Jill and the others left, and Riven didn't stop them.
She changed into clean clothes. A trace of loneliness crept into her eyes as she looked at Ato, but in the end, she only said, "Get some rest. We have training tomorrow."
Riven went into her room and closed the door. After that, not a sound came from inside.
Ato sighed softly and didn't disturb her.
Riven was strong, and she was lonely.
Jill had said Riven was his friend. Ato could see the sincerity in his eyes, but Riven didn't seem to feel the same way.
Riven was deliberately keeping everyone at a distance.
Why was she like this? It wasn't as though she were Li Huowang, who often lost control and hurt the people around him...
Was it because of her past?
Ato shook his head slightly. He knew very little about Riven's past, and he still had to find a chance to tell her the real reason he had joined the army.
As for helping Riven let go of whatever was troubling her, he had no idea what to do.
The next day, Ato wasn't woken by a reveille.
Riven opened her door at the same time he did and nodded to him.
Ato noticed that many soldiers were still in bed. There were hardly any people outside.
"I didn't expect you to get up so early, too. I was just about to wake you."
"I slept well." Ato was becoming more and more convinced that this place didn't feel like an army. They didn't even have a reveille.
"Try to eat as much as you can this morning. We won't get full rations at the Recruitment Office at noon. You'll have to wait until tonight to eat your fill again."
The two of them returned to