Adopted Soldier

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Lyner’s body was moved towards the harbor were his funeral was going to be held . The body of Lyner even in death stood proud and tall as his smile never faded . Many doctors who saw his body were confused as to how Lyner’s body stood upright even after the body died . Of course they wanted to study this but Anita never allowed it .

Instead the people were forced to move Lyner’s body without changing his standing position, this was the request of the wife of the fallen hero . Seeing as this wasn’t such a difficult request, they decided to do it, especially for someone like Lyner, who has done a lot for Berdonia .

Lyner’s body was not moved, instead they moved the ground he was standing on . A lot of money and manpower was used to move the body along with the ground it was standing on, but that was what was needed to be done .

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Five days have passed and on Regon’s harbor, thousands of people have come to honor the fallen hero . Many saw the body of Lyner standing on the helm of a wooden ship using his sword as a cane . This was the final position Lyner was in before he died . The people who saw this were in awe, some even felt that this was such an awesome way to die . Anita was the one who cleaned his wounds, and stitched Lyner’s left shoulder .

Most of Lyner’s students have attended the funeral, the only ones missing were Alex, Oliver, and Sayaka . Every past student who was present there looked at their once lazy teacher standing tall and proud even in his death, with a smile was on his face .

Seeing him like that pained some of the students, while the others who understood that smile of his were both saddened and happy for their teacher .

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The people that had attended Lyner’s funeral threw some flowers on his ship . The more artistic ones gave out some paintings to bring on his ship . While most of the students who attended threw pillows and blankets on the ship . The Mercenaries and soldiers present threw some wires attached to knives, this was there own way to honor the fallen hero .

The President of Berdonia on the other hand gave Lyner two presents one was a statue of him . The statue was like an exact replica of his final moments, as he stood tall and proud with a vicious smile on his face . The bronze statue radiated Lyner’s joy and pride which made most of the members of the Mercenary Club happy with it .

The second gift the President gave was a rank for Lyner, he gave Lyner the rank of GA (General of the Army) . Now not only was Lyner the highest rank merc with SS but he was also the highest rank soldier with GA .

No one went against the President when he gave the rank of GA to Lyner . Some of the other officials didn’t like this, but they had no choice but to follow along, seeing that if they oppose this decision they would be enemies of the public . This was the result of how Emily and Kei made Lyner into a hero to the public, which made it hard for this officials to do anything at the moment .

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After everyone had offered their gifts to Lyner, some people were chosen to say somethings about the fallen hero . Some of them talked about how Lyner saved them in the front lines, some of them talked about his great military exploits, and some of them talked about how kind he was .

Most of what these people said, were just a portion of what made Lyner who he was, it was nothing more than lip service . Niel was the last to speak, he represented the Mercenary Club, the group of students Lyner was the closest with . He was also Lyner’s one and only apprentice, he was also a named merc, and a handsome man . Which made his speech even more eye catching to the people present than when the President spoke .

Niel stood in front of and closed his eyes, he started to remember things about his teacher . Niel then calmly looked forward with a sad smile on his face .

"Everyone let me tell you about a man named Lyner Resteti . This man had lived a life with a lot of regrets . He also lived a life with no regrets . I know it’s contradictory to say that, but that’s just how Sir Lyner was, that was the very essence of what made him who he was . My teacher Lyner was a person that was full of those kinds of contradictions . He was a lazy man who liked to sleep all the time, yet he was also the most hardworking person I knew . He was a self centered person, that did anything and everything he wanted to do without a care in the wold, but at the same time he was also a person that cared for others the most . He was a person who looked for death, but was also the person who survived the most . "

Niel then started to say more things that were contradictions but perfectly described Lyner . While he was talking he smiled a very wide smile . He couldn’t help but laugh on the inside, thinking about how much Lyner would’ve complained if he heard this . He looked at the people in the audience and saw that they were confused . The only ones who seem to understand what he just say said, were those who truly knew Lyner .

"Well that was my master, my teacher, Sir Lyner . Even in the end he remained true to himself . . . He was the wisest at the same time the most foolish, he was the strongest and the weakest . To everyone here he was a hero . . . Yet to me and my friends he was a teacher, he was our teacher . . . To those who saw him back then, it might seem that he hasn’t taught us anything, but in truth he has taught us everything . For that I thank him from the bottom of my heart . "

Niel looked up to the clouds and tears started to flow down his cheeks . Everyone watching who saw Niel’s smiling yet tearful face, felt the pain he was feeling . The students who were listening in started to cry, while the members of the Mercenary Club stood up from their seats and bowed their heads before Lyner, Niel who was on stage did the same thing .

Anita who was watching the reactions of Lyner’s students suddenly remembered something Lyner said before . It was before they got married, at that time Lyner had told Anita that he became a teacher, and he said . "Even though I’m their teacher . . . I was nothing more than a lazy teacher, and most of my students would most probably remember me as such . "

Anita who remember what Lyner said, and seeing the scene before her eyes made her smile . "It doesn’t seem like they only remember you for being lazy . " Anita mumbled to herself .

Arthur Glory was also present he didn’t say anything and only watched as he silently payed his respects . He sighed as he thought . ’So that rematch can never happen . . . That’s pretty unfair Lyner leaving while you’re ahead . ’

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When everyone was done saying what needed to be said, the ship Lyner’s body was on had moved out into the sea . Once the ship was far enough, the soldiers and mercenaries present saluted . The other soldiers and mercenaries who weren’t saluting had bow and arrows ready, they then lighted their arrows on fire .

Anita looked at the wooden ship her husband was on, and breathed softly before ordering the people to fire their arrows . The arrows were released and most of them hit the wooden ship which started to burn .

This was the old way of how Berdonian people sent their warriors to the afterlife . Nowadays this kind of funeral was only done to the most respected of warriors . This was how the people of Berdonia showed how much they honored and respected Lyner’s sacrifice for his country .

This event has been broadcasted to every part of Berdonia and the Southern Union . Anita was holding a pair of Lyner’s gloves that had wires in it . She held it tightly as she looked at the burning ship .

’I can’t cry now, I need to show these people that I am the wife of the Monster of Berdonia . So instead I will smile that vicious smile of yours . ’ Anita showed a smile that was similar to Lyner’s as he got excited in battle .