Warm light covered alex’s back and the back of his head, the sounds of eating utensils and conversation made his closed eyes slowly move to open.

A blinding light immediately greeted alex without giving him time to prepare. In front of him, a circular dining table was present, six people with different voices sat together, the aroma of food began mixing with cigarette smoke.

The voice of a girl shouted as if protesting, "hey!! Turn off the cigarette you old-fashioned old man!!" Alex opened and closed his eyes several times, he saw a yellow-haired girl arguing with an old man ’old man? Lucy?’

The sound of laughter broke out which made alex look at the various people sitting at the same dining table as him. A one-eyed man chuckled and wrapped his arm around the silver-haired woman beside him "for once you’re quiet, clarisa-" before the one-eyed man finished speaking, the silver-haired woman elbowed his stomach which almost made him spit out his food again "don’t act close with me, bastard!!"

Laughter burst from across them, alex turned to the right, there a black-haired man laughed loudly together with a snow-white-haired woman, their faces were different but they seemed to have the same sense of humor.

The snow-white-haired woman shifted her gaze toward alex, she smiled widely until her eyes disappeared, but instantly that smile disappeared and was replaced by a confused expression "adrian...? For once you’re quiet..."

Everyone who was busy with their own arguments immediately looked at alex after the question from the snow-white-haired woman. A sigh came from the black-haired man "ahh he’s starting again..."

The one-eyed man looked at adrian and shifted his gaze toward the snow-white-haired woman, he spoke while pointing at alex "he’s sulking again tika, we never called him captain..." the snow-white-haired woman smiled while nodding several times, she then looked at the silver-haired woman "isn’t it because he broke up with you, clarisa?" everyone looked at the silver-haired woman.

A sigh escaped from the silver-haired woman’s lips "I already told you, we’re not dating..." the snow-white-haired woman kept pressing the silver-haired woman to admit it, their conversation dragged everyone into talking, laughter once again broke out in the middle of their mealtime.

Veins appeared on alex’s forehead after hearing the conversation become more and more off track, he opened his mouth to speak but not a single word came out, instead he felt something grabbing his clothes.

Alex’s black eyes widened, slowly he began being pulled away from the dining table, alex gritted his teeth, sweat poured across his entire body, slowly he began separating from that room, their laughter and the smell of food grew further away from his senses, those who laughed didn’t realize alex’s departure from the dining table.

Alex kept being pulled until everything that was previously bright began becoming dark, alex closed his eyes after drowsiness attacked him like anesthesia, wet and cold sensations mixed across his entire body, alex’s heart felt like it could explode at any moment, his breathing began becoming ragged as if something had separated from him, in the end alex opened his eyes.

A more human-like glare blinded his eyes, a glare coming from the hanging lamp above him, alex gripped the mattress he was lying on, cold sweat soaked his entire body along with his pajamas and mattress, his heart did not stop beating fast, alex opened and closed his eyes several times.

Pain spread through his head and throughout his body, he once again remembered eating together with them in that unusual place, alex slowly tried to rise from his sleep, an uncomfortable feeling spread through his heart, alex looked at the entire room he was staying in ’is this the fortress....?’

Alex squeezed his head with both hands, he licked his dry lips, his breathing was still irregular, but silence accompanied him after his ears were filled with laughter.

Alex slowly tried to rise from his bed, his steps trembled as if he had not walked for a long time, alex still forced every one of his steps until he finally exited his silent room, he began walking toward where the cold water was.

Alex opened the large refrigerator and gulped down the water inside as if he had never tasted it before, his heart began beating normally, but the pain in every joint still had not improved, afterward he only stood silently in front of the opened refrigerator.

The cold feeling from the refrigerator hit alex’s body and began drying his cold sweat, alex snapped awake after the warning sound from the refrigerator being open for too long, he finally took one liter of milk and seven glasses.

He held the seven glasses with his fingers while the milk was tucked between his arm and body, he walked from the dark kitchen but his steps stopped in front of a glass cabinet containing dozens of glass bottles with different shapes.

A sigh came from alex, he continued his steps which now became more familiar, he walked past the dark living room, but his steps stopped again when he heard the sound of snoring.

Alex turned which made one of his eyebrows rise, he saw gordon sleeping on the cold floor while snoring loudly, alex then shifted his gaze and saw ken, julian, and ryu sleeping not far from gordon.

He then saw arthur sleeping in a sitting position on the soft sofa, alex then looked to the left where reva and eve slept side by side which changed alex’s expression, he then looked toward the large sofa where katarina, aera, and sesa were sleeping.

Alex’s face became even more confused when he saw calista sleeping in a sitting position on a sofa identical to arthur’s place. The sounds of all their snores answered one another in the middle of the silence of saint azara’s area, alex opened and closed his mouth several times "what are these princesses and children of important people doing? Why are they sleeping here like refugees?"

Alex shook his head several times, he began walking away while carrying one liter of cold milk and seven glasses "did part of the fortress get destroyed or something?"

Alex slowly walked outside barefoot, his steps headed toward the green field where the previous party had been held, the sky was still dark blue, but the sounds of birds could already be heard chirping.

Alex walked in the middle of the darkness and silence of the fortress, every one of his steps made the soles of his feet wet because of dew gathered on the green grass, he walked until the middle of the green field and sat cross-legged there.

He slowly put down the seven glasses that he carried with difficulty, a sigh came from him as he began opening the lid of his cold milk bottle, he poured it into one of the glasses.

A faint smile formed on his face, he once again remembered the laughter and crying voice of a yellow-haired girl, alex then placed the glass filled with white milk back onto the dew-covered grass "forgive me lucy. Even in this warm world I still can’t give you the chocolate milk you liked..."

Alex then took the second glass, he once again carefully poured the cold milk, the sounds of birds chirping became more frequent as the fresh wind blew, alex once again placed the second glass beside lucy’s glass "forgive me old man. I can’t give you wine this time. I’m still seventeen years old now..."

Alex then took the third glass, he once again poured a little cold milk and placed it beside the old man’s glass, a tired sigh came from alex "sorry clarisa, you really don’t like milk right? But don’t complain..." veins bulged on alex’s forehead "you also have to admit our relationship even if it was short-lived you bastard!!"

Alex once again took the fourth glass, he once again filled it with cold milk slowly and placed it beside clarisa’s glass "riko...you should pray more often, friend. How can you only pray in desperate situations..."

Alex took the fifth glass and poured milk into it, he placed it beside riko’s glass, alex fell silent for several moments, his voice became slightly softer than before "it must have been hard right, kiki? You were left behind by all of us. You won’t go crazy right? You have to stay sane and live well, friend..."

Alex took the sixth glass, he poured more milk than before "you definitely would’ve liked it right? Even rainwater you liked it...greedy bastard, tika." Alex placed tika’s glass beside kiki’s glass "but, seeing you cry over my corpse touched me..."

Alex tapped tika’s glass several times "where did you go tika? I hope you didn’t get lost...I hope you’re doing well, I hope you’re not starving."

Alex took the seventh glass, he once again poured the milk which was beginning to lose its coldness. but in exchange, a cold gust of wind hit alex, a gust of wind that made alex’s body tremble not because of shivering, alex’s heart once again beat faster, his breathing became irregular, he opened and closed his mouth several times, the milk bottle he was holding fell onto the green grass below him.

His lips trembled, the sound of crying began coming from his trembling lips, a tight feeling spread through his chest which made him clutch his heart, tears flowed out from both of his eyes, he began kneeling in front of the six glasses he filled with milk, one of alex’s hands gripped the dew-covered green grass.

"Forgive me...forgive me for laughing loudly in this world while you all were destroyed..."

Alex’s breathing became ragged, saliva began dripping from his mouth "forgive me while I eat delicious food in this world while you all starved." Alex’s crying became louder in the middle of the silent fortress, his crying accompanied by the sounds of birds chirping "forgive me, forgive me for not being able to bring all of you to see a better world..."

Alex’s body trembled more violently under the sky which was now turning white "I wasn’t a good captain right?" Alex gritted his teeth, his breathing became tighter while his crying still would not stop "but I still have to keep walking right? You all won’t protest about that right?"

Alex closed his eyes, he began trying to calm himself together with the beginning of morning, alex bit his lips "let’s gather together in heaven later...all of us of course..." the sound of alex’s crying continued to echo starting the morning in sunkiss fortress.

The sound of crying reached the ears of saint azara and kong who stood atop the building where alex and the others slept, they looked at alex’s trembling back together with the chirping of birds.

A tired sigh came from kong "what exactly did he see in his personal world...? It’s my first time seeing something like that..." saint azara’s golden tiger ears twitched, a fresh breeze hit both of them "I also don’t know, I didn’t expect it to activate before training..."

Kong nodded several times, his monkey tail swayed, his eyes never stopped looking at alex’s fragile figure "you know? He used his holy energy just to casually walk with the students...he looked like he was playing train rides while singing surrounded by sand monsters..." kong massaged his wrinkled forehead "could his personal world see the future? I mean maybe he was crying over his fate or the fate of people he knows in the future"

Saint azara fell silent for several moments, his golden tiger ears twitched while hearing the sound of alex crying, his golden tiger tail moved "I think his crying isn’t crying for something that hasn’t happened yet..." kong turned to the right, he slightly raised his head to look at saint azara, while saint azara turned left to look at kong "his crying sounds more like crying after learning something that shouldn’t be known right?"

Kong’s forehead wrinkled, his expression became confused while saint azara spoke again "this is only my guess and I need to test it directly. But, what if he can see something that cannot be seen?"

Kong tilted his head "like miss mata hari you mean?" Saint azara shook his head "truth...maybe his personal world can see the truth."

Kong shifted his gaze back toward alex whose crying sound was beginning to subside "that’s kind of strange..." a sigh came from saint azara, he brushed his rough golden hair "right? I mean it’s not an attack that can destroy stars, it’s not a power to imprison something despicable...."

Saint azara smiled faintly "but it’s more dangerous..." kong chuckled "if that’s true then he really did see a great truth...I mean he convulsed just like you when you first used personal world..."

Veins bulged on saint azara’s forehead "please don’t remind me of that bad memory..." kong laughed loudly, while saint azara only shook his head "no matter what, I have to confirm it directly..."

Kong stroked his chin "but it seems we can’t get close for now right? I think he needs time to recover..." saint azara nodded several times "of course...besides he already changed the moods of many people."

"Letting alex sander rest won’t make the world end right?"

Kong and saint azara laughed loudly, the warm sunlight slowly appeared from the east and began giving warmth to sunkiss fortress before burning it during the day.