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Bob Haired Girl
Memoirs of The Girl With The Bob Haircut
Accounts from the Legion War, told by a Republic Officer with no name
Edited by Reporter Defcon
Proofread by Kanade
Published by: Provisional Republic Department of Press And Publications
Chapter 1: A Soldier's Journey
Dear reader,
My dearest apologies for saying this, but the memoir you are about to read is not what I call pleasant. It tells a woeful tale about a certain girl who has a bob haircut. Even though her struggles and exploits were nothing compared to the more well-known Colonel Vladilena Milizé or Lt. Colonel Shinei Nouzen, if you are interested in stories about characters with an obscure past, the most common of the common soldiery from the tales of the First Great Offensive to the Second one, then keep on reading, for I will retrace every step of the life of this single girl.
My name is Reporter Defcon of the provisional government’s press and publications department, and it is my sad duty to gather what remains of her accounts into a memoir.
In the dimly lit archives of the Republic of San Magnolia, I was tasked by the provisional government with embarking on a quest to unravel the enigmatic life of a certain Second Lieutenant known only as "Bob Hair Girl." In the vast tapestry of war, there are those whose names are lost to time. Sadly, time didn’t make an exception for this young officer, but her story remains etched within the annals of history. This is an attempt to shed light on the life of a soldier who served under the command of Captain, and by the end of this tale, Colonel Vladilena Milizé during the cataclysmic events of the Legion War.
A story of a girl that the Republic has forgotten.
Much of the records of her past have been destroyed during the war. My colleagues and I have investigated the best we can, but all we have discovered are pieces of information that came from the burned pages of her accounts during the Legion War. As mysterious as this girl is, other mysteries begin to unfold about her life and her misfortune. If you have a fondness for happy endings, then this might not be the best book for you. Not all stories get the “happily ever after” treatment. This isn’t a tale about heroism or finding glory on the battlefield, but the opposite, the true reality and accounts of war, and how it erases one's identity to the point of becoming a mere statistic on a ledger. And this is all only if you were an Alba during the first nine years of the Legion war, for if you were a Colorata then your name wouldn’t even be recorded by the Republic at all. This girl wasn’t an exception, Alba or no Alba, war and death is our greatest equalizer after all.
Are you still reading? I have warned you, but it is not too late to put down this book and read something else.