Eberlen: !
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Cole looked at Eberron, but in his eyes, Eberron was no longer the shocked and bewildered figure he once was.
His thoughts had drifted back to a distant twilight, to the woman whose back was to the setting sun.
Almost forgetting, tears welled up in his eyes; the warrior, who always sweated but never cried, finally revealed his weakness.
As tears fell, Cole closed his eyes and murmured:
"I'm sorry, Vivian, I broke my promise in the end and couldn't go back..."
There's no going back.
I'm sorry, I've been fair to everyone else, but I failed to keep my promise to you.
But you should be relieved, right?
I did a pretty good job in front of your niece!
At least, she probably doesn't think I'm a useless sinner, right?
I hope that everything I did will touch her.
May she no longer grieve for us and become more adaptable to this cruel world.
The voice grew softer, but Cole's expression became increasingly calm, no longer filled with regret, and a hint of pride could be seen.
"Ah... if I hadn't backed down back then, would the outcome have been different? Hehe..."
After muttering those last, ambiguous words, Cole lowered his head as if he had lost all his strength.
There was no more sound.
This time, without Andrew specifically pointing it out, Eberron understood Cole's current situation.
He died.
On the way home at dusk.
The soldiers will never see their homes returned to them.
Because he had fallen in the dawn that was about to break.
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