Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 73

That night, Carissa couldn't sleep.

Despite being at the front line for days, she usually slept soundly even when half-starved, except for the first and the current day when she was full.

But tonight, even after a satisfying meal, she couldn't get any rest.

The hardships of the front-lines were terrible, and she admired her father and brothers for enduring it for so many years. She herself could endure, but she hadn't explained her situation with Barrett to Rafael and the other generals, and it felt wrong.

How could she explain?

That her mother had chosen a man who, after gaining some achievements, threw her to the side and wanted to marry a female general like Aurora?

People might think she came to the Southern Frontier to prove she was better than Aurora

She didn't care about the gossip in the capital, but on this battlefield where her father and brothers had sacrificed so much, she didn't want her loyalty and dedication to her father's legacy to be mistaken for jealousy.

would arrive, and the truth

Even though everyone was deeply asleep, they were alert enough that they woke up

the silence and asked, "Carissa, can't

Carissa said, hugging her knees

her shoulder with her eyes closed, and asked,

Do you think if I say it directly, the marshal might think I came here to compete

you here to outshine her? I thought you wanted to surpass her and step over her," Travis

you think

her head, feeling an itch like bugs crawling on her

means? In official terms, you'd be a fifth-ranked major if it were a formal

her hands behind her head, "I'm not here to compete with her. My father and brothers sacrificed themselves on

I remember her saying she wanted to be an outstanding general like her

who else will? People will think that if

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marry and manage the household? Why only come to the battlefield after being abandoned?" Violet said

in her. They are the