Aubrey's Joy

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CHAPTER 440

"Kill me, I do not need your pity." Rather than yielding to his words, Leia paid him no heed.

"This is no pity, general. This is life and life and death are in our hands, we can choose to take it or leave it. I chose to leave it. Live your life, general and maybe one day you can repay the favour to someone else who needs it."

"Why are you this kind even after I tried to kill you several times?"

"In truth, there shouldn't even be a war in the first place. We all have lost. I do not want to lose anyone anymore."

**FLASHBACK ENDS**

"I see."

"You may not feel the same way but after father told us of his story, he made each and every one of us promise to repay that debt if ever we were in such a position to. And when I saw her being brought here, I decided to think straight."

"Think straight, how?"