The Empire of Reimia (3)

A lump formed in the girl's throat, and no matter how much she didn't want to, it was difficult to get rid of the unpleasant feeling. She, like a fool, was happy about the privilege granted by Her Majesty to wear trousers at the academy, completely ignoring all the dubious things that the Empress was doing in pursuit of her ambitions. This was not about instilling strict discipline in future soldiers who had voluntarily joined the academy and sworn allegiance to Rinza Reim and her Empire. She was literally turning innocent children into living weapons, just to gain a small advantage in the war with Larian. Someone might say that this was a sacrifice of a few lives to save thousands. But Linnea could not agree with this position in any way. Of course, one could deceive oneself that the Empress did not resume the aforementioned Shogo project, but launched a new and completely different one, designed to make the lives of the experiment victims easier, but the Reimi girl perfectly understood that all this sounded like utter nonsense. "Yeah, I didn't even think about that. Well, here are your New Year's tidings," Nea took a deep breath and then exhaled, "I'm not sure what to say about this. Although, I think you already have a pretty good idea of what I think." The girl was silent for a few seconds, occasionally glancing at the black box as if gathering her thoughts. "As for the serum, if we set aside emotions, refusing it won't turn back time. Sacrifices will still be made, but in vain. No one will benefit from this. However, this is not uncommon in life. But at least it will give a few years to someone who wants to end this cycle of suffering. As for pride... you have already sworn allegiance to Her Majesty. You have to fight and take lives in the glory of the Empress. Cause suffering, if you want. In any case, the strap-on is now so deeply ingrained that it couldn't be deeper. No matter how cynical it all sounds. I'm not trying to convince you to use the serum. I'm not even sure I would if I were in your place. I'm just offering an alternative perspective. The main thing is that you don't regret the decision you make, whatever it may be.