As If I've Never Loved (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 116

Eloise had tossed and turned all night.

Ever since learning of her father’s passing, there hadn’t been a single peaceful night’s sleep.

She was already overwhelmed by anxious thoughts—having quit the factory as though fleeing, with nothing left to do but leave him behind.

Yet her sleeplessness last night hadn’t been solely due to that.

‘I promised I’d go to Bert in my father’s stead. By the honor of my family.’

Those unbelievable words kept repeating in her mind.

The thought of him heading off to a war virtually certain to end in defeat sent Eloise’s heart plummeting to the floor, shattering into miserable pieces.

The Malabria Empire was a northern giant so fearsome that even if all of Bert’s allied powers joined forces, their chances of victory remained slim.

Moreover, since the war’s origins lay entirely in Bert’s own reckless actions, some allied nations had already refused to send troops, drawing a firm line.

This was the grim reality Bert now faced.

Meanwhile, the Wellington royal family, bound to Bert through marriage, was zealously recruiting soldiers under the guise of righteous cause.

Naturally, public sentiment had grown cold, and the royal family drew criticism for sending their citizens into certain death.

People claimed it was obvious that the troops dispatched to Bert would consist of a handful of nobles who valued honor over life, paupers more afraid of starvation than war, and mostly mercenaries.

And regardless of their circumstances, the very fact that anyone would willingly rush into such a tragic battlefield was heartbreaking.

Given this, Eloise couldn’t help but feel her vision darken at the news of Ansel’s enlistment.

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