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.

arrive, and the truth would come

sat up, and the snoring around her stopped. Even though everyone was deeply asleep, they were

silence and asked, "Carissa, can't you

on my mind," Carissa said, hugging her

sat up. Cynthia leaned against her shoulder with

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

here to outshine her? I thought you wanted to

"If even you think that, then

her head, feeling an itch like bugs

that means? In official terms, you'd be a

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

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

else will? People will think that if she wants to be the best warrior, why did

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

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