The Miserable Spearhead
They all went into silence. I watched them exchanging silent gazes between each other without saying anything. I could feel their loss, trouble in understanding what I said, and also fear.
"If there is another way other than this, then I'd have preferred to take it. But this is our only path to survive, and hopefully we can pull it through."
"Then let me lead an expedition to the outer world," Legend was the first to make his stance clear and firm. This kid might be young, but he was brave and smart.
He got what I meant by saying we would go all out. He understood that we were going to invade the other worlds at this moment.
And he volunteered to take part in this.
"Well, I can't promise an easy journey out there. But I hope you know what it means by leading an expedition."
"I got what it takes," his eyes didn't even shift away from me, or even blink, "I want to lead one of the expeditions."