Why We Draw the Sword!!! [Part 2]
Rias froze.
Leon continued.
"If one day you can look at death without feeling anything at all, that may not be strength."
His voice softened.
"Remember why you draw your sword."
Rias's eyes trembled.
Leon raised his gaze toward the distant sky.
"You fight to protect the people and things you cherish."
He looked back at her.
"Not because you enjoy taking lives."
For several breaths, Rias said nothing.
Then she slowly nodded.
"I understand."
Her voice was still quiet.
But this time, it was steadier.
Leon did not say anything else.
He simply stood beside her.
The two watched the battlefield together.
The massacre continued for a while longer.
Yet Rias no longer looked away.
She still felt uncomfortable.
She still hated seeing so many people die.
But she understood the cruel reality behind it.
In this world, sometimes survival itself demanded choices that the heart desperately wished it could avoid.
Leon finally spoke again.
