Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 5)

Chapter 818: The Last (51)

I ran until I was out of breath. I didn't know what I was running for, but I knew I had to keep moving for now.

Nothing might change. I didn't think anything would.

It probably wouldn't be of any help, either. It would most likely only be a hindrance.

But I kept moving.

"Oscar!"

"Oscar! You must leave."

'What am I doing?'

Even I didn't know. As I turned my head unconsciously, I saw the people colliding with the soldiers. I saw those who were screaming and running.

Even in such a chaotic situation, the troops were still evacuating citizens.

Charlotte, who was facing the enemies with her sword drawn, also caught my eye. Everyone looked desperate.

Looking up from the window, I saw the Son of Light quietly looking at the end of the State.

—A traitor! There! There! A bunch of dirty rebels!

—The princess who betrayed the Empire! Here's the Imperial Empress who devoured her own family! The cancer that ruined our nation is with the rebels!

"I am not a princess, shades of the Empire!"

—Are you denying your true identity? Do you deny the will of the Empire?

"The will of the Empire is buried with the victims. I am a citizen of the State! I'm a human like everyone, forgotten ghosts!"

—Are you denying your legitimacy? Do you deny your specialness? Do you deny that you are of imperial blood and that you are the master of the Empire?

"I am not special! The ones truly special are the people who changed this country, those who sacrificed and shed blood for it! How can you call something that hasn't changed special? Those who changed it are the masters of it! They are the ones deserving to lead it!"

—You're stupid! You are stupid!

"The real fools are you who are stuck in the past! Aren't you the ones trying to shackle yourselves? We will fight until the end! I will bury my bones here too! Not as the princess of a fallen empire! Future generations will remember me as Charlotte of the State!"

A voice that I shouldn't be able to hear was stuck in my ears. It echoed throughout the State.

"Why are you resisting, Charlotte?"

There had to have been a way to appease the angry ghosts. If it were her, she would have a way to calm them down.

"Why..."

Why did she brandish her sword with the soldiers when she wanted to save the people?

No, I actually knew the answer. Maybe she was trying to preserve the history of our brilliant resistance. It was to protect our pride.

"Don't leave the future of the State built with sacrifice and blood to your enemies! Remember how you got here! Remember how we built this place!"

The voice still rang in my head and resonated in my heart. The comrades who fought together, the future, the glory, the future generations, the people who gave their lives for their ideas.

She didn't want to give up on them either. Even she, who said the bloody revolution was a failure, wanted to defend them.

Perhaps that was why. That might be the reason why I was running now.

Booooooooooooooooom!!!!

A huge explosion began to erupt with a loud sound.

My body bounced off, and my vision quickly turned dark.