Chapter 1543 Right and Wrong (Part 2)
“Yes, he is wrong, then I will also tell you what the person who was let go is like.”
Said With that, Bahram held up the data pad.
“Her name is Susanna. She is now 27 years old. Her parents are both miners. When she was 19 years old, both died due to a mining accident. At the age of 20, she married her husband, a fisherman named Marvin, and was pregnant. There was a daughter who died of illness at the age of three, and her husband lost an arm a year later because he wanted to catch a poisonous eel and crocodile, which was a relatively valuable ornamental fish in the upper levels of the nest city. The old fishing boat passed down from Marvin's grandfather was taken away by the tax collectors due to taxes. There are no records after that, except for sporadic records from the Sheriff. Marvin became a drunkard, and Susanna sometimes had to work as a prostitute in order to support the family. "
After Bahram finished speaking, everyone was silent.
Glancing at everyone, he smiled bitterly and threw the data pad onto the ammunition box aside.
“Look, just a few lines of words, it is a helpless and miserable life.”
As he said that, Bahram jumped down from the ammunition box and walked past Boban Ha Next to Si, facing the recruits, he said in a deep voice:
"Then let me ask again now. Do you think Haas is wrong now?"
Recruits, look at me, I Look at you, no one answered for a while.
Bahram turned around and looked at Boban Haas.
"Haas, do you think you are wrong?"
Haas pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, then loudly said:
"Report sir! I was wrong. ”
A smile appeared on Bahram’s face, nodded, and turned to everyone.
"Yes, Hass was wrong. He made a mistake that no warrior, soldier, or Astartes can make! We are the will of the final judgment, the angels of death's punishment, and the unswerving execution of orders. And weapons of mission! I believe someone must have told you that when the knife falls, no matter whether it is an alien or a child, there should be no hesitation! Because what I face is the most terrifying thing in the galaxy! Enemy, any slack will have disastrous consequences! It may even endanger the survival of hundreds of millions of people!"
He paused for a moment, his eyes no longer limited to the recruits, but also the veterans.
“But, but, there will always be something that holds our knife at the critical moment. Some people think it is the mission, some people think it is the oath, some people think it is loyalty, and some people think it is discipline. But I think , is actually a thing, a thing we had before we became Astartes, when we were as fragile as ants, it is called human nature."
Bahram then said. He gently patted Haas on the shoulder.
“He made mistakes that he should not have made in any of his current identities, but only, he did not make mistakes as a human being!”
As he spoke, Bahram's tone suddenly became a little heavy, and the faces of those dead hungry people still lingered in his mind.
“Sometimes, as members of the Astartes, we must do things that may disgust us under other circumstances. We also often face moral dilemmas, Instructor Thor once taught If you don't care, even if the current killing is correct, you still have to feel uneasy."
At this time, Li Lin suddenly spoke.
“Isn’t this very hypocritical.”
Bahram nodded.
"Yes, this is hypocritical, but such hypocrisy allows us to hold our own knife at all times and prevent us from falling into the abyss that only leaves blood and pain."
After that, He clapped his hands.
"Haas, but you still have to accept disciplinary punishment."
"Yes, I accept it, sir!"
"For the next whole year, you will Take off your armor and be responsible for the company's logistics work with the Chapter's servants, and your treatment will be the same as that of a servant."
This was a very severe punishment, but Haas still straightened his back and didn't look away.
“Yes, sir!”
“By the way, there is one more thing.” Bahram summoned a servant, and then took from him a piece of sheepskin with the emblem of the state religion printed on it. Paper.
"I decided to tell you that the poor woman named Susanna ended up with this. After inspection by the nun, she and the child in her belly showed no traces of being contaminated by the power of chaos. , and then she will give birth to the child under the care of the church, but she will also have to do a lifetime of hard labor in the monastery's farmland to atone for her betrayal of the Emperor's faith, and her child will also be sent to a distant church for support. In the hospital, he will become an orphan and never know who his parents are. When he grows up, he will most likely become a priest who will serve the emperor for his whole life. ”
After saying that, he rolled up the parchment and stuffed it into Haas's armor belt.
"The ending is not a happy ending, but it is the best result you have achieved for them with your effort, and it may still make you feel guilty."
Has lowered his head slightly, The look in his eyes was just as Bahram said, with guilt.
He smiled and patted the recruit on the shoulder.
"Then become a better warrior with this guilt. A year later, I hope to see a better you on the battlefield."
"Yes, sir! I will!"
Bahram nodded, looked at the team, and said loudly:
"Disband!"
When the recruits each When they dispersed, Sabrin came to Bahram's side with a heavy expression.
“I don’t object to your decision, but it will increase the psychological burden on the soldiers.”
Bahram sighed softly and raised his head to look at the increasingly clear night sky. The black smoke after the burning of the dead had gradually dissipated, just like their insignificant lives.
“Some burdens in your heart are not necessarily a bad thing. If your soul is too light, it will float to an unreachable distance.”
“I think sometimes you just have too many burdens in your heart. He is not very old yet, but he talks like an old man."
"Really? A few days ago, I went back to my home. I haven't become a soldier yet. In fact, I have always had a chance. Go back, but I didn’t dare. It wasn’t until then that I plucked up the courage. However, when I opened the door of the old hut, there was no one inside. In fact, I knew it very early on. My parents were deceased and my sisters were all married. ”
As he spoke, he smiled bitterly.
"I don't know what I want to go back to find, but the furnishings in the house are exactly the same as when I went back. There are no changes. Even the furniture has been repaired countless times and has not been replaced. The chapter leader said that he had already talked to The local chiefs had said hello to be kind to the families of the soldiers. I also knew that my parents' life should not be too bad. They did this to wait for me and wait for me to go home. They were afraid that I would forget what home looked like, so I climbed up. The inside of my small bedroom was the same as when I left it that night. In the box beside my bed, I found the letters that my parents and sister had left for me over the years. Every year they would write to me, and they would write about their lives. At the last moment, it was not sent, not even a letter.”
Bahram suddenly rubbed his face, and Sabrin vaguely saw tears in the corners of his eyes.
"Ha, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I hugged that box and cried for an hour that day. I even regretted my original decision. Maybe this is the reason why I will never be as good a champion as Robin."
Sablin patted him on the shoulder.
"To borrow your words, then become a better warrior with this guilt."
At this moment, a servant hurriedly came over.
"Sir, the fleet has an urgent call."
Bahram took it and glanced at it, then handed it to Sablin. When the other party saw it, he suddenly lost his voice and said:
" Yeah, the Chapter Leader is back! Didn't he say he had something important to do at the Imperial Fist Mountain Formation? "
"Who knows, I'm calling everyone back, we have to go back. ”
(End of this chapter)