The nightmare

A few days before the attack on the demon lands, in Touma city, a boy around sixteen years old had entered the city. He had been recruited as a soldier for the upcoming war. In truth, it was his older brother who was recruited to be a soldier, but he needed to stay back since his wife was about to give birth. 

The sixteen-year-old boy was called Marlo. When the Kingdom called to conscript one man from each family, Marlo's older brother Jun was set to go. But seeing the worry and sadness in his sister-in-law's face made Marlo volunteer instead. 

"What are you thinking Marlo? This isn't a game that you can joke around in. This is a war." 

"I know that, but do you know that? If something happens to you in the war, what would happen to sister-in-law, what would happen to your kid? Are you going to be like our dad who wasn't there?"