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”No, you are not joining.” Eddra's tone was stern that it shattered his second brother's spats.

”... But, brother...”

”No. Both of us are enrolling in the academy. No talkbacks.” Eddra claimed, moving his vision to their mother sitting still in front of them.

When he heard no replies to the young man, his mother butted in. ”I was right to bring you along with your brother, Eve. Please, I do not want you both to be involved in the army. If one of you participated, I don't know what is about to happen to me.”

Understanding her words, an image forcedly flashed in Eddra's mind. It was none other than his mother yelling and wanting to beat the knight major who escorted Eddra away their residence.

'Surely you don't, Mother...'

”All is good. I had reached the dean last month already, only your answer is what I am waiting for, Ed. And since you accept it--” she clasped her hands together-- ”the uniform will be delivered tomorrow!”

Afterward, their mother then stood and made her way on her desk. ”Eve... Do not weight your father's problem on your shoulder,” she gently mumbled, still audible for their ears.

Opening a drawer under her desk, she rummaged in her hand as if she was looking for something. ”And you, my dear eldest, shall never-- do not even think of being a soldier, or befriend the royal family.”

'... It is what I am doing,' he wandered to himself since the royal family was much more complicated to handle.

”... Here.” Eddra failed to notice his mother showing a pen on her hand and sat again on her seat on the couch before them. ”It is once your father's possession. I was told to give this to you if you were to enter the academy. I guess it is to motivate you for studying, my child.”

She reached to Eddra's hand and gave it to him. With a smile on her lips, she dismissed the two children. ”Now go to your rooms. Gale will escort you two.”

Feeling the pen on his grip, Eddra's hand was itchy to store the new item in the [Inventory] he had acquired from her mother.