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 would

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

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

said, hugging her knees and feeling

sat up. Cynthia leaned against her shoulder with her

Do you think if I say it directly, the marshal might think

you wanted to surpass her

even you think that,

itch like bugs crawling on her

Aren't you better than Aurora? You're now a regiment. commander. Do you know what that means? In official

not here to compete with her. My father and brothers sacrificed themselves on the Southern Frontier. I want

wanted to be an outstanding general like her father and brothers.

think that if she wants to be

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is whether the king and the marshal believe in her. They are the ones who decide her future and promotion,"