Chapter 427: Chapter 427
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I woke up with my head ringing, the sun shining in my eyes with unholy abandon, and somewhere I was unfamiliar. The rocking of a cart got me to groan as I sat up. Looking around, we appeared to be in the desert. Sand dunes surrounded the cart. Familiar faces, paired with new ones, marched behind the cart. To say I was confused would be an understatement.
"Hey, you! You're finally awake!" Kheri called out to me.
Groaning at her words, I squinted as I looked up at her before she landed on the cart. "What's happening?" A dry cough left my mouth as I felt parched.
"We're heading to the coast. You've been asleep for almost four days now. It was decided it would be best to leave sooner rather than later. We should cross the desert in another day or two." The Zugal General explained as I sat up, and she handed me a water pouch. "How're you feeling?"
Lowering my hand, I looked at her. "I try my best, Kheri. People will still die, but I don't like it when my people do." Closing my eyes, a sigh of my own escaped my lips. "I'm rather sensitive to it. I know that in war, people will die, and there are times when I will be indifferent, but it always weighs heavily on me." Opening my eyes, I rested my forearms on my knees and examined my hands.
"I imagine it must be difficult for you. Actually," She started. "I can't even imagine. At your age, the things you must've been through, seen, and done." Then Kheri smiled. "I'm a little glad, though."
"Glad?"
"Glad it never got easier, and those deaths still weigh on you. That you still carry them with you." Then she chuckled. "Sorry to bother you with something so heavy immediately after you woke up."
"I'm more thankful for moments like these than you will ever know, Kheri." I told her, and she looked at me, surprised. "We're a lot alike from what I can tell. You're just a little more reserved." Then I chuckled back. "Truth be told, if you weren't a General in Lestrania, I'd probably ask you to be my student too. You and Typhon make quite the pair."
The General blinked in surprise a few times before she smiled. "You're a good man, Arthur."
My smile faded, and I looked at my hands once more. "I've tried my best to be." A cough escaped my lips as my chest tightened a little bit. "It doesn't mean I've always been one." Clearing my throat, she studied me.
"Seems that poison is still there."
"It is." I replied with a nod.