Chapter 317

My name is Clementine Disraeli and I am 69 years old.Born in 1980, the seventh year of the cosmic calendar, and died in... it should be this year, the [-]th year of the cosmic calendar.

Anyway, the doctor said I wouldn't survive this year.Although he was very careful when he said these words to Mott, I heard them.Oh, Mott is my nephew, he is 40 years old.Unlike his vulgar uncle, he is a scientist working in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

I was born in the Vega galaxy, a galaxy rich in luxuries that the nobles of the capital stars love.Such a rich galaxy is inhabited by the poorest residents of the empire.In order to have a better life, many people left the manor to join the army, and my father was one of them.

When I was eight years old, my mother finally chose to end her life because of her unbearable poverty.Although now it seems that she should be more or less affected by a genetic disease, just like me who inherited her genes.But in my opinion at the time, this woman who always envied and yearned for the upper class was tortured to death by her own desires.

When I was ten years old, the Vega Galaxy Relief Center found me who was adopted in my uncle's house.They told me my father was dead.He died quietly in a rebellion in the distant Medusa galaxy.Even the cause of death is not known, but when the number of Marines was counted after the war, he became one of the missing persons.

Because of my father's death in battle, I was sent to a primary school in the local star of the Vega galaxy by the relief center.Here I would be raised to be a soldier—a soldier at the bottom of the Marine Corps.Even though I would never be able to become an officer, and might die silently like my father on an asteroid far away from home, I was still deeply envied by all my cousins ​​who were sent to primary school.Because even becoming a soldier is a luxury for low-level unfree people like them.

I forgot to mention that only my father is a free man of the Disraeli family.Because my father saved the life of his owner, the Earl of Leyton, when he was ten years old.The Earl of Leighton pardoned my father as a freeman for a horse.

I spent five years in the elementary school on the local star of the Vega galaxy.

At 15, I was as strong as an adult.The school said that I performed well and had outstanding grades, so I was sent to another military academy in the same planet - Bradbury Soldier Academy.

I've been here for five years.

And then actually being a Marine, the worst kind of unhonored soldier.

In the [-]th year of the cosmic calendar, my study group was assigned to the galaxy with the harshest environment in the empire—the Mankira galaxy.We will sail in the vast universe for three months, and then we will be naturalized into the Mankila garrison.It is very likely that we will hang out there for the rest of our lives, or be sent to a rebellious asteroid to counter the rebellion, and then die there inexplicably like my father.

This is the way home for the vast majority of soldiers at the bottom of the empire.

However, just as I had already set foot on the space shuttle, I was about to take the space shuttle into the transport ship.The superintendent called to stop me.He said, "Clement, you lucky kid, you don't have to go to the Mankira system."

Because of a nonsense law that I have never heard of — inheritance of honor, I will be sent to study at the Azuturan Sergeant Academy on Capital Star, and I will really have the possibility of being promoted to a first-class soldier.To be honest, this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing can still fall on my head, which even made me doubt my worldview.Facing the jealous, crazy eyes of my companions, I didn't even feel much joy.

In order to clear up the doubts in my heart, I, a person who does not know a lot of Chinese characters, spent the whole day in the small and poor library of the school before departure, and then I finally found the "inheritance of honor" terms.

When I felt that my heart began to open up and I began to be complacent, the old librarian Youyou's words gave me a basin of cold water.

"This law that has been forgotten for nearly a hundred years has been turned up. Tsk tsk, our little princess is still very capable." He saw me standing there stupidly with a copy of "Imperial Code", and smiled , "It seems that you are also the beneficiary of this internal strife in the empire. Don't be too happy, it is just someone else's pawn, and it is the lowest pawn. Life...is not a path that looks bright. Arrive and walk smoothly, young man."

After arriving at the Capital Star and entering the Azuturan Military Academy, I realized that the old guy was right.The truth is like this...

But no matter what.

In my life, the only time I thank the Great God is that he let me come to Capital Star, and on that stormy night, I met the person who accidentally broke into my sight.

This is my first time meeting her up close.There are still many firsts...the first time I saw a woman who could hold her head up in the face of a group of bastards, the first time I saw a woman who could beat me better, the first time I saw Contempt and disgust can be expressed so clearly that contempt does not stem from class differences.

The vice-captain of the Azuturan Marine Corps who came in later told us her identity.

Unlike me, who is at the bottom of the imperial class, there are countless auras surrounding her.Her father was the commander of the fortress, her brother was the youngest fleet commander in the empire, and she was the daughter of a duke, a real duchess.Even in Capital Star, where nobles are everywhere, there are not many people who can match her in identity.

For the first time in 20 years, I suppressed the strange feelings towards the opposite sex in my heart, but I couldn't help but started to pay attention to her.

She refreshed my view of women time and time again, and amazed me time and time again.Fighting, shooting, exile, prison escape...everything that a woman can't even imagine has been done by her.

At that time, I had already become a formal marine and was assigned to the regular fleet.

Later, the Imperial Civil War finally broke out and ended with the defeat of Her Highness the Princess.And the fleet I am in belongs to Her Royal Highness without a doubt.Although I was lucky to survive the war, I was as disturbed as other surviving soldiers.For the new emperor, we are all rebels, and we may end up in exile in the interstellar world.

During that time, a large number of imprisoned soldiers lived in panic every day, they were afraid that they would be sent to the execution ground or exile on the ship in the next second.

Two months later a major officer walked into our camp.He looks so young, but he has a calm and seriousness that young people can't see.Before that, I heard a little bit of rumors - the civil war was exhausted, there was a serious shortage of soldiers, and various fleets were robbing people from major military academies and conscription offices.Several fleets have also set their sights on those of us veterans who have actually experienced war.

Then, I was selected into the Marine Corps of the new Eighth Fleet of the Empire, and the commander of the fleet was named Lin Jian.

For a long time, I thought I was dreaming. In the dream, I changed from a defeated soldier to her subordinate.This went on for almost a month before I really believed in the reality.

The defeated soldiers who were selected were not treated differently. We trained together with the former fleet soldiers, followed the same rules, and used the same indicators for selection.After many selections, I entered the Commander Flagship Marine Corps and was directly under the command of Maurice Voorhees, Commander of the Eighth Fleet.

During her duty, she, who was then the commander of the Eighth Fleet, passed in front of me countless times, but she never stayed for half a second.

I am the only one who remembers that night.

In this way, I spent five years on her flagship Rosamund, until the ship was blown up in the star field during the Battle of Cinderella in the [-]th year of the cosmic calendar.

Oh, don't look at the way I'm dying now, in fact, I have faced the threat of death countless times.The explosion of the flagship Rosamund in the Battle of Cinderella in [-] was the closest I got to death.That day was also the closest I have ever been to her in my life.

The Rosamund was hit by a hard X-beam cannon. This sharp ray shattered the already overwhelmed armor on the outer layer of the flagship and projected into the interior of the cabin.The first thing to explode was the tail engine, and then the explosion began to occur inside the hull.

My superior issued an order to require the flagship Marine Corps to clear every exit and remove the obstacles created by the explosion, so as to ensure the smooth escape of all personnel on the flagship.

I took the tool hammer and ran towards the escape exit, which was near the engine on the starboard side. Although the damage was serious, this was the closest escape exit to the bridge.My mind was blank, and I just wanted to quickly clear this escape hatch so that she could leave the ship from the nearest place.

The corridors leading to the escape hatches were filled with remnants from the explosion, and sometimes we were even blocked by a whole piece of superhard metal debris.So we started to use gas bombs. The cleaning work was not slow, but the time was so short that we didn't have time to cast our eyes on those comrades who had died in the explosion.Yes, on this pathway, there are not only the remnants of the explosion, but also the soldiers who died in the explosion.

When the dark airspace leading to the departure platform of the aircraft was already in sight, a beam of superparticle rays swept over the edge of the platform.They swept across the bodies of the nine comrades around me in unison.They disappeared without a trace in an instant.I know that they didn't disappear without reason, they have become ions invisible to the chaotic eyes of this universe.

Compared to them, I am lucky.I, who was dealing with the last wreckage on the backside of the ultra-hard metal, escaped the rays this time by luck, but a large part of the blown metal fragments were embedded in my body.As I slowly gathered my distracted attention in the agony, the passage was dead silent.It was so quiet that I could even hear the sound of blood flowing out of my body.

My consciousness began to fade again, but I knew I was holding something in my hand.It fell out of the pocket of my combat uniform while cleaning up the wreckage, and I stooped down to pick it up when the tragedy happened.

It is a medal of honour, which I received at the Second Battle of Center in [-].This medal was awarded by the marshal himself and engraved with the marshal's name, so I made it into a necklace pendant.On this small metal plate, my name and her name are engraved within a centimeter of each other.

Consciousness has become very weak.The sound of the floor shaking came from my ears, as if it was the sound of military boots stepping on it.The sound quickly passed by my side, heading towards the departure platform of the aircraft.At this moment, I suddenly realized that this is her arrival!I struggled to open my eyes, wanting to see her one last time.

I tried my best to open my eyes wide, and raised my head slightly with all my strength, but what caught my eyes was only her blurred back.She seemed wounded, with her right hand clutching her left arm, and beside her was her adjutant and Captain of the Marine Corps, Colonel Voorhees.

I opened my mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

When the last bit of strength was exhausted, I lay on my back on the floor, looked at the flickering lights above the passage, and began to accept the arrival of death.There was no more strength in the hand, and the medal fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

then……

I heard the hasty footsteps stop, and after starting again, they came towards me.

She quickly ran up to me and stroked my neck with warm hands.I half-opened my eyes and tilted my head to look at her, her appearance was very vague.Two seconds later, she yelled, "Jin Eun, get the booster, he's still alive!"

Although the consciousness was blurred, her heroic voice still fell into my ears exactly.It was as if on that snowy night, when she faced a group of men with malicious intentions, she said without a trace of timidity, 【If you haven't made up your mind yet, how about I make the decision for you?Just do it according to your inner thoughts.Want to show off but because you look down on women, that kind of hypocrisy, what you call shame, how about throwing it away! 】

The booster was injected into her body, and my consciousness became clear again. I saw her pale face and the dried blood on her left arm.Although her face was pale, she had a faint smile on her face. She said: "Don't give up, hold on, we can definitely get out of here, and we can definitely survive!"

Colonel Voorhees, the captain of the Marine Corps, carried me on his back, and the four of us left the Rosamond in the aircraft smoothly.When I woke up again, I realized that among all the people who escaped from the Rosamond, the four of us were the last to leave, and five seconds after our aircraft left the flagship, the Rosamond was blew up.

She almost lost her life because of me.And I am just the most ordinary of the tens of millions of soldiers under her command.

Later, she ascended the throne and became the Queen of the Galactic Empire, and I was selected to join the Guards under the recommendation of the captain, Colonel Voorhees.I can still see her every day, and she still treats me like every ordinary soldier, nothing has changed.I think she'll never know.Once, many years ago, I used to fight her with swords.

I just watched her silently for seven years until she passed away...

That day, I stood outside her bedroom, guarding her for the last time.I clearly heard a sob coming from the bedroom, and a tough man like Marshal Lin Mo couldn't help sobbing.And in the corridor not far from me, the Minister of Science and Technology, Earl Nolan, leaned against the wall with a sad face.

She always rejected gene regeneration technology, because this technology has not been improved until then.

Standing outside, I didn't even have the right to cry because I loved her. Like all the soldiers guarding, I knelt on one knee to express my condolences for the Queen's death.

In the tenth year after the Queen's death, gene regeneration technology finally broke through the 20-year bottleneck, and multi-point complete replication was realized.At this time, I have also been plagued by genetic diseases for many years.At the age of 54, the disease hidden in my genes finally hit.At that time, my nephew, who was brought out of the Vega system, had already entered the Ministry of Science and Technology. Because he was grateful to me for changing his family into a non-free person, he treated me like a father.

He doesn't understand why he still refuses to accept gene regeneration technology now that the genetic technology has been perfected. To die at the age of 69 is too young for this day and age.

Hehe, I didn't tell him the reason, I want to keep this secret to myself.

I have only one wish - to die for the same reason as you.

This is the only consolation a humble man can have.

(End of this chapter)

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