UCT Ch 24
by toujours“Captain, I think you’re actually a kind person.”9fae71ce54c7553e
“…….”25a531cd1363520f
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“You’re just pretending to be scary, that’s all.”1026e9dd4f78cb9b
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.236359c155099c69
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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.b10c70660f7faa9f
But the 2c519d4488 words had d86641a8f0 already been e6b970e8ac spoken, and 48bc52752a now I f85f7d3758 had to 24c61af03c deal with 47dbf7ae22 the consequences. Diana hurriedly added,7c953a2130613da9
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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—”3510faf138aab718
“Why do you think that?”80f7028deb1b0a52
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[Why do you think that?]
It reminded f218cf8f8f her of 2e1afaac24 the time c1d771dc41 he had 987aa916be asked if 0c3677a8b6 she respected eb83858e4a Fernand Lowell. He had responded bf113e5f9d the same way e5bdbe3eba back then. A cold f96d16389b sweat ran 3ebd6fa4a1 down her 91f5d2a373 neck.7710e83579122cac
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Diana hesitated for a 8a1d2a0e01 long moment before carefully 8dd1fa5cce answering,aa28d2c9934072ae
“During the interview, you said a lot of encouraging things—”28cd5ea822d59235
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“Bullshit.”d4605fe6a198bcb7
The man d577cba39b cut Diana 83d00727c4 off without 9bf99c30e4 hesitation, letting 490a45c7f9 out a 3dc6e4dcd4 quiet sigh. But even 47b0a784a4 that didn’t bdf145e84e seem to 4faaf52b08 be enough 8f52d10976 to ease 8e111d2caa his frustration, a96091595b as he ea5a8d8d76 reached for eb0eeb61ad another cigarette 12b9867105 from his b9db7db067 pack.724ec4c54395a56d
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Diana shut 0836c55597 her mouth df56bbc085 and shrank 3f6f573ab9 back. It felt like she 1c09ea378c had given a completely ed8a94eb0b wrong answer, like a 1c42115b7c failing student being scolded.2ef043414b0e0dd8
What had been the ee61187fbf right answer? She had no 0e4992aeb0 idea.566372dd243de87d
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With a cigarette between d144358ebc his lips, the man 676233d6e3 muttered,0350c2aa48f759af
“Do you really think I said those things just to humor you?”3c5c0e9e54382803
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“Huh?”70e395441915ee7e
“Everything I said back then was the truth. You have undeniable talent. Compared to that, mind-melding is nothing.”1b33d7a6d53d45ec
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Wasn’t he speaking about fa987a010f mind-melding a little too fabd95110d loudly? Alarmed, Diana glanced around, 82575ead58 but the other patrons 49dcef3a48 were too absorbed in c5ec736a61 their own conversations to be412aa59c notice.6307365062e8ba87
Richard, on e68a14f8d7 the other 0afa19c0eb hand, seemed 85aeae67b2 completely indifferent.cbb1d5317416c742
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He spat out 1589750149 his words harshly,a7555de328045c53
“So stop with that sickening flattery about me being kind or considerate. It makes me want to throw up.”3d84f478fd714275
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“…Understood.”ac2da45ba5082fac
Diana was drunk, 2be9d6d969 but she wasn’t 105944c40c insane. She knew that keeping 56ce11c8ee her mouth shut was b07b78dfd8 the best course of a154a8f690 action.1e59dec388e8e16e
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Biting into 5a02dc62b7 a cracker, 6e3d9aa965 she grumbled 56b95f0c64 to herself.950bd6b63fb080c3
‘What a damn 3a2a845827 demon.’16fa91d08a4398ee
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Bryce stormed out 626508fdee of the bar, 1620b043db with Owen hurrying b42ae3d346 after her. He pleaded cbcbe18579 with her 06b32c2bb1 as she 7983083637 walked ahead, ea5031a41a face set 0d5384b8b7 in a b09ff19188 deep scowl.29be2a47d2efdcb3
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“Bryce, think about it again. The captain wasn’t scolding you!”840cf7c63da63746
“…….”93ef98316d1869d1
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Bryce stopped ff1be1fb59 in the bd80ecde47 middle of cd58b5b55c the road, c858bae51e her head ceaae4d105 dropping limply. The toe d1ac583f37 of her 8faf027f6d military boots 56f67ad28a was already 071b336989 a mess f3f081b74d from the c64c13a793 muddy ground.4c3d2b019ece91bd
Deep down, she 0d7411105f understood what Owen 3095663b15 meant.be42579f818b0f8b
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She just didn’t want 00ec3a3bb6 to admit it.ff38bbfc8f2e2cff
[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 been 93404be207 trying to reprimand her.64317ff44ff58b40
As he had said 3afc741923 himself, “Usefulness isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you make.”35c191c3c034f81f
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Standing at a 248b07a8a8 massive crossroads, Bryce ef3b06a5d1 found herself facing e3e8ca0454 a choice.1c241eabc8ca6255
The familiar path of 5e0cfc5c31 a smuggler.1dde7c87a672acde
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The unfamiliar a8cfed7bb8 path of 50b1f3d922 a soldier.cbb233676c09f110
Both roads lay bb33addf4d before her.46dff71787b248e1
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‘What the 4f26af037a hell am 6038e1a1de I supposed 3bc722238c to do?’e9f1535bc881609e
How was she supposed 1aa20ada67 to abandon the instincts 8f0fdf31e2 she had honed over 412dd7ccfc a lifetime?ca5f3d14f36c3e13
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The way Richard spoke fcfc73e934 as if it were 3997b5195a simple made her furious.4a99fd708878f1c1
She clenched her 66325a77b8 jaw.9cb057267e9292e9
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For over b3dcbc88ee twenty years, 657577b82c she had 342e24af02 been a 947f51eda5 smuggler.f4abb4edd86499be
Traveling between bc319bd393 Bringerton, Yaltan, 63afadd2c4 and Juom, 2f46546ee5 taking on ad4ba3eccc all sorts 7e1d9c8375 of jobs—most da325ab89e of them 012e7e8a73 illegal.a3041157df8f3354
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To survive, she bdbed74de0 had to betray 13ff3ca0c2 clients and allies 71f335fbb3 more times than eafafaa28d she could count.b0939be545e42541
Yes, she had 580dbd358b lived as a 95eca658c2 coward.360ede92a3542673
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But that was e1aba97b68 how she survived.1fbc27cfe81befd6
That was 74219206bf the rule 30975c7b11 of her 53e2afe0c4 world.f5aa0d6aba236c57
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Even when she was 389eb84bd2 conscripted into the military, c3d0b85d14 she thought nothing had a442c7b25d changed.353a20ac3703ba7a
Loyalty to the 6d59c605d2 nation? Compassion for 4a40e03654 ordinary people? She had no 01b2cc1bac use for such 15e4331dfe things.5c635d3a9f2aac91
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That’s why 620cccff16 she found 4005714d4e the morning dc088405b0 newspaper article b47fb215c0 about Diana b326def5e8 Green and d35d04dd34 Richard Ashwood 1e27004a87 laughable.29622d02e30b696d
At least Richard 318d12b4f7 made sense.
He had ed39c4c0ad something to df658b79a8 gain by cde71557bb risking his 0d6e38bc21 life.0b12ebd5cd23c430
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The more achievements fb9524534f and medals he ff932574eb earned, the easier 324e8de8ca it would be 868e4a3564 for him to fbea4c9001 rise into the 4aaea64f88 upper class.8215cbfe7d051167
Despite his fame, cf02716319 good looks, and 9e86680bcc his father’s absolute fb888242c7 support, the aristocracy edf5d4ff29 never fully accepted e3145e0cfd him.428992446d3ef683
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His illegitimate birth dac53d1aca was an unspoken 7b15a809cc stain that kept 59fb411ffb him on the 57dfb1e2b5 outskirts.c4b33525e53e7140
[But if he performs spectacularly this time, who knows?]
Maybe he could marry 021d16b14f into a noble family 652282a233 and take over an 4909b29802 entire household.725078c0083e9257
Or, if 6843bbc468 luck was 3748bb3c59 on his 32fb511dca side, he 11397c7525 could finally caf2ee27db secure a 5da52925e7 bride of 204e6334b7 equal standing 8184304520 to the d0a88d35b9 Ashwood name.17098454456bff37
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What Bryce couldn’t 37b0d9e570 understand was Diana 7f109de22c Green.0a7cd94c6572db07
A newcomer who had 889b1e7b54 seemingly fallen from the 14c35b0d62 sky.2db2b7fb32bc093d
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A red-haired girl 98bd05a1b4 with less experience e63bd061dc and fewer flight aaca9865e6 hours than Bryce, 8cf5a5b771 yet overflowing with 69df535b8f talent.f5f5c12ec45a62d1
Even when 5ee2a5b4b4 Bryce had f4f5630a20 interrogated her d13ca89059 one-on-one, she 2674a45a3e could tell—Diana 3240f8be4f was unshakable 06b3aa9658 despite her 9bf4ec34e8 gentle appearance.b32ce2ca813b16c7
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[If it weren’t for the lieutenant’s decision today, the citizens of the capital would have died.]
To say something like b8044a7d63 that, with such unwavering c4bdbdd592 conviction…351b668cd2803b59
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Wherever Diana’s 18d9b028df gaze landed, 7f592d58ca sins seemed 5270271ebd to be fded4c7313 laid bare.f5ddaafb16922a45
No wonder they called her “The Saint of Bringerton.”e5c0956c0edab145
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A strange, cc0482ec6c burning emotion 8ada3ce208 welled up 40ff0c9b3d inside Bryce.1f45a2600a69354d
[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 bdc2935b6a to say 62f4c60cf8 those words ebdf76ea08 aloud, but cbec4dd0c6 they caught b9b4919b8e in her 224df6e68c throat.80ad819f6f1abd2e
Anger boiled abab5462ed inside her.c4395bccb0be8825
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And because of 334258e204 that, she ended 7ea95983d2 up blurting out 3c9b86740a something utterly useless 30389f280f instead.236605311bb69068
‘Why wasn’t 0e7266e024 she afraid?’7e4c0de9b0d8f4d4
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In that insane situation, 2c7e2ab432 Diana had obeyed Richard’s a9226f9812 orders without hesitation.f809425630cc8297
A total novice d498674467 in aerial combat—yet 25f9a95186 she hadn’t faltered.d68d698b0212c49e
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The memory of that f5e7ba2ee3 moment still lingered in 9a3df2ca89 Bryce’s mind.caa554cc44bbbeae
Richard and Diana had bb819c599f cut through enemy Arke ae4b48f155 bombers and fighters like b0b9c02859 a pair of reapers, 160c13031f their movements impossibly fast.3d33beb0bdcc5e44
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It was ffa8a47013 as if e2af9bbeb5 they were 79bd3817d2 operating on ff8e9f1d78 a different bd778de341 level—seeing the 9a58d8e215 battlefield from c78760beef a completely 354c49b33d different perspective.9ba976eaf3895443
Bryce felt a headache b7f80a6148 coming on.99f2bfc97d28c9e2
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“Bryce?”80f48952ddf2d9c6
Owen’s voice, 8ec9fed5bf filled with 6d4f26f033 concern, reached 87d5c5c1bf her from e97e4dd6af behind.f0e68185a1921c3c
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Bryce pressed 98051fab76 her fingertips 0f4edadd0b against her fa2ea3a50f forehead and 55d114e51f muttered,48b747b186ce31dc
“…If he’s right.”642af57c31896191
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“Huh? What?”961857ccea893167
“Never mind. Damn it! Fine. I was wrong.”9ab410dbba33d30a
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“So… you’re going back?”8282da575fdadefa
“Yeah, I’m going. I’m going.”5f5bb1807c0a68d8
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Damn it, d17f9f3d93 this is 2fcb411da1 so frustrating!700cbcbf74176adf
Bryce yanked 948a540c88 her officer’s 839e205018 cap down, c863a65ed3 cursing under e5c0be26ca her breath 684ec4ebee as she 61c90a64c5 turned on ea56d2c6d7 her heel.983eae3dd4abe676
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Owen’s face lit up 0085a7849c with a foolish grin.e930a8acf544388f
“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.”c121bdaa6fa4fc66
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“I really don’t want to hear the word ‘idiot’ from you.”283daca310b91201
Bryce bit e716a75310 her lower 1ebe5e961e lip.189749998f6062ea
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After hesitating for a 038c1a1dee moment, she spoke in 7e9d4ad353 a quiet voice.53f5bcde2bddd99a
“Owen.”155c608b0d1fe249
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“Yeah?”713da933113d7095
“…Do you really think Captain Yanatol died because of Captain Ashwood?”290515dcae86622d
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Owen’s eyes widened in 5d7a9de36a surprise.b2a1fc9ee98710a9
He hadn’t expected d4b02009d3 Bryce to ask dc9d82d882 that.cfb3cd536dfa4e74
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Captain Yanatol dd2ff075a3 had been 453e388075 their squadron dba24bdfd0 leader when 03a54df7ac they first 7f66b6581f joined Delta 3d340f6991 Squadron.9c658c0c3a97c2a8
He was the one 369aab20d0 who had accepted them, 04e294aba0 shielding them from the 63c61d7dc5 flood of criticism.ad5e405c9802e9d4
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If not for him, 028e4abfe4 Bryce would have deserted 23cfe8b436 long ago.53a4e6c9e5e336c5
But he was 8ab27fcd9f gone now.c8af8c5f03ed6d31
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Dead.fa6996fd53f45ae8