Apocalypse Regression's

Ark and Eira

After a detour, Ark almost reached its destination.

Walking on top of the countless piles of mutated beast bodies, the young man looked rather grim. He walked, continuing to walk towards where his comrades were.

Getting closer, Ark saw many corpses of people from the Golden Maple Group who had failed to escape.

Despite seeing dead bodies and dead people, Ark somehow felt a bit nervous as he walked closer.

By the time it caught up with its comrades, Ark suddenly came to a halt. Just then, the people on the other side stared at the Ark.

Having a sad expression on her face, Roxanne said.

“I'm sorry, Chairman. I failed to run the mission and ..” The woman's hand was tightly clenched. “We must lose Sister Aisha.”

Ark went in a hurry. Passing through the crowd, the young man saw Aisha's cold body lying on the ground. Looking at the soft smile imprinted on the woman's face, Ark's hands clenched tightly.

“Saudari Aisha fell for protecting us all. At a time when everyone was running out of steam, he was against Chelsea who came to ambush us. Despite successfully killing the girl and her subordinates, Sister Aisha also lost her life.”

“This stupid woman ..”

Ark took a long breath. Despite the pain, but the young man still had a cold expression on his face.

“We bury Aisha and other colleagues properly.”

Hearing Ark's words, everyone immediately saluted as they said.

“Good, Chairman!”

Thus, a simple funeral for Aisha and several other members of the Sword of Sufferings was performed.

After that, everyone is forced to eliminate their feelings of sadness and negative emotions because the problem is completely unresolved. They have not reached the outer circle.

They should get together with the rest of the group and leave the city as soon as possible. So after resting for some time, Ark and his comrades left with the rest of the people from the Golden Maple Group.

Intend to leave this damned city immediately.

***

A few hours just passed. By the time they almost reached the outer circle, several silhouettes came closer.

At that very moment, Jay who saw them said.

“That person is the head of Imperial Phoenix, Cassandra. While the red-haired woman is Irene, the mysterious woman I mentioned earlier.”

Hearing that, Ark's expression turned serious. He looked at ‘benda’ covered in black cloth in the woman's arms with a suspicious expression.

Strong wind blew, making the black cloth covering ‘benda’ was open. Just then, a small head appeared while staring around with a suspicious expression.

Seeing such a sudden change, the people from the Sword of Sufferings who were ready to fight were completely speechless in their place.

By the time Irene and Cassandra arrived, their expressions looked very bad. Not only that, there were also quite a number of superficial wounds on their bodies.

After taking the little girl down, Irene immediately fell to her knees with an up-and-down breath. His face looked pale, clearly exhausted from making the long journey by dodging the opponent and keeping the little girl in his arms.

Lowered by Irene, the little girl shook her head. Feeling somewhat dizzy due to the shaking that occurs in the journey. Then, the girl stared in a certain direction with round eyes full of surprise.

Just then, two pairs of eyes, big and small looked at each other in silence.

“PAPA!”

The little girl immediately ran towards Ark, hugged his legs tightly and looked up, looking at the father with a happy smile on her face.

Ark flashing. He really doesn't know how to respond. Today the mood is like a roller coaster ride. It really went up and down so fast.

Angry at being separated, sad at the loss of a precious colleague, and now happy and confused at the appearance of a sweet little girl whose appearance is somewhat similar to her.

While Ark was at a loss, Jay and the other members of the Sword of Sufferings actually felt dizzy. Especially Jay who had known Ark long before the apocalypse occurred.

From the way the girl called out as well as her appearance, Jay could not believe that it was not Ark's daughter or relative. But there is one problem.

‘So that beautiful woman is Ark's wife? But why does Ark pretend not to know him?’

Not only Jay, the rest of the Sword of Sufferings members also thought Irene was Ark's lover. The reason for that was because the woman had brought the little one to meet her father.

In addition, the Ark gene seems to be quite dominant because Eira's appearance really resembles that of a scaled-down female version of Ark. He left almost no trace of his mother.

Only, they did not expect that Ark was as confused as they were.

“Papa?”

Eira called Ark back. Seeing the man not responding to his words, he tilted his head with a puzzled expression on his face.

Ark slightly bowed, grabbed the little girl's body and lifted her up. He then looked at the girl's face. Realizing that what was in front of him was not a creature transformed from monsters, experiment projects, or other strange things.

Seeing the blank expression on Ark's face, Eira giggled. The girl immediately broke away from Ark's hand and hugged him tightly. Circling the man's neck then rubbing the cheeks of the two of them affectionately.

“Finally Eira meets Papa! After Mama returns, we can be together!”

Hearing the little girl's words, Irene's identity as Eira's mother instantly vanished in people's minds.

Just then, Ark looked towards Irene and Cassandra.

“Rest first then explain everything to me.”

***

About two hours later.

Closing the notebook in his hand, Ark glanced at Eira who was sound asleep from exhaustion then let out a long sigh.

‘I really did not expect such an accident could happen.’

About four or five years ago, Ark and Silvia had been on a joint mission in the northern part of the continent. At the time of the mission, they were very young and made mistakes.

Being drunk at parties, they do something that only couples should do.

After the mission was completed, the two separated, Silvia said it was her carelessness so there was no need to think about it. The once stubborn Ark also just took it for granted. However, the figure of the girl disappeared for a while and did not carry out the mission.

At first Ark thought Silvia had failed the mission and was killed, but the girl reappeared one year later.

Because Ark itself has a team and often works with Anya, Kurona, or Shirona. It can be considered a co-worker or training partner because both are registered at the same time, but not more than that.

‘Simply, in her previous life the woman hunted me madly. It seems that it was because he lost Eira.

Losing the daughter he loved the most then getting angry at himself and the man who had made his daughter suffer until the end of her life.’

Looking at the little girl who looked so sweet but did not understand the cruelty of the world, Ark felt guilty. He then glanced towards Irene.

“Please take care of Eira.”

Just moving Eira into Irene's arms, the girl opened her eyes. He looked at Ark with teary eyes.

“Papa! Where's papa going? Will Papa leave Eira?”

Looking towards the crying little girl, Ark stroked her head. He kissed Eira and said.

“Eira, so good girl, follow Sister Irene and other Papa friends. They will take you out of this dark city, back to see the light and the flowers in bloom.”

“Papa go where?” ask the girl with teary eyes.

Looking towards his daughter, a gentle smile appeared on Ark's face. While stroking the little girl's head, he said.

“Mama seems too tired to catch up with us, so Papa will go pick up Mama for a bit.”

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