Bright and Adorable

Everyone present agreed deeply with Nan Hejia's words. This was a necessary path in their growth.

Only by weathering the storms could they see the most beautiful rainbow.

Flora lowered her eyes and gently stirred the fruit juice before her.

The lemon-yellow juice swirled. She withdrew the spoon, and the juice gradually calmed.

She lightly traced the rim of the glass with her slender fingers and sighed softly. "Hejia, fighting isn't easy. Every one of us was injured this time, and some soldiers... sacrificed themselves."

Flora's words were filled with sorrow. Although once they entered the First Military Academy, such a fate had already been set.

Still, Jing Su had not seen such fierce combat in a very long time.

It was only during this battle that Flora truly understood how terrifying the enemy was.

She was reminding Nan Hejia and the others, and reminding herself as well, that they needed to train even harder.

On the battlefield, Flora had been attacked by one of her own teammates. The other party had nearly succeeded.

Fortunately, she had reacted quickly, though it still took tremendous effort to evade the sneak attack.

That had depended on her usual training, on the hard work she had put in over the years, and on Captain Xi Xiu's supervision.

At the time, she had assumed that the member of 909 was tired and had left her mecha hovering in midair to rest.

Perhaps she had been watching others fight.

So Flora had not paid much attention to her.

She had focused all her attention on the Tentacled Creatures, leaving only a sliver of Mental Power to monitor the movements in the air.

About ten minutes later, she vaguely sensed that something was off in the air.

As she turned, she shifted her body aside and