’Wait, Nozel, isn't Lide with you? Aren't you in the same squad? He would have been very useful here with this infection," asked Amanda.

- ‘I know, but the colonel needed him elsewhere.’ It was the first time Nozel felt extreme bitterness seeing his deceased friend's wife in complete ignorance, still thinking that he was alive, especially when he perpetuated this by lying to Amanda.

- ‘He won't believe me when I tell him about my day today,’ ‘ said Amanda, excited to see her fiancé again. LIDE

- ’Yeah." NOZEL replied coldly to AMANDA's enthusiasm.

*As he was about to leave the neonatal ward, NOZEL instinctively sensed danger and saw the lights go out for a second time.

‘I know this feeling. I felt it not long ago, and I can also feel concentrated arcane energy coming from two places, one downstairs and the other here in the same room as me,’ Nozel wondered to himself.

‘Um, NOZEL, I just remembered, one of the mothers gave birth to twins,’ ‘ added Amanda.

- : ’And when you saw them outside, was one of the three mothers carrying a baby on her back or carrying a baby in her arms?‘ asked Nozel

- : ’Uh, no, wait, what do you mean?"

‘Yes, Amanda, the remaining baby is still in this room.’

*At the far end of the room, in the darkness emanating from a greenish light, Nozel and Amanda saw where the light was coming from...

‘Nozel, look behind you,’ Amanda said.

‘Impossible, not here, not now, how did it get in here?’ Nozel had once again spotted the unique creature that had turned his day and that of his squad into a real nightmare.

-: ‘A Draugr!’ Amanda exclaimed in surprise, but that was not the end of the surprises that our two young fighters had to face, because as they looked closer, they realised something else... ‘He's holding the baby we were looking for earlier,’ they both said, terrified for the fate of the baby that this dangerous draugr was carrying

. "But what is he doing here, and why haven't we located him? I know that he, like the other one who had LIDE, was different from the Draugr we know. I can't face him. I couldn't defeat him when our whole squad struggled to defeat the other one at EATOGIAS. I'm just going to focus on saving the baby he's holding." .‘ Thinking internally, this was the strategy Nozel had opted for when he calmed himself down before remembering that the baby's life was more important than his fear of facing this Draugr.

- ’NOZEL, stay calm. I know I'm not as experienced as you, but this Draugr is strange,‘ Amanda calmed him down.

- ’What? How?" ‘

- ’I don't see the baby crying, and from where I'm standing, the baby is still alive. If it were aggressive, it could have crushed all the babies in this room. Let's synchronise our timing, Nozel.‘ Nozel was proud and sad because LIDE had found an exceptional woman, but he would never dream of her again.

- ’Will you know?" Nozel asked him.

- ‘Don't worry, trust me, my friend. On the count of three, you'll do everything you can and use your wind magic to snatch the baby from her and flee this place,’ he told Nozel what to do.

-NOZEL: ‘Okay.’ "

*NOZEL knew it was a risky gamble, first of all to put the life of the baby held hostage by the Draugr in danger, and secondly, he could have minimised the risks by fleeing with AMANDA and the three other babies outside. He found this cowardly, but understandable in order to minimise the risks. Instead, NOZEL decided to take action. Taking a deep breath, he knew that Draugr, by their very nature, are overly sensitive to the energy emitted by the magic of the arcane stone. Given the danger, NOZEL wanted to avoid a scenario where the Draugr would go on the offensive and attack them. The situation was in his favour, as NOZEL is the only soldier known to date to be the fastest. He threw the baby he was carrying to AMANDA and had time to draw his two slakers. The draugr had sensed his magic being activated and, just as he was about to crush the baby in his hands, no one had seen him and he even cut off the draugr's arms and took the baby with him, along with the pieces of the draugr's severed arms. AMANDA, who was agile, managed to retrieve the child, and Nozel, wanting to flee, was knocked off balance when a second draugr appeared out of nowhere and punched him in the jaw.

-NOZEL: A second one? Impossible.

AMANDA: Watch out, Nozel, it's coming at you again!

Just as it was about to touch Nozel and the child, Nozel tried to protect himself by putting his arm out in front of him, and in an instant, the second draugr was frozen by the frost.

- But what just happened? It's...

-AMANDA: LIDE's necklace...

* The draugr stuck in the frost and the other remained motionless, just staring at NOZEL and AMANDA. Then the severed arms that were hanging on the baby NOZEL had saved disappeared into dust, and the draugr regenerated, growing back its two severed arms. . It was brief, but NOZEL saw the draugr join his hands together as if in prayer. Realising this, NOZEL and AMANDA both fled, as they had not come to fight the draugr but rather to save the babies, and managed to leave the neonatal ward.

-: ‘Luckily the draugr didn't follow us,’ said Amanda.

"Yes, yes, but it's not over yet. I felt its magic connect with that of the colonel and IZUMO. I think it was this monster that accelerated the spread of the infection in IZUMO's body, and that the other one we encountered in Eatogias had marked IZUMO to bring the infection back to the capital. We have to leave this place, and I'm getting lost in my own thoughts,‘ said Nozel, lost in his thoughts before listening to Amanda say...

- ’And it was this monster or draugr that killed LIDE?‘ Amanda asked Nozel.

- ’What? No, what are you talking about? Are you okay, Amanda?"

- ‘You know, I couldn't be in the military, but that doesn't mean I'm stupid,’ said Amanda seriously.

-NOZEL: But AMANDA, I didn't mean to...

-AMANDA: ‘It's useless. I was aware of the choice I was making when I accepted LIDE's proposal and also to carry his child, knowing full well that he was in the military. He even forbade me from becoming pregnant because of the risks of his job. He and I knew that this day would eventually come.’

-NOZEL: How did you know?

-: "LIDE always told me that if at any point I no longer heard his voice, his magic would reach me to prove that he was still taking care of me and his son, and I realised that the way his magic was activated by his necklace was the same way we had created our bond on the day we met through that necklace. I don't regret my choice. I chose the best man there is," replied Amanda with a smile that showed pride but hid bitterness and sadness.

-: ‘You're right, LIDE is exceptional because even in death he was able to save our lives, and without that, even these newborns could have died. Look, there's the exit,’ said Amanda as she approached the hospital exit, meeting the police commander who had come to assist with the infection reported at the hospital.

-POLICE COMMANDER: SERGEANT NOZEL? What are you doing here? We have ordered everyone to evacuate the building.

-: ‘There were still children in the neonatal ward. Please report that this area is extremely dangerous. We need a DAIMIO or ADNACHIELS to deal with this problem. Please take this seriously,’ said Nozel.

POLICE COMMANDER: ‘Right, Sergeant!’

AMANDA went to the women who were asking for their babies and brought them their children safe and sound, as promised: ‘Here are your babies, safe and sound.’

The children's mothers thanked Amanda and Sergeant Nozel profusely for rescuing their children safe and sound: "Thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We thank you for what you have done for us and for your courage. You, who have given birth like us, but went to rescue our children.‘

- ’Thank you, it must be maternal instinct. Take care of your children and you must not stay here. Take an ambulance to evacuate," replied Amanda

- The children's mothers: ‘Thank you so much, your husband will be proud of you,’; ‘GIRL POWER.’ They raised their fists in the air, a symbol of the strength and resilience Amanda had shown as a mother and a widow.

‘All right,’ said Amanda sadly, heading for the ambulance. She got in, and the ambulance driver handed her child back to her and drove away. Looking out the window, Nozel could see Amanda crying bitterly, and even if he intervened to comfort her, she would not calm down anytime soon, so he preferred to let Amanda mourn.

NOZEL: "Damn, not only have I exhausted all my energy, but I also broke my leg escaping from that draugr in the room. I would have liked to go and help the colonel and ARIMA, because things could go badly for them with that draugr around. ‘

-AMBULANCE NURSE: ’Sir, you're in no condition to do anything. Please come inside and let us treat you in the ambulance."

- ‘I know, I'm well aware of that, but...’

-NURSE: "I don't need to tell you what you risked by completely exhausting the magic of your arcane stone. Go on, otherwise there won't be enough room and those mothers won't be able to thank their children's saviour. You've already done enough, be proud of that, Sergeant. ‘

- NOZEL: ’All right, I'm coming. You're right, I'm in no condition to change things.‘

-’I've always been too late or too incapable to accomplish anything. I'm not like you, ARIMA, IZUMO, or ZARUBA. I'm not like you, who know how to get others out of the worst situations. LIDE even sacrificed himself, and even in death, he saved our lives. And now, ARIMA and IZUMO, I am leaving you once again in danger, facing this Draugr. Forgive me, I am not one of the CHOSEN like you. I am afraid, and I am overwhelmed by all of this. All I can do is hope that you will get us out of this situation, ARIMA. When all this is over, I will apologise to you,‘ said NOZEL, crying and expressing his disappointment, while the nurse who was treating her understood his emotions and said nothing.

* At the same time in the operating theatre