Two days later, Evan returned to his hometown, Luval, a small town in the southeastern part of the Kingdom of Sarins.

The small town of Luire is two and a half days away from the Douro and almost five days from the capital. It was the home of the Faulkner Torres family, whose former territory was not far from Louva. Evan rode his fastest horse for two days and two nights just to see his mother one last time.

A few months ago, Evan had written to his brother Faulkner, hoping that he would be able to come to the capital of Mallot, after all, it was an eventful time, and the kingdom of Sallins was free from civil strife and could maintain balance with other countries. The soldiers are well fed, and it is the time to show their strength. His brother Faulkner used to be the head of the knights, and if he could untie the "knots" of something, King Byron would definitely be willing to reuse his brother.

But unexpectedly, in the reply a few months later, Faulkner brought bad news.

Back to Louval it was late at night, and there were no pedestrians in sight on the road. Aside from the town's guards and drunkards, only the Nightingale was left to receive Evan's return.

Evan hadn't been back to his hometown for several years, and when he left, Fed was still studying at Faulkner's school, and he and Faulkner's mother were still alive, but he didn't expect to return this time to attend his mother's funeral.

One of the guards recognized Evan in civilian attire, and they immediately approached to help the lieutenant dismount. After Faulkner left the army, Evan Torres was the most prominent figure in the family, so the town's guards held him in high esteem. They all knew the purpose of the lieutenant's return, and the guards took Evan to a small church in the town, where they said that Evan's mother's body was placed in the church.

Evan entered the chapel, and a monk who kept watch led Evan into a room where there was only one bed, and the person on the bed was covered by a white cloth, and if I guessed correctly, it was Evan and Faulkner's mother.

Evan was already red-eyed outside the church, and now when he saw his mother's body, he couldn't help but cry. He lay on the edge of the bed, unable to bear to lift the white cloth.

But at that moment, the white cloth fell to the ground, and the body that was supposed to be my mother sat up.

"You unfilial son, you came back so late! Your mother's body has already been buried!" said an old man with gray hair holding a bouquet of flowers, as if he were talking about the death of a yellow dog next door.

Evan looked up, tears still falling from his face, but the person sitting on the bed was his father, Nikola Torres.

"Father! Evan didn't know what words to use to express his feelings at this time, Nikolai, who was over seventy years old, was really an old urchin, "You said that my mother was buried?" Evan asked as he wiped his tears with his hands.

Nikolai hit Evan on the head with the bouquet of flowers, and some of the petals immediately scattered on the ground, and he sat down on the bed and said, "Of course, if you don't bury it, it will stink, although your mother often doesn't take a bath in her old age, and I'm used to smelling sour and moldy!

Evan looked at his father, he couldn't feel the other party's sadness at all, although his mood became depressed because of his mother's death, but his father's foolish behavior immediately changed the whole atmosphere.

Nikolai, who had gray hair and was in good health and had a straight waist, circled around Evan's side, looked around and said, "Where did you get my grandson?!"

"Father, let's go home first, this is the church. He glanced at the monk behind him, and saw that he had been snickering, and it seemed that he had already known that his father was hiding here, intending to play a trick on himself.

"Hmph, you two teamed up to drive my grandson away, and now your mother is dead, leaving me alone!

"Father, isn't he here to take care of you, big brother?"

"Hmph, that iron-like idiot, I don't know where I've gone since Field's departure," said the old man, as he walked out of the church, striding toward his home, "I received the letter you wrote to him, but I don't approve of my son's service for that fool Byron again!

Evan probably understood that the person who told him the news of his mother's death in his brother's voice should be his father.

"But seeing that you came back alone, my grandson must not have heard you join the bullshit regular army, right?" The old man put his hands behind his back, and walked not at all like a seventy-year-old man, "You two brothers are bent on making meritorious contributions, but you don't know that you have been working for the tiger, what is so good about that fool Byron? Is it a thicker waist or a bigger belly?"

Evan just listened quietly to his father's "teachings", and he kept looking at the surrounding houses on the way, afraid that his father would talk too loudly and make noise to others.

"Fidel has already gone to the Republic of Marvier, and he is estimated to have become a mercenary, and I can't dissuade him. ”

"That's great, I'd rather be a mercenary than join the regular army of Salins bullshit!" As soon as Nikolai stepped into the house, he threw his shoes into the yard with his feet, and a large black dog immediately took both shoes in his mouth and placed them neatly in one place.

The house was the residence of his father Nikolai and his mother, the elder brother Faulkner generally did not live here, and the nephew Fidel used to live with his grandfather Nikolai. Evan saw that the house had not changed much, not even the furnishings. As soon as the big black dog of the family saw him, he ran over, sniffed left and right, and after a while recognized the old man's son.

"Didn't my father hire a servant?

The old man waved his hand, he only poured himself a glass of water, completely ignoring his son, who was still standing, "I take care of your mother, the big black dog takes care of me, and I don't need outsiders." If you don't have anything to do, go to sleep in the utility room, my grandson's room won't sleep for you, and go and pay a visit to your mother tomorrow. ”

"Brother, where has he been?"

"God knows, when he started the school, he always said that he wanted to bring education to the children, but as soon as Phyde left, he also left, and now the other children have to be the teacher of me, which is really exhausting to me, an old man. The old man, who had been in good spirits just now, immediately became panting and staggered to his room.

Evan didn't expect to go home this time and not be able to see his brother, in fact, in addition to wanting his brother to come back, he also wanted to find the old part of his former brother, the Knights of the Iron Wall, who had been falsely accused of rebellion, except for his brother Faulkner, who was pardoned as a civilian because of his military exploits, the whereabouts of everyone else are unknown.

Although King Byron later learned that he had been deceived and deceived, he refused to bow to Faulkner, nor did he help the Knights of the Iron Wall to rehabilitate, but simply found a reason to pardon the members of the Order who had escaped and were not executed. Evan knew that Faulkner had been openly disrespectful to King Byron when he was framed, but as long as his brother could whisper once, King Byron would definitely be able to ignore his previous suspicions - letting Byron be quiet once might also resolve the crux between the two, but can the king of a country do that?!

Evan believed that Faulkner had private contacts with those people, and that his brother himself would certainly not be willing to be a teacher for the rest of his life.