Those words were like ice water hitting hot oil. Calvin froze for a moment, then laughed in fury.
"Hahaha… You think death is an escape? That it just wipes the slate clean?!"
"Back then, you cared more about that damn honor than your own life, so focused on upholding some phantom justice. Did you ever stop to think that I just wanted to run? That all I wanted was to get far, far away from that goddamn truth…"
"Arthur, you destroyed a coward's only way out."
Arthur grew even more silent, his soulfire flickering faintly. He tried to recall who this powerful Knight before him was, what justice he was talking about, but his mind was a complete blank. He couldn't remember a thing.
Seeing Arthur's vacant expression, the rage in Calvin's heart burned even hotter, nearly consuming his sanity.
The bounty, the mission, the battlefield… he forgot them all.
