Aurora Execution

Part 2

What Glacier remembered the most about his childhood was Camus's always trying to keep him and Issac from becoming involved in the outside world.He recalled that when KGB had visited their place a few times, their master had to deal with it alone behind closed doors and never shared the information with two kids afterward; he could only find out later that those people were KGB agents.

He also recalled that when they were younger, Issac —in some ways more outgoing than he was—had once come upon the "Hygienic and Sex Education Manual" out of nowhere and had intended to secretly share it with him to explore the unknown together. Until the master found out, which caused his mate to be severely reprimanded. Isaac also asked several times to join the summer camp activities for young pioneers because he had heard about lovely girls there from somewhere, but Camus turned him down each time, their master taught them vital life lessons to set aside personal feelings and concentrate on fighting in addition to combat techniques, survival skills, a basic understanding of civil education, and life etiquette, but hardly touched on other topics.

he seemed to be deliberately trying to keep kis apprentices in a vacuum.

This may be how all Knights had to grow up, following the archaic guidelines set down by the covert organization ------Sanctuary for generations; they are likely not the exception. Glacier has never had grand ambitions, lofty ideals, or a strong desire to interact with society, so he has never had any doubts or issues regarding his life arrangement.

He also remembered that Camus had never shared any private details with anyone, including the two boys, aside from maintaining silence about his family history due to Sanctuary tradition, he had not even brought up his personal interests with his pupils. However, over time, Glacier could gradually discern from his correspondence that the master was likely drawn to natural science as well as the words of Dostoyevsky, Dobrolyubov, Herzen, Hemingway, and Belinsky. Moreover, he must also be a person who loves the arts.

Because he could still vividly recall every incident from his first encounter with this red-headed man who had a mullet haircut with a hippie-like appearance when he had arrived in Siberia, with whom He initially had a mixture of admiration and fear. The man was stern and unsmiling, especially when he was teaching him. He also had his pupils follow formal eating and conversational manners daily, making Glacier seem out of place when getting along with other bronze brothers. Seiya even told him straight from the shoulder that his regimented knife-and-fork eating style wasn't like a normal human being.

Thus, he could not fully unwind in front of this man despite Isaac's early emphasis on their master's friendliness, generosity, and kindness—and the advice to become more informal.

Until he heard the sound of someone playing instrumental music, "Blackbird" by the Beatles one night. He followed it and discovered Isaac and Camus sitting around the campfire in the snow outside their house, with Camus playing the guitar. Isaac smiled warmly and invited him to join them, but the red-headed man didn't turn to face him; instead, he was too preoccupied with his guitar to look up from behind. Still, Glacier sat down with them after a moment of hesitation.

"Hey, kids, it's music time! You may need inspiration during the harsh training life sometimes! So let's sing a children's song together.!Glacier, do you know the song ' May there always be sunshine'?"

Unexpectedly, the same cool red-haired man initiates a conversation with him,and it was not the commands he gave him on the training ground or the inevitable everyday routine discussion, so it made Glacier's face burn a little, and his heart beat slightly faster.

"Ye...yes, Mr Camus...Mom has sung it to me all the time...when.when I was younger."

"That's great, so I'll do the first line, and then you can sing with me, OK?.."

"OK, master!"The two of them answered together.

The familiar intro strung on his guitar, and the red-head man began to sing in Russian:

"Bright blue the sky,

Sun up on high –

That was the little boy's picture.

He drew for you,

Wrote for you, too,

Just to make clear what he drew...."

Then, he asked the two kids to join him in the chorus, and they did, singing along as he harmonized for them.

"May there always be sunshine!

May there always be blue skies!

May there always be mummy!

May there always be me!" 

"Glacier, you sound great!"

"Ah, is that so? Thank...Thank you...Mr. Camus..."

"Hey Isaac, you are out of tune again! "

"Opps, I'm sorry, sir, I'm a tone-deaf person. I've tried my best, but making me sing without going off-key is probably much harder than training me to become a knight!"

Glaciier couldn't help but laugh. This was the first time he laughed from the bottom of his heart since his mother left. It was different from the cold and severe person he usually imagined,Glacier finally saw another side of Camus and he didn't expect this strict man to have a warm singing voice; the warmth reminded him of the lullaby that his mother sang before he sleeps as a child. A small yet lavish desire that he would never have thought to ask for emerged in his heart at that moment: It would be great if Camus could sing him a bedtime lullaby just like his mother did, even once.

As they spent more time together, He became increasingly aware of the master's susceptibility to music and art. Sometimes, he would catch him sobbing secretly when he saw snippets of Swan Lake and Giselle ballets being aired on television; another occasion occurred during Isaac's simple funeral that they held for him following the accident, when Camus pulled out the old guitar, quietly choked and sadly sang "ne me quitte pas" to the ice.