As If I've Never Loved (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 111

Captain Blaine returned from his brief vacation and resumed his duties with the same composure as always.

Speculation that he had fled to avoid deployment immediately died down upon his return.

Of course, the atmosphere had also changed—there was no longer any room for idle chatter.

At present, the Wellington royal court had opened recruitment centers across the realm and was conducting a massive conscription drive. Volunteers, noble or commoner alike, were being dispatched to military bases everywhere for training.

Training periods ranged from a minimum of two weeks to a month. Thus, the first contingent of volunteers was scheduled to depart for Berth in just two weeks.

However, Ansel Blaine’s situation was different.

He was set to board one of several navy warships bound for Berth from an eastern port in just three days.

News of this would only reach the public after the departure of Ansel’s ship came to Merrill Blaine’s ears.

Precisely speaking, once she urgently contacted the royal court, and the court then made an official announcement…

“Captain.”

At that moment, Lieutenant Bruce approached, impeccably dressed in his uniform and overcoat, and saluted crisply.

Ansel slipped the paper bearing his departure date beneath a stack of documents and lifted his head with an expression betraying no emotion.

It contrasted sharply with the lieutenant’s unusually flushed face.

“Has the carriage arrived already?”

Lieutenant Bruce was scheduled to leave for the Berin military base that very day by military carriage.

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