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Even if Ark was more indifferent to life than he was before, even he felt his heart ache a little as he watched Balan slump over on the ground, at the very least he was going to meet his lover once more. The humans that had started to cheer were all silent now. The ones who knew Balan tried their hardest to hold both their tears and themselves back. The commander in black stared at Ark silently, his vision sometimes shifting to Balan's corpse. Regret took over him. If he had just let this matter slide, his closest aide wouldn't need to die.