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[CheertheSecond]

Aegis

Having gained independence from Revro, the Earth secretly trains an army of boys. Jino and Izare are abandoned to the camp, and Izare silently sacrifices himself to keep his promise to Maria that he'd look after Jino. But Jino escapes the soul-killing cruelty of the camp. With Jino in his heart...

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The manhwa was discontinued since last decade. I am here hoping if anyone knows that there is a novel of this series somewhere.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure the author/mangaka died and it wasn't popular enough to get picked up by another. I don't believe that it ever got a novel as it was a manga original. Sorry, and I hope this helps.