"It is... it's Mrs. Garrison, sir. After you left, I called the medic to prepare for burial. But when we opened the body bag, we discovered it was Mrs. Garrison. She had already... already passed away..."
This time, Garrison heard clearly.
But he refused to believe the bloody truth laid out before his eyes.
Instead, he chose self-deception.
He grabbed the private's collar, shaking him frantically, "Impossible... impossible... You must be lying to me, right?"
"Tell me, who put you up to this? Who dares to play such a joke on me?"
"How could that body possibly be Lavender? Since her legs became useless, she's never left the house. How could she possibly end up at the battlefield, wearing mercenary clothes?"
Garrison's face darkened to a murderous shade, his aura instantly spreading outward.
But if one listened carefully, they'd hear that the normally cold-blooded leader's voice now carried an unmistakable tremor.