Aran Velarak
Aran Velarak · AR-001
Role: Dawn Swordsman
Homeland: Arun Village
Weapon: Last Morning Sword
Power: Receives the force of the blow in the blade and sends it out in a line of light to clear the way.
Limitations: Can hold power in just three strokes Exceeding the limit causes bone fractures.
Year joined: 18
The person who stood until the door opened
As a child, Aran believed that every watch had a heart. Because every time the house is quiet Dad would hold it up to his ear. Then he spoke to the little things inside as if he were comforting a sick person. Their shop is at the bridgehead of Arun Village. People with money pay in coins. People who don't have money to pay in rice. Father wrote down all the debts. but never went to demand Aran doesn't understand that shops that repair time for other people Why don't you have enough time to repair your own roof?
The night came when he was seven years old. The bells rang in the wrong order. Before a dark line opened up in the middle of the sky. People running towards the bridge His father put his coat on and went out to help lift the crossbar. Aran saw his father's hand between two pieces of wood. I saw blood flowing into the nut crack. But I can't remember the faces of any of the people my father helped. When the patrol arrived in the morning Father's name is not on the death list. The officials therefore refused compensation. It's as if death has to be allowed before it can happen.
Aran kept the shirt that his father never returned under the bed. He practiced swordsmanship with the bridge guard because he wanted to be strong enough to lift the beam alone. As he got older, he took on a job guarding a merchant and began counting everything as a price: food, medicine, and lost time. He didn't want to be the kind-hearted person who left his child to grow up in debt. But every time I heard the clock stop He unconsciously raised his head. It's like waiting for someone to walk back into the store.
Eighteen years after the sky broke The White Seal Confederation sent orders to close Arun Bridge. Refugees from the Moon Valley were classified as unregistered. Aran was paid triple the price to stand on the line. He got the money because the roof leaked onto his father's repair table again. First night on duty One girl passed a pocket watch through the bars and asked, “If it could walk. Will you let my grandma in?” He replied that the door was not a repair shop. So the child sat and waited there all night.
In the morning the power lines under the bridge broke. The water in the river rose without warning. The captain ordered his soldiers to guard the gate. People stuck on the outside side will be swept away by water before their turn to be inspected. Aran looked at the salary coin in his hand. Then he looked at the same child who was waking up his unconscious grandmother. He almost followed orders. Fear doesn't disappear the second a person becomes a hero. It still exists, and it says in a reasonable voice that one person alone can't help it.
He stuffed the bag of money back into the captain and blocked the door with his sword. The sword instantly broke, his arm bone making a sound as well. Aran did not shout a grand declaration. He shouted the name of the person closest to him, asking for help to lift him, asking for help holding the rope. Please help lead the child to continue walking. Linyu ran in and cut the sealing pin. Malin drags grandmother to shore. The hooded man, whose name is not known, secretly undoes the chain inside. For the first time, Aran admits that standing alone isn't always courageous.
The fragments of the sword in his hand began to glow. The force from the door had not disappeared. It flowed and accumulated in the steel until the cracks of the sword looked like morning light on the horizon. Aran counted three beats to the sound of the child's clock. before releasing all of its force onto the ground He opened the road wide enough for people to pass. But he collapsed as soon as the last person passed the door. When he recovered, he discovered that his right arm was in a cast. And there was no money left even for window repairs.
The girl brought the watch back. It hasn't walked yet. She apologized for not having anything in return. Aran chuckles and says that what she brought was the chance to be her father's son without being ashamed. People who survived the bridge helped repair the shop. within one week The roof he had been saving up money to repair for years was no longer leaking. He began to understand the old debt book. It may not be an account of what people owe their father. But it is evidence that they once helped each other survive.
The inspection department announced the arrest of the door breaker. Ten contributors met in a watch shop. Asara says that hiding alone won't help the other side. Netdao placed a blank notebook on the table. Please write down the names of all survivors before anyone else deletes them. Aran nominated the Arun Coalition. Not because he thought he was the light. But because dawn is the time when ordinary people have to get up and go to work. No matter how cruel last night was
He took the scraps of the sword to the craftsman for a new one. By insisting on keeping the cracks. The final sword therefore did not have a neat edge like the ceremonial weapons. It is a sword that always tells its wielder that anything has ever gone beyond their power. before leaving Aran hangs a children's watch above the shop door. and let it stop at the time the bridge opened. He did not vow never to fall again. He vowed to call for help before his fall took the entire train down with him.
When the first light touches the ground Aran walked out with nine other people. He still misses his father. Still afraid of not having money And still don't know how to win the Confederation. But for the first time, the future is not a spare room in which to stand alone. Behind him was a shop where the whole village repaired things. In front of him, there were many doors that were still closed. He tightened his left hand around the scabbard. Then choose to continue walking at a speed that everyone can keep up with.