I stood up, making sure Eric was unconscious in front of me.


    Tina is lying in the back.


    She probably passed out from the explosion I caused earlier.


    I think she was shooting her magic around the ice wall, so she was in a more vulnerable position to the explosion.


    I walk past Eric and approach Tina.


    Eric doesn''t swing his sword at me like he did earlier, he really looks like he''s fainting.


    ''Tina-chan was one of those people I didn''t expect.


    I''ve never heard of a single person being able to build an ice wall like that.


    I mean, I''ve heard that you were a genius when it comes to magic, but I never knew you could do something like that.


    Eric brought you here, Tina, too.


    He said Eric taught her magic.


    I knew Eric was too much for her.


    But now we''re out of the way.


    I crouched down next to Tina.


    Then I make a shallow slash at her shoulder with my dagger.


    Even if I''m passed out, I don''t know when I''m going to wake up.


    This doesn''t keep me awake for half a day.


    Well, my work is finally done.


    "I''ve been here for three years...


    It feels pretty long in words, but it didn''t feel that long in experience.


    I''ve heard that painful things feel longer and fun things feel shorter.


    -- I guess it was fun after all.


    The training period wasn''t that painful either.


    No one knew who I was, so they were friendly with me.


    Yulina also adored me for being like this.


    I look at Eric, who is lying on the ground, passed out.


    Every morning for the past month, I woke up to find Eric sleeping like this next to me.


    His face was calm and it had become somewhat of a habit to look at it every morning.


    I haven''t been able to sleep in the room with him the past few days, so I haven''t been able to see it.


    I''d like to see it again but I can''t watch it again.


    We can''t even get together and eat breakfast.


    I can''t train with you. I won''t be able to work.


    We wouldn''t be able to go back to our rooms at night and complain about how we felt that day or how tired we were.


    We can''t laugh at each other anymore.


    ........Huh?


    I felt something running down my cheeks and wiped it away, and it was tears.


    Before I knew it, I seemed to be crying.


    I had no right to cry, even though I had no right to cry.


    Why am I grieving?


    I can''t stay here and remember so many things.


    Outside, the sounds of battle are still echoing.


    The soldiers of the Begonia Kingdom and the Lynda Empire were still fighting each other.


    I take off the jacket of a soldier from the Begonia Kingdom and throw it down to cover Eric.


    I''m going to leave my memories of the Begonia Kingdom here.


    ''Bye, Eric.''


    Then I left the house where they were sleeping.


    When I left the house, the soldiers were still fighting at the back gate.


    It seems that the Lindow Empire still hasn''t been able to break through this tattered front.


    ''''Die!''''


    As I was leaving the house and checking my surroundings, someone attacked me from the side with a sword.


    I quickly dodged and avoided it and at the same time slashed away the dagger into the opponent''s stomach.


    It wasn''t deep, but it was a sure cut.


    After I slashed, I realized that the opponent was a soldier from the Lindow Empire.


    ''''Ah?　What are you, man, which way?


    You can''t seem to judge me because I''m not wearing the clothes of the Begonia Kingdom or the Lynda Empire.


    So how could you attack me, you''re too stupid.


    ''''Neither,''''


    What?　What kind of...?


    The guy noticed something wrong with his body and collapsed to his knees.


    "...but...!


    You don''t need to know that, because you''re going to die.


    I''m going to get close to the dead guy.


    I don''t care who''s lying on the ground in front of me.


    I don''t have to kill him, and I don''t care if I do.


    Even if I don''t kill him directly, he''ll probably die on his own if he''s lying down here.


    But....


    I think I''m going to kill him.


    No, no.


    It''s probably wasted on poison resistance or something, but it hasn''t passed out yet.


    Whatever, it''s just a reminder of my true nature.


    I thrust the dagger into the fallen man''s neck.


    And then I tear his neck apart.


    "Buch--


    I could hear such a voice leaking out of his mouth, or perhaps from where he had torn it apart with his dagger.


    If it was someone I didn''t even know who it was, I could kill them this easily.


    I don''t kill people for the love of it, but I would if it was for a mission.


    This is the kind of killing I need to do to remind me of my mission.


    This will take me away from the daily routine of a soldier in the Kingdom of Begonia.


    "Thanks, I don''t even know your name.


    I think he could hear me because he probably didn''t die instantly.


    But he won''t understand what I''m saying and will just die.


    I leave the place.


    This time, kill the signs so that no one can find you.


    After checking out the current battlefield, there''s nothing more I can do about it.


    I don''t care who wins or loses, it doesn''t matter to me.


    I''ll remember what an assassin is supposed to do, and I''ll leave the country.


    That is my mission.