolute truth that came to his mind.
"--!!!!"
Tenbris had a realisation that his words of a person who had ambitions truly diamond hard ambitions. He'll work for anyone, kill, betray, and throw anyone away.
Just for his ambitions.
Yuuka had completed his words already and now pointed the gun right at Tenbris's head. Already coughing and losing consciousness due to blood loss. Tenbris spoke his final words.
" You really are the worst person, who could have joined this war. I hope one of your allies stands beside you while you die."
"You should have remembered your parents. Wishing anything for me is just as worthless as your allies."
"You were one of them,... my allies. Do you know how my dad died? He died because he ran away from the war. He couldn't just see these friends and his comrade keep dying and so he ran away and was killed as the traitor who left his country behind."
" Give him my greetings, Like father like son."
*bang
A bullet shot was heard and blood burst out all around the walls of the house Tenbris had lied his back against.
" No parent will die before spending a good life with their child. I'll make sure that happens."
Yuuka lighted a lighter and threw it right at Tenbris and his allied soldiers' bodies.
The soldier rushed to the location to see the bodies burning and Yuuka walking with his back towards the burning bodies.
"Pay your respects." Yuuka gave orders to give a final honour to the people who choose to fight in a war, to those who left behind their families to fight for someone else.
"Thank you, Tenbris."
The commander was just another man with wounds in his heart and flaws in his ideologies but he always respected the one who died fighting or dying while helping someone so that they could keep on fighting.
Volume 1 Ends.
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Fun fact: Tea is the most popular drink in the whole 5 kingdoms except Saxony, they drink wine.