Elisa keeps on looking at Yra, despite the awkward silence, she felt… happy.

Since meeting him, she couldn’t stop looking at him.

‘Yeah, his definitely my type.’ – she thought.

But her heartbeat gets faster since she looks at him for the first time, and she has a great want to keep on looking him and get to know him better.

He was five years younger than her, and yet… he seems more mature than his age.

“Don’t you worry baby girl, Yra is truly a strong boy, surely with him next to you, you will be safe in this damn island.” – said Robb, her grandfather when she calls him yesterday to know who will come for her.

‘Vanris?’ – she thought about his surname. – ‘Could it be?... no… is impossible.’

“Yra.”

“Yes, miss.”

“Where you from? Are you from here?”

“I am from a far away place, miss.” – Yra said.

“Oh, come on, tell me.” – she pressed him to tell her where he was from.

“I… don’t like to talk about my former home.” – he answers, as he then turns on the radio.

This secrecy makes her curiosity peak.

But still, as she didn’t have a friendship with him, she accepts his wish to not talk about it.

‘For now.’

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“We are here.” – Yra opens the door using the code his IB has.

A code giving to him by Reyna Mori.

They arrive at the private penthouse, at the highest floor of the Aldrich Luxury Hotel, which has 78th floors, being the costliest place, and one need to take three different elevators to get to the penthouse.

Both enter the penthouse.

‘Truly expensive things… damn rich people.’ – thought Yra, as he goes and puts Elisa’s baggage in her room.

She also enters, and with a devilish smile, she said: “Do you want to have some fun with me?” – and she shows her cleavage to him, letting him see a little of her big boobs.

Yra looks at her, and silently goes away, checking once again every corner of the penthouse, and putting magical barriers all around, while also using Camouflage Magic to not let other sense the barriers.

Something that someone with his control on magic, and experience as a former Elder Mage can do with ease.

“Hm.” – She gets a little angry at his reaction.

‘Aren’t I hot? How can he resist my charming and sensual body?’

Then, before she could say something to him, the penthouse door opens, and Mr. Aldrich arrives together with Reyna Mori and Tyrone Sanders.

“Grandpa!” – She went to hug her grandpa.

She makes a really wonderful and innocent-like smile, as she hugs her grandpa, who she loves dearly, and the old man makes a warm smile.

“Hahaha, my little princes, welcome, welcome, I am so happy to have you with me.” – he said.

Seeing the scene, Reyna smirks, and then makes a fake hurt look to Elisa.

“Oh, it seems that you have forget about little me.” – she said.

And Elisa who finally stops the hug with her grandpa smile at the older woman.

“Of course not, big sister; I have miss you a lot.” – and the two beautiful women hug each other.

As Tyrone and Yra, silently look at couple of meters away.

Then, after the warm greeting, Elisa looks at Yra.

“Grandpa.”

“Yes, my dear?”

“Thank you for giving me my own personal bodyguard.”

Robb looks at Yra.

“Yeah, only for your stay, but don’t worry, my own forces trust in him, right Tyrone?”

Tyrone nods.

“Yra’s strength is incredible, although he still is being train in how to shoot and drive better, he has already a nice level of skill.” – said Tyrone.

“Thank you.” – Elisa replies. – “Now I feel a lot more secure, with little Yra.”

“Well, as a welcome celebration, I have made reservations in the best restaurant of the city.”

“Yummy.”

And so, the first day of the month of works as the personal bodyguard of Elisa Aldrich, begun for Yra, having… confusing feelings about it, to be with someone that look and whose voice was the same, as someone he… lost.

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[POV Yra’s Past Life]

Time is hard for everyone, but I still don’t know what is worse, the pass of time, or the battlefield of wars.

I am closer to my fifties than my forties, and I was already a veteran soldier who rise up to be a Captain under one of the most capable armies of the kingdom.

After the king ordered the mass levy, many youngsters, boys, and girls, around thirteen to seventeen years old, joined the army.

Children of farmers, fishermen, servants, and more.

It was sad to see how quickly they lost their innocence in their looks.

War did that to everyone who directly participate in it.

So was the cruelty and bloodshed of war.

They have to get tough, and have the willpower to endure this ambient, or they would get in the path of madness, loneliness, and suicide.

I have seen many get depressed and kill themselves.

It was after an intense battle took place, that when I was coming back for the battle, I saw a girl burying soldier, and I sighed.

“Hey, little girl, what are you doing?”

“Burying my comrades, Sir.” – she said.

Her clothes, hair, and face were dirty, and her hands were bleeding.

“You bury everybody?”

She nods.

And I was surprised after seeing the considerable number of graves.

“Come on, girl, this is enough.” – I told her, and then call for some other soldiers to finish the jobs, but she didn’t stop, until the last soldier was buried, and then, she starts crying.

“Damn.” – I thought that she would follow the way of depression, and then of suicide, but years passed, and with crux paths once again.

A decade later of that fateful day, I was already a general, and after a terrifying battle that took the lives of many of my soldiers, but that despite the losses, with crush totally the enemy’s army, I saw her once again.

And now, I knew her, and her name.

“Seraphina, I have already told you that you no longer have to do this, you’re an official now, you can order the soldiers to do it.”

“General… I want to do this, I fight with these men, and women, I laughed with them, cried with them, and now, they are death, and I am alive.” – she said in a slow, soft-voiced. – “Please, let me do this.”

I nod at her words.

She didn’t stop even when it starts raining.

And then, next day, despite being tired, and injured, she goes to the next battle.

And after each battle, she buries her comrades, her superiors, and subordinates.

I start inviting her to eat, and sometimes to drink, talked with her, and give her advice.

When one day, she said something that make me spit my drink.

“Are you trying to fuck me?”

“No.” – I told her after being surprised by her words.

“Then, why are so good to me?”

“Because, little girl, I have come to respect you as a person, and come to see you as a comrade worthy of my time and friendship.” – I said. – “But just don’t forget that you are still my subordinate, and you have to respect me and follow my order, okay? sergeant Seraphina.”

She nods, and I swear that I saw her cry a little by my words.

Weeks later, we have another, spit-drinking conversation.

“General.”

“Yes, little girl?”

“Is true the rumor that you are still a virgin?”

“Little girl, who told you that vile lie?” – I could stop the redness to cover my embarrassed face. – “Also, you are still a little girl who doesn’t know about what sex and love is.”

“I buried my third lover two weeks ago.” – she said, with a dark, sad look on her face. – “I cry for him for three days, before going to fight in another battle, and then burying a lot of my friends and subordinates who died in that battle.”

“Sera…” – I took her in my arms, hugging her. – “I’m sorry to hear that… you’re not alone, everybody in this army of mine is a big family, I care for all of you, and try to not let them die… but war is…”

“Cruel and unfair.” – she answers.

And I nod.

That night we cry and got drunk so hard, that the next month the hangover I have was legendary.

She became my mental pillar, the one person who still could make me smile in this damn war period, and I decide to train her to become stronger.

Then, that day came.

One day, His Majesty send me with another veteran general to a really damn tough battle, the hardest battle I face in this life until now.

We were outdone in numbers almost six to one, and the enemy’s commander was a masterpiece in strategy.

The battle just started, and my comrade, the other general, died easily.

And I was alone to command our strength against the most powerful enemy we confront until now, and I was sure that that day I would die.

But I did not die, because in the moment I wasn’t capable of evading or blocking an attack to my back, someone puts her own body to protect me, and then, I saw with my own eyes, the moment when a spear took the life of Seraphina.

I was incapable of saving her.

Despite my strength, I was capable of doing shit once again.

She dies protecting me, and something snap on me, burying my vision in red, and then, the voices of my subordinates awaken me.

I have killed every enemy, including their young rising star commander.

I look for her.

And find her buried in countless corpses.

I ordered to take the corpses of our allies back home, to be bury, and I went to my hometown with the corpse of Seraphina, using ice magic, I conserve her body.

And then, I put her body in a big white mantle, I wash her and put her on a beautiful aquamarine dress, so expensive but gorgeous, and then I bury her in the amazing-looking hill next to my hometown, that overlook a beautiful field of flowers.

I bury her, it was the first time I bury someone with my own hands.

Every moment since that spear took her life, until now, was broking my heart in pieces, destroying my will to keep on fighting… on living…

I miss her, and I start crying like a baby for her.

I put a headstone, with her name, date of birth and date of death, and an inscription: “A True Friend who was My Light in this Cruel World.”

She died protecting me, and finally, I understand the words that she once said to me.

“Little girl, you should stop burying them by your own, tell some soldiers to help you.”

“I am not an officer.” – she replied to me.

And then, she looks at me, with her beautiful crystalline blue eyes.

“Also, not everybody is capable of taking on the pain of burying her friends, subordinates, and comrades like me… not even you, General.”

“Ha, you damn girl, you have grown up so much to be able to talk like that to your superior.”

“Is the true, Sir.”

After burying her, I nod at her words.

“You were right… Sera… you were damn right… I can’t with this pain… it should have been me… not you… once again I lost someone dear to me… how much more pain should I endure? How much-loved ones should I lost?”

I look at the red, sunset sky, up in the hill.

“Seraphina… bye.”

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[POV Yra Draco Vanris]

“Hey, big guy, why are you crying? I hope that you aren’t crying because of me?” – Elisa asks me, while joking. – “After all, I know that you considered me ugly, but I am not that ugly to make a big, strong man like you, cry, right?”

“Sorry.” – I said.

We were currently in the penthouse.

It has been three days since she arrived.

Then, unconsciously I got close to her, and start patting her head.

“Don’t worry, little girl, I’m fine.”

She didn’t say anything, her face got red, and then, she took my sunglasses, and my eyes look straight at hers.

[I miss you so much, little girl… please… forgive me…]

She gets closer to me, but then, my Identification Bracelet rings.

Making me conscious of what I was doing.

“Oh, sorry Miss Aldrich.” – and I walk away from her and check on my IB. – “Miss Mori has sent me the time for the reservation, we have two hours to arrive to the restaurant.”

She nods, while still looking at me.

‘I am starting to truly get crazy.’ – I thought. – ‘She is the livid image of Seraphina… like they are twins… or the same person… thanks god she has a different personality… if not…’

And so, I took her to the restaurant, where Reyna Mori, and other women of the same age as Elisa were already waiting.

And I wait for her together with the bodyguards of the other ladies.

Finally having a peaceful time.

‘She is not Seraphina.’

While calming myself down.

‘She is not… my Seraphina.’

Yeah, I surely aren’t getting crazy… right?