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I'm feeling slightly better now. The pain in my chest still hurts, but I'll live. There's a scar on my chest now. A symbol of my failure. My first assignment, and I blew it. I could have just flung my axe and split that Villagers head in half. But instead I chose to chase, like a wolf hunting a rabbit for sport, instead of just kill.
And speaking of Axe, I asked Rose if she found my Axe. But it's lost now. In tradition, when an Illager meets their demise, especially in combat. The surviving ones take their weapons that they held. They sometimes bring it home and display it on the Wall of the Passed hero's, as a sort of insignia. Or they'd give it to the soldiers family members. So those soldiers will be remembered. And when the spirit of the soldier leaves their body, god Thead, The soldier of death, comes to them. He asks the deceased spirit Illagers join him in the Spirit ranks. But I didn't see him. Maybe it's because I wasn't really dead.
It also makes me realize that my unit thinks I'm dead. And speaking of, where are they now? The woman, Rose, says that she only found three bodies, including mine. Had they retreated back to camp? Were they planning on coming back? From what I understand, no one won the battle.
Rose had sewed my shirt together, it surprised me a bit. In the bunker, it was like a storage compartment. Stocked with food, water, wool, torches, blocks, you name it. Rose worries for her family, which reminds me. What happened to the Village inhabitants? If there were only three bodies found, does that mean they all got away? Or were captured by my unit? Did the Dragons attack them? There are buildings that have been burnt to the ground, perhaps some have burned in the flames, or crushed by collapsing buildings?
I prefer not to say these things though, Rose is clearly distressed enough by the situation. It's just the two of us. I'm more curious now, of this girl. She's smart, knowing how to cook and tend to injuries, she can read and write, too. She believes in the one god, who she prays to for guidance. Though I find it strange. But she does not know what an Illager even is. And to me, that just sounds off.
When she asked what had happened, I decided to come up with a lie. I told her that me and my unit were send to help protect the Village from an attack. And that the enemy had a dragon and almost destroyed us. She told me she didn't believe in dragons. Then again, I didn't either.
So, with this pain in my chest, I sit here on this bed, in the bunker. Wondering what will happen next. I don't want to stay down here. But I don't have a plan. And I still hurt, Rose says that I need to eat, drink, and rest.
I get injured in combat and cut off from my Unit. Now I'm being fed and my injuries tended to by a Maiden. Must be my lucky day.