"The eldest young master is back." As Carl put down his teacup, the head maid kindly reminded, "I'll be back early this morning." ”

Carl let out an "oh" and continued to stare at the clue map in front of him, as if he wanted to see through it.

Seeing that he didn't pay much attention, the maid continued to report: "Seeing that you are busy, the eldest young master stood at the door of the study for a while. ”

Hearing this, Carl looked over with some surprise: "Big brother is here?" And then what? ”

"Then Miss Aurelia came looking for him, and they went to the reception room."

"......" Karl's expression stiffened.

The head maid immediately added, "But they only seem to have talked for a short time. Now only the eldest young master himself is left in the reception room. ”

"Can't you just finish it all in one sitting......" Karl grinned awkwardly, "Fun mocking bachelors?" ”

The head maid is an old servant who is nearly fifty years old, and she can be regarded as watching the two young masters grow up since childhood. If there is anyone else who dares to make a joke about Carl, she may be the only one who can rely on her qualifications to say that some of these things are not.

"What bachelor...... As long as you have the heart, which lady you don't marry casually? The maid chief smiled pleasantly, "On the contrary, like the eldest young master, after joining the army, he has been on the border all year round, and it is a pity that he can rarely come back." In this way, even if you have a marriage contract, you can't get married if you want to. ”

"Yes, yes, even so, the eldest brother is ......still engaged at the suggestion of his parents," Karl put his hands behind his head and said in a hanging, "In the eyes of outsiders, he is a majestic army major, and in the eyes of his family, he is an obedient and sensible son." Compared to me, an idle lieutenant, it is really a heaven and an earth. ”

"You can't be so presumptuous...... You may not remember, but when you were a student in a military school, you were the envy of everyone. When I graduated, I received letters of appointment from various military departments, and I couldn't wait to fill a bookcase! ”

"Ahh Carl said as he walked around the maid's dining car to the door, "You just said that the eldest brother is in the reception room?" ”

"Yes."

"Then I'll go see him."

With that, Karl strolled out of his study and walked leisurely to the drawing room.

Before entering the study in the morning, the genius outside had just lit up, and now it was already the sun dazzling.

Passing the hallway with floor-to-ceiling windows on either side, Carl thought - how many hours have I been in my study?

The walls of the parlor are covered with medals conferred by His Majesty the Emperor on the Orlando family. A wall full of sparkling lights symbolizes supreme glory. The Orlando family to which Carl belonged had been the marshal of Yuheng since his great-grandfather's generation. During the Dawn War, he also made many military exploits and was rewarded many times.

Carl's grandfather and father were both teenage heroes. Their shining life history is worthy of the glory of the family, and they are worthy of the successor of the title of Marshal Yuheng.

In Carl's life, he also received an elite education since he was a child. Martial bravery, wisdom, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, etiquette...... These were the principles of life that he knew well, and they were also the goals he tried his best to pursue. However, as time passed, those unrealistic goals gradually drifted away from him. The ideals of the past are like old lovers who can't let go, no matter how reluctant they are, they will let go after a long time.

The living room of the Shuai Mansion is a large square and bright room, with a round table made of mahogany in the center.

Marshal Yuheng's eldest son, Karl's elder brother, Alexander. Principal Orlando was sitting at his desk, looking at the newspaper projected on the table by video headphones.

Alexander, like Carl, has striking blonde hair inherited from the Orlando family. Unlike the red suit that Karl wore when he served in the Air Force, Alexander wore the white suit of the Winged Army, which was spotless. The two-handed knight's sword, a symbol of status, had been unfastened from the clasp at his waist and stood aside with its scabbard. A clean white dress, blonde hair that glistens in the sun, and a large sword with precious stones on the hilt of the sword - this look will make anyone look at it in the eye.

Hearing footsteps at the door, Alexander turned his head to look at the door, and saw Karl, dressed in civilian clothes, swaggering in.

"Yo, big brother." Karl greeted, saw Alexander's face, and suddenly said "poof-", "What's the matter with your glasses?" Busy with myopia? ”

Alexander had a handsome and majestic face, and the same dark red eyes as Karl's. The 28-year-old army major has had military ranks since he was a student in the military academy, and it is now his tenth year of enlistment. His eyesight is excellent among the Wingmen, and he doesn't need a scope to aim at targets up to 400 meters away in his shooting training. But today, somehow, I actually wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses. The style of the glasses is simple and lightweight, and the streamlined bezels are clearly the work of a master designer. But the problem is not the design of the frames, but what is Alexander doing when he is a professional soldier who is neither sven nor short-sighted, and suddenly wears a pair of glasses......

When he heard Karl's question, Alexander's eyes were also looking at his brother, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Despite wearing glasses, the translucent lenses still couldn't hide the sharp sharpness of the sword in his eyes.

"The glasses were given by Aurelia." Alexander said, "What do you say, my anger is too heavy, I always stare at her and feel scared, wear glasses to cover ......"

His voice was much deeper than Karl's, and his speed of speech was unhurried. Such a voice would sound involuntarily awe-inspiring.

Carl slipped to the place next to him and sat down: "Don't say it, the pair of sisters of the Great Priest's family are really aesthetically pleasing to the eye." Look at you, a soldier with five big and three thick, wearing glasses, you actually have a bit of a scholarly temperament. ”

"Heh......" Alexander chuckled, "I haven't seen you for so long, and you still speak in that style." ”

"What style?"

Alexander turned off the virtual newspaper projected on the table by the video headphones, and ignored his question: "I wanted to look for you when I came back this morning, but I didn't expect you to work in the study?" What kind of wind is this blowing? ”

Karl's face flushed: "Cut!" What's all the fuss about me working on it? ”

"I have the impression that you don't seem to have been to work seriously for a few days since you joined the army."

"Hmph...... I'm not doing my job properly right now. Look, look—" Karl tugged at the collar of his casual shirt, "that's good to work from home, without having to wear a uniform." ”

"Karl ......," Alexander smiled, and suddenly became serious, asking, "I see the board book you drew in the study." That's a clue map, right? ”

Karl clasped his hands in front of his chest and twisted his face awkwardly to the side: "I can't hide anything from you anyway......"

"Although it is the handwriting of a straight person to draw the clue map, most of the marks on it are drawn by yourself." Alexander said, "I was busy when I went to see you at 8 a.m., and it's almost 12 o'clock by now." Got stuck? ”

"12 o'clock!?" Carl looked at the wall clock in surprise, "Really...... Time flies. ”

Alexander frowned slightly: "You didn't even look at the time?" ”

"Ah...... I'm too lazy to look. Karl said nonsense.

"Carl." Alexander looked into his brother's eyes, "You brought the clue map to your home because you don't want the MI people to see it, right?" Anti-mole? Or are they restricting permissions? With your ability, you can't come up with a clue for 4 hours, it shouldn't be a normal case......"

"Big brother!" Karl stood up, "Why are you always like this, forcing everyone to follow your pace?" Indeed, I am not as capable as you. I haven't won exams, I've never won duels, and now I'm hitting a bottleneck. But ah...... I also have my dignity! Why do you have to point fingers? ”

"Carl?" Alexander looked at him in bewilderment, apparently not understanding the reason for his sudden anger.

"Alas...... Actually, I shouldn't have expected you to understand. Karl sighed, "A perfect senior like you, big brother, is like a mountain that can't reach the top in front of me." You can't understand...... The mood of a little flower and grass like me. He sat down again, collected his emotions, and opened the topic and asked, "By the way, did you come back this time on vacation?" Or is there any job transfer? ”

Seeing that he didn't mention the previous matter, Alexander naturally didn't ask any more, but replied directly: "Job transfer." ”

"Oh? Don't have to fight the border anymore? Karl grinned, "They're finally going to transfer you back to the center, right?" I'll just say it...... It's really overkill to let you go to the border. How long has the world been peaceful, and the rebellion on the border in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China has long been quelled......"

"Nope. On the contrary, at such times, it is even more necessary to be prepared for danger in times of peace. Alexander said righteously, "This dispatch is the opposite of what you think, it is to go to the Radiant Region for reinforcements. ”

"Reinforcements?" Karl was surprised, "In peacetime, this word is not used very much. ”

"The glorious area is on the Xihe Plain. What can you think of? Alexander seemed to have something to say.

"Xihe Plains ......" Carl had excellent grades in military school, even if he didn't work hard for such a long time, the knowledge he had memorized was not so easily forgotten. After a moment's thought, he replied, "The original gathering place." I see...... Looking at recent news reports, it always mentions that the original people are making trouble. It seems that this is not only the case in big cities, but even in places with low population density in the Guanghui area, there is chaos? ”

"Correct." Alexander nodded appreciatively, "The Radiant Region has the greatest disparity between the Wings and the Primitives. Because of their ability to fly, the Winged People prefer mountains and plateaus instead of living on the plains where their ancestors originated, as is the case in the Durus region on the southeastern border. The average altitude there is 3,500 meters, and the proportion of winged people can even account for more than 70%. Because of the scarcity of the original people, the Duluth region also has the least racial conflict; However, the opposite is the glorious area, where the proportion of original people is more than 70%......"

"Although the population density is not large, in the Guanghui area, the Yiren are instead a 'minority', right?" Carl understood, "It is only natural that a sparsely numbered privileged class would be resented by the majority." ”

"But recently, the 'resentment' of the original people against the Wing People has escalated from pointing fingers in private to atrocities." "Especially in the Radiant region, there have been some intermittent small-scale riots in the past, but basically the original people have destroyed the property of the winged people because of personal vendettas, robbed or kidnapped the wingmen for ransom and so on. But on July 4, the day before yesterday, the No. 2 prison was stormed by the rioters, and the prisoners inside were forcibly released. ”

"Hell robbery!?" Karl exclaimed, "That's a felony. ”

"Not only is it a felony, but it has a very bad impact." Alexander said solemnly, "There are only a dozen prisoners in the prison, most of them are thieves who have entered because of petty theft, and a few people with mental problems are locked in the detention room. I don't know who spread the rumor outside, saying that the original leader who rebelled against the dictatorship of the winged people was imprisoned in the second prison, and if you want to fight the tyranny, you must first rescue the leader. I don't know who bought the newspapers privately printed by the original people in the local area, and they fanned the flames one after another, causing the prison robbery. ”

"Tsk...... There must be someone behind this. Karl shook his head repeatedly, "Prison robbery is not something that a rabble can do together; For newspapers to publish articles to incite the public, it must be an idea that can only be come up with by someone with a certain degree of political acumen. Whoever was held in Prison No. 2 - madmen or fools, as long as the robbery was successful, they could nominate a primordial who had been prepared a long time ago, claiming to be the leader of the primordials who had been rescued from prison, and then raise their arms and shout that the rest of the region would also rise up in revolt. ”

"Not bad. That's what you're worried about. That's why they transferred me back from the border fortress. Alexander looked at Karl appreciatively, "The suppression of riots is not something that can be done by posturing. There has to be a real action. ”

"Real guns......," Karl thought for a moment and asked, "Did you only transfer one officer from above?" What about your soldiers? ”

"Stayed at the border." Alexander stood up as he spoke, picking up the knight's sword leaning aside, "Lead the troops before fighting, you know this system, right?" ”

"Well......" Karl nodded, "but Father said that the army you trained was very good. Isn't it a pity to stay at the border like this? ”

"Training belongs to training, and system belongs to system. Before today, I was a general guarding the pass, and it was my duty to train troops and defend the border. After today, I will be the general of the reinforcements, and I will fight with whichever army the chief assigns to me. ”

"Sure enough, it's easier for a light pole commander like me!" Karl put his hands behind his head and said lazily, "There is a straight man by my side, he will go wherever I go...... It's like you, a man who worries about an army. ”

"Carl." Alexander frowned when he heard this, "You are a talented person, why are you always so unmotivated?" ”

"Self-motivated people, big brother, you are enough!" Karl waved his hand, "Anyway, the title of Marshal Yuheng doesn't need to be inherited by two people. You're a workaholic, let me be lazy and happy, can't you? ”

Alexander shook his head when he heard this: "When I saw you sorting out the thought map in the morning, I was very serious, and I thought it was back on track." ”

"Ahaha...... That's a shame! You're misleading......" Carl was unconcerned about his disappointment.

Alexander put the sheathed knight's sword back into the buckle at his waist and straightened the hem of his uniform: "I'm leaving." In the afternoon, I went to the military headquarters to lead the troops. ”

"Huh? So fast!? ”

"The soldiers are fast. In the evening, we will depart for the glorious area. ”

"That'...... What about fathers and mothers? Aren't you going to meet them? ”

"Mother's words, you saw it before you came." There was a soft look in Alexander's eyes, and he walked past Karl towards the door, "I'll meet my father when I go to the military headquarters to lead the troops, and my order is ...... from him."

"Ahh Carl mockingly raised the corners of his mouth, then his expression was stunned, and he suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Hey! You weren't going to be waiting for me all the time, were you? ”

Alexander had already walked to the door at this moment, turned around when he heard this, and said in a non-trivial manner: "I don't think you have really slacked off in the past few years if you can make the board book so neat." ”

“……”

"Originally, if you had come out of the study earlier, I would have liked to learn from you about swordsmanship. It's too late now. Alexander turned and pushed the door open, "Carl, don't forget, you're a Primordial Winger. ”

The figure of the major in a white military uniform disappeared behind the door.

"Noble duty...... Is it? Carl smiled bitterly at the back that was no longer visible, "I really hate it when people point fingers......