No Substitutes for the Bigshots' Dream Girl Anymore!-Chapter 1588: The Real Her

Someone couldn’t help but laugh, "Samuel Hoffman, before you say that, you should pat the fat on your belly, you’re almost failing the monthly test, and you’re still dreaming about these things."

"What’s wrong with having some fat? Is that fat? That’s my blessing!" Samuel Hoffman argued indignantly.

Everyone was amused by his response.

As night deepened, the outside was eerily quiet, the only exception being a glaring illumination light still on atop the building.

Jay Brown, resting on his arms, had a distant look in his eyes.

Based on the stories of his roommate’s dramatic life and the combat videos he’d seen, he began to visualize a bright, cheerful girl who loved to smile and play cute.

But no matter how vivid the image in his mind, it was still just his own fantasy.

He grew more and more curious about what the real Hannah was like.

The topic in the dorm drifted and somehow ended up on Hannah.

"The only one who could fight alongside our Mentor Wayne Lane back in the day was probably Hannah."

Even after what happened later, Hannah’s strength was never in doubt.

Some seniors and juniors even said that Hannah’s power outclassed Wayne Lane’s.

"Really? That Hannah was even stronger than Mentor Wayne Lane?"

"What do you mean, ’that Hannah’? She’s our respected senior sister, show some respect, will you?"

"But wasn’t she a trai..."

A traitor?

Betraying the Empire, betraying the royal family, betraying the mech squad.

No one dared to finish that sentence out loud, not even online where it’s rare for anyone to dare talk about it anymore.

Because Hannah’s name had become a taboo for the Empire. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

It was her strength that made people fear her "betrayal" so much.

During the silence in the dormitory, someone’s voice came from a corner, "I heard that back then, it was Mentor Wayne Lane who led the team to hunt down Hannah, and it was because he gravely injured her that the First Princess had the chance... to kill her."

If they only listened to the royal family’s version of events, they would believe such an end was the best punishment for a "traitor."

But after hearing those stories of youthful abandon and wild freedom, all that was left was a sigh of lament.

Times and circumstances change, but tales of comrades turned enemies, from youth to life-and-death confrontation, remain deeply moving.

It’s melancholic to think how wonderful it would have been if time could have stopped at its most beautiful moment.

"Now there are rumors that Hannah isn’t dead, and has gathered a group of wanderers at the border. The royal order for us to go there for training probably has something to do with this."

The discussion became serious again.

Ultimately, what they were worried about was the situation at the border.

The royal order clearly intended for them to go and assist or... maybe just to add to the numbers?

Whether one or the other, for someone like Jay Brown who was already interested in joining the mech squad, it might be an opportunity, but for the new students or those with weaker abilities, it was tantamount to taking a risky venture that could lead to death.

"The royal family really intends for us to be cannon fodder!"

"That’s not necessarily true, the First Princess Emma is also training at the border."

"Can you even compare yourself to the First Princess? She’s royalty, the future heir to the throne. If something happened to her, a bunch of people would protect her, but what about us?"

The person who was just trying to speak well of the royal family fell silent too.

After all, it seemed that the current situation was indeed like that.