The cemetery - in that city, it is a place of tranquility and creepiness. What's more www.biquge.info today's sky is still fluttering with a gentle drizzle, mercilessly absorbing the residual heat in the evening air.

In front of her, a girl with two ponytails was wearing a dark black dress made of silk and an umbrella that was also black. The design of the umbrella is very playful, and at the top of the open umbrella surface, there are two cat ears like decoration.

If the background were somewhere else, maybe the combination of the girl and the umbrella would make people feel fresh and cute, but here...... Like a ghost, she blends into the gloomy cemetery and becomes a breathtaking picture.

The girl was Sophia, and where she was standing was a brand new tombstone that had just been erected. That's right...... This is the tombstone of Charlie, the deputy head of the Garrison, that is, the [Knights of the Luna].

His body had been returned to the city of Celia the evening of the previous day.

His body was found in a large crater that had been blasted open by superior firepower. When he was spotted, Charlie was in a half-crouching position, fixed in the center of the crater, surrounded by fragments of unknown substance.

After lifting the [Luna Armor], it was found that Charlie's skin had been severely burned, but there were not many obvious injuries other than that, and I had to praise that the defensive performance of the [Luna Armor] was really amazing - except for the loss of his right arm.

Sophia did a rough autopsy, of course, she was not a professional autopsy officer and surgeon, but because of the professional needs of the 'man in black', she also knew a lot about it.

As far as we can observe, Charlie's cause of death was not a fatal injury caused by an external attack, and although traces of musculature can be found all over the body, the real cause of death is not.

After nightfall, my sister Eliza finally walked out of the research room, her expression very tired and haggard, and she could see obvious signs of crying in her red eyes.

Then, before doing anything, Alize bowed her head and apologized to Charlie's wife, Amanda, and son, John...... With her assistant Michelle.

This was unprecedented, at least Sophia had never seen her genius sister look so full of remorse. Then, before Charlie was buried, Eliezer performed a further detailed autopsy of the body.

The conclusion of the autopsy - Charlie died of 'heart failure', and the cause was the class card [berserker] that was still in the debugging stage. Knowing this conclusion, Sophia was also relieved of her sister's attitude, that is, Charlie's real cause of death was caused by the use of this dangerous enhancement card beyond the limit.

"So, do you want to give up the [Luna Armor] enhancement plan next?" Sister Elize?"

"No, little sister...... Although she felt remorse for the result, in the face of such a question, Arieza shook her head without hesitation, "I will thoroughly study the experience of failure this time, Uncle Charlie's [Luna Armor] has recorded valuable combat records, including damage...... I'm going to take this as a warning to improve my cards, improve my defenses, and improve my armament...... Let it not lose to anything again......"

If Alice had been there, and hearing Alize's speech, she might have been angry again -- using human life as an experimental tool? Is there something wrong with your brain!?

But Sophia wouldn't say such things. She understood that the [Luna Armor] was not a dress, but an armed. Even on the earth in the previous life, no matter how much humanitarianism was advocated on the surface, no matter how many conventions the United Nations enacted, it could not eliminate the sacrifices caused in the process of [arming] development.

After all, the military is such a creature. The state and the power may advertise them as noble and brave warriors, but for the system of 'army', soldiers are just consumables. There is not much difference between 'attrition on the battlefield' and 'attrition during experiments'.

But...... Even if Sophia can understand the helplessness and know the inevitability of sacrifice, she still can't help but say:

"Then Sister Eliza, from now on...... It's up to me to test and rehearse the equipment. ”

Sophia said, her eyes quiet and determined. She's ...... I don't want to lose the precious soldiers I have trained because of these boring reasons. Even as a commander, this is naïve. But today's Sophia is not the 'man in black' she once was.

At this moment, standing in front of Charlie's tombstone...... Not only Charlie, but also many newly built tombstones around, which were the tombstones of the maids who were abused and violated in the lord's palace and finally died tragically on the night of the 'Bandit Night Attack'. Sophia never forgot what she had experienced that night, and as time went on, the guilt in her heart grew worse as the 'man in black's consciousness faded.

Looking back, Sophia couldn't help but think that if she had acted more quickly, if she hadn't struggled with the rationality of some tactics, then maybe she could have saved a few more people.

She knew that this kind of thinking was a denial of the empirical knowledge of the 'man in black', a kind of naïve ignorance, and a kind of arrogance. But...... Despite her weakness as a 'girl' and her ability to fight to weaken, she didn't want to lose anything more.

"Oh, Miss Sophia, you're here. ”

At this time, from behind the girl, a man's gentle voice came. It was a man with a cunning and gentle smile like a fox, and he was also the leader of the Gray Beast Regiment [Black Silver's Fierce Fangs] - Jonathan. At this time, Jonathan was accompanied by another person, with silver hair and the ears of an orc's iconic cat, but that person was not his adopted daughter Shephelia, but the maid of the Lord's Palace, Cam.

"Uncle Jonathan, and Cam...... Actually, you don't have to come to me, I'll be back to training camp right away. ”

"Ah, no, not to you, I'm just here to laugh at some idiot. ”

“......”

The clever words from the man made the air around Sophia cool down a few degrees in an instant. Even the orc boy's face became ugly. But even so, the man, who has always been able to read the air, continues without care.

"This guy has been an idiot since a long time ago, his combat effectiveness is ordinary, his ability to judge the situation is third-rate, his temperament is twice as impatient as others, and he is very irritable with single cells, and he dictates my policies at every turn...... In the end, I don't know which tendon in that guy's brain was wrong, or what delusion he had, and he chose to give away his life for no reason in that inconsequential scene. Isn't it funny? hahahaha......"

As if he wanted to deliberately anger Sophia, Jonathan made a lot of nonsense in front of Charlie's grave, but after laughing dryly, he sighed helplessly and put away his smile, "What did you say before, even if you 'beat him up, you have to stop him', but as a result, you chose the same path as the head of the regiment back then, what a fool...... If I had been there, I wouldn't have let this fool die in vain......"

"This loss was my mistake. All in all, the state of affairs in this country seems to be far more chaotic than I had imagined, and henceforth we should be more vigilant against hostile organizations, and we should defeat them once and for all at every opportunity. ”

"With all due respect, this idea of yours is also wrong. The simple logic of the typical 'Ichijie Wufu'. Nothing in this world can be easily uprooted. Moreover, the concept of 'hostility' varies from time to time.

If 'destroying all hostile targets' is your policy, then soon, you will have to turn into the Demon Lord of Destruction and destroy the world...... However, as long as you have this intention, you can easily control the power of the 'Qingyuan Dragon', and as long as you plan it properly, it is not impossible to destroy this continent. If you have the intention, I will give you a plan to turn the whole world into a scorched earth like purgatory, how about it?

The man weaved a joke-like tone in a tone that didn't look like a joke at all.

"Hehehe...... Uncle Jonathan, you're good at amusing children. ”

Sophia was amused by the words, and raised the corners of her mouth into a small smile, which was the first time she had smiled in a few days.

"No way, who made me a father too? ”

"I see, I haven't married yet, but I'm already proficient in the way of fatherhood...... You're very similar to my father. However, this is also temporary, after all, my father is ...... I'm almost married. ”

"No, no, it's hard to say. ”

Jonathan looked inscrutable, shook his finger, and continued, "Even if you are contemptible people, you have already found your target. In the near future, we will spare no effort to launch a pursuit. It's not that I'm boasting, with contemptible strength, it's impossible to fail in the pursuit of women. ”

"I wonder which clever lady can win your favor with your uncle?"

"Ms. Amanda. ”

The man replied without thinking.

“...... Huh?"

The unexpected name made Sophia stunned, "Ms. Amanda...... Could it be Uncle Charlie's wife, John's mother's?"

"That's right. ”

"Hah...... Hahaha-!" Jonathan's response without hesitation caused Sophia to laugh heartily, "It's amazing, Uncle Jonathan, I really have never heard of such a thing as a widow in someone else's house less than a day after her husband was buried." ”

"Why do you think I came to the grave of this fool on purpose? In order to be angry with him, because I lost my life for doing something stupid, and in the future even the beloved woman and son will be taken away by me, whom I hate the most, what a wretched man...... Isn't it?"

Having said that, Sophia understands that behind the words that sound a little vicious, there is a hidden meaning of "taking care of his family in place of Charlie". This is probably how Jonathan did his best for his former comrades...... After all, the current situation in the country is so miserable that I believe that no one will want to take care of a widow with a child.

However, in the case of Lady Amanda and Little John, even if Jonathan did not help, I believe that Lord Rutega would not sit idly by.

"Well, good luck Uncle Jonathan......"

"I promise you. Well, the word is also passed on to this idiot......"

In the middle of the sentence, Jonathan turned around and pushed the orc boy Cam, who was wearing a maid suit, out of the range of his umbrella and sent it to Sophia's umbrella, "The contemptible man will take his leave first." ”

After saying that, the man braved the drizzle alone and disappeared into the path of the cemetery.

The orc boy just stood quietly behind Sophia's side, quiet as usual, and didn't say much, except for the ears and ears that were a little uncontrollably stirring.

"Cam......" Sophia broke the silence first, whispering in a voice that only two people could hear, "I...... Did I do something wrong...... and what do I do next......?"

"That's, that'...... Miss Sophia, there are so many things I don't understand now...... Don't know how to answer your question like Mr. Jonathan, sorry ......"

“......”

Of course, seven-year-old Cam doesn't have the ability to solve doubts that even the 'man in black' can't answer.

"But...... I'll try...... Keep trying...... Someday, I will do this, I will help you, save you...... Like you saved me then. Until then, whatever you decide, I will trust you, serve you, and stay by your side......"

Cam's words are incomparably pure and simple, but they are all that an ignorant and young boy can express at this moment.

"Thank you...... Thank...... Thank...... Woo......"

Thanks turned into a whimper, and the loose pole of the umbrella fell diagonally, and the girl of the 'strongest soldier' ...... The face that could no longer suppress emotions was hidden deep in the chest of the young maid.