Well! It's quite common among everyone, to anxiously wait for that day, that experience, that moment to come...
Among Chlo's Accomplishments was, being nominated as a chief Secretary Captain of her service branch.
Apart from this being an achievement, it was also considered a record-breaking act, as none of the Amashan citizens had ever achieved this high position in history ever before.
Soon after, the sudden prestige of Chlo Chaeya was no longer a spotlight but a legendary recognition. Chlo broke additional records and achieved more surplus awards than any Imashan soldier would and also got reconciled with her sister Riya and her niece Anahi.
Riya was happy to see her baby sister become the best of the best and compete among the elite in Central City.
Chlo prevailed and was permitted to spend her very first New year's eve with her family in 12 years. The latter was filled with ecstasy after having lived all her childhood at the Academy.
Throughout the holiday season, the Chaeya sisters gossiped and catch up on news about the birth of Anahi and Chlo's Award ceremony and previous birthday celebration. The bond created between the sisters was powerful and sentimental.
On January 15th, Chlo left Riya's house and returned to the Academy as stated on the permission letter as her return date. Upon returning to the Academy, she was welcomed by everyone, including Kirst who took the opportunity to apologize to Chlo.
Even after accepting her apology, Chlo thought it was best if they kept the borderline and just remained colleagues.
"I think it's best if we remain, colleagues, instead of forcing the friendship," Chlo said to Kirst at the Soldier's assembly.
A few weeks later, a letter was sent out to the chief captains to attend a private meeting about a new project discussion. The agenda of the meeting was to issue out projects to captains and to choose their squads among the best-performed soldiers. For more than three years, this kind of meeting hasn't been held, which means that it's important and can be very critical. Chlo was among the captains that were invited to the meeting but surprisingly, she didn't go because she thought there was a misunderstanding.
Even though she has achieved a lot over the years, she knows exactly well that attending an all-captains meeting was far from the achievement list. Anyways, she later attended the second meeting after a senior captain told her that she was personally handpicked by a high member of the Academy who thought she was worthy of joining the project.
well according to rumors heard, projects like this are the scariest to train for because they are dangerous and mostly known as dead-ends for soldiers that take part in them.
"Well! maybe it isn't as bad as it sounds, after all, it might be the new daybreak, the moment to come, the experience I've been waiting for", Chlo mumbled to herself.
It seems like, beyond the academy, a lot has been happening that has been kept quiet about by those who are aware.
There have been numerous silent killings and destructions in Central city by unknown forces which have raised an alarm for a guard force and if taken to the next level, maybe a war.
A few soldiers were picked to form a guard force and keep watch at every entrance point and exit point of Central city.
Soon afterward, around the evening of the second day, everyone was inside their homes, and the street was cleared, the soldiers were the only ones outside. Out of the blue, the loudest ever recorded noise (maybe a gunshot) was heard all around the city. The soldiers in the Academy were alerted to match out after 20 minutes and surround the city.
Over 150 soldiers circulated the city, and when they got to the main exit point of the city, all 175 soldiers in the guard force were killed as their bodies were pulled up together like tuna.
Everyone was told to move backward as the captains came closer to the corpses of the soldiers and examined the bodies. While looking at the bodies on the ground, Chlo saw a blue slimy fluid dripping out of the wounded parts of the bodies and immediately called the other captains in.
When they saw it, they knew it was not a coincidence but a declaration of war; from who though?
All the other soldiers went back to the academy and prepared for the disposal of the bodies as well as the funeral ceremony. All captains were called immediately for a meeting, including Chlo To discuss the incident.
The captains suggested that someone was trying to declare war and confused Chlo ask who?
Two captains explained the war history of Central city to Chlo and how their wars are declared randomly. "Well, these incidents don't paint the war declaration to be random, Chlo explained."
From afar, someone agreed with Chlo's explanation and said " Our young captain here might be right" ( the most handsome Amashan professor in history, Manz Lukette ). Professor Manz agreed with Chlo and further stated that Central city should either be ready for more unplanned attacks or accept the declared war and prepare for it. They further discussed how to plan the war and who should be chosen to go.
Well, maybe that daybreak was a war declaration, among all other young captains, Chlo was selected to lead the war alongside four other captains that will be leaving for Harlen city in less than three weeks.