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I had really difficulty writing this chapter, i took two entire hours for it, incredible.
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"Courage isn't having the strength to go on—it is going on when you don't have strength."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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Background bus noise
On the last row of seats inside the bus, Vin could be seen seated on the left side gazing at the scenery in deep thought, his black tinted eyeglasses reflected the sun rays.
Even though the tint is extremely deep, Vin could clearly see without problems, as if he was just wearing normal eyeglasses, this is thanks to someone's gift.
Vin gaze focused on his reflection admiring his handsomeness until noticing the glasses: '...'
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(Some hours before.)
Tap tap tap
Vin was leaning on the wall of the bus station, waiting for the bus when he heard some steps on his left, he moved his head and glanced towards the newcomers.
"Daniel, Mary." He spoke calmly, not surprised by their visit, Daniel smiled and waved: "Yo! We came here before the others." He dapped Vin while Mary stayed on the side with her arms crossed and impassive beautiful face.
She looked deeply at Vin or more precisely at his dark glasses and mocked: "Still insicure eh?" Vin lowered his hand from the dap and calmly looked at her in silence.
Mary gaze softened and added: "You know that those eyes aren't a curse." Even though she is usually harsh to Vin, she still cares deeply for him as the only brother she has.
Daniel usual goofyness was nowhere to be found as he looked at Vin with seriousness, his hands on his pockets while slightly tilting his upper body, his strong physique easily noticeable from the lines on his clothes.
Vin turned his head and spoke: "The more time passes, the more you look like your brother." After all of this time, the group has already meet the second body, and they all noticed how Daniel is looking like him more and more as the days pass.
Daniel nodded and responded: "Indeed, I'm slowly reaching the peak." His words have a clear meaning that Mary and Vin understood themselves.
"But my brother is not the topic, Vin." Daniel returned back to the topic, Vin closed his eyes for a second before opening them again: "You're right. But i know that i am still not ready."
Daniel nodded: "This training is here for that, so i hope you will fight your insecurities and find your path. But remember, we will always be there." He smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder while Mary smiled.
Vin lowered his head while smiling and thanked them: "Thank you guys, this means a lot for me." He raised his head and removed his glasses while looking deeply at their eyes.
Mary took something out from her oversized jacket and handed it to Vin who looked at the present curiously: "What's this?" He asked while grabbing it.
"Something we prepared for you." Mary answered while Daniel shook his head: "I made it and you're saying we?" Mary ignored his complains while Vin opened the rectangular box with the Allied logo on it.
Inside the carefully made box, a pair of eyeglasses rested silently, they were black, with tinted glasses, a small Allied logo on the right and left sides.
"This.." Vin looked at them, Daniel smiled and spoke: "Remove them when you will be ready." Mary nodded.
Vin with his emotions flowing on his heart smiled and wore them while Mary took the old ones, Vin looked around with the new pairs in surprise.
Even though the glasses are Tinted outside, he can clearly see without problems, this will not affect his fighting power, he smiled and said:
"Thanks."
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(Present time)
Vin looked at the glasses on the reflection and smiled.
[Next stop: Cheonliang]
The bus radio announced drawing Vin attention to it, he got up and grabbed his things while wearing the headphones with Duke's music already playing.
He got out of the bus and begun walking the long bridge connecting to the cheonliang city.
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Vin walked around the town ignoring the glares and disgusted gazes of the abitants, he has now become used to their stares.
"Look, it's the murderer!"
"How dares this monster come here!"
Various insults and curses were trown at him, but Vin continued on his way, after walking for some time he arrived in front of his old house.
Looking at the familiar inside his eyes were melancholic, he then visited the graveyard were the body of Sujin kim rested, Vin stood in front of the tomb and looked at it sadly.
He kneeled and caressed the grave with affection: "Sujin, I'm back.." he stood there for some minutes talking about how he spent his last years in Seoul.
After greeting his late lover Vin turned his attention to the next grave, the one of his mentor, with a resolved look he bowed to it: "Thanks again for everything!"
Sadly the body of Seongji Yuk has not been found, the authorities declared that the body has been lost in the sea so no traces of it were there, only his jacket got found at the shore.
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Vin is currently inside the makeshift home of Seongji Yuk, seated on the ground looking at a box.
His gaze sharp and ready.
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(Some years ago.)
"Vin." Seongj called while the cheonliang fam was playing, Vin turned to him and tilted his head in confusion, Seongji gestured to follow him, drawing curious glances from the others.
Vin curious, followed behind where his master brought him, inside the house.
Seongji grabbed a box from a safe on top of a rack, he gave it to Vin and said: "This is of your father, he left this to me in case i ever meet you."
Vin grabbed the box and looked at it: "What's inside?" Seongji shook his head and answered: "I don't know, your father instructed me to give this to you when you finished your training."
Vin widened his eyes: "Finished my training? But I'm not strong as you yet!" He protested since he still wanted to learn from his master, but Seongji shook his head: "I thaught you everything i knew, the rest is up to you."
He then tapped at the box: "Open this when you will feel ready to know more about your father, and why he was not with you."
Vin lowered his head and looked at the box.
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(Present time)
Vin looked at the box and opened it with a small key, looking at Its insides.
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End of the chapter
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