Make-Shift Cemetery — Three Days Later
Sixty graves dug in perfect rows.
Each marked with a name and the fallen's personal symbol.
The entire population of Neudämmerung was present.
Soldiers in formation. Families weeping. Children not fully understanding.
The sky was gray, as if the world itself was in mourning.
Kaito stood at the front, dressed entirely in black.
No armor. No adornments. Only simple cloth.
The four queens behind him.
Adelheid in a wheelchair, still too weak to stand.
Lilith with a somber expression.
Naporia with visible bandages but military posture.
Valeria standing like a statue, showing no emotion.
Kaito stepped forward.
His voice came out clear, amplified by the absolute silence.
"Sixty names. Sixty lives. Sixty broken families."
He paused.
"They didn't die for me. They died for their home. For their families. For you."
He pointed toward the distant fortress.
"And that home will continue to exist. Because of them. Thanks to them."
