Chapter 226: Twenty-fifth Episode: Chapter 4-2 (2/2)
The Red Tiger artillery soldiers who heard the news also rushed there. Just when they were about to get into a dispute with the commando group, Big Worm Blasky pointed towards the small treasury room. As it turned out, he had already left a share for the artillery brothers who participated in the battle!
The Commander of the task force, Tasendorf Andrew Sevis, had also climbed ashore at this time. Blasky then came to bring up about sharing the treasure with the Navy Admiral who had put in lots of effort. However, Tasendorf actually sternly refused. He said that his naval soldiers were not pirates. Moreover, he did not come ashore to divide up the Slovenian's wealth with the Special Combat Brigade, but to inspect the outcome of the battle. His cannons were not closely packed enough, the firepower was not substantial, the precision did not meet up to standards…
Blasky naturally felt very uninterested after listening to these words. After he catered to the Navy Major General out of politeness, he bolted.
At least before the war, Aya seemed to have forgotten one thing. She had never brought up that Slovenian Princess to the Special Combat Soldiers of the Military Intelligence First Brigade because this princess was the Andrew's Military Investigation Bureau's spoils of war. So… when she once again saw the princess, the sight before her naturally startled her.
The Titan soldiers opened up a way in front of the princess' bedroom. Although Aeolia could sense that something was not really right, she still went into a terrible fit of rage. Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Slovenian Royal Household was resting her head in a pool of blood. There was a long gash torn into her neck, and blood was spurting out, filled her towering chest. Her skirts were wide open, exposing a pair of white thighs and shot underwear stained with filth…
”It... it was her who ran her own neck into that sword…” A man with the rank of company officer on his shoulder started hesitantly.
Aya shot her eyes at him. Her gaze left the saber that had fallen to the ground. Then she started to search the room. Soon, a vulgar-appearing man who kept trying to evade eye contact with the countess. In the room, only this man's scabbard was empty.
”You, come here...” Aya said while picking up the long sword from the ground.
The guy who had done something wrong was a little hesitant, but his teammates were all retreating to the back. Thus, he became very conspicuous.
Aeolia took a few steps and chuckled with contempt. Just when the soldier thought that things could still take a turn for the better, the countess suddenly put her hands behind her back and brandished the saber. The point of the sword brought up a spray of blood. The soldier clutched at his throat, coughing up blood violently. Then with a thump, he collapsed onto the ground. After twitching for a moment, calmness was restored.
The countess swept her gaze over the Titan soldiers on the scene. She initially wanted to put to death everyone on the scene. However, did not want to offend the Military Intelligence system over a poor princess.
”Button up your trousers! Hopefully, your leader does not find out about what happened here!”
The men then tidied up in a panic. Some buttoned up their trousers, others straightened their military attire. They quickly fled the scene, leaving the poor princess and the scapegoat whose throat had been similarly sliced through.
Aya closed the eyes of Her Highness the Princess who she had only met once. Being similarly a woman, she could read the humiliation and unwillingness in the other's eyes. The Head of the Military Investigation Bureau suddenly felt exhausted beyond words! She did not quite understand what she was doing. What was the meaning of all this? When her hands were covered all over with blood and filth, she started to doubt the rationality of the entire matter.
”Congratulations to you!” the voice of Big Worm Blasky moved over. ”You have completed a vital mission for Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette! If it weren't for you actually being here, the people will think that this is a miracle!”
Aya nodded. Now she only wanted to leave this pool of filthy blood.
”By the way... What happened here?” Blasky eyed the female corpse on the bed and the soldier on the ground, a little astonished.
Aka shrugged. ”Haven't you already seen it?”
No matter how stupid Blasky was, he could also roughly guess it. He kicked unhappily the soldier's corpse. ”How humiliating! I will even send such a man to the Monument of Unsung Heroes!”
Aka's eyes widened and she spread her hands at the corpse of the Slovenian Princess. Why don't you ask what the lady thinks?
”It's not necessary!” Big Worm averted his head.
Aya took a few hurried steps forwards, unwilling to listen to excuses and came face to face with the Special Combat officer. ”She will curse you in the deepest depths of hell. Curse everything that you all have done until you meet the same end!”
”Ohh...” Blasky nodded indifferently. He used a pair of mocking eyes to size up the leader of the Andrew Family's secret war. ”Countess Aeolia, I must remind you that if you really think that things will be as you said, then I would suggest to His Highness Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette to re-examine your work. You seem to no longer be suitable for…”
”Whether or not I'm suited for this job is none of your concern!” Aya burst out of the room in a rage. She could not stay a moment more in this place.
”My Lady… My Lady!” The shouting behind Aeolia, who was somewhat distracted, caused her to turn her head around after a while.
The commander of the special task force caught up with her. He faced the important family minister and saluted. His solemn, serious face made the countess feel a little embarrassed.
”Is there a problem?”
Admiral Tasendorf Andrew Sevis lowered his arm. He was not as excited as the officer of the Special Combat Brigade.
”I've completed my duty and am waiting for your instructions!”
Aya straightened out her thoughts. She was in an extreme state of confusion as she watched the corpses being transported by the Special Combat team members. Before the night arrived, the people here had welcomed her just as they treated friends, but she had instead brought to them humiliation and carnage. This made Aya feel extremely confused. When she was working out the combat deployments, she did not think of the method of dealing with such a situation. Duties were merely duties! However, now it seemed that… duties should not be as simple as the duties alone.
”Stop the ship and be on standby…” the countess groaned without energy. ”The Red Tigers took over the fortress early in the morning. When the time comes, your fleet will be responsible for transporting those gold.”
Tasendorf responded loudly, but he could already tell that the Head of the Military Investigation Bureau was a little strange. ”Forgive me for stepping out of line, did… something happened to you?”
Aya's eyes fell onto the other's military uniform. On it was the totem of the Narcissus people's' beliefs and the military merit medal that symbolized bravery.
”As a soldier, when the family orders you to go into battle, have you ever considered that… war… war will change everything? Just like the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, just like the concept of good and evil of our belief.”
Tasendorf shook his head. ”I believe in the God of Light and also all the great elders. Since my Commander tells me that this is right, then he must be right! As a soldier, as long as there is a moral standard deep in our hearts, then it is enough! However, war is another matter. In the face of war, the concept of right and wrong is total nonsense, and the moral standards vary from person to person. You don't have to blame yourself over the war. We can't prevent wars from happening, so we will have to put in efforts to win the war! Otherwise… the loser will forever be the wrong side. Only the winner can right the wrong and standardize moral standards afterward. ”
Aeolia smiled reluctantly; she should put a full stop to her melancholy after this military campaign. The Navy Admiral was right! War had nothing to do with morality and right and wrong. The strong will always have a say in the things of the world.
”If you want to do it, go for the winner!” Aya finally cast aside the miserable female corpse in her mind.
”Yes! If you go for it, be a powerful navy!”
Tasendorf returned the salute of the other. Although at best, his fleet had only launched a round of false attacks in the Cape Cada military campaign, he had the confidence that – that in the not-so-distant future, a strong navy, one so strong it would not lose to any maritime trump cards and elite squads, would definitely emerge on the ocean. The outstanding military glory of the God-chosen warriors would expand to every part of the world through this navy.