I, who was eager to retire, became an Imperial General.

Chapter 71 Warrant Officer John was very sad.
Nighttime, outside the town of Bahamut, inside the Imperial troops' barracks.

John felt a mix of emotions as he looked at Leia, who was gazing at him expectantly.

He felt that there must be something wrong with his memories from when he traveled through time; otherwise, he couldn't think of anything else that could explain everything that was happening now.

Although Serbia has not yet undergone the transformation by the War Dragon God, its individual combat strength can only be ranked among the top fifty.

But no matter how you look at it, the opponent shouldn't have lost to Leia, a minor character who didn't even have a scene in the story.

Could it be that my previous suspicion that Anna Splinter and Leia were related by blood was actually true?
The reason why Leia did not appear in the game is perhaps because the Black Hawk Special Forces were wiped out in the original storyline.

She herself died in an Allied trap, so her combat strength was actually not weak, was it?
Looking at Leia's face, which bore a striking resemblance to the game's female protagonist, their almost identical strange silver hair, and the fact that Leia had defeated Serbia head-on.

At that moment, John suddenly realized that he seemed to have underestimated this eccentric girl.

So, suppressing his doubts, John asked the other person the question that had been bothering him the most:
"Leah, tell me the truth, do you have a sister who has been missing for many years? Cousin too."

"?"

Leia tilted her head and looked at John with a puzzled expression.

They clearly didn't understand why the amazing Warrant Officer John would suddenly ask such a question.

But out of respect for John, Leia frowned and thought it over carefully for a long time before shaking her head and replying:

"No."

Finally, perhaps feeling that this argument wasn't very convincing, Leia added:

“I have never heard my father mention this.”

"...So you mean you don't know either?"

"should?"

"..."

John fell silent, his heart filled with an unprecedented sorrow.

He felt incredibly stupid; he should have realized this much earlier.

As a game that uses female characters as its selling point and combines dynastic rule with real-time strategy, given the damned track record of the developers of Fall of Empires, how could they possibly allow a secondary character with white hair, in addition to the female protagonist Anna, to appear in the game?

Therefore, there must be something wrong with these two people. They are either biological sisters or cousins. There is absolutely no way a third possibility could exist.

Leia's age on her resume is 21, which is one year older than Anna Splinter, who is currently studying at the Canlton Military Academy in the capital of the Kingdom of Loran in the north and will officially enter the battlefield as an Allied Army officer after graduation.

This is combined with the unique techniques of the two people, who are slightly different but have extremely similar compatibility.

John could hardly help but suspect that the heroine Anna was a descendant of the Binott family who had been separated from her family.

In other words, Leia is very likely Anna's cousin, or even her biological sister.

After all, in the game's background, Anna's introduction only states that she was a master of the Miracle Technique, that her family was destroyed due to a coup, and that Anna herself arrived in the Kingdom of Loran under the escort of a servant.

By chance, she became the adopted daughter of the Splinter family.

So, I guess I just got a super general who ranks second in individual combat power in the world for free right from the start?

I was initially worried that Leia would be killed by Serbia. Given the overwhelming power of miracle spells over ordinary spells in the early stages, it's a miracle that Serbia survived Leia's attacks!

After all, miracle spells are considered the closest to divine power in the game!

Thinking of this, John suddenly felt a headache coming on. He could almost foresee the look of astonishment on Anna and Leia's faces when they met on the battlefield in the future.

Given Anna's upbringing in the Kingdom of Loran and her deeply ingrained belief in the empire's evil nature, she would undoubtedly see him, the commander, as the villain who brainwashed her sister.

Who knows when they might quietly approach and chop off his head to vent their anger.

This is an even bigger crisis than preventing me from retiring!
Upon realizing this, John's gaze towards Leia became even more complicated.

He was considering whether he should try proposing to this subordinate who was suspected to be Anna's sister.

In that case, considering he is the other party's brother-in-law, and given Anna's personality, the other party who has regained her family should not lay a hand on her brother-in-law, right?
Uh, probably?

"Captain, what's next? Should we attack the city? We guess we have to."

Before John could carefully consider whether his plan to use Leia to control Anna was feasible, Wendy anxiously called out from the side.

At this moment, the deputy captain's eyes were filled with excitement and exhilaration.

Clearly, Sergeant Wendy, who was extremely eager for military merit, was now impatient to take down the traitor who dared to snipe Captain John and complete the general's mission to occupy Bahamut!

Thinking of this, she immediately raised her left hand and volunteered, "Captain, Captain, I want to go first! Let me go first! I promise I'll blow that old geezer named Micah to smithereens on the spot! I swear on the name of the Brown family!"

"Bomb, bomb, bomb my ass! Wendy, you idiot, stop causing me trouble. Just follow my orders. If you dare to mess around, you'll be washing my stinky socks. I'm not kidding, understand?"

John, his face dark, scolded Wendy, calling her a warmonger.

However, this time he finally understood. He had thought that the soldiers under his command were just some insignificant rabble, but with a little trickery, he could make these little guys survive to the end thanks to his shrewd calculations.

But in reality, everyone in his team was no pushover.

Honestly, could I be cursed by some kind of ghost or spirit?
Otherwise, how can we explain this incredibly unlucky fortune, which is like a jinx?
John sighed inwardly, but seeing the expectant gazes of the crowd awaiting his command, he suppressed his emotions and turned to the brightly lit town of Bahamut ahead, giving the order:

"All members, get ready to pack your gear and prepare to enter the city. Target: Bahamut Town."

"Yes!"

……

Inside the Baron's Castle in the town of Bahamut.

At this moment, Baron Micah was pacing back and forth in his study, his brows furrowed, his eyes filled with worry and anticipation, and his expression extremely complex.

A whole day has passed since the guards were sent out this morning to negotiate with that damned half-dragon at the Imperial base.

But he never received any news.

During this time, Micah did consider secretly having someone drive a horse-drawn carriage to escape the perilous town of Bahamut.

It can be discovered through the guards' investigation that since the negotiations in the morning...

That damned Imperial Army inexplicably deployed magic soldiers to patrol the area around Bahamut town.

Anyone who attempted to leave would receive a warning shot from the sky and be forced to retreat back into the town.

He then abandoned his plan to flee.

Then they began to worry about another issue.

That is, did Serbia actually die at the hands of those terrifying magic soldiers?

If the other party is killed by the magic soldier, then he still has room to maneuver. For example, he could smear the already dead Serbia and use the pretext of surrender to gain the trust of the extremely dangerous John Maslow.

Although doing so would lead to retaliation against his son who went to the Allied forces, as well as other members of the Hardman family.

However, Micah felt that although he was getting older, at least his thing was still going strong.

With the help of medication, having a child wouldn't be a big problem for him.

But all of this depends on Serbia's death.

If the enemy is not killed by the Imperial Army, but instead captured and reveals information.

Then the worst possible outcome will likely await him.

"No, no, that madman John Maslow, he's even willing to kill himself, how could the other side possibly let go of an assassin who dared to try to kill him?"

"So, everything will unfold as I predicted..."

Baron Micah kept hypnotizing himself.

But he hadn't finished brainwashing himself yet.

The next second, the study door was kicked open.

"Oh!"

The sudden noise startled Baron Micah. He immediately frowned, about to turn around and angrily berate which unruly bastard had dared to barge into his study without permission.

Under the light, upon seeing the figure with black hair and black eyes, dressed in the uniform of an Imperial warrant officer, his pupils instantly contracted to their maximum.

Immediately, before he could recover from his shock, amidst the other person's 'icy' smile, a voice that echoed like a chorus from hell slowly penetrated the air and reached his ears:

“Baron Micah Hardman, right? Now, you have the right to remain silent, but anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.”

“I am announcing to you in the name of the Imperial counterintelligence, Baron Micah Hardman, that you are under arrest.”

……

(End of this chapter)