Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 1249 Extra Story 4 Of Edgar Conflict

Instantly, Maggie drew the attention of the crowd once again as they looked at her in confusion. After all, it was everyone's dream to a part of the Eagle Special Brigade. Not only was the brigade a stuff of legend in different commands, but it also had the most advanced technology in the army. Cursing Edgar in her head, she stood at attention and bellowed, "Sir! It would be my honor!"

Edgar studied Maggie for a moment, his lips curling into a meaningful smile. Within just a few minutes, the brigadiers of the other two groups arrived. After they had taken the new recruits of their respective brigades under their wings, William ordered, "Edgar, please stay back. The others may leave."

After a round of salutations, the others walked out of the room. The two other groups followed their brigadiers while Maggie and the other three members of their group waited for Edgar outside.

They took this opportunity to introduce themselves. Since they were all quite young, they quickly got to know each other. However, they had strict rules in the army. A soldier with a higher rank had absolute power over a soldier with a lower rank. Based on that principle, Maggie was highly respected by the other members. Although she was only twenty-five years old, Maggie was already an outstanding student from the National Defense University. She had already finished her Master's degree and had attained the rank of a first lieutenant in the army.

While the four of them chatted in low voices, the atmosphere in William's office was dense.

"Maggie seems to dislike you." William eyed Edgar curiously. As a father, he could easily sense what was on his daughter's mind. Although there was a considerable age gap between William and his daughter, William wasn't too old to understand and mingle with younger people. Besides, William and his wife were very fond of Edgar. They believed that he was a decent and reliable man, capable of taking care of Maggie.

Edgar knew that Maggie was still thinking about the incident from the previous night. But since that was a personal issue, he didn't want to reveal it to William. "Sir, it's only normal for new recruits to behave defiantly. Moreover, she was late on her first day. Perhaps, she is feeling extra conscious about it. I'll deal with it."

William sighed. "Although she has minor issues here and there, I can assure you that she will be a good soldier. She has been doing very well since her enrollment. I didn't expect her to make such a mistake on her first day."

Edgar couldn't help smiling.

Even though Maggie was the only child of the senior military officer of the S Army, she never brought up her father's name in vain or for special privileges. She served in the army as a regular soldier, like anyone else. Needless to say, her father was proud of her achievements. It was a coincidence that she was assigned to the S Army. After all, this selection and allotment was done by a random draw. The president of the National Defense University knew of Maggie's identity, so he wouldn't deliberately send her to her father's army because William was well known for his integrity and moral uprightness.

"Alas! She has to go through this hard period in her life by herself and come out on top." William heaved another long sigh, feeling worried about his only daughter. "You don't have to give her any special treatment. Forget that she is my daughter and train her as a normal soldier. This is the choice she had made for herself. Her mother and I never forced her to embark on this journey."

Smiling, Edgar nodded and replied, "Sir, rest assured. I will not be granting her any privileges." And Edgar duly kept that promise till the end of their training period.

Gordon Li, Edgar's secretary, drove the army off-road vehicle. The four new members of the brigade and Edgar were all in the car with him. Edgar had a grim expression on his face, while the new members held their breath and restrained themselves from making any sound.

After about half an hour, they arrived at the Eagle Special Brigade. The four of them scanned the area attentively with a curious look. After all, this was the best brigade in the command.

Maggie's eyes finally landed on the wall to the side of the building; it had a white background with red words painted on it. It read, 'Eagle in the Sky; Tiger on the Ground; Shark in the Water'. It was a soldier's way of life in this special brigade. Underneath that, was another line, 'No Fear; No Betrayal; No Enemies; No Failure'.

"Practice for life! Always ready! One! Two! Three! Four! One two three! Four!"

A loud roar came from behind them and they all turned to the source of the voice. A squad of over twenty soldiers, wearing field combat uniforms, their faces smeared with black and green paint jogged towards the main gate with weights on their backs. Even though Maggie and the others had never seen a special force training session, they could imagine that those soldiers had just gone through some tough field training. Their faces, however, showed no signs of exhaustion.

Edgar stood facing them as they neared the base. When the squad drew closer, the captain of the squad asked the soldiers to stand by and walked briskly towards Edgar. He reported, "Sir, the Falcon Commando just finished the two-day-three-night survival exercise. All twenty seven soldiers of the commando have successfully completed the task. Everyone is present here. Please give us your next order!"

"Clean up!" Edgar ordered flatly.

"Yes, sir!"

The four new members stood there speechlessly. The Eagle Special Brigade itself was one of the best brigades, and the most powerful weapons in their arsenal was none other than the Falcon Commando. It was the brigade's first line of defense, and their last. Maggie's eyes were filled with awe and surprise. Her mouth was agape as she watched the captain of the Falcon Commando lead his squad away from the grounds. She thought she might fall in love with him. He was a handsome man, and his hard muscles rippled as he marched elegantly. She used to think that Edgar was very manly, but she realized that there were other tough men in the troops.

"That was the captain of the Falcon Commando-Daniel Xia," Edgar said coldly, noticing Maggie drooling over him. "You will be spending a lot of time with them. I'm hoping that you will be good enough to join the Falcon Commando in training." He intentionally paused to glance at Maggie and Edith. "By the way," he said with a smirk, "Daniel is married. His wife will be your instructor." He eyed Maggie, whose face had turned stiff, before he walked into the military camp.

Maggie and Edith were both upset to replace that Daniel was already taken. Jake and Garth laughed at their folly, as the four of them followed Edgar into the camp. Edgar ordered Gordon to take them to the residential area. They were to rest for the day, and start their training with Cathy the next day. Their stay at the camp would last for at least one year or longer than that. Edgar was not in any hurry to break their spirits in intensive training yet because they had ample time to start from the basic drills.

Before leaving, Edgar turned to Maggie and reminded her to submit an apology letter for being late. On top of the 20, 000 words apology letter to be submitted to the senior military officer, she had to submit another one to him as well. And she wasn't allowed to use fancy words to make up for the word count. Everything she wrote was supposed to be simple and concise. 0000000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐