Rean once again recalled the information he received from Lecter Alandel, the head of the "Intelligence Agency".
Lloyd Bannings's companions include not only Lisha Mao, but also Randolph Orlando, the current senior instructor of Class VIII Tactical Class, Ellie McDowell, the granddaughter of Speaker Crossbell, a giant in the field of guidance science. Tio Prato, development owner of the Epstein Foundation.
In addition, there are Sergei Luo, Noel Sika and members of the old Crossbell Guard who hid in the mountains and relied on favorable terrain to resist.
Of course, there is also Rean's second senior brother, "Wind Sword Master" Arios Marklain.
When he saw this top-secret information, Rean was stunned. The land of Crossbell actually gathered such a powerful force.
That Lloyd Bannings is really lucky to have such a group of reliable companions.
But in this aspect, Rean will not lose to him.
Lloyd's companions were outstanding, as were Rean's companions, and there were more of them than Lloyd.
Alyssa, Laura, Elliot...the names flashed through his mind one by one, and Rean, who was reminded of his thoughts, whispered.
"I really miss it."
"What do you miss?" Altina answered expressionlessly, "The pair of giant gangsters?"
"Clam?"
Rean never dreamed that Altina would say such a thing.
Although it is indeed big, what does it have to do with me?
Altina glanced at Rean who looked embarrassed, and the inorganic look on her face became more and more intense:
"Did I get such a big reaction? Sure enough, the instructor is a nasty person. The growth I just mentioned must also have this meaning."
"No!" Rean denied desperately, "How on earth did you think of this?"
Are you kidding? If this continues, my reputation will be completely ruined.
"Combined with the instructor's various performances!"
Seeing that Altina spoke so firmly, Yuna couldn't remain calm anymore, and took a few steps back, clutching her chest.
"Teach, instructor, I never thought you were such a person."
"As I said, it was a misunderstanding."
Rean subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to explain.
Yuna took two steps back as if reflexively: "What, what's the misunderstanding? You, don't come over..."
"..."
Rean felt that the current situation was simply terrible.
Obviously I wanted to get closer to the students and teach them better to promote their growth, so I adopted a slightly different policy. After all, I may not have enough time to teach by words and deeds like I did the first time.
After all, his goal is to reverse the future and create a different ending. There are more more important things waiting for him to do.
But he never expected that his hard work would actually lead to a situation worse than the first time.
He has obviously used the "reason" of the "Sword Master", is it possible that his "Sword Master" is fake? Is "Li" actually a parallel import? Useless for anything but knives?
I can't help it, it was you who forced me to do this trick.
At this point, in order to prevent the situation from getting worse and really scaring Yuna away, Rean decided to play a trump card that shouldn't be played at this time.
"Don't be so guarded, Yuna, and don't listen to Altina's nonsense. I have saved you once, so you should have some understanding of my reputation."
"Ah~" After saying this, Yuna stopped retreating and dropped the hand covering her chest.
Kurt and Altina next to them also cast curious glances.
"Saved you?"
"Why didn't I know what happened when?"
Rean became more and more troubled and couldn't understand what was in Altina's little head - why should you know?
But now is not the time to delve into it. As long as we don't continue the embarrassing topic, Rean doesn't mind talking more.
"More than a year ago, when I first went out to fight against the Kalvad Republic, I was on my way from the Governor's Palace to the 'Tangkulam Gate'. At that time, for some unknown reason, a high-speed airship from the Republic He lost control, fired randomly, and hit a civilian transport truck on the ground. Three children fell out of the car, and one of them should be you."
The Erebonian Empire's Crossbell State was originally a territory that was not directly under the empire, but was jointly managed with the Republic. Because of its important geographical location, the two largest countries in Western Semilia wanted to swallow this piece of fat, but neither could do anything about the other. In the end, this strange way of belonging emerged, which lasted for seventy years.
However, in the past two years, due to the influence of the changes in the empire and the promotion of the "Iron-Blooded Prime Minister" Osborne, the empire's military strength has increased significantly, and it is fully ahead of its old enemy the Republic.
So the empire brazenly sent out troops to capture Crossbell.
Of course, the Calvard Republic would not give up and sent heavy troops to recapture Crossbell.
More than 100,000 troops from the two major countries fought a fierce battle in Crossbell. The result of the war was that the Empire relied on Rean, the "Grey Knight", to defeat the Republic with overwhelming power.
But the war happened after all. No matter what, the people of Crossbell were frightened and even died from injuries. Yuna was one of them.
The secrets hidden in her heart that had not been told by anyone except her family were revealed. Yuna's outward toughness no longer existed, and she just stared at Li En blankly.
"Ah, yes. Do you remember the instructor?"
"I still remember the matter, but I didn't associate it with you at first." Li En scratched his head and said half-truths, "Until just now, when I saw your appearance just now, you also connected the two new ones in the same way at that time. Protect the little ones.”
"Those are my brother and sister. Because of the conflict between the Empire and the Republic, I want to send them to the safer village of Almolica."
Yuna explained subconsciously, and then as if she realized something, she suddenly leaned down and bowed deeply.
"Yes, I'm sorry, instructor. Since then, my brothers and sisters and I have always wanted to say thank you to you. We should have done so when we saw you, but because of my emotions towards the empire, I, I - in short, really Really sorry."
"It doesn't matter. You and your brothers and sisters are all victims. If there was no war, you would not be in such danger."
Rean said this sincerely. Counting his return, he had already experienced four wars.
The civil war in the Empire two years ago, the Battle of Crossbell between the Empire and the Republic a year and a half ago, the "Northern Campaign" that annexed Northumbria half a year ago, and the Empire's march to the entire West Semilia that is about to happen half a year later, sweeping the entire The battle between the "Dragon of the Earth and the Thousand Sun Flames" in the Western Continent.
Because I have seen too much, I know very well the cruelty of war and the harm it causes to the people, and I can also understand Yuna's inner conflict.
If possible, he wants to stop the "Earth Dragon and Thousand Sun Flames" that have caused countless sacrifices. Although he has not thought of a solution yet, he will not give up.
If something like this can happen again, what else is impossible?
