Veil of Broken Promises
"Promises broken are veils—thin, fragile, yet enough to blind the soul."
— Letter from Hotaru no Yakusha
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The dawn was a cruel stranger, bleeding pale light through a sky still heavy with night's sorrow.
Shindō moved through the remnants of a battlefield where whispers of vows once made now lay shattered like broken glass.
Every step stirred ghosts of promises betrayed, echoes of trust twisted into chains that bound hearts tighter than iron.
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Yuuki's voice was a soft lament.
"Trust is the most dangerous weapon—and the deadliest lie."
Her blind eyes searched the horizon, seeing the fractures invisible to all but the broken.
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Between them lay the veil—a fragile illusion masking the scars beneath.
Shindō knew the truth: every promise made in darkness carried the weight of its inevitable shattering.
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The war was no longer just steel against steel, but faith against despair.
And beneath the veil, the battle for souls raged fiercer than ever.