Bokushin really needed to give her future some serious thought.
She had once prided herself on her cleverness, scraping into the much-envied Advanced Military Officer School without putting in much effort.
But for reasons even she could not explain, she had never liked drawing attention to herself.
Her dream in life was merely some minor post above a military preparatory school instructor, a deputy mayor in the National Defense Bureau's General Affairs Office, or something below Fourth Secretary.
To that end, she had deliberately started saving early, scraping together two million Jenny from her meager allowances.
Her original plan had been to save enough money before she turned thirty to bribe the greedy Civil Service Examination officials, giving her a chance to sit the unified examination for military administrative clerical posts alongside the children of nobles.
But now, for reasons everyone knew...
The money was gone.
More importantly, the stable worldview she had painstakingly maintained for over twenty years had been shattered.
That subtle, complacent pride of hers had also been smashed to pieces on that nightmarish evening...
She had no idea where to go from here.
Return to her old life?
Go from saving until thirty to saving until forty...
I might as well find some random guy and marry him!
How about the one who swindled me out of my money? Make him take responsibility...
No!
Bokushin clutched her head and wailed inwardly:
"Aaaah!! What am I thinking? Didn't I already decide to spend my whole life alone in peace?"
"But... after experiencing something supernatural like this, can I still live a peaceful life..."
That... was obviously impossible.
Ding~
As though a bell had rung from somewhere, Bokushin collapsed to the floor in an Orz pose, her face ashen and her whole body turning pale.
"My peaceful life...