"Alyssa! Where are you! Alyssa ...... You ......" Alberta called Alyssa's name, but suddenly, he stopped...... For he saw that not far in front of him there was the corner of Alyssa's dress......

It occurred to him that the cannonball had fallen behind Alyssa, who was behind Alberta, and therefore ...... The center of the explosion of the shell was very close to Alyssa, and Alberta tried to put his arms around Alyssa, but time did not allow him to do so...... He was blown away, and he looked at the scorched marks around him, and it occurred to him that the enemy's shells might be shells that "burn flames......

He hugged the palm-sized corner of Alyssa's dress, and he held it in his arms, crying in pain...... In the distance, a cannonball hit the air! The whole sky was set on fire...... Surrounded by burning flames, the night is beside you, and it seems that in the midst of war, the Grim Reaper is holding a scythe, ready to harvest your life......

Alberta took the corner of Alyssa's coat into his arms, and he saw the place where the daytime battle was fought in the distance, still sporadic gunfire. He thought suddenly, there it was! The defenders were not defeated, they stayed up until the evening, so he did not go in the opposite direction, he ran towards the place of battle!

What was he thinking? Maybe he wanted a stray bullet to hit him...... In a short period of time, he lost his adoptive father and love...... He felt that his life had been bleak......

Alberta looked at the crumbling streets, some of which were still burning, most of them already dilapidated, and Alberta seemed to let out a mournful sobs at night as he looked at the crumbling buildings...... In particular, there are flames burning on the top of some buildings......

He wandered the streets like a man who had lost hope in life...... He may have longed for a death, a simple ending......

At this moment, he listened to the battle in the distance and stopped the gunfire and cannon...... He was a little timid, because the gunfire stopped, and most of the time it meant the defeat of the defenders, and the enemy managed to break through the defenders' lines...... Then, Alberta believed that it was quite possible that the enemy should have begun to execute the prisoners of the defenders......

Alberta decided whether he should move forward...... He longs to die, but he wants to live...... Just as he was hesitating, he heard the sound of a piano and singing in the distance, the song was mournful and melodious, but it was beautiful and smart:

"Oh, maybe you didn't find out, dear friend......"

"There's something on this battlefield that's about to die slowly, and there's no turning back you can't turn back."

"They're down there, calling you!"

"The call was loud, coming from places where red flames burned and black darkness filled with darkness."

"They call to you, in your ears...... Always calling you, always ......"

"Oh, Mom, if you can hear me,"

"I hope that when the war is over, I will return to my hometown in the field."

"Oh, father, if you can hear me,"

"I hope that the war is over and I can return to my homeland."

"Oh, my wife and children,"

"I'm going to take your hand and kiss the child's cheek......"

"Oh, my hometown......"

"Oh, this war ......"

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Alberta followed the voice, for he heard it, the voice of the Epale people...... He came as fast as he could to the place where the song sounded, and he saw a defender soldier playing a luti...... The first part of the song is very mournful, and the second half is melodious and graceful, which makes people want to go back to their hometown and leave this damn war......

The soldier playing the luthi was surrounded by several soldiers, all of whom listened to the soldier who could play the luthi playing a song.

Alberta came behind the soldier and listened to the song......

The soldier spotted him and stopped singing, only to find out that the soldier was in his forties and wore the rank of sergeant.

The soldiers approached Alberta, and the surrounding soldiers spotted Alberta, and they talked: "A citizen? He's alive? Why hasn't he left Harbour City yet? ”

The piano-playing soldier approached Alberta and asked, "Citizens?" ”

Alberta came to his senses, his face covered in mud and smoke and blood. His stomach was still bleeding slightly from shrapnel cuts. He looked like a bloodstained clay figure......

The sergeant who played the piano said again: "Citizen? ”

Alberta responded: "Huh? ”

"Why didn't you leave with the citizens who left the port? The security squad and two companies of soldiers, who guarded most of the citizens, left the harbor early in daylight......"

"I ...... I do not know...... I...... I...... I can't...... I can't leave! Alberta's response was intermittent.

Several soldiers around looked at each other regretfully: "Poor man, although he is not dead, he is scared stupid......"

The sergeant nodded, "Why can't you leave?" Now in this harbor of ours, only the defenders and the enemy are left...... Have you ever seen an enemy army? They use advanced rifles that we can't understand......"

Alberta nodded, and instead of responding, he said, "Yes...... He also killed an enemy, he was a private ......"

The surrounding soldiers mocked Alberta: "Killed a private? No way...... We fought for a day, and only a lot of people died, killing the enemy? You don't have a gun yet? It's simply impossible! ”

Alberta took out the bayonet on his back and handed it to the sergeant, who did not say anything...... The sergeant took the bayonet, looked at it, and looked at Alberta with wide eyes in surprise: "Where did you pick it up!" ”

Alberta glared at the sergeant because he thought the sergeant doubted himself: "I didn't pick it up!" I killed him, pulled him out of his neck, and used it for self-defense! When Alberta finished speaking, tears welled up in her eyes.

The sergeant nodded, and he said to Alberta, "Follow me!" I'll take you to the commander. ”

The surrounding soldiers looked at each other, and one of the senior soldiers said to the private next to him, "It's not our bayonet...... It's the enemy's bayonet! It seems that this kid really killed an enemy soldier...... "The soldiers looked at each other, and no one spoke......

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Alberta crossed this makeshift defensive zone. Some of the soldiers were already asleep, leaning against the wreckage of the ruins with their guns in their arms, and they had gone through a day of fighting, sleeping soundly in the arms of the night......

The defensive zone was very long and not wide, but many fortifications were built by the defenders.

Alberta followed the sergeant, and occasionally the defenders of the port of Epalai looked at Alberta, but saw him following the sergeant, and ignored him......

They quickly made their way through the night, through half of the defensive zone, to the command center of their company's defense, in a camp tent. The sergeant came outside the tent and kept saying something to the soldiers guarding the tent, while Alberta was behind, silently mourning Elisa......

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