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Rion collapsed. That’s what it looked like. That’s what it felt like it looked like. There was no next moment. The sound—vanished. Not ringing. Nothing. My throat moved. I don’t know if I tried to speak. Something fell near my feet. A dry sound. No—maybe not even sound. Something shattered across the ground. Fragments that should have been carrying light. ...Huh? My fingers wouldn’t move. No strength. My vision was white. Not white. Not bright. Just—obstructed. Something was blocking my view. Light. —The light was in the way. I couldn’t see what I needed to see. Even though it was right there. My foot moved forward. Or maybe it didn’t. Distance didn’t make sense. Someone fell. Who? I don’t know. The name wouldn’t come. Something snapped inside my head. —Stop. No voice. No words. Only something tearing from the inside. White. White again. My th...

The air changed. It wasn’t hostility. Not killing intent, either. And yet—there was no mistaking it: the instant “decision” was born. Leon stepped forward. There was no hesitation in his back. Not for battle. Not for retreat. Only—what someone looks like after choosing. There wasn’t time to ask why. There wasn’t time to form a question at all. My body moved first. “Wait!!” It was almost a scream. Less a restraint than a reflex. Before I could even think I had to stop him, the word had already spilled out. Leon glanced back, just slightly. I couldn’t see his expression. But his presence was enough. —He’d already decided. “Don’t come.” Low. Short. It wasn’t an order. It was closer to a wish. If you come closer, something will break. That was what the voice was telling me. One step—and the distance widened. The next instant, magic surged. Not controlled light. Not a spell meant to protect. Only...

The night was deeper than she had expected. The campfire held steady. There was no wind. Far off, the cry of something unknown dissolved into the dark at regular intervals. There was no sign of an enemy. Of the last few days, this was the safest night. Even so, sleep wouldn’t come. Sitting side by side, watching the flame, they didn’t have to meet each other’s eyes. A distance where words didn’t need choosing. A distance where silence didn’t turn awkward. “...Once we cross here...” Rion said it, quietly. “The current changes. The stagnation in the mana thins. We’ll likely be able to move for a while without fighting.” It was a prediction— and, at the same time, talk of a “future.” Lumia nodded without looking away from the wavering fire. “Even if it’s a detour, it’s a good road.” “Yeah.” A short reply. And yet, his voice carried something softer. Silence lingered. The pop of the fire filled the small gaps between it. “...Up ahead,...

The morning began with mist. The night's cold had sunk into the ground, and the world blurred in a pale, uncertain white. Sound felt far away, and only their footsteps were strangely close. Though they walked side by side, each of them seemed to float as an outline—an odd distance, as if their presence had lost its weight. A little closer than yesterday. A change so slight you could miss it if you weren't looking. And yet, the air had definitely shifted. "The flow of magic ahead is warped." It was Rion who spoke first. "Even though this isn't a battlefield?" "That's why." He didn't explain further. But Lumia understood. It wasn't a natural current. A trace of someone having touched it—or something still touching it, even now. Beyond the mist, a presence wavered. Not many. Not much hostility. But behind their dull movements was a sticky persistence that wouldn't let go. She cut one do...

The road we walked together was quieter than expected. We spoke little. We didn’t try to dig deeper than that. We shared only what was needed, and left the rest untouched. That distance felt, strangely, comfortable. But after walking for a while, I noticed. Our footsteps were in sync. At first I thought it was chance. But the third time, the fourth time, the same rhythm overlapped—and I understood it was adjustment. A little faster, a little slower. The difference was being filled in, bit by bit. When I looked over, he let out a small breath. “A habit. If you stand on the side that protects, you match your pace.” It sounded like an excuse, and like a fact. Protect. The word was still caught somewhere deep in my chest. “Who?” I meant it lightly, but the answer didn’t come right away. After a few seconds of silence, a low voice dropped. “No one. Not now.” He didn’t add anything else. The wind slipped through and filled the gap. I ...

The journey was quieter than expected. Since leaving the battlefield and starting to walk in search of the source, there had been no enemies worth calling enemies. The current of magic was calm, and the air wasn’t drawn tight. The world kept going as if nothing had happened—almost too easily. And that, somehow, made it harder to settle. Along the silent road, her attention kept turning inward. The sensation of being shaved away each time she used magic. The parts that never came back, no matter how many times she healed. The fact that those losses were real. She had come to find an answer, and still had nothing in her hands. —If I keep walking like this… will I reach it? The thought began to rise— and then, the air ahead warped, just slightly. A presence. No hostility. But not quite human, either. She stopped and searched the space around her. In that instant, a shadow cut across the edge of her vision. “...Show yourself!” After...

The place we reached was too quiet. The wind had stopped, and sound seemed to be swallowed whole. There were no scattered ruins, no scorch marks. Though it should have been an extension of the battlefield, this place alone felt cut out, floating apart from the world. The ground beneath my feet was strangely hard. Even when I pressed down, no echo returned. …This is it. A feeling close to certainty settled in. There was no proof. Just something deep inside my body insisting so. The sensation of being worn away, felt every time magic was used. The parts that never returned, no matter how much healing was applied on the battlefield. It felt as though all of that had been drawn toward this place. I looked around. It resembled the remains of some structure, yet it clearly wasn’t made by human hands. The shapes defied logic. No straight lines. No angles. Simply looking at it caused my thoughts to slip, just slightly. The moment I touched something like a w...

A brief stillness fell over the battlefield. It was not rest. Only a narrow gap before the next collision arrived. No one sat down. They checked remaining magic, adjusted weapons, prepared healing in silence. It was not time to recover breath, but time to keep their bodies from stopping. Within that moment, one thought refused to fade. —The loss feels wrong. Each time power was used, something was taken for certain. Not simple exhaustion. There were parts that did not return, no matter how much healing was layered on. By changing how they fought, it could no longer be ignored. Magic is not a convenient tool. It is something far deeper. “...Magic itself is demanding a price.” The words slipped out, and several people stopped what they were doing and looked up. “The more we use it, the more we lose.” “But that’s not a matter of tactics.” “...It’s the nature of magic.” Someone frowned. “Then what are we supposed to do?” “If we don’t use ...

The battlefield grew quiet—just slightly. From the gaps in collapsed rubble, heat-colored light still seeped through. The residue of healing magic dissolved into the air, leaving a cloying sweetness on the tongue. No one had fallen. That alone let a small relief drop somewhere deep inside. —We made it. But the feeling changed, almost immediately, into something else. My body felt heavy. Not fatigue. My breathing was steady. My wounds were closed. And still—only the inside felt hollow, as if something had been scooped out and left to echo. I tried to clench my hand. It wouldn’t quite take. “...Isn’t this strange?” Someone muttered it, barely audible. “The loss is deeper.” “Recovery’s slower than usual.” Those who should have been restored moved with the same dull lag. The injuries were gone. The bleeding had stopped. And yet, when they stood, there was an extra beat—an unnecessary beat—before their bodies obeyed. “Can we ...

The signal wasn’t a shout, or a command. Eyes met. Someone gave the smallest nod. That was enough. Everyone moved. The moment we stepped out, the air changed. The density of magic jumped all at once, heat rising like friction against the skin. The decoy moved first—deliberately releasing a larger surge of power to draw attention. A pale, bluish light crawled along the ground, spreading as if it were bursting open. —They came. The reaction was exactly as expected. That heavy presence turned toward us in unison. “Now.” No voice, not really. The light was the signal. Another spell layered in from the flank—an arc of flash, close to red, slicing through the enemy’s path. The impact kicked rubble up; dust rose in a sudden veil. The decoy fell back. Right behind them, healing light lifted. The instant it touched the faint green circle, the pain that had felt like burning began to loosen, slowly pulling away. It didn’t return everything. But I could move. That was ...

The battlefield was no longer chaos. There were patterns to where structures collapsed, habits in the order enemies appeared. What once felt like coincidence surfaced as tendencies through repetition. Those who noticed began to share carefully, choosing their words. Charging head-on only wore them down. The more force they used, the less remained for what came next. That much was obvious to everyone. But simply pulling back meant being crushed. There was no escape. That was why the way they fought had to change. The first sign of change came as a very small response. They fell back with the enemy’s movement, did not pursue recklessly, and bought time. As a result, collisions were minimized, and the losses were clearly reduced. Someone stared at the numbers and caught their breath. Someone else nodded without speaking. “…It’s going down.” “It really is.” No cheers followed. Yet everyone there felt the same thing. They had survived not by force, but by place...

The battlefield was no longer chaos. Where things would collapse could be anticipated, collisions repeated, and losses processed as "within projections." Even if someone fell, even if someone vanished, the next decision did not stop. Here, hesitation itself was delay. And still—limits had begun to show, in anyone’s eyes. If we met them head-on, we were scraped away. The more force we used, the less of a next time remained. That reality, repeated again and again, wore down feeling before it wore down the body. "...At this rate, we’ll be wiped out." Someone let it slip, quietly. It was a small voice, but with that one sentence, the air around us shifted. No denial came. No shouting. Only people who had been carrying the same thought slowly lifted their faces. "I know." "But what the hell are we supposed to do?" Irritation mixes in. Fear, too. Panic, barely hidden. "We can’t win head-on." "...

That decision wasn’t wrong. At the very least, no one stopped it. There was no voice of blame, no warning. Instead, words like "Reasonable" and "That’s the safest option" lined up as if it were obvious. It was confirmed again and again that it had been the right call. So— I obeyed. I should have obeyed. But the moment I moved, I understood. This wasn’t "obeying." It was "yielding." Deep in my chest, something bent with a clear, audible feel. Not pain. Not shock. ...Closer to resignation. To push the discomfort back down, I line up reasons. It can’t be helped right now. It’s the best option right now. Even if I resist here, nothing changes. It’s right. It’s rational. No one gets hurt. The more I tell myself that, the more another voice rings faintly inside. —Really? But that voice is weak. It’s swallowed at once by the sound around me: "Move." "Don’t fall behind." "The next is coming." ...

Fighting was no longer a special event. Morning comes, and we move. Night comes, and we fall. Over and over. Rubble piles up without being cleared. Across broken zones, temporary lines are drawn. Don’t cross. Don’t touch. Don’t think. That became daily life. "Damage rate: within projections." "Advance speed: no issues." "Losses are being kept to a minimum." Someone is always reading out numbers. Somewhere, an evaluation is always being delivered. There is no anger there. No impatience, either. Only rightness, flowing flatly. We move. Called, running, firing, returning. Those who didn’t return are replaced by reports. Names aren’t used. Then, one district was cut off. "From here on, the target is different." That was the explanation. That alone was the reason. Different is a useful word. You don’t have to think. You don’t have to compare. "Negotiation is unn...

The sound changed. It wasn’t the collapse we’d been hearing, or the impact. It was the air itself—tearing. Someone shouts. But I can’t make out the words. I can’t tell if it’s a warning, an order, or a scream. Everything around me moved at once. "Shift the placement!" "Don’t close the distance!" "—No, now we can push!" Voices overlap. Only correct things—flying at the same time. There is no voice to stop it. No space to wedge in a question. "At this rate it won’t hold." "If we want fewer losses, it’s now." "Prioritize the overall optimum." Right. All of it—right. So no one stopped. Light runs in front of me. Someone’s magic. A controlled, perfect strike. —It hit. The next moment, it came back. Impact. My view flips. The ground lifts. Rubble flies. People fly. "—!!" A sound with no voice leaks out of my throat. "...

The sound stopped breaking. Things collapsing. Metal grinding. Rubble bursting. Someone shouting. Whether it’s a warning or a scream, I can’t tell anymore. There’s no room to pick out each one—everything overlaps until it becomes a single mass of noise. My view is narrow. Dust rises and outlines melt. People run through the gaps in the rubble, trip, get dragged. A shoulder slams into someone; a staggering body is shoved back by another body. There’s no time to stop. "—It’s coming!!" That voice hit me before thought did. My feet move. I step in. My hands move. The sequence for assembling magic outruns my mind. There’s no sense of “preparing” anymore. I’m building it while moving. Whether I make it in time. That’s all. Light cuts through. The air trembles; impact punches up from the pit of my stomach. Heat and dust surge at once, turning the world white. Something rings—sharp—in the back of my ears. —Bad. By the time I thought i...

The stretcher rounds the corner and slips out of sight. The blood left on the floor still hasn’t dried. Dark red lines stretch under soles, mixing with powdered rubble and catching a dull shine. No one pays it any mind. It only gets stepped on, smeared, reshaped. ...Don’t look. And yet I can’t look away. Something in my chest is crushed tight. I try to breathe in and it snags halfway. The back of my throat stings. —No. Not now. Don’t think. If I think, I stop. If I stop, it ends here. "Next—are you ready?" A voice snaps over. Light. As if someone being on that stretcher a moment ago has already stopped mattering. The work continues. There’s a sound beyond the rubble. A dull impact—gon. Someone drops, someone signals. People gather, measure the spacing, decide where the magic will be placed. The usual procedure. The usual distance. The usual angle. Each time magic is used, there’s a feeling that collects—surely—deep insid...