Bestyakh |
I hate you, my dearest sister. It's unbelievable that you would send me to the reserves. Do you realize how much effort I have put in to catch up with you, sister? |
Bestyakh |
'I don't care about you. As long as I alone am successful in the war, that's all that matters. You should just go home and spend time with our family'... I bet that's what she thinks! |
Bestyakh |
--I had always resented my sister until I met her again. |
Bestyakh |
When I was in the Eisengrad military garrison, "Yakutsk the Great" made numerous achievements despite being a new recruit, and quickly rose to the rank of officer.
By order of the so-called "Yakutsk the Great", I was sent to the role of a rear reserve unit. |
Bestyakh |
This transfer was humiliating for me, as I had also set my sights on fighting on the front line. I had managed to endure it so far, but transferring me to a clerical position was the last straw, I cannot take it anymore. |
Bestyakh |
...I decided to desert my dearest sister. |
Bestyakh |
I must find a new place to stay. I must find a place where I will have the strength and power to fight and train to become a warrior, that will amaze my dear sister and the Eisengrad Army. |
Bestyakh |
But it is not so easy to travel alone in the far north in search of a place to stay. I have to know how to survive in the bitter cold and the Mist. I've heard that there are people out there who continue to fight outside the boundaries of the world. |
Bestyakh |
Then I remembered a certain 'problem child' who was recently under the protection of the Eisengrad Army... |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"...Are you Tayshet?" |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Yes, Tayshet. What do you want at this hour? Have you finished your 'studies' for today?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I have a question for you. I wanted you to give me some tips on how to survive in the Mist..." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"There is nothing to teach at all, soldier of Eisengrad. Tayshet hasn't 'studied' enough yet." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Follow all orders as what it is told. It is the same here. Have to obey the rules. Tayshet wants to be a 'normal child' soon, so will do the best." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I wonder what normal is..." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Is being at the mercy of the Eisengrad Army normal? Is not having your own dreams and goals, normal?" |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Tayshet, does not know, it is difficult. But Tayshet was said to be not a 'normal child'. All the soldiers said this." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"A 'normal child' does not dismember their prey apart. Does not hurt people or steal things." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Does not murder targets to please the adults. Does not stand guard alone to please the adults. Tayshet was told that everything done so far is out of the ordinary." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"The gang you were in is one of the top bounty hunters in Eisengrad. The Organizatsiya you belonged to was not normal in the first place." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"But that is the only place Tayshet knows. The only people she knows." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"That is why Tayshet is all alone." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Isn't it hard? Losing your place and having no one to understand you?" |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Tayshet is fine. If Tayshet does her best, the Eisengradians will be her friends." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Tayshet has no family. It is difficult to start a new family. But can make friends." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"And so, Tayshet is willing to put up with anything for that." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I see..." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"What is your name, soldier?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I am Bestyakh. Yakutsk's younger sister." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Yakutsk? Who's that?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"You don't know my dear sister?" |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Do not know. The one who 'studied' together here is an Eisengradian soldier whose name Tayshet does not know." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Bestyakh is the first soldier whose name Tayshet knows." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Hey, Bestyakh. Can Tayshet call you Bescha, Bestyakh?" |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"And you know, if Tayshet can be a 'normal child'..." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Will you be friends with Tayshet?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"There is nothing good about being friends with me. I am all alone on this base. No, I am alone in the Eisengrad Army." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"That is why you came to Tayshet." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Eh...?" |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Bescha came to tell a story. Tayshet is fine to talk to you. Tayshet can talk. Can tell Bescha anything wanted." |
![Story Tayshet.png](/images/f/fe/Story_Tayshet.png) Tayshet |
"Neither Bescha nor Tayshet will be alone while we talk." |
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![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Tayshet..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"You alright, Bestyakh?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Sister..." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
'I'm fine. My head's racing. I was just remembering the past." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Ah, that's fine then. The others are pretty worried about you." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Worried? The SSS is worried about me?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Yes. Vivienne and Putra noticed you. You can't hide it. You have to do a little better than that." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I see. I'm not ready for this." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Don't worry. I will do my job well. If anything should happen to Tayshet, I will bear all responsibility." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Yes. If you say so, fine. We'll leave everything to you. We'll do our best to support you. You and Tayshet are more used to working in dangerous places like this." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"But, you have to promise me this." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Don't keep everything to yourself. You are not the lone wolf anymore. You are one of us." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"...Yes, dear sister." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"So what did you find?" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"Eh?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"You've been looking at that mountain over there for a while now. Tell us what you found, even if it's just a guess. I'll think about what we're going to do accordingly." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I guess I'm simply no match for my sister..." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I can't be sure either, but there 'something' on the path ahead of us. I smell something very bad, a mixture of cold air and magic." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"I wonder if White Winds exist in Metro too." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I don't know if it's a White Wind. But this unpleasant feeling is equal to or greater than White Winds. If the scouting party encountered this in the mountains, it would be..." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Things are considerably worse than we thought." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Let's get on with the investigation. I'm relying on your sense of smell." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Everyone, gather round! Bestyakh has sensed something. We might need to change our route!" |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"They're relying on..." |
![Story Bestyakh.png](/images/f/f0/Story_Bestyakh.png) Bestyakh |
"I won't let you down. Please wait for me too, Tayshet. I will come for you right now." |