I shook my head at her, then picked up Satira on my back, turned around and was about to open the door and leave.

"First Star!"

Nina couldn't help but shout. I turned around, looked at the secretary and Nina with cold faces, smiled, opened the door, and left the Grand Duke's mansion.

After leaving, Nina stared at the secretary with cold eyes, which made him smile bitterly.

"Miss, this is the master's order. Do you think I dare to speak to the skull cap like this?"

"His orders?"

Nina snorted coldly, went over and kicked open the door, picked up the shotgun hanging on the wall and started loading bullets.

"My dear daughter, what are you doing? Hey, hey! Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!"

Seeing Nina finished loading the bullet, Archduke Feynman, who had a serious face just now, also smiled and looked at his most beloved daughter.

"You're so brave, old man. Half of your house was taken down by Skullcap for you. How dare you do this to my colleagues?"

The old butler next to her also arrived in time, and smiled and signaled Nina not to get excited.

Hearing what Nina said, Archduke Feynman immediately complained.

"My dear daughter, I am wronged. If he only had the skull cap, I would have sent him back in a sedan chair. But if he wants to be my son-in-law, he must please me no matter what."

Hearing what her father said, Nina sneered.

"Dad, you act like I don't know what you're up to. Go check what my colleague did at the Skullcap. They're tired of your tricks."

But having said that, Nina unloaded the bullets and hung the shotgun back.

Obviously, it was not Hatsuhoshi who was taken care of, but Nina.

The old housekeeper and the secretary were also quite considerate and soon brought tea and documents to the father and daughter.

Grand Duke Feynman took the lacquered document bag, opened it with a knife, and then carefully took out the document.

There were only the father and daughter present, so Archduke Feynman naturally read it out.

"Hatsuei, originally from the East, born in 965 of the Imperial Calendar..."

"Don't read this kind of resume, look at the one below."

Of course Nina had seen this document, but it was before the first star burned.

"Let me see......"

Archduke Feynman rolled his glasses and calmly said:

"I have participated in one, two, and five wars against foreign races, and won five second-class merit medals for killing enemies...Daughter, you guys in skull caps are also interested in compiling resumes?"

Grand Duke Feynman looked at his daughter in disbelief. After all, Chu Xing was only fourteen years old during the first war against alien races. Going to the battlefield at the age of fourteen?

It's not that he hasn't seen young soldiers before, it's just that this battle was too special...

"Don't believe it?"

Nina asked with a deliberate smile, and Grand Duke Feynman quickly waved his hand.

"Believe me, believe me~ Let me see... You have participated in the work behind enemy lines and have killed blood-sucking species, sea beast species, and ** species... Are you serious?"

Grand Duke Feynman turned the next page. Chu Xing's resume covered almost all alien races. If it weren't for the document in the skull cap, he would have thrown it into the trash can long ago.

"Your daughter has more, do you want to see?"

Nina said unhappily, sipping her tea.

"...The Empire sent this kind of talent to be an instructor instead of inviting him to be the head of the Intelligence Department? Are those people in the Military Department crazy?"

Grand Duke Feynman flipped through the documents in disbelief. His achievements were so numerous that even the skull cap was a bit exaggerated.

Seeing her father's disbelief, Nina naturally felt a little proud.

How could the man she likes be an ordinary person?

I naturally don't know what the secretary's intention was, but the attitude of wearing a skull cap doesn't seem to be his own intention.

I wouldn't get angry about this. We're all out here to make a living, so why make things difficult for each other?

"First Star..."

Hearing that babyish voice coming from behind me, I tried my best to carry her steady on my back.

"Why, we still have a while to get home."

“I’m hungry…”

I'm hungry...

This is inevitable when children are in the growing stage.

But there seemed to be no place to eat around, and no restaurant was open in the middle of the night.

"Hold on for a while, we'll make you something to eat when we get home, okay?"

I rubbed the child's head and held her body.

This child is also a sensible person. Although she is adopted, I don't treat her as an outsider. Although I don't know how to raise a child, I also know that I can't treat a child the same way as an adult.

No matter how precocious a child is...

“It smells so good over there…”

For no apparent reason, Satira pointed her little hand at the alley ahead.

fragrant?

There shouldn't be any food for sale here, so I walked forward a few steps, and as soon as I reached the alley, I smelled a rich aroma.

On the inner side of the alley, a cart had its lights on, and the rich fragrance was coming from inside.

I smiled, and simply brought Satira to the cart, pulled out a chair and sat down.

This is a small stall selling oden. There is a big pot next to it that seems to be boiling a rich soup. The hot bubbles keep floating up, which makes me feel hungry.

"Welcome...Hatsuei?!"

A familiar voice sounded in my ears, and I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The black-haired lady in front of me, wearing Japanese clothes, an apron and a high ponytail, is my former colleague.

"Sister Yuan? Long time no see! How come you...?"

I couldn't help but feel a little excited. After all, I hadn't seen Sister Yuan since the five battles. We had lived and died together, but then there was no news of us.

But Sister Yuan seemed a little embarrassed. She was holding the soup ladle, and for a moment she didn't know whether to put it down or continue holding it. Her attention was instead on Satira.

"Chu Xing, you, you, you already have a child?!"

"You mean Satira?"

I smiled and rubbed the little guy's head. He had sleepy eyes and looked like he hadn't woken up yet.

"I adopted it a while ago."

Hearing this, Sister Yuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's good that they are not my biological children..."

"What?"

"Ah... No, I mean, what do you want to eat?"

Sister Yuan is Sister Yuan after all. She remained calm and served us both hot food in no time.

Of course, Satila's bowl looks like it's filled with delicate skewers, but mine is just a bowl of ramen.

In the dim alley, the two small lights on the cart are just right.

"Sister Yuan, how did you get into this business?"

While tasting the soup, I looked at Sister Yuan who was leaning next to me and asked with a smile.

She just smiled helplessly, took off her hat, sat next to me, and looked up at the starry sky.

"There's nothing I can do. I have to live."

Away from the battlefield, the skull caps can actually do anything.

In order to be able to sneak behind enemy lines and destroy the front lines, many people even learned skills such as watch repair and clothing tailoring, so they could live well even without severance pay.

But Sister Yuan's situation is rather special...

"During the five battles, you were dragged to the field hospital for rescue and then returned to the battlefield. I stayed in the rear for a year and a half. Just as I was about to leave, I found out that the war was over."

Sister Yuan took out a cigarette box from inside her kimono and wanted to pass one to me, but I pushed her away and declined.

"Stop doing."

She saw Satila eating the delicious meal beside her and also took it back with a smile.

"After the war, I stayed in the hospital for another half a year. The military department had said they would send a specialist to take over, but there was no news, so I ran away."

Needless to say, what happened next was that the skull cap department that was supposed to be responsible for accepting the goods had been disbanded, so Sister Yuan naturally started a small business to make a living.

It’s just that in the current environment, the economy is not very prosperous, so Sister Yuan’s business is naturally not very good either.

"Alas, I didn't have to worry about these things before, but now I have to worry about even the rent for a long time. How are you doing now?"

Chatting with Sister Yuan has always been very casual, as if she were really my biological sister.

"I got some severance pay and now I'm hanging around in the library, raising a daughter, Sister Yuan, otherwise..."

Just as I was about to speak, Sister Yuan waved at me.

Yes, how could she be the kind of person who would accept charity?

Even if I asked for no money, no matter how much I helped, Sister Yuan wouldn't accept it because of her stubborn personality.

"As for you, how many aliens did you kill during the five campaigns? Don't bring shame to our fellow countrymen in the East."

Sister Yuan naturally put her arm around my shoulders, took out a pot of sake from the side and poured it for me.

Wine of this degree will naturally not make you drunk, and drinking it can warm your body.

"I killed one later."

I finished the ramen with a smile and let out a long sigh of relief.

"On a?"

"He killed an alien in the late stage of the five campaigns? Is this also called participating in the five campaigns?"

Grand Duke Feynman smiled and put down the document, but Nina picked it up and pointed her slender white fingertips at one of the lines.

"Look carefully first, what kind of medal is this?"

After hearing what his daughter said, Grand Duke Feynman also looked over carefully.

Medal of National Restoration

These few simple words made Archduke Feynman's pupils shrink suddenly.

Because he recalled the strange experience at the end of the five battles.

The main force of the alien race suddenly lost its command and even began to attack each other, creating an opportunity for humans to fight back.

After investigation, it was found that the controller of the psychic force had mysteriously disappeared, and his body was not found even after the war.

It was also that battle that helped Grand Duke Feynman secure his current position. Even so, he was not able to receive the Medal of Restoration.

"Good boy, you did a great job, you are a hero..."

Sister Yuan seemed a little drunk. I didn’t remember her drinking much, so I didn’t know how much she could drink.

"It's just what I have to do..."

Putting down the wine glass, I looked at Sister Yuan who was almost asleep on her stomach and smiled helplessly.

Some things are destined to be done by someone, whether it is me or others.

It doesn't make sense that other people's parents' children should die on the battlefield, but mine shouldn't.

"Hatsuei...are you a hero?"

Satila raised her head and looked at me curiously.

"I'm not."

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