Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4

The location of the Co General’sits construction, the daylighting had been thought about carefully In the ht on the big veranda stretching out from the house The landscape outside is pleasant to the eyes The General’s family would usually enjoy breakfast here

「Wei, eat some more Ma absent, Mrs L sits at the head of the table, s eldest son of the fae spoon : 「This is the sauce Mama made, with a double portion of Glann herb on purpose You have none of that in the ht ?」

Glann herb is hardly affordable to common families due to its expensiveness and rarity ; ih to obtain it This is the apogean era of military leadershi+p, where we have practically returned to the priht to luxury is almost entirely in the hands of the military

Even though Wei politely declines the offer, Mrs L insists on filling his boith a spoonful of sauce 「Thank you, Mama」 Wei’s deep voice reveals a hardly noticeable inch of raucity For once they have a family breakfast, he is unable to enjoy it as cal, he cannot look at Maentle face

Yet the one causing all this is carelessly sitting in front, unhurriedly enjoying his pasta, with a bright and youthful smile on his face

「Wei, what is the matter ?」

「Hum ?」 Wei turns over

Mrs L looks at him with care : 「You are rarely as distracted as now Is everything all right ?」

Her attention only s even more complex He hastily hides away his panic and

shows his usual s Mama, the enetic father, just as his s sharpness, unlike the rest of the family Wei thinks that no matter how kindly his adoptive father sible aura around hi General

Yet Wei’s own smile is often compared to sunshi+ne by his schoolmates 「When I see you sht and hope」 His friend has once exaggeratedly described so : 「We can immediately see that you are a just soldier, worth of confidence」

Seeing her eldest son’s expression, Mrs L replies with understanding : 「You are grown up now, you start to have secrets Wei, would you not be hiding some little secrets to Mama ?」

Unintentionally, this makes him appear thunderstruck His stunned expression clearly states the answer Mrs L beams at his honesty ; this child is so adorable that he is much franker than her own sons Han and Qian, those two are too cunning, they even may surpass their father in the future But now, the bad thing is that being their hts In co Wei appeals more easily to her motherly love

「It is fine, it goes without saying thatyou to reveal theht ?」 Mrs L reassures hi her hoirl, is it not ?」 But her words only increase his guiltiness 「Oh, Mama just realised that there will not be any other holidays, for this year is your graduating year」

「Indeed, he is about to graduate」 The voice

voice suddenly entering the conversation is irritating to the ears of Wei Qian casually chews his pasta, talking airlfriend, or even to sleep her」 Wei startles, fearing his secrets to be exposed in front of their mother ; his dark eyes stare at Qian’s pretty face

「Qian, how could you talk like that ?」 Mrs L puts on her airs of mother and adht you at school ? We will talk about this matter when your father comes back」

Qian gives her a cory with me」 The boy’s childish tone and handsoer

Mrs L Looks at her cadet, her expression softens inevitably : 「If you really think so, avoid doing things that would ry Your eviction froiven as easily If only you could be … 」

「 … Half as obedient as Wei」 Qian ly continues the sentence their parents repeat so often, his taunting gaze stops on his elder brother’s face