It was quiet all around.
The trainees like Flick Shadow and Jax Kane still had an understanding of war limited to what they saw in television dramas. When a conflict like the border war was mentioned, some of them would even conjure up an image in their minds: under a waning moon, in the gentle evening breeze, a weary soldier, holding his beloved harmonica, playing a soft folk tune, while the others listened quietly around him. The night wind, the moonlight, the lingering smoke in the distance, and the not-so-fluent but beautiful melody—all of this was enough to create a scene imbued with a bloody romance and exquisite beauty.
In fact, anyone who has been on the battlefield knows that it's more practical to carry a few more bullets than to wear a harmonica and try to look cool. Most impo
