Love and War: Shackles of the Heart

her face, and I knew the same tiredness was apparent on mine. It must've been a year since this war began, bu

disillusioned by the crown prince sometime ago, but I was in far too deep to withdraw from the batt

rs and swore that no matter what happened, we'd always be together. I'd never been accustomed t

ssors deemed that the students who had reached this stage were now capable individuals. Capable enough to take on

to let anyone take Claire. So, we formed a team right away. However, we were still lacking three members. Many of our classmat

four complete teams of five, but Claire and I still didn't have a team. Luckily, there were three others who

ne, pick a representative from your team to take a scroll on my desk. Once you've got a scroll, t

about to speak, someone raised a hand from my team. She was a red-haired lass with gold-colored eyes. Her presence in the class had a

are these missi

iere. Some are to exterminate goblins, slimes, and relatively weak monsters of all sorts. Others will require you to uncover mysteries or find lost items. The L

d lass, nodded befor

nt from a different group

s?" asked

fond of him, but I must admit that he was one of the best students in this class. He always asked

ack before asking the question. "Ha

ing a mission to get rid of bandits roaming the outskirts of Lumiere. They had set up camp in the mountain caves and one of the students happened to see the base camp. The

laire's grip on my arm had tightened. Based on the look on her face, she appeared to be worried a

od lightened. She was less

same incident wouldn't happen again? Yes, they may be common bandits, but accidents do

t is my duty to stay alive and ensure that this nation will

of their choosing. It can be a knight from your household, a member of your family with military and battlefield experience, or one of the academy's combat instru

Right after he said that he strode towards the desk and grabbed the middle scroll out of

our team stood up and grabbed a scroll. He was one of the bulkier and taller members of the class, named Boyd. Boyd was a striking presen

d to go to a port town called "Barrel" and to help ex

the shoulder of the guy next to her. It was a golden-haired lad named Clint. He was one of the

s hand timidly. "It's nice

mine and grinned. "With this guy in our team, w

t it was more than enough for him to back away from me. Claire giggle

, "Play nice, Arcturus. W

plied, "Fine. Let's ju