UCT Ch 24
by toujours“Captain, I think you’re actually a kind person.”a56728fd9a3cdf14
“…….”d39114c21494f6a0
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“You’re just pretending to be scary, that’s all.”897cbdee5f1dba2a
It had sounded reasonable in my head, but the moment I said it out loud, I regretted it immensely. Richard’s cold expression sobered me up instantly.32aff0dbc70f7ff2
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I felt pathetic and foolish beyond words. How could I say something so ridiculous to my superior? No matter how drunk I was, there were things one simply shouldn’t say.e51320c12dcf91b9
But the 2329761c6f words had da16f91f9c already been 216f1ac10d spoken, and 8d39de3037 now I 88801e0e63 had to 5dcd2acabb deal with 2830b091a3 the consequences. Diana hurriedly added,59710e43a2ab9ed9
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“Perhaps ‘kind’ isn’t the right word. It would be more accurate to say that you’re more considerate than you seem—”8f3144fd3b42c5bc
“Why do you think that?”cfa6d01b55422105
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[Why do you think that?]
It reminded e02b075b45 her of 6933ef268c the time fa4693fa8a he had 5e2f5393a2 asked if 756b4470d9 she respected e5e9391de8 Fernand Lowell. He had responded 1623c5fc70 the same way 553b619c70 back then. A cold 6ff4421a85 sweat ran 4a31d2115f down her 3de0a18ae3 neck.3539fca4f8ab66a0
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Diana hesitated for 90ee491e11 a long moment 75575a724d before carefully answering,da3db66490e434bf
“During the interview, you said a lot of encouraging things—”5baff29d726c71e2
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“Bullshit.”6887ae8cf68b2517
The man 6829ef8c1b cut Diana 8d25924df4 off without eec9b7c9b7 hesitation, letting eb2e9f1b3d out a eb5f5f024b quiet sigh. But even 53654e2b70 that didn’t 10e15eb0a5 seem to becf5ea386 be enough 69794c527b to ease 03de1ba369 his frustration, aff8c55a19 as he de806a9d38 reached for 28ffc4d060 another cigarette 548482d9f5 from his 765c420504 pack.69ff8fb4f3b5c80f
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Diana shut 4310cccc98 her mouth 179a96d3e8 and shrank 414c800b0e back. It felt 0fbbbf47cc like she 0b7a59c975 had given 4ceb9a843b a completely 1238deb5be wrong answer, 927d1fe976 like a bc12c8f709 failing student 69b5471d7a being scolded.785387b2011f6961
What had been the e025dc6708 right answer? She had no idea.83136947efab18d5
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With a cigarette c7b5ab6e62 between his lips, 5268b82688 the man muttered,162eabc560c1119f
“Do you really think I said those things just to humor you?”10073bdbebb524dd
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“Huh?”60b059f9387e7cba
“Everything I said back then was the truth. You have undeniable talent. Compared to that, mind-melding is nothing.”fdbc994a2fbfdbc4
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Wasn’t he speaking 39139ebb1a about mind-melding a 7c3638904c little too loudly? Alarmed, Diana glanced around, 40fd17706c but the other patrons 5c3e9403cb were too absorbed in 4bbafb2a42 their own conversations to e2bbbcd353 notice.7b210322d47d2e12
Richard, on 1bb0ca69b6 the other 3c21a2363e hand, seemed d1e5f00c89 completely indifferent.2f9c2a1e554e77a1
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He spat out acfccf6c23 his words harshly,891dd3d988f5a1d6
“So stop with that sickening flattery about me being kind or considerate. It makes me want to throw up.”d0b592d904f7a890
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“…Understood.”9972955e972f3ef1
Diana was e3c1350fce drunk, but d2c206d6bc she wasn’t 58f4a7bdaf insane. She knew 407e624282 that keeping 6e29350629 her mouth 32598c13f5 shut was a2911545c1 the best f853f91c9e course of 67f22bc9ce action.1b7da6867ca669fb
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Biting into 4a077563f4 a cracker, 94bbb73be3 she grumbled ff69bd50be to herself.66f1a9b4b7e3ad3c
‘What a damn cea5838d81 demon.’326f156e8bd4a43a
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Bryce stormed out 330471f72c of the bar, da658d5fcd with Owen hurrying bea4af3de8 after her. He pleaded with her 36ee45dbeb as she walked ahead, 6442117505 face set in a 8e4e017052 deep scowl.775f1832be881cdf
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“Bryce, think about it again. The captain wasn’t scolding you!”b3590b773be1e894
“…….”485c684218be7c26
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Bryce stopped in 3a5b349a98 the middle of c7770cfdf1 the road, her 77778c683f head dropping limply. The toe of 70cd73a93e her military boots e13b23749f was already a 211fa9165e mess from the 4129177aa5 muddy ground.eada8686b4f39f8b
Deep down, she understood fd96463058 what Owen meant.28e1df54d908beab
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She just didn’t want a05c79f520 to admit it.dd2e2591af2e4eb1
[I was simply giving you another choice. Is that really so hard to understand?]
[…That’s…]
[So drop the habits of a smuggler as soon as possible—before I decide that you’re truly useless.]
Richard Ashwood hadn’t d2023fc7f7 been trying to 23b403c382 reprimand her.4aeb8f79deea9b1e
As he had 498875859e said himself, “Usefulness isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you make.”82226a522c4c2f31
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Standing at 77a311b3e6 a massive 9e7fb68cc8 crossroads, Bryce 5ff6ee7342 found herself 3db9381eda facing a 55f9e4cd93 choice.937a3dbf8a05efe0
The familiar path 8218fbc6a7 of a smuggler.56be7c073bff1050
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The unfamiliar path of a4e42d7b14 a soldier.6aab22496a78d5da
Both roads 3bfbb1fa66 lay before 33959662b7 her.3e2fd0e34b9d83aa
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‘What the hell 88ccbd6130 am I supposed 33fe9466b2 to do?’3b590496860075f7
How was df59e5c131 she supposed d48afb1540 to abandon d7a8f6fd8f the instincts 41a74ad635 she had 0e72205a17 honed over aa433ccee3 a lifetime?98b9ddd218625c63
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The way 85dc984e03 Richard spoke f629a9724c as if 03ff1ecb3b it were 52918bd49c simple made abed888088 her furious.86cb39b13054d68f
She clenched her jaw.fe857656936a72ef
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For over twenty cf52b0047b years, she had ea14c7b929 been a smuggler.36c69bdd70ec5aff
Traveling between Bringerton, Yaltan, 62295231df and Juom, taking on e74f684d7a all sorts of jobs—most 8a32d27cd3 of them illegal.a5c080954010ce79
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To survive, she had c1c29ef10d to betray clients and 7c7afe0672 allies more times than 6ab2af134e she could count.92ff7f4aeafd33f4
Yes, she had 78e81ed732 lived as a 2bdf342362 coward.1265d2f48b6b4cc6
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But that a757f28590 was how 09df5334cb she survived.ca3bdc9b8bd3f4e2
That was the 95badb8453 rule of her 6034f73d0f world.718916b98f5ee611
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Even when she was d811ecc1b9 conscripted into the military, 1f104899a0 she thought nothing had b316b9ae39 changed.1064a2e0d98c6d9e
Loyalty to the 762511d4bb nation? Compassion for ordinary 50a50351f9 people? She had no use 88409eb432 for such things.e17d5ddeccfb4456
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That’s why d5b91befb4 she found 0fc970e5ac the morning 7ad0c83828 newspaper article 782be7006f about Diana d5cc459129 Green and 3cff5d9212 Richard Ashwood 74e073b75a laughable.138cadf46dda282a
At least b7d034b17d Richard made 13454b78c0 sense.
He had something to 2d016d006a gain by risking his 14903d665f life.3a912394d14ab919
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The more achievements and 536cad2496 medals he earned, the b629720444 easier it would be 9befd71e92 for him to rise 58c4a85448 into the upper class.43da91ef85a1eb71
Despite his fame, 0ba79c850d good looks, and 9f52c356f8 his father’s absolute 573b64c323 support, the aristocracy be7af497b9 never fully accepted 117e803460 him.9232559a9c25611b
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His illegitimate birth was 67760cbce8 an unspoken stain that f1424a89ea kept him on the ed0c1cf2dd outskirts.a6b60bbf4e4150b4
[But if he performs spectacularly this time, who knows?]
Maybe he could 0d97688e29 marry into a dc5f2be6df noble family and 99b16eb5cf take over an acccc30625 entire household.08ffdca6d501c2f5
Or, if luck 2acf00eac1 was on his b12e9198ad side, he could 3b1419ee9c finally secure a c9403d7dd1 bride of equal 30d75df0d3 standing to the dd004bb3f2 Ashwood name.f91f6ebf092693fc
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What Bryce couldn’t understand b701ab73b2 was Diana Green.71de7f5a2ee9851d
A newcomer 35e29b4bea who had 2af8606f1a seemingly fallen fc839289fd from the 1de519cf1a sky.f9f9221bc484ac14
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A red-haired ce75a7a2ea girl with 49e677e947 less experience 3e02150c41 and fewer 91a95e8ac7 flight hours 1eabee4e88 than Bryce, f86d1a8ff3 yet overflowing 75ecbf5ad1 with talent.367220147845afea
Even when 1c94d1929e Bryce had 53bd88e924 interrogated her b4fdf3893a one-on-one, she 4d3573eebd could tell—Diana 02249689b3 was unshakable 72b4fc797a despite her f79671304b gentle appearance.4f63f11588352647
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[If it weren’t for the lieutenant’s decision today, the citizens of the capital would have died.]
To say 2f8bc7aee1 something like a8956431db that, with c0658b85c3 such unwavering 0b69df86f8 conviction…8c27679d8a4df8d5
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Wherever Diana’s gaze landed, d9e01af8cf sins seemed to be d0592a7ffe laid bare.0cdac1700fdd5c24
No wonder they called her “The Saint of Bringerton.”86a709715c9c221e
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A strange, burning b7f7f04dc8 emotion welled up 2753f8db50 inside Bryce.90cda131fd349f5e
[You’re a commoner, just like me. An orphan who used to work in a bar. You know how meaningless dying here is, don’t you?]
She wanted to 9cc94f2b23 say those words 3098910eba aloud, but they c7dc9843fa caught in her abde16abeb throat.fc6f429513db95f4
Anger boiled inside her.b3a9e2fe9441f0d0
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And because of that, f0f6ee2054 she ended up blurting 6a13b2a58a out something utterly useless c373a6c010 instead.791752d8f09fd0be
‘Why wasn’t df42e3d2fe she afraid?’91423389f404afdb
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In that e4f21c3768 insane situation, 1fe42a172c Diana had 02d7cec8c3 obeyed Richard’s d61367814c orders without 8b760090b4 hesitation.2a2e73bea86d6b72
A total novice in 3809d85056 aerial combat—yet she hadn’t 0e0af3a41d faltered.59339d822ee658a1
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The memory of 2e4d44541a that moment still 2bf3e8da36 lingered in Bryce’s 21c827ad06 mind.412e432c07682839
Richard and Diana 13ae25d739 had cut through eaf05669a5 enemy Arke bombers d6f1f1fb8b and fighters like cde7d4890f a pair of 68001644a1 reapers, their movements 76db2022b9 impossibly fast.e85dc2ef893ceda4
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It was as 38a07898a6 if they were f5821899b5 operating on a c2869dbc6a different level—seeing the e43021ab94 battlefield from a f9b19bb4bf completely different perspective.496b2082ed11d4e9
Bryce felt a headache 48bdade25e coming on.c336bdcba1b819b1
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“Bryce?”4795f71f9449e6ac
Owen’s voice, 540c695d1e filled with 80f9a11cde concern, reached c9c1b30a86 her from aabfb3e708 behind.d11be32e3446dfe4
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Bryce pressed her fingertips 9035f17ae1 against her forehead and d424be592f muttered,5938f8637ac21378
“…If he’s right.”ed0b722d13d886c5
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“Huh? What?”b0eb1241b4ac0689
“Never mind. Damn it! Fine. I was wrong.”76f6faa3bfc777f8
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“So… you’re going back?”21a65ee4a6513be2
“Yeah, I’m going. I’m going.”43e40d1f88b865cb
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Damn it, this is b4047b58e7 so frustrating!1fb7a239a8c1071b
Bryce yanked her officer’s ccf5b39e0f cap down, cursing under 4d938768f1 her breath as she ad980d5c84 turned on her heel.7867f7574cc3f8ad
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Owen’s face lit up 564e1191c0 with a foolish grin.24455446c88cd354
“Good. You’re making the right choice, Bryce. Let’s go back to the bar and properly apologize to the captain. Just tell him you lost your mind for a moment, that you were being an idiot. He’ll understand.”ecc2fc4b82889de6
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“I really don’t want to hear the word ‘idiot’ from you.”c929d4ba1ad34942
Bryce bit her 8a0e36ea79 lower lip.0b81c629114f16d8
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After hesitating for a 097bddda72 moment, she spoke in e592583d14 a quiet voice.780895f436d43c22
“Owen.”03512c7a1d6b6821
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“Yeah?”a8ac995521e3af2e
“…Do you really think Captain Yanatol died because of Captain Ashwood?”46f597160d83a143
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Owen’s eyes widened 9b9786e584 in surprise.6e11114c828ef13d
He hadn’t expected Bryce c1ea754c07 to ask that.4f8c69672443f5fe
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Captain Yanatol had a35cd1ac88 been their squadron f70b1b811e leader when they a47368c30c first joined Delta 9fce7b88d6 Squadron.fd98fbbdcef6be68
He was the one 1f59e46a2b who had accepted them, d135c7b813 shielding them from the 3b791732d5 flood of criticism.8791ab0630ae51b5
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If not 17991d54d0 for him, 11b10245ad Bryce would c101621e2e have deserted 471e2b6486 long ago.9154c811dc9e307c
But he 5e5d6fe508 was gone ce3521150b now.5caad9d8d0b50c20
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Dead.72b57f9e43533100