The new year came, and the night of the new year was still as cold as ever. No one had the will to celebrate the new year as Reichwein was still at war. The knights at the border were on the brink of completely losing hope.
Every night, Henrie would catch them dozing off with a tired face. When told to rest or sleep, they would only nod, but they wouldn't shut their eyes. Did they suffer from difficulty sleeping too?
It was natural that they felt restless. War was never good, and war sometimes caught them off guard. Perhaps they feared that The Paar could come at them at any time, making them unable to fall to slumber. Their spirits hit an all-time low during winter. The cold air and the lack of sun contributed to their depression.
Henrie threw words of encouragement from time to time, not just during briefings but also one-on-one when he bumped into a knight looking particularly dreary.
