Inside a trench built from concrete and ribbed steel.
The trench was a full three meters wide, with steps along the front and shallow holes at the back. These were air-raid shelters, meant to protect against enemy bombardment.
Snoring drifted through the somewhat dim trench. The stink of feet mixed with the smell of blood, filling the trench. Some soldiers with bloodstained bandages wrapped around their heads were fast asleep, while others muttered incoherently. Some even knelt on one knee and prayed.
"God of Dawn, you are in my heart. Please forgive my sins..."
The Little Assistant pressed one hand to her chest and muttered a prayer. To make it sound even more convincing, she spoke in the dialect of some small region in the Sun Kingdom.
"Female soldier, if I'm not mistaken, your hometown is Ya."
A deputy priest of the Sun Kingdom sat beside the Little Assistant, his manner easygoing.
"Hm?"
The Little Assistant had just washed her face. Under the reflection of the distant lights, her skin looked fair and delicate.
The deputy priest nodded with a smile, revealing a chipped tooth. During the day, the blast wave from a shell had sent him crashing headfirst into the concrete trench, breaking half a front tooth.
Seeing the Little Assistant's pretty face, the deputy priest's heart began to race. After fighting for so long, it didn't matter whether the Little Assistant was attractive—even any female creature could kindle the flames of desire in this deputy priest's heart.
The two grew increasingly familiar as they talked. This was also the main reason Su Xiao had brought the Little Assistant along. She knew the situation inside the Sun Kingdom well, and with blue contact lenses, she would not easily be exposed.
The twenty-six- or twenty-seven-year-old deputy priest began flirting with