Title: Soldier
Day #4: Akaba Reiji is the leader of a war, but he can't help but feel the sting of guilt when he sends Reira to the battlefield.
Akaba Reiji is a boy, not yet a man, who looks at children and sees soldiers.
Emotions has no place in the war that he plans to lead. Regret will not bring back the lives of those he sacrifices, anger will execute the plans he has, and fear will not stop his father's soldiers from invading his world.
But he is only human. And Reiji closes his eyes when he knowingly sent the first Lancers out to slaughter, does nothing as he sees his comrades sent underground, and watches Yuuya scream in agony from the electric shocks.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
This is all just a part of his plan.
But the Lancers chose this, they chose to fight in this war. Reira didn't. Reira, who was barely eight years old, and who pulls on Reiji's shirt with wide eyes that has seen things he wished to forget.
Yuuya yells at him as Reiji stands, cold-faced, looking at his shaking little brother.
Why?
How wrong is the world that a child has to be a soldier?
Reiji can't help but agree. Reira should not be here, but Reiji needs every weapon he can get.
Guilt has no place in war.