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Chapter 22
Mikael raised an eyebrow, looking at Arion with a questioning gaze. “What do you mean?”“Mikael, that’s … a salute!” Arion said through gritted teeth, his voice subdued but firm.Mikael froze for a split second. His brow furrowed slightly.Before Mikael could do anything, he heard Leon Verdict speak, “You … won’t salute Deputy General Henley, Cadet?”The atmosphere around them instantly grew tense. Several other soldiers standing nearby began watching quietly.Arion swallowed hard. He knew this wasn’t going to end well.Mikael remained standing where he was, looking calm, unaffected and unflustered even though a senior soldier had already reprimanded him.Goodness! He hadn’t realized there was someone as fearless as Mikael.Arion watched as Mikael’s gaze shifted to Leon, then toward Sean, as if assessing the situation rather than being part of it.Leon narrowed his eyes. “You stand before the Deputy General of the Arans Royal Army and refuse to salute? How dare you!”Leon smiled irrit
Chapter 21
Mikael Avery finished his dinner without seeming in a hurry.He set down his last spoon calmly, paying no heed to the chorus of jeers still echoing around him. Some people even deliberately raised their voices when they saw him stand up.“Wow, done eating already? Trying to make a run for it, are you?”“Of course. He hasn’t had the guts to fight back this whole time.”“What a coward!”Mikael didn’t respond. He stood up, briefly smoothed out his clothes, then walked away from the table.His steps remained calm. Steady. But the jeers didn’t stop.As he passed a row of other tables, someone threw something. A piece of bread hit his shoulder, falling to the floor.Some people laughed loudly; others even spat openly.“Oops, missed!”Mikael’s steps halted.For the first time since he’d stood up, the atmosphere shifted slightly. A few people held their breath, waiting for his reaction.Mikael turned slowly. His gaze fell on the man who’d thrown the bread. There was no anger. No emotion. But
Chapter 20
Dilon let out a long sigh, his gaze softening as he looked at Arion. “Don’t twist it like that,” he said softly. “You’re still my friend. You always have been. That hasn’t changed.”Arion fell silent for a moment, but his jaw tightened. “But you just said we’re here to compete.”“Yes,” Dilon replied firmly. “As participants, we are rivals. But that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped considering you a friend.”The explanation made sense, but for some reason it only made Arion even more annoyed. There was something in Dilon’s tone-too rational, too cold that made him feel like their relationship was being weighed, not lived.“I don’t like the way you think,” Arion muttered finally.Dilon frowned. “Arion, it’s not what you think. You’re just-”“It really doesn’t matter if you consider me a rival too,” Arion cut in quickly. He turned around, then walked away, choosing to sit on the other side of the room. The distance between them, which had been just a few steps, now felt like a chasm.Dilon fel
Chapter 19
“Isn’t that … Diana Avery?”“Diana Avery? General Avery’s sister?”Another soldier remarked, “Of course. Who else has the surname Avery apart from those siblings?”Mikael’s attention, which had previously been focused solely on his younger sister, was now divided by the indistinct whispers of the recruit candidates.The recruit candidates began to whisper, their eyes fixed on Diana.“Goodness! She really is beautiful! Absolutely stunning!” a young man in the back row whispered, nearly choking with nervousness as he stared at Diana.“If she weren’t beautiful, how could King Philup be so smitten with her?” replied his friend, stifling a laugh.Mikael Avery’s composure was instantly shattered. His fists clenched at his sides. He knew exactly what their stares meant. Every graceful step Diana took seemed to fan the embers of anger in his chest.‘Bastard! Anyone who dares to look at her with impure thoughts will regret it,’ Mikael thought, his jaw clenching.He glanced briefly at Sean Henl
Chapter 18
Sean Henley stood tall on a small stage facing hundreds of prospective soldiers. His gaze swept across the long line with the air of an officer accustomed to judging people solely by the way they stood.Most of the young men looked nervous. It was clearly written on their faces.Some swallowed hard, some rubbed their palms together, and some even tried to stand straighter when they realized they were being watched.But one person stood out. Sean paused for a moment. His gaze fell on a man in the middle of the line.Mikael Summer.The man stood casually yet still upright, as if he weren’t participating in a selection process that could determine his future. His face was calm. There wasn’t the slightest sign of anxiety.Sean furrowed his brow.‘That calmness.’There was something that felt very familiar.For years he had stood on the battlefield alongside someone who wore that same expression.Someone who, even in the most dangerous situations, always seemed as though everything was und
Chapter 17
Jesse Colyn was still staring at the man who had just been called, even after Mikael Summer had stepped away from the examination table. That faint smile kept lingering in his mind.There was something about him that felt so familiar.Jesse furrowed his brow, looking confused.For some reason, an image of someone suddenly popped into his mind.‘Why does he remind me of General Avery’?That faint smile and that calm gaze… for some reason, they felt very similar to the late war general of the Kingdom of Arans.But two seconds later, Jesse shook his head slowly.“Impossible,” he muttered softly.General Avery was gone. Everyone in the Kingdom of Arans knew that. Besides, the man who had just been called clearly had a different face.Maybe it was just a coincidence. Their first names were the same, and perhaps it was because he’d been thinking about his late general too often.“Jesse!”A voice called out to him from the side.Jesse turned and saw Leon walking toward him with a relaxed yet
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