Diana rushed to the bedside, startled by the groaning sounds she heard while listening to the footsteps.

The man covered in a dull olive-colored blanket looked like a living corpse with pale blue lips.

Diana quickly cooled him down with a wet towel and mixed the painkiller she received from the medic with water, pouring it between his lips.

As a faint herbal scent wafted, she could see his furrowed brow gradually unfurling.

Poor man…

Diana felt guilty for not running faster.

She also felt guilty for not actively helping the soldiers for her own safety.

So she nursed the man even more attentively. Trian had ordered her to stay put, but that didn’t suit her temperament.

Diana got up from the thorny cushion and went out to find something to do.

Just then, a clean stream flowed not far away.

The soldiers were reluctant to go near it because of the demons, but Diana didn’t need to. So she drew drinking water several times and washed the blood off her body while at it.

In the afternoon, she asked the medic and went out to pick medicinal herbs, and even went hunting with the Joain soldiers.

“The hunt was successful today. Usually, we would have only retrieved demon-eaten corpses, but today we caught two wild boars! It’s a huge windfall.”

“The other camp will be quite envious, won’t they?”

Diana chewed the well-cooked meat slowly and surrendered herself to the warm bonfire. Running around hurriedly, it was already evening.

She was more than a little tired after following the hunt in case there were more wounded soldiers.

The soldiers were too busy celebrating the successful hunt to even know Diana was a saint.

As she was dozing off in front of the blazing flames, the Joain leader approached and tapped Diana’s shoulder.

“Go in and rest.”

Diana rubbed her sleepy eyes and wrote on a piece of paper.

Yes, then I will go in and take care of the patient.

The man shook his head.

“Leave Hosson alone. I’ll take care of him. There’s a soldiers’ shelter across from you, so go into that hut and sleep.”

It was a kind offer, but Diana didn’t want to sleep mixed in with the soldiers.

No. It’s the first task the commander entrusted to me. To be recognized as a soldier, I have to do these little things properly from the start. I’ll take care of him, so don’t worry.

The man smiled more kindly than before and ruffled Diana’s head.

“That’s admirable, but Hosson is my subordinate. Even if it’s to see him off on his final journey, it’s my job. It still seems like a long way off for you to join us as our youngest, so leave it to me for now and go to sleep.”

Diana refused again.

Then I should lead by example all the more. If I keep doing what the youngest should do, I might actually become the youngest before I know it.

The man rubbed Diana’s crown roughly and nodded.

“If you insist that much, I have no choice but to trust you. I have a strategy meeting, so go in first and take over from the medic. If anything happens, let me know quickly.”

Yes. Don’t worry and take your time.

Diana entered the hut after shaking off the two Joain soldiers who were trying to be friendly with her.

The space vacated by the medic was only quiet.

Fortunately, the man was breathing more comfortably than in the morning. Diana wrung out a wet towel and wiped the beads of sweat gathered on his philtrum.

The man’s breath tickling her fingers meant his soul still had a foothold in this world.

How much time passed like that? Contrary to her determined resolution, her eyes were about to close. It was the moment she slapped her cheeks while fighting drowsiness, making a loud smacking sound.

The chair was pulled back and her body was tugged forward. As Diana bent her waist against the back of the chair and craned her neck back, she saw a head of bright hair sticking out like a golden field.

It was Trian. Diana quickly got up from the chair and politely clasped her hands over her stomach.

She had never lived as a subordinate, so she imitated what she had seen, but she didn’t know if it was the right behavior.

Trian folded his arms and deeply bowed his upper body towards Diana.

“Are you slow-witted?”

“……”

“I told you to just watch, didn’t I?”

His tone was so sharp that cold sweat trickled down.

Diana tugged the sleeves of her tunic long to cover her fingers. Then, with her gaze fixed on her shoes, she timidly shook her small head. .

Fortunately, he didn’t angrily fly off the handle or act grumpy.

Rather, he even showed the courtesy of snatching the wet towel from her hand, sitting on the opposite chair, and gesturing for Diana to sit down as well.

She was relieved that the action didn’t seem to be pushing Diana away recklessly.

Diana sat back down on the chair, following Trian’s nod.

The chilly gaze pierced her soft cheeks again.

‘Why does he hate me so much? You’d think he’d show goodwill to a fellow human.’

Trian didn’t like Diana from the beginning.

When she was young, he was just a grumpy cat… Now, how should I put it, he had an overwhelming presence that made people shrink back. So it made her nervous.

The two people sitting face to face with a candle between them killed time just by looking at the patient.

The one to break the silence first was Trian.

“Damn it… Don’t stare at me.”

It was an oversensitive reaction when their eyes had only met for a moment by chance.

Diana turned her head sharply and focused on nursing the man. And in her mind, she pondered when to bring it up.

‘I can also participate in the mission tomorrow, but how do I broach the subject.’

As she fiddled with her notebook while trying to read the room, Trian opened his mouth slowly while gazing at the side of Diana’s face.

“Looking at you reminds me of my first love, and it puts me in a bad mood.”

Suddenly? It was an abrupt confession.

He candidly poured out what was inside him as if Diana was a wishing stone.

“Thinking of that woman makes my heart flutter. It’s pathetic to long for a woman I haven’t even met yet, no, a woman I may never meet.”

Trian had a first love? It was a behind-the-scenes story she wasn’t even curious about, but right now, she had him as her superior. It was only natural to try to match his mood.

Diana first tried to smoothly get past this situation by politely comforting Trian.

You had such circumstances. If she resembles me, she must be quite a beauty.

“A beauty? Is that what you think of yourself?”

I’m joking. You were being so serious.

“Well, it’s not wrong. You look quite pretty to my eyes.”

Trian laughed it off lightly, thinking of his first love.

Thanks to that, the atmosphere changed smoothly. Taking this opportunity, Diana asked about the mission to take place the day after tomorrow.

Umm… About the task of recapturing the estate. I heard that units compete and get injured, so may I ask about the exact mission details?

“Well, there’s no reason you can’t. Tomorrow, we’ll leap over the walls of Brookden Estate. We’ll divide into east and west sections, and the unit that succeeds in suppressing the demons faster will have one wish granted by the opposing unit… Since we plan to use healing this guy as our wish, we absolutely have to win.”

Diana bit her lip hard while looking down at the patient who was wasting away.

She had a feeling she knew what the next episode would be, and she had to move faster to save the man.

Diana revealed her identity to Trian last night. To be exact, she lied and told him.

I am an unregistered saint. I have the power to drive away demons, albeit weak, so I can move more freely than other soldiers. If you want, I can infiltrate places swarming with demons alone and analyze the enemy camp. There may still be estate residents hiding in Brookden, so I’ll go in first and take a look.

“The estate residents evacuated long ago. That place is empty land, so what evacuation is needed?”

I’ve also heard stories from wandering for a long time, and they say Brookden Estate was where illegal slave traders stayed. Perhaps the slave traders locked up the heterogeneous slaves somewhere and only they evacuated. If civilians are killed during the mission, public sentiment will be greatly shaken. We always need to act carefully.

Brookden had many areas with weak ground due to the underground tunnels dug for prisons.

In the original story, Trian, unaware of this fact, severely damaged the ground during the battle, putting the children trapped underground at risk of suffocation.

Even with Ayla and Raoul joining forces to try to rescue the children, the suppression troops sent by the emperor rush in, ultimately failing the rescue and many children lose their lives…

‘But now that I’m here, the story is different.’

Diana intended to help Trian as much as possible by making the most of the original story’s content.