Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 461: Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

"I caused someone's death."

A long and thick silence filled the room as everyone stared at Charles with mixed emotions. Atlas, especially, was shocked upon hearing this.

"What?" Atlas scoffed in disbelief. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.

"It was back when I was in the military," Charles explained, before providing the full details.

During Charles's last mission — a joint operation involving skilled soldiers — a full-blown fight broke out after a long-standing tension. To prevent the rebels from fleeing the land, Charles issued an order for an on-site kill.

The rebels had already taken down quite a few soldiers, but the latter hadn't yet captured the leader of the rebel group.

With that order in place, it was war.

Gunfire echoed in the air, and bombs resonated intermittently. The cries for help and shouts of battle blended together, with even the fallen troops' silence adding to the dreadful atmosphere.

As the enemy fell back and the soldiers advanced fiercely, their morale at an all- time high, they were unaware that the last group they were pursuing so fiercely included innocent victims. When the final showdown between the forces and the rebels concluded, the soldiers emerged victorious.

After the mission was declared a success, Charles stayed behind for the cleanup. To his surprise, the next day, while assisting his men, they found the body of a young lady around eighteen years old.

"All collateral damage during that mission, or any mission, would be identified and confirmed," Charles continued with a heavy sigh. "That young lady... she's not in the system."

of that time, what made this young lady's case dangerous and significant was what happened

confessed. "I thought I was going to die... for a reason I didn't fully understand. All I know is that they were looking for

as he recalled that memory, buried deep in his mind. It was the most terrifying experience of his life. No words could fully explain the pain he

but all records of Charles's last several months at the base were gone. He couldn't determine if they

silence, Zoren's calm voice

survive it?" he asked, earning

as this discussion was

sighed. "Another group

asked curiously. "It wasn't your unit who saved

Charles shook his

theirs. "In this world, there are many powerful people

who choose to live in secrecy. The

most dangerous of all."

first group who captured and tortured me, this group wanted nothing more than to ensure her body was

was my ticket to freedom at

away."

to serve. Before the incident, he had always believed he was the fiercest soldier of his generation. But when he faced helplessness and had few

felt unworthy of the title

threw me into the street where my men found me, it took me months to regain consciousness. But the first thing I heard was the nurse telling me... the

ridiculing laugh escaped him at the thought. "It went missing the day after my disappearance. I thought that once I was saved and back at the base, everything would be over. However, it