Cadet of the Empire – 9

You’re young, you’ve got money, and you live without thinking about consequences? It feels like the whole world is in your pocket. Well, now it’s time to pay for everything. The Motherland calls you—not for a walk, but to duty. Forget girls, parties, and daddy’s capital. From now on, your walls are the barracks, and instead of a family you have fellow servicemen. The Empire doesn’t care about your wishes: it issues orders. It doesn’t matter whether you planned to be its shield or not. So be quiet—grab your rifle, buckle your armor on, and get ready to die without glory on yet another god-forsaken planet, among the same wretched people as you.

P.S. Remember this: now your life belongs to the Russian Empire. And dying for it is far from the worst outcome among the possible ones. So, cadet Vasilyok…