In fact, even when the armistice agreement was in full swing, there was never a time when the national border became lax.

Then Eben Bahur[]Krom Hald[]Isnak went to Parsad, taking responsibility for Tesia’s defeat, and the news came that it acknowledged the point that it was once the territory of the Eben Kingdom, and recognized it as a special autonomous region of Eben.

It was fortunate that instead of a tightly closed border, they could go to Isnak, the land of the old Eben Kingdom untouched by both Parsad and Tesia.

Moreover, this place was filled with memories of Cassard, so there could be no better place for Skaha.

“Thank you for everything, Lugard. Now go back.”

“Ha, but…! Living alone in a strange place is difficult for a woman. That… I, ma… ma… that, marr…”

Unable to utter the word ‘husband,’ Lugard’s stammering made Skaha laugh for the first time in a while.

“That, that might make settling in easier…”

He said he was five years younger than her. Lugard was not only eighteen, but also very gentle and shabby.

In her vague memory, Cassard seemed very blunt and cold even at sixteen, two years younger than the current Lugard.

And he did come to visit her in the hospital every day, placing bouquets on her bedside table.

To the point where she could instantly refute his words that he fell in love with her at first sight, that she was his first love.

‘Besides, we barely spoke back then.’

In response to Skaha’s objection, Cassard kissed her all over her body and laughed.

‘I fell in love at first sight, Skaha. It’s inevitable. How can I control my heart that beats so hard just thinking of you?’

Even though he said he was in love, they both forgot about each other until they were twenty… As it was then, and as they had forgotten each other until they met again at twentythree, they should forget and live well.

Thinking of Cassard, her light smile turned into a bitter one. However, she did not regret leaving him at all.

To overcome the realistic barrier, she loved him too much to say, ‘Sacrifice yourself willingly for me.’

The worry that he might try to use her if he knew she was the princess of the Eben Kingdom had long since disappeared.

The very day Skaha had that thought, he had said that he would abandon everything he had and come to her side as an ordinary man.

So not revealing that she was a princess of Eben until the end, was because she didn’t want to add to the glory, honor, and wealth he said he would abandon, a deeper torment.

What if Tesia, who had rights over the disposal of the Eben royal family, demanded the princess later? Then he might naturally wage war to protect himself.

Skaha gathered her thoughts and the small hopes of a growing family, still without a noticeable bump in her lower belly.

She quickly changed her expression back to normal for Lugard, who was still scratching his head awkwardly, waiting for her answer.

“I know what you mean. But Lugard, you need to go back and regain your daily life too. You are a proud hero and missed the victory march because of me.”

Although she was grateful and sorry and wanted to send him away, there was also a part of her that didn’t want to pretend to be a couple or lovers with any man other than Cassard.

“If that’s the case, didn’t you miss the victory march too, Skaha? I heard that medical staff will be going along…”

“I have no right to do so, who endangered the admiral, inflicted wounds, and then took his place at his quarters, having done nothing else. Don’t make me feel more guilty and go back to where you belong, Lugard.”
The only luggage Scatha had taken with her when she went to Eben Baher was a single, simple bag, and when she firmly drew the line and turned around, Lugard, who had been hesitating, barely grabbed the sleeve of Scatha’s elbow.

For Lugard, that was the courage of a lifetime.

“I… I am also registered as dead in a car accident, so if I go back, it will only trouble the sergeant! And if the Admiral finds out later, he will definitely not let me go, so I can’t go back to the Blahnath Division either… I have been away for so long that I don’t have a home to return to… If I go back like this, I will surely end up unemployed… Even if you give me the role of a younger brother…! I will never burden you!”

“Younger brother…?”

Scatha’s eyes wavered.

I don’t know why Nemed came to mind at that moment. Nemed, who had taken care of me like a real younger brother without mixing a drop of blood, and had carefully taken care of me so that I could settle down in Corv.

(This is a time separator.)

While most of the Blahnath Division participated in the reform march, Ezra was busy gathering taxes, including in Lindcom, where the Ebernians gathered.

Ezra did not know, but all of this was also thanks to Cassard.

Cassard had killed Genan, erasing the evidence that proved Ezra had tried to assassinate the Emperor. Moreover, Cassard was mentally out of it at the time due to Scatha’s death.