The white moonlight was falling on Sadako's beautiful face, making his face look even more incredibly beautiful. Slow, cold winds were blowing, moving even the green leaves of the trees with their rhythm, whose sound was piercing Sadako's ears. It was nighttime, and where Sadako's house stood, it was a little away from the city's hustle and bustle. The night's silence could be terrifying for those who were used to noise, but for Sadako, it was both a balm and a source of peace .
Sadako's long, slender fingers held the phone tightly. Many thoughts were running through his mind. many worries were moving inside him , but his face showed only the expression of calm and peace, like when a storm is brewing, the ocean looks calm from above, but only it knows what is happening inside it , how currents are running beneath the blue surface of the water.
In the moment of peace, he was gazing at the white moonlight when suddenly he heard the sound of a ringing.
When he turned his eyelashes toward that sound, to the phone he was holding with his slender white fingers, the ringing was from within it.
Sadako unlocked the phone and saw that a new notification had just arrived. he clicked on that notification.
On the phone's screen, the headline appearing—the most trending and fresh news—was this—
The youngest son of the most influential and powerful family of Remne country, enemy of Nelse country, who is considered extremely intelligent, powerful, and a genius, has been appointed as the Warden of Remne country's most powerful and secret special army force, "OBSIDIAN."
Sadako saw that this news was one of the biggest headlines of the day.
Remne and Nelse are two countries that are fierce enemies of each other. Even though they one share a common history, today their swords are held to each other's necks. The people of Nelse dislike the people of Remne completely, and just as Nelse despises Remne, the people of Remne cannot tolerate Nelse either.
But no matter how much hatred exists, it has become a habit for these countries to take interest in each other's news.
Sadako looked at the video flashing below the headline on the screen.
To open it, he pressed the play button with her finger.
A grand hall bathed in cold white light. Military officials in dark uniforms stand in silence, lining both sides of a long stage. The camera shifts — slow zoom — and we see a man walking forward. He is tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in obsidian-black uniform. A sleek black mask with an X symbol covers his face. No nameplate. No smile. No emotion. The commander general steps up to a podium. His voice is steady, authoritative: "By the highest order of the Remne council, the position of Warden of Obsidian is now appointed to... Kryos Ven Darion." A wave of applause follows — but it's polite, not excited. No camera flashes. No press questions. Just cold ceremony. The camera lingers on Kryos, who lifts his head just slightly — the light catches the curve of his jaw under the mask.
Besides the soldiers, there were some other people standing who looked extremely wealthy. Their clothes shone even on the video, and their faces were completely expressionless, showing no trace of any emotion. Among them stood some very beautiful women and some men as well, but all of them were dressed in white clothes. In Remne, it is believed that one should wear white clothes during auspicious occasions, which is why they too wore white. The president of Remne and some other ministers were also present there.
The senior commander general is seen taking out a large black insignia from a shining box with his own hands and placing it on the chest of the young man wearing a crossed mask. The insignia was a badge shaped like a hawk, which the senior general was now fixing on the masked young man's chest. In that scene, the hall, covered with white light, became completely silent. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the masked youth, and their hands rose together rhythmically to applaud. Only the sound of clapping echoed in the hall, and all the light fell on the face of the masked young man.
The general asked an aide for a black cloak and, moving forward with little steps , draped it over the masked young man. Even in this scene, the hall was filled with a cold silence, with only the rhythmic sound of applause audible. Everyone's faces were completely calm, and their positions perfectly still.
The general looked toward the masked man, placing a gloved hand over his chest, and, slightly bowing as he looked at him, said—
"Let Obsidian walk with you. And you, become its shadow."
Saying this, he looked towards everyone standing in the hall and with slight happiness said,
"Obsidians, welcome your new leader."
As these words came from the general's mouth, the boys and girls standing there in black uniforms placed their hands rhythmically on their chests in front of the masked man and bowed their heads together.
They said loudly—
"We welcome our warden. From today, you are our warden. Welcome..."
They called out a name, but the voice was not clearly heard in the video.
Seeing all this, the eyes of the people standing in white clothes sparkled, and on their faces was a different kind of happiness and perhaps an expression that showed they felt above others.
The masked man stepped forward, placed his hand on his chest, and bowed slightly as he said,
"I promise that as long as I remain a soldier of Obsidian, I will honor it and fulfill every duty of mine with complete honesty.
I promise that I will abide by all my duties and uphold the honor of Obsidian."
He then said,
"We are Obsidian — those who face lions while even gods retreat, those who consider the hawk their protector! We are the great obsidian.
Long live Obsidian!"
Sadako heard his voice;
it was unique and heavy, such that anyone who heard it would become intoxicated by it.
The people standing there in black uniforms also began repeating the same slogan.
The camera slowly shifted outside,
showing outside of the place where the ceremony was held, filled with a massive crowd,
in which the number of girls was especially large,
and on their faces was only one phrase —
"We love you,
Kryos Ven Darion"