862 Military Rank 2 (1/2)

Garen shook his head a little. In reality, he had only pretended to inquire around about his brother's situation. He did not dare to tell the truth but buried it deep inside his heart. After all, this involved the Forbidden Core, and his family would not be able to bear the consequences at the present moment. Revealing the truth would only bring disaster.

The parents' hearts immediately sank as they saw Garen shaking his head. Amy, the mother, lowered her head and began to cry.

Only the sister, the youngest one, had an appearance of nonchalance. She was still chewing on bubblegum, eyes revealing indifference.

”Look at all of you. Isn't he just temporarily missing? If it can't be done in the light, we could do it under the table. There's got to be a way for sure. Cry cry cry. Can you get back the person just by crying?!”

Ker the sister commented impatiently. She was now extremely different from before. Wearing a white short skirt with a crop top, she had applied bright red lipstick, thick foundation makeup, and dark eyeshadow. She had on a pair of huge silver earrings and was sitting on the chair with one leg crossed high, unbothered about whether her underwear would be exposed.

”How could you speak like this?!” Rondo the father stood up and reprimanded.

”So what?! Want to beat me? Just go ahead! Beat here!” the sister stood up, pointed to her own face and responded loudly, ”You didn't manage to beat me to death the last time, why not you just do it this time! I'm sick of living anyway! There's no point staying in this house at all!”

”Ker…” Amy the mother opened her mouth to speak but was cut short by the sister right away.

”In any case, I am no good at all besides bringing shame to you all. Just come. Beat me to death. I have no intention of living anyway,” Ker's voice grew louder. When she saw that her father could not give any response, a pleasant expression instantly appeared on her face.

”That's enough!”

Garen bellowed.

It was entirely silent in the house. The sister Ker gnashed her teeth tightly and dared not speak anymore. Ever since young, she and Baylon had always been fearful of Nono. Despite the fact that she had 'seen the world' outside, she was still afraid of him.

The father slumped into a chair, lit another cigarette and sucked on it fiercely with his head down.

For a moment, there was only the sound of the mother sobbing.

Garen's face looked black as he sat down and looked at Ker.

”From now on, you will go out and mingle lesser. Do you hear me?!”

Ker pursed her lips tightly and turned her head away.

”Look at the way you dressed! What do you look like when you're on the street?” Garen softened his tone, ”Regarding Lon's situation, I have a little progress. I know that he is still safe even though I couldn't find him yet. Pa, ma, you don't need to worry.”

”Sigh…” Rondo, the father, exhaled deeply. ”It's all my fault. I shouldn't have agreed to let him work…”

”This is nobody's fault. None of us could have expected that this was going to happen,” Garen replied in a low voice. ”Alright then. Everyone continue to go to work as usual. I will handle this matter.”

”Is Lon really alright?” the mother, Amy wiped away the streak of tears on her face.

”Really,” Garen knew that Red Moon, this Core, had lots of tricks up its sleeve. There should not be any jeopardy while under his care.

”Nono, you must find your brother and bring him back. You must!!” the mother cried, distressed, as her eyes filled with tears once more.

”I will…” Garen nodded.

Garen left his house with a heavy heart.

He truly did not know if he could find Baylon. Even if he could, there was still no way of telling whether the family would accept her current self.

He was not discriminating against transsexuals. It was just that in such a life, one would have to face countless discriminations and setbacks. Moreover, there were too many people who were over-subjective and who looked at others with preconceived ideas.

Since he had now become this person, Nonosiva, and had received the favor of his parents, it was only natural for him to be responsible for taking good care of his family.

Leaving his home, Garen made a trip to the patrol station. The only life that was lost had been replaced with a naïve looking, short red-haired girl who seemed to have a strong sense of justice.

Alexander, who had been allocated a new Mech, was commended and officially became a Second Lieutenant in the military. This guy was boasting to the other teams about the newly added black stripe on his shoulder. His face was beaming with pride.

Not only him, all the members under Garen's leadership had been commended as well and were given a Sergeant's rank. As they were Level One pilots, this ranking among the Mech's troops would cause them to be one level higher than the other teams. This made everyone super excited.

”Assemble!!!” Garen stood with his hands behind his back. As he was already in a bad mood, seeing this bunch of happy people made him felt sullen.

When he was in a bad mood, he would want others to feel the same as him.

After a loud roar, the dozen of team members in the field trembled and hurriedly ran to form a line before him.

Shoo!

Couldn't say that it was a tidy salutation.

”Team leader!” their voices sounded in unison though.

Before Garen had any say, Alexander could not hold back and decided to speak.

”Team leader, the award notice of your military credit has arrived!”