A War Hero With No Regrets

17 – The Masked Prince (3)

As soon as she heard the gunshots, Leah Gilliard knew something was wrong with her.

She immediately grabbed her boss, Julia, by the wrist and almost forced her under the table.

“Kyaaah!?”

“It’s terrorism, regiment commander!”

As a member of the Graveyard, the opponents he fought against were not only titans.

Until just a few years ago, it was an ugly world on the verge of destruction.

Even though it was a front-line military unit, it was difficult to guarantee security around it, and all kinds of incidents occurred outside the fortress every day.

In the meantime, it was Leah who frequently visited the civilian village formed around the fortress for ‘supply missions.’

It was not uncommon for convoys to be attacked by armed robbers or gangs.

A person with a rifle or pistol is a nobleman.

They attacked with a variety of weapons, including anti-tank weapons obtained from unknown sources, improvised explosive devices, and even captured heavy machine guns.

Brigadier General Luther Ethan – If the man, who was a major as the leader of the assault force at the time, had not completely eliminated all gang forces, the Graveyard’s supply line would have suffered great damage.

In the process, Leah herself also had no idea what might have happened.

Leah Gilliard, who had calmly evacuated her superiors, immediately picked up the bread knife that was lying on her table.

The total number of terrorists was two.

You might not be able to make a scratch by swinging a bread knife, but you could at least subdue it by sticking it in the neck.

-Remember, Leah. Anything you can get your hands on can be used as a weapon.

Now I could hear the voice of the man who had left the military.

The odds of winning were good enough.

All you have to do is take away the gun.

If you rush at the nearest person, seize their weapons, and fire back immediately….

However, there was someone who moved faster than him.

Taang!!

With gunshots ringing through the air, two terrorists fall down almost simultaneously.

“Uh… ?”

Leah’s eyes stopped on him.

Just a moment ago, he was a man of the rank of captain who thought he had quite an air.

He took out a revolver from his pocket and suppressed the terrorists one by one.

Waiter, bartender.

There was no hesitation in the finger pulling the trigger, and the eyes were still darting around the banquet hall.

Leah Gilead could clearly feel how many lines of fire that man had crossed.

He is a person of the same type as himself.

He lived his entire life on the battlefield.

A person who has become more accustomed to the military than to society.

But it wasn’t just something else that Leah was feeling.

Those movements, hand gestures, eyes, the way you hold the revolver, your breathing, your gait.

I felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

I definitely feel like I’ve seen it somewhere.

And somehow… What on earth is causing this heartbreaking feeling?

At that moment, the image of the captain and the image of a man unconsciously sleeping on the other side appeared in Leah’s eyes.

“Luthers… ? Commander… ?”

The name jumped out at me without me even realizing it.

However, the voice that came out of Leah’s mouth was not the usual dry voice in the Graveyard.

“Ahh… !”

Strongly, she clutched her suddenly painful heart.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh…” !?”

Breathing becomes difficult.

What on earth is this?

This feeling… What on earth is this memory… ?

All kinds of thoughts start swirling in my head.

I think it was like this once.

On the day when a small Nama festival was held in a village near the Grave Yard, she was Leah Gilliard, who insisted on attending.

Recently, threats from gangs have become more frequent, and she was even placed on special alert, but Leah didn’t really care.

A complacent thought that the gang might go crazy and attack the village near Graveyard.

For a short time, the entire village became chaos after laughing and enjoying the festival with the villagers.

It was a gang attack.

They were already targeting the village.

They stormed into the vacant lot where the festival was taking place, firing automatic rifles, and instantly everyone was taken hostage.

It was natural that Leah Gilead, who was wearing a military uniform, caught their attention.

-Are you from the Graveyard?

-f*ck, I caught something big! Older brother! This b*tch, she came from that f*cking cemetery?

-What? Bring it!

-aaah!!

Leah was dragged by his hair and thrown in front of the gang leader.

The large man, who was probably twice her size, looked down at her and sighed deeply.

-Hey, what is it? You’re not even an officer, are you? Hey you guys!! If you want to receive a ransom, you should at least bring a lieutenant! f*ck regular soldiers….

-Then can I just leave it alone?

-No, I have to kill you. What do you mean? Are you going to get screwed if your face gets caught?

Kill me?

A sad muzzle appeared in front of Leah.

– Well, it was bad luck. Everyone is dying because of the war and all, but it would be a bit unfair to just beat the drums and beat the drums here. Are we going to be angry or not?

It was the first time.

I’ve only ever fired a gun before, but this is the first time a gun has been pointed at me.

Death.

As the terrible reality approached, she could do nothing but tremble in fear.

I couldn’t remember the self-defense techniques that Luther had taught me, nor the counterattack techniques that would catch the opponent off guard.

– Wait, but it looks pretty smooth.

-That… Brother, honestly, isn’t it a bit of a waste? Everyone is under a lot of stress these days… All the other b*tches I caught last time….

-Oh, looking at you now, you have a nice body. Hey, would you like to go somewhere with us? Because it will save your life.

-Hey, why are you crying so much? It’s just a change of affiliation. From soldier to gang member. No, honestly, you must have been bored there these days, right?

-We’ll make it fun~ It’s so fun you won’t be able to sleep, right? hahahahaha!!

The sound of frivolous laughter coming from all directions.

The moment when Leah burst into tears that she had been holding back due to the disgusting gaze glaring at her body.

Tang, tang, tang.

Suddenly, another gunshot rang out.

-Brother, it’s an attack!!

-What? Who is attacking us!?

-Well, I’m not sure about that, but my kids are running out of things! Come quickly, quickly!!

The gang members who surrounded Leah urgently ran to the place where the gunshot sounded.

Toadadadada! Ride it!

Pow!!

The intense sounds of battle stopped, and there was only silence in the village.

-Leah.

A voice calling out to one who was crouching in fear.

When I carefully raised my head and looked, Luther’s Ethan was standing there.

It’s like the appearance of a handsome prince who rescues a captured princess, something you only see in fairy tales.

-Lu, Captain Lutus….

-I clearly told you not to go.

-I’m sorry, hehehe… I’m sorry… !

Even as she spoke in an angry voice, Luthus hugged her tightly.

Leah was held in his arms for a long time, bursting into tears.

Yes.

There was a time like that.

But when was that?

My memories were jumbled.

The gang leader who harassed him was not Luthus, but he killed him himself.

Two shots to the chest and one to the head.

I completed the confirmed kill using the Mozambican drill that Luther taught me about.

No.

If you think about it again, the gang never broke into the village festival in the first place.

In addition, not only he, but other people in the Graveyard, including Arhen, also enjoyed the festival together.

All the gangs that had built their nests around the Graveyard in the first place had already been completely destroyed.

The front and back were inconsistent.

The memories were overlapping.

Same place, same time, different people, different situation.

Then what on earth is this memory….

While she was just confused, Leah saw a woman in a dress stand up.

A small, shortened revolver in her hand.

The direction they were aiming for was the man’s clearly exposed back.

Leah let out a cry that was like her scream.

“No!!!”

Her body moved earlier than expected.

She desperately jumped on him and wrapped her arms around him.

Taang!!

With the sound of her gunshot, a terrible pain ripped through her nerves.

She looked at the man with eyes that were both embarrassing and despairing.

Even Leah herself did not know why she moved.

I just felt like it had to be that way.

“Leah, Leah!! No. No!! Wake!”

“Sorry, sorry….”

The last thing I heard was one day.

“I, I…” I clearly told you not to go!! “Why do you always disobey me like this!!!”

“Director Werner! Central Heon… The price has arrived… ! Colonel… Calm… under… !!!”

Leah Gilead’s consciousness faded.

—-

The revolutionary front’s terrorism in the Eastern Military District was quickly suppressed.

The troops of the Central Military Police under the Supreme Command, who had been waiting in advance near Branberg, arrived at the fortress under the guidance of Second Lieutenant Karin Maven.

We succeeded in securing the collaborators and executives of the Revolutionary Front who were waiting outside.

Hearing the sound of gunshots, they thought their rebellion had succeeded, but what greeted them were heavily armed military police forces.

They were subdued without even a single proper resistance.

Of course, the banquet turned into chaos and ended suddenly.

The organizer, Lieutenant General Heinrich Randall, seemed to have no intention of continuing the party as he was close to death at any moment.

The total number of terrorists whose lives were secured in the process was 23.

This was thanks to the fact that personnel from the newly established ‘Security Strategy Bureau’ under the Supreme Command obtained the information and took quick action.

However, there were not very few casualties.

Lieutenant Leah Gilliard suffered a gunshot wound while protecting a member of the Security Bureau.

She was seriously injured with a bullet penetrating her shoulder and was immediately taken to a nearby military hospital, but she still did not recover from her coma.

And of course, her sad news also went to Brigadier General Argen Orca, a member of the Supreme Command.

“Leah, what?!”