"What kind of bullshit is this?"
Alden just couldn't hold his calm for a moment.
If killing the ones he cared for was the only way, then what is the reason to grow stronger?
He knew from long before, the first goal he had was to survive…
But humans, as prideful and selfish as they are… They're still social creatures.
No matter how reserved, how greedy, or how closed-off someone might be—They form bonds.
Connections they never planned for. Unexpected threads woven into their journey they called Life.
Maybe those very connections are what define them.
Alden was no different.
No matter how cold he tried to act, he had made a few connections too.
People who cared for him.
People he cared for.
His goal had never changed but the definition of survival had taken a new shape along the line.
Before, he only thought of protecting himself. Now, it meant protecting the people he couldn't imagine losing.
The socially awkward maid, Alice.
That dumb idiot, Aziel.
