May the Melody of death overlook your birth
May the Melody of Life oversee your debts
May the Melody of Soul oversee your peace
May you achieve what you wish for, my child
-Raia.
Have you ever seen the night sky? Is it beautiful? I am sure it is. The small twinkling stars, so near yet so far, The moon hanging alone in the night sky like a diamond. Seeing the night sky so many times, that it doesn't look beautiful anymore for us right? But For me, I think you all are too luxurious in spending nature's beauty.
Looking above, The sky was black, Full darkness, It was so dark that it made people tremble with horror, There was no star in the sky, Nothing that could illuminate the sky, The moon had clear dark cracks, half part was separated from the moon, it no longer looked like a diamond but a pebble on the roadside, There were cracks in the
sky. Those bluish silver cracks were the only things illuminating the Whole World. This was his night sky. The Sky Erwin watched for last some years.
On the ground full of Boodies, Which were burned, sucked or separated by limbs or cut into half was standing a lone solider. His shoulder was half cut, his stomach had three holes, blood poured from his lip, the silver eyes had lost life, they didn't shine, just like a dead man standing. The air around him was fishy and sticky with blood, yet the lone man didn't seem to care. It was like he was in a trance.
Time went by, No one came by the boy's side, Not even a shadow was seen far away, Not a bird's coo or air's Whoo. complete silence had Engulfed the whole world.
Hours went by, but the man still didn't flinch, His injuries worsened but the boy felt no pain, didn't even wince with pain as if mocking the death watching him.
As time passed the boy came to, His eyes had flashed and his body slid down and he fell on his knees. Blood spurted from his lips, He whispered in a hoarse voice.
"The dept of blood is paid in full...I took my revenge...I took revenge for them...I...killed all who...came...I...I..."
Tears welled in the eyes of the boy, He looked at the sky which was beyond recognition, His tears fell, drop by drop on the red ground full of blood mixed with
his enemies and his own blood.
He trembling asked while looking at the sky.
"What...I...What was my sin?...I...Sin, What was my wrong?! SAY IT!! SPEAK!! TELL ME!! WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT!! I did not do wrong! I was not wrong! I
never asked for help when in trouble! I relied on myself! I made myself strong, worked hard for years with my brothers, and we finally had our happiness...BUT!
YOU TOOK IT IN AN INSTANCE!"
His lonely cry echoed in the silent atmosphere. No one came to him, No one coaxed him, He cried, He asked, And asked yet no answer came from the place he
looked at. He was disappointed. Madness, Hatred, Envy, Grief such emotions brewed in his heart causing his heart to twitch in pain which felt more painful than his physical pain.
He was crying when he felt someone rushing to him, He didn't have the time to look when he was taken in a warm embrace, it was like an embrace of a father,
Warm and cold. He looked at the person holding him and was startled.
The person had pure black hairs unlike his silver ones, His red eyes had a kind of happiness and sadness difficult to put in words, tears fell from those red eyes.
The person who should look strong and powerful felt weak while holding Erwin.
"I am so sorry...I am sorry...I couldn't save anyone...I couldn't protect you, my beloved...You left me...You...promised to never leave me!.... How could you..."
The person stroked his back while looking at the sky, He also cried, Erwin, sniffed and felt sadder. He also spoke out.
"Little Claude, I am so sorry...Brother didn't know how painful you were when you died, brother is sorry...He took revenge for you...Now you won't feel pain...Claude.."
The man choked, He again whispered.
"I am sorry my wife, I am really repenting leaving you alone that day...How I wish I could take you in my arms again...How I wish to love you again...Why...Can't I.."
Erwin and The man apologized to their family and friends again and again. Erwin sat in the lap of the man and the man stroked his head and back, the two looked at the sky as if looking at someone far from here, they spoke until Erwin felt his energy diminishing slowly. The man felt Erwin dying.
He looked at the face which was 4 points similar to him. After looking at the person in his arms for some time, He took out an old watch. It had complex patterns on
Its covers were silver in color with golden numbers.
Erwin had lost his sense of smell and sight as time went by, The man unhurriedly opened the watch with a click, As it opened, it really felt an old common watch. The
man bite his tongue and blood poured out from his mouth, The drops of the blood fell on the cover of the watch slowly.
Time went by and the watch remained unmoved. The man put the watch in Erwin's hand and said to Erwin.
"My regrets will never be fulfilled, But yours...I can help, so don't have regrets the next time we meet."
As soon as his words fell, Erwin took his last breath. The man looked coldly at the watch shining with golden light and engulfing the whole figure in his arms.
In complete silence, He heard no voice, he could see no one, his body felt light, his senses of touch remained dull.
'So this is death? it sure is cold and lonely.'
He thought.
Time passed, The lonely wisp of soul was accompanied by the void and remained motionless. Yet soon a mechanical voice entered his consciousness.
[Do you have a wish?]
Erwin who was muddleheaded because of silence and darkness immediately became awake. He heard the sentence and felt nothing. He had nothing, what
could he wish? he himself was dead, can he wish anything? Then he remembered the man. Who had regrets.
[Do you have a wish?]
For reason unknown or maybe simple pity or gratitude toward the man who accompanied him to death, he said.
'Yes.'
[State your wish.]
'The Uncle who lost his wife, Who was with me when I died...I wish for his wife to accompany him again.'
[Are you sure? Confirm it.]
Confirm? Erwin laughed mockingly, Sure, He will confirm.
'I confirm it, That's my wish.'
[Understood.]
After this, he completely lost his consciousness.
The lost consciousness returned and when Erwin opened his eyes again, He slightly squinted as the white light fell on him. He tried to move his hand and cover his eyes
but the next second he found that he couldn't react. He was stunned. Another second passed when he finally tried and forcefully moved his arms. With the support
of his arms, he slowly sat up and couldn't help but look at the unfamiliar yet familiar room. It was his room in Faust Family. It was the place where he spent his childhood
till age 11.
Because when he was 11 years of age, he and his brothers were abandoned by his family. Because they had no parents, their relatives couldn't take care of three sick seedlings. His siblings were just 9 years old, sick and weak, smaller than a normal 9-year-old, And he himself was only a burden as a big brother.
The sound of the door opening made Erwin regain his mind as he glanced at the door, As soon as he saw the small heads looking inside with extreme innocence and sweetness, Erwin shouted.
"WHO!?"
The children at the door looked identical twins, Both had black hair and big black eyes. The shout of Erwin made them flinch yet they kept looking at Erwin and called out softly.
"Brother?"
"B-Brother..."
One child was bold and the other was timid, exactly like in his memory. Erwin couldn't believe what he was looking at.
"...No...You can't be them!! Who are you? How dare you use those faces!?"
The mad look on Erwin's face caused the children to become worried instead of being scared.
The bolder child quickly skip toward Erwin and leaped in his arms as he patiently coaxed.
"Brother Erwin, it's ok, We will be fine. Uncle said we can live in the new home without worry!"
The warm body in his arms made Erwin realize, this is reality, His weak body couldn't wrap his arms around the soft child, no matter how much he wanted to embrace the child he couldn't muster enough strength.
The other child also came to him at this moment and picked up a glass of water and gave it to Erwin with his small hands.
"Brother, Water?"
Those innocent eyes...How he missed these eyes...Big teardrops fell from the eyes of Erwin, He spoke hesitatingly.
"Clau...Claude?"
The boy named Claude paused looking at Erwin's tears, He quickly put the glass of water away and also came to Erwin's lap and wiped those tears with his twin brother Cain.
Erwin kissed the small hands of Claude and Cain, who were helping him wipe his tears.
"I missed you both so much! Claude, Cain."
A sigh mixed with extremely exhausted voice came from the young Erwin's mouth.
Cain and Claude couldn't help but also cry when they saw the continuous tears of Erwin. Their life after the death of their family was never easy, But their elder brother never cried like this.
Looking at him, crying so much, the young children couldn't help but cry along with him.
That night the three brothers cried their hearts out, For Erwin, he met his siblings after an extremely long and lonely time, While for the young children they just had too many grievances toward their relatives.
The moon that night was hidden under the clouds, No one could see what it looked like. Maybe it was beautiful or maybe it was...Same as before.
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