PATH OF THE STAR HUNTER

191 Chapter 191 An Ice Girl’s Perception

(Silvia Trevstone, POV)

Simple, direct, and brutal; Those were the only words that came to my mind as Lieutenant Astryd fought the rookies.

Although to be fair to call it a fight was an understatement, from start to finish the rookies hadn’t had a chance, Desmond not only surpassed them in strength but also in dexterity.

Truth be told, such an outcome must have been predictable, but everyone ignored the meaning of the rank of lieutenant just because the person before us was too young.

And as unpredictable as the wind, the cruel, commanding expression on Desmond’s face faded, and he went back into the kind, flirtatious man I’d seen this morning; Without saying a word Desmond took the clothes he had given me and began to dress again.

Heat, so hot, Desmond’s body emanated huge thermal signals that being so close to him occupied all my vision, an inexplicable desire to hold on to that source of heat was born within me causing great discomfort.

I hated that feeling... it was nothing more than a compulsion born of my ability esper, but it still bothered me that it made me feel attracted to the person in front of me.

Thank goodness the sentiment was brief, Lieutenant Astryd thanked me in a low voice before standing again in front of the rest of the recruits.

“Someone get those five idiots out of here and make sure you let them know they were kicked out of this unit, now that the first filter is complete let me tell you a few things.

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As many of you may know, our country is currently on war alert and needs powerful soldiers more than ever. In my case, I was assigned to military base number 37 as a first lieutenant and military instructor; my specific assignment is to form a special forces unit that will act only in the missions of highest priority in the immediate vicinity ”

A deathly silence was the only thing that followed after all the recruits including myself listened to what Lieutenant Astryd had to say, I honestly don’t think anyone expected that the people here were candidates to form a special forces unit.

One must know that there is only one special forces unit for each military base apart from the five main bases that were located in the five main cities; It is said that each one of them had multiple units of special forces much more powerful than those that existed in the small towns.

“I know that for many of you I may seem young, but you can believe me when I tell you that I have the necessary qualifications for the position that was awarded to me, for the next month I will be training and supervising each one of you.

When the 30-day period ends I will choose only the best of you to form this special unit, the rest will cease to be under my command and will be reassigned; training will start tomorrow ”

A special unit, I didn’t know much about the military chain of command but I knew that the special units in each city received the best of the best in terms of salary and resources; it was the best position a low-ranking officer could have and that was exactly what I was looking for.

There was only one small problem, the person in charge of said unit was Lieutenant Astryd from whom I would prefer to stay away, it is not that I had anything personal against the man it is just that I have never liked his type ... Also, I did not like to feel that compulsion caused by my ability.

“Sir, if training starts tomorrow; What will we do the rest of the day? ”

“Isn’t it obvious? You are a recruit, nothing more than a rookie, the fact that you are even considered to be part of a special unit is only since it was a personal request I made when I accepted this job; but you still have to go through basic military training as part of your training... consider my training as a cruel extra for those who wish to be more than just soldiers. ′′

It was at that moment that we all realized how difficult what they were asking of us would be, according to the words of Lieutenant Astryd, to be part of the special unit we had to take basic training in addition to the special training he would make for us.

Everyone knew how difficult basic training was so we could imagine that special training would be nothing less than hell on earth; especially when we looked at the sadistic smile on our lieutenant’s face.

“Very well, you can retire now, I think you have the military theory class in less than 10 minutes”

It was as if heavenly forgiveness descended on all the recruits as they gave a well-timed sigh of relief and ran as if the place was on fire; I, on the other hand, stayed to look for that girl Claire, I wanted to see if I could get closer to her, taking advantage of the fact that everyone had left.

One can imagine my surprise when I saw Claire walk directly towards the new lieutenant with the same cheerful and energetic demeanor that she had maintained until now; curiosity got the best of me making my approach discreetly to try to listen to their conversation.

“The uniform looks good on you,” Desmond said casually.

Claire’s cheeks flushed a bit when she replied: “Come on, this uniform is horrible, yours on the other hand makes you look incredibly handsome”

My jaw almost dropped when I saw the kind and loving smile on the lieutenant’s face when he tenderly caressed Claire’s hair; unfortunately, I couldn’t hear the rest of the conversation.

Soon Lieutenant Astryd withdrew but not before directing a mocking smile in my direction, hell is obvious that he knew that I was listening; I hope I don’t get in trouble for it.

Amid my concern, I did not realize that after seeing Desmond’s departure, Claire had approached in my direction it was not until her voice interrupted my train of thoughts that I became aware of the girl’s presence.

“He’s quite handsome isn’t he?”

“Hey?”

“Oh, sorry I took you by surprise, my name is Claire Lynwood; you are Silvia, aren’t you? ”

“Yes, nice to meet you, Claire”

“Likewise Silvia, sure everyone has said it but your eyes are beautiful and I also love your hair”

Energetic and radiant was Claire’s attitude so much that it was difficult for me to keep up with her, her eyes like emeralds stared at me with sincere fascination, and strangely enough, I liked her; there was something about her sincere way of being that I liked.

“Thanks, Claire, I don’t like my new look very much; it makes me look like a snow woman and nobody likes those ghosts, don’t you think? ”

“I like them and I’m sure Desmond likes them too, although he likes any girl who is pretty enough.”

“He sounds like a ladies’ man.” I couldn’t help but comment while letting out a little uncharacteristic laugh from me.

“That’s why he is, he’s a huge womanizer,” Claire said as she pouted.

Seeing her act that way I couldn’t help but ask, “Do you both know each other?”

Claire seemed surprised by my question and she paused for a few seconds to think about her answer before saying happily:

“We have known each other since we were little, after the death of our parents he took care of me, but let me telling you a secret ”

It seems that the past that Claire and Desmond shared was more complex than I expected, in reality, I would never have guessed that this man would have raised a girl like Claire.

“What secret?”

“Hehe, Desmond and I started dating recently.”

“I see... wait, what? Are you dating? He’s not supposed to raise you besides he’s several years older than you... wait, you also said he’s a womanizer ”

Claire looked at me like she was staring at an idiot as soon as she heard me, god I couldn’t be more upset; What is that look supposed to mean? I’m not the one dating a womanizer.

Ignoring the enormous injustice I was feeling at this moment, Claire calmly replied:

“We grew up together and I was always in love with him, and even if you say that he raised me that only applies to my adolescence it is not like he was my father or something like that”

“But he’s still a womanizer”

“And what, it’s not like I have a thousand and one girlfriends or something like that, with me there are only two ... in any case you wouldn′t understand, but just so you know today it is very common for powerful espers to have multiple partners; I heard that because strong espers are believed to have strong descendants the government is planning to make polygamy legal, isn’t that amazing? ”

I didn’t understand her, I didn’t understand this woman at all, the girl wasn’t saying anything that made sense to me and why did she seem so excited about the legalization of polygamy? Will she be crazy?

“In any case, why are you telling me all this?”

“I don’t know, call it a hunch ... hehe, let’s get along Silvia”

What else could she do when she smiled so tenderly? I just nodded helplessly and let her drag me to our next class; it seems that my life will never be as calm as before.