Chapter 68: Punishment

Ava reached where her sister was calling her and she had an evil smile behind her mask ready to listen to her sister Isla to words, hoping her sister would make her even angrier.

When the night comes, Ava punishes her even more, so she is excited because now there is not a single thing that changes her decision as she has reached the limit of how much she can endure her dumb sister Isla which means her punishment is inevitable in her mind.

Standing in front of her sister Isla, who had a smug look on her face, which irritated her even more; however, before Ava even asked why she called her out so loud during their time duty, she looked from her corner of light brown eyes that Aiden and Alicia were going inside the gate without them.

Ava couldn't accept this because their inability to accompany them inside would result in their mission being considered a failure.

And for such a straightforward mission to be considered a failure, Ava couldn't accept this as it hurt her pride to see this.

She doesn't waste any time. She cuts to her sister's voice, who was just about to say something, and says it in a stern voice, looking at the disappearing backs of Aiden and Alicia.

"Isla, we have no time to waste; they are going inside. Let's follow them quickly."

Isla thinks her sister Ava doesn't want to listen to the truth and gets embarrassed in front of her, so she cuts her off.

However, hearing the words coming out of her mouth strictly, Isla knew she didn't have the time to discuss this matter, so she quickly decided to drop the subject for now.

Still, she hasn't forgotten to get the answer to her question and give her a piece of her mind when the time is right, reminding her how bad it is to peek at other people, Ava is not a child now, so she should respond and learn something from her.

'that's right, I have to teach my sister Ava something or two about how to behave in front of others.'

According to her, she wouldn't be able to get a boyfriend if she acted like this in public.

She has also seen Aiden going inside the gate.

While Isla was in her thoughts, and without waiting for her sister to move, she desired to walk steadily toward Aiden and started walking fast.

Ava saw her shameless sister Isla leave without waiting for her to leave, following the love of her dreams without waiting for her.

And she felt even angrier seeing her leave first without responding, as she was the one who reminded her.

Now it was getting a little difficult to imagine which punishment she would give her own sister for snitching her just for her crush, who probably doesn't even care about her.

However, Ava knows now is not the time to think about such things, as she follows behind her sister.

Isla isn't even looking back to see if her sister Ava is behind her, as all her focus is on her love, Aiden, wide back, leaving her, so Isla is engrossed in her desire to follow him.

Yet both sisters meet at the end of the gate, stopped by the guard as Aiden and Alicia have already entered; they are just in front, however, on the other side of the gate, and to follow the rule, they couldn't allow their entire group if they had not entered with the student showing they are with them.

The only option was now for them to enter if Aiden would clarify that they were supposed to be with them.

Aiden had already looked at them, stopped by the guard, and was about to tell the guard that these two were with him.

However, before he can say something, his sister's jealous voice sounds in his year.

"Little Aiden, why don't we just let them stay outside? We both are safe without them, as no one can enter the school with weapons, so we should be okay." seaʀᴄh thё Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Aiden, hearing her words, can tell she has not recovered from the previous incident, and jealousy is affecting her decision right now.

Otherwise, he doesn't think his sister would say something mean so openly in front of everyone, as even Isla and Ava have heard her voice not letting them inside.

Ava is worried listening to Alicia's words, as she doesn't want to fail on such a simple mission as someone who has become a naturally proud woman living closer to General May. It hurts her pride to not follow inside.

Yet she knows most of the reason this happened is that of Isla, who showed her inappropriate behavior in front of them, and she felt it was justified to not let them in, as if some guy showed this type for her sister Isla, she would just beat him without any questions.

In her eyes, Alicia's behavior is pretty tame considering she is General May's niece, and seeing how she deserves this to happen considering she wasn't able to control her sister's reaction so Ava wouldn't say anything and is ready for the punishment that awaits her when she meets the general.

This would be the first time the General would punish her personally, as she has not been punished by her, including only a few of their team members.

Her sister Isla is the first to get punished by her, so Isla has to train and spar with the General for 3 days before being left alone.

Ava knows how much it hurts to get beaten by the General as even her muscles cry out in pain and yell at whoever she put medicine on her wounds.

However, she is relieved that the General cares about them well enough to not beat them too much.

Some of the Elite Squad's pain resistance also increases. The training has its own benefits; however, Ava doesn't think she is cut out of this training like her sister, who gets the most punishment out of all of those who get punished by her.

It happened only at once time, as a little skepticism started among some members of the squad when she was not there to resolve it.

One of the primary culprits for the incident was her own sister, who initiated the whole conflict and led the other group, which had fighters between each other, which resulted in all of them getting injuries.

They tried to hide the many bruises on their bodies from the General's keen eyes by wearing more clothes in the summer and not caring about the result Even though they were not sure if they would escape, it wouldn't hurt for them to try so they tried their best.

However, it is something to see as so many soldiers at the same time wearing such coverings without caring about the summer; they even have to cover their faces using mufflers to hide some wounds on their faces.

When they began their training with the general, just like usual, the General should have already guessed something was wrong with this group of squads.

And now seeing them train, she confirmed her guess as they were most likely injured and covered their faces to hide it from her knowing.

She knows none of them went on a mission, and the most likely guess is they have fought each other, General May, being herself, didn't even stop the training and even doubled so they could suffer more, and her training was difficult, so more than half of them weren't able to complete the training.

After that training, all those who were wearing these covering clothes were called out by the General, and she told them to rest for a week to recover fully, some of the team members who had come, thinking they would get punished, even cried, assuming the General had forgiven them for their misconduct as nothing like this ever happened before, so none of them knew what's going to happen to them.

All of them had come there to face the punishment because their regular training seemed like punishment to them, so they took great care not to make such a mistake that would prevent them from being forgiven, leading to tears of happiness on most of their faces.

General's sudden softness also surprised Ava and the remaining soldier, who had been observing the whole situation from a distance.

Some even thought living together with them for so much time she had become softer and couldn't see them getting than necessary.

Ava looked at everything from a distance with others and felt touched; however, her intuition told her that this was not how the general should be acting toward them given what they had done, but seeing this with her own eyes, even she was perplexed and questioned herself.

'What is happening? This isn't how it's supposed to go. They should be getting trashed around by her.'

While she may care about her own sister, she thinks Isla is the most deserving of punishment in the group, as she still remembers her boasting about how she is the last one standing in the all-out fight.

And Ava doesn't like her behavior, as instead, she feels guilty about how she acted and started a fight.

Isla has a smug look on her face when she tells Ava about the fight and she doesn't forget to mention that she is the last one standing.

Ava found it extraordinary, knowing she couldn't do what Isla had accomplished.

Still, she doesn't appreciate boasting about her wrongdoing, so she is excited to see which punishment they would get later from the general.

So she tried to make sense of what just happened, and the most logical conclusion Ava came to was that the double training they had done earlier was their punishment.

However, Ava felt resentment toward all those who had fought earlier, as she had to do the double training with them because of these losers.

It was difficult for her given she is one of the lowest ranking members in terms of physical training, so it was hard for her to work out the double even without injuries.

Her sister Isla, who has done the double training even with injured a few others who have done it with her, felt it was unfair to Isla to see them get scot-free.

She even sometimes wondered why she was not as strong as her sister, who is her twin, so by logic, she would be close to her in fight prowess.

And just like every other time she thinks of this question, the only conclusion she can get is that she has the brains; her dumb sister has the muscle to balance things out.

The thought of Isla having a good brain sometimes even terrifies her, as that version of Isla would be pretty close to General May.

In Ava's mind, the General is the best of the best, so she is relieved knowing she can also be helpful using her brain.