Chapter 256 Aidan's Choice and the Bad News From Behind

"Aidan, Aidan! Don't go, stop! Wait for me..."

Calvin was alone in the endless darkness, and there was nothing in his field of vision that could mark time.

He slept soundly in this black world to make up for his fatigue coming from the bottom.

This kind of sleep is like the memory protection instinct of mortals. While providing repairs to the subject's spirit and soul, it also subconsciously rehearses things experienced in reality.

But this deduction is not linear and has little logic;

It is more like making up for the trauma suffered in one's own experience, and will only reappear unforgettable images.

The subconscious soul instinctively uses abstract feelings to isolate painful memories layer by layer and deliberately deletes the details.

This instinctive forgetting comes from the instinct of self-protection, preventing the soul from suffering too real pain when thinking about it again.

But some things are destined to be unforgettable, just like there are some people that even if you are over fifty, you still cry for them every time you dream about them at midnight.

Aidan!

Calvin called unconsciously in the darkness. After the Supreme Decree blocked the fatal blow for him, the scene of disintegration and destruction replayed in his consciousness over and over again.

In his illogical dream, the mental defense mechanism is trying to forget itself in order to heal itself.

But memory is like a tape stuck at a certain point. Every time it is extrapolated to this scene, Calvin can immediately associate this name with it.

Aidan... who is he?

He is my teacher……

He is my brother...

He is my guide...

He...died for me...

The mental wound was touched again, and the convulsions caused by the pain made his consciousness clear again.

"Aidan!"

Calvin suddenly opened his eyes and called his name in his soul.

"woke up?"

The familiar voice sounded next to Calvin, making him both surprised and shocked.

"You're not dead? Oh no, I mean are you okay?"

Calvin looked at the veteran in front of him. It was not only the order of his words that was confused, but also the memories in his mind that could not tell the difference between true and false.

"That...isn't really..."

The veteran looked at Calvin in front of him with a smile and stretched out his hand to straighten the wrinkles on his clothes, but the denial in his mouth was difficult for Calvin to understand.

It’s not like he’s not dead…

The memory became clearer with the return of reason, and the soreness that he didn't want to admit returned to Calvin's heart again.

"That... 伱...this..."

Fortunately, Calvin was in the spiritual world. In reality, he closed his eyes tightly, and clear tears flowed from the corners of his eyes like spring water.

"Let me say goodbye to you before I leave."

After finishing sorting Calvin's clothes, Aidan took half a step back.

He looked with joy at the young man he had brought into the Gray Knights, as if he could see his will continuing in him.

"You can stay!"

Calvin said eagerly that he knew that the souls of his comrades could reside in his spiritual world, but he did not know what the prerequisites for such residence were.

"No!"

Aidan simply rejected Calvin and gave his answer in the latter's confused eyes.

"I don't believe in you, child! I am different from those who place all the hopes of mankind on you. My faith only belongs to the Emperor, so after my death, my soul will only return to the throne."

"But I also believe in the Emperor!"

Calvin did not agree with Aidan's statement and was still trying to persuade him.

"That's different..."

Aidan shook his head, looked at Calvin thoughtfully and said:

“Your faith comes from the recognition of ideas, not absolute conversion;

And your retinue believes in you, even if they also believe in the Emperor, they are fundamentally different from me. "

"But what difference does that make to our career!" Calvin couldn't agree.

"No."

Aidan looked at Calvin and said.

“But there is, after all, you represent the hope of mankind and always move towards the future;

The Emperor and we still have a long old night to guard.

I'm grateful to be fighting alongside you, and I'm sure you are too.

But the missions given to us by fate are different. We will eventually be separated, and we will eventually be different. "

As he spoke, Aidan's figure became more and more blurred, and as Calvin struggled but helplessly to retain him, he finally disappeared from his sight...

"Don't go!"

Calvin shouted, jumping up from his sleep.

The cold light replaced the darkness of the spiritual world, and the real breathing and heartbeat replaced the conscious space with only mental activities.

beep... beep... beep... beep... beep... beep... beep...

The vitals monitoring equipment is working quietly, with only signal lights and fixed beeping sounds.

Calvin's burly body sat up quietly and powerfully from the cold steel frame bed. While hanging his legs on the edge of the bed, he inspected the entire indoor environment with his eyes.

The Gray Knight Apothecary who was responsible for supervising the medical equipment immediately noticed the awakening of the Primarch;

While Calvin was still thinking, the gray knight in white armor had quietly come three steps away from Calvin, quietly knelt down on one knee and waited for his orders.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Calvin asked in a low voice.

"72 hours, 12 minutes and 59 seconds, my lord."

The pharmacist gives the answer and reminds Calvin.

"Your vital data is linked to the bridge in real time. Someone must be on the way to see you..."

"I don't want anyone..."

Calvin wanted to be willful, but he was still tied to responsibility and couldn't refuse.

At this time, Allen Janus was walking in from the medical room.

"Father!"

He knelt on one knee to show his respect for Calvin.

The battle on the Metal Battle Moon was so fierce that when the Orc Warboss was killed by Calvin, no one cared about Calvin's whereabouts.

This unforgivable behavior was discovered by Calvin's sons who had recovered from the fierce battle shortly after the Orcs were completely repelled.

Calvin was already in a coma at this time, but he relied on the excellent performance of his armor to float in space for several hours.

"How is the war?"

Calvin was most concerned about the current situation:

This battle has paid too much expensive price. If it still cannot win, it will become a huge scar in Calvin's heart.

"Victory is certain, sir!"

Alan stood up and handed a data pad to Calvin, and told him the current situation.

"Most of the Orc fleet has been destroyed, and Admiral Juan is leading the main force of the fleet to pursue the remaining enemies;

The ground area of ​​​​Storm has been completely controlled, and only a few Orc remnants survived in the nest;

Sir Moloch has applied for a vortex torpedo attack and plans to conduct a thorough sweep after the attack is completed;

The damage on the orbit of Storm is not serious. After evaluation by the personnel of the Mechanicus, the orbital defense system is being rebuilt."

"Well..."

The war went smoothly, and Calvin's mood finally improved.

With the capture of the key node of Storm, the entire war to recover the Hassan sector is invincible.

But before he could figure out whether he still needed to be in charge of the subsequent battles, Allen gave him another bad news:

"Twenty hours after you fell into a coma, we received a notice from the rear-the governor of the star region, Sir Harold, died."

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