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.

eventually, Barrett and Aurora would arrive, and the truth would

her stopped. Even though everyone was

the curtain, Travis noticed the silence and asked, "Carissa, can't you

on my mind," Carissa said, hugging her knees and

Cynthia leaned against her shoulder with her eyes

telling the marshal about Barrett... Do you think if I say it directly, the marshal might think I came

I thought you wanted to

her eyes. "If even you think that, then

head, feeling an itch like bugs

know what that means? In official terms, you'd be a fifth-ranked major

father and brothers sacrificed themselves on the Southern Frontier. I want to help the marshal reclaim it and

remember her saying she wanted to be an outstanding general like her father and brothers. She's not

think that if she wants to be the best warrior, why

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manage the household? Why only come to the battlefield after being abandoned?"

the marshal believe in her. They are the ones who decide her future and promotion," Bun said. Everyone

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