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Chapter 137: Officer Candidate Selection part1

The first item on the day’s schedule was an interview with a prospective officer candidate. We’d summoned Ruth Burke to the royal palace to confirm whether she was willing to volunteer.

「Supreme Commander, may I show her in now?」

「Let’s get this over with quickly. Iris, bring her up.」

Iris bowed once and went downstairs to greet Miss Ruth. I turned my eyes to the stack of approval paperwork piled up on my desk.

「Top of her class, Lady Ruth Burke, reporting, Supreme Commander.」

Iris’s voice carried in from the door. I lifted my gaze from the documents. The young lady standing on the threshold wore a tense expression.

Well, from her point of view, she is about to step into the room of the man who toppled her house. It isn’t surprising she is nervous.

Ruth Burke’s hair was the same color as her grandfather’s—a light, almost golden brown. Aside from that, she didn’t resemble