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"Ran back?" Bettis blinked, taking a while to understand what he meant. Then she began to stammer. "Y-you mean you ran back to the Northern Territory again? To fight?"

"Yes. My compatriots were still suffering. How could I just stand by and do nothing? Besides, Boss Gwen was in the Northern Territory then too. I secretly climbed onto a train and rode all the way there."

For a moment, Bettis did not know what to say. She turned and looked the boy over from head to toe as though she were looking at some kind of monster.

She had lived in the slums for a long time and knew exactly how difficult life was for refugees. To be honest, if she had made it to Blood Port, made it to Castel, she would never have found the courage to return to the battlefield in the Northern Territory.

Bettis suddenly understood why the boy had received that medal. He absolutely deserved the honor.

Several members of the Expeditionary Force trailed behind them, looking around as they murmured in amazement.

"Wow, where is this?"

"Isn't this near your house?"

"My house? Here?"

"Well, look at that coastline. The sea can't have moved, can it?"

"Hard to say." Bettis glanced around and said leisurely, "Blood Port carried out a land reclamation project before. The dock district is no longer where it used to be. By the way, didn't anyone come to meet you at the station?"

The group looked a little embarrassed. Someone had indeed come to meet them, but they had relied on being locals and planned to make their own way over. Who would have thought that they would get lost after returning to their hometown?

"The changes are too big, way too big..."

"Quick, look at that! Is that an