Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 461

Chapter 461: Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

"I caused someone’s death."

A long and thick silence filled the room as everyone stared at Charles with mixed emotions. Atlas, especially, was shocked upon hearing this.

"What?" Atlas scoffed in disbelief. He couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

"It was back when I was in the military," Charles explained, before providing the full details.

During Charles’s last mission — a joint operation involving skilled soldiers — a full-blown fight broke out after a long-standing tension. To prevent the rebels from fleeing the land, Charles issued an order for an on-site kill.

The rebels had already taken down quite a few soldiers, but the latter hadn’t yet captured the leader of the rebel group.

With that order in place, it was war.

Gunfire echoed in the air, and bombs resonated intermittently. The cries for help and shouts of battle blended together, with even the fallen troops’ silence adding to the dreadful atmosphere.

As the enemy fell back and the soldiers advanced fiercely, their morale at an all-time high, they were unaware that the last group they were pursuing so fiercely included innocent victims. When the final showdown between the forces and the rebels concluded, the soldiers emerged victorious.

After the mission was declared a success, Charles stayed behind for the cleanup. To his surprise, the next day, while assisting his men, they found the body of a young lady around eighteen years old.

"All collateral damage during that mission, or any mission, would be identified and confirmed," Charles continued with a heavy sigh. "That young lady... she’s not in the system."

Although not everyone would be identified, especially with the technology of that time, what made this young lady’s case dangerous and significant was what happened afterward.

"I was abducted and tortured," Charles confessed. "I thought I was going to die... for a reason I didn’t fully understand. All I know is that they were looking for that young lady’s body."

Charles scoffed as he recalled that memory, buried deep in his mind. It was the most terrifying experience of his life. No words could fully explain the pain he endured during those thirty-eight hours of captivity.

Even Hugo was shocked to hear this. He knew something had happened to his father during his time in the service, but all records of Charles’s last several months at the base were gone. He couldn’t determine if they were hidden, burned, or simply missing.

After a long silence, Zoren’s calm voice broke through.

"How did you survive it?" he asked, earning a look from Charles.

Everyone had almost forgotten about Zoren’s presence, as this discussion was so personal. But he was already there.

As a soldier, Charles felt he no longer deserved to serve. Before the incident, he had always believed he was the fiercest soldier of his generation. But when he faced helplessness and had few options, he folded. _{frёeweɓηovel.coɱ}