What...the fuck happened here?
The moment I return to Lorain, horrors engulfed my sight. As I stand motionless on the broken wall, the crushing weight of disbelief paralyzes my limbs. My mind attempts to grapple reality but such a scenario failed my rationality.
Widespread devastation and eerie silence of buildings reduced to rubble. Smoke and dust pallors hang heavy in the snowy sky. Once bustling with life, now remains remnants of death and corpses sprinkled amidst the wreckage. I jump from the wall and head towards the utter desolation. Some parts of the city are charred, Mina fought here. But against what?
This...doesn't make any fucking sense! Lorain was not supposed to fall now!!
I sense some humans ahead. One particular strong presence. I immediately run towards them through the scenery of destruction.
At the outskirts of the fallen city is some knights with IAA agents and...Zepdas. he notices my presence from afar and looks at my direction.
"Oh? You are alive," He says nonchalantly when I stop before him. "This is an order-"
"What happened?!" I blurt.
...
Zepdas sighs and pinches his forehead, furrowing his brow. "Failure and insubordination. That's what. Your father was taken into custody and is undergoing interrogation. He will most likely be executed for treason."
!!!
"NGHHH?!!" Surrounding knights and agents trembles in suffocation.
Intense bloodlust is pouring out of my soul as my face contorts in rage. "What did you say? Why...?"
"He was searching for you and he disobeyed my orders to retreat."
"You fucking-"
"Are you going to make the same mistake as your father?" Zepdas asks.
...
My gritted teeth and clenched fist holds back my anger imploding within. My glare stabs thorns into Zepdas' gaze.
I can't...I can't attack him yet.
I need to...I need to know the full story.
Fuck...
This bastard...
"Well, due to unforeseen circumstances, this battalion is disbanded. Return to your camp as soon as possible." Zepdas smiles. "I will inform you of your father's final fate."
"Kegh...Zepdas..."
"Since you are young, I will forgive your impudence. We've seen all we can, let's return," He says as he exchanges glances with everyone.
Zepdas walks away with his subordinate and the agents.
...
...
My heart sinks into an emotional turmoil, shattering my hopes of the future. Sorrow overwhelms the aching emptiness in my chest.
"Ah...what's the point of regression if I can't even...change the fate of my family..." I mumble under my breath.
No...this is my fault. I fail to account for variables and the damn consequences of my changes. I am aware things will change due to the butterfly effect but for it to be this extent...it's insane.
...
I need to find Mina. I need to ask her what happened.
=============
One week later...
=============
YOU ARE READING
A Background Character's Fate
Fantasy"In war, commoners are the victims in victory or defeat." Struck by poverty amidst a long and devastating war, an ordinary mercenary dies among the countless corpses on a snowy battlefield. Yet by a stroke of luck, he regressed to his younger self...
