In the company of the royal physician, Salantos half-lay down in the lounge for a moment, the painkiller had worked, her body was greatly relieved, and she came out and re-entered the hall, where Dali was waiting for her outside the door.

The Emperor and the Chancellor seem to be very interested in the Duke of Leclerc himself, and on the whole he is regarded as a heroic figure worthy of admiration, and he cannot stop talking.

This conversation caught the attention of a lady,

She was about fifty years old, not tall, with a double chin, a big belly, but very thin legs, and wore a very retro pleated collar gown, which was the wife of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom.

The Duchess of Leclerc, an old-fashioned noblewoman of noble blood, heard someone talk about her husband, and this noble lady walked up to the emperor with champagne, greeted her, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then said lightly:

"My husband, he's a tough man, a tendon character, you know,

He was not a good steel that was pliable and could not be bent like a piece of pig iron, and a humble bow would break his back. ”

"You can see that you are very affectionate." The Emperor said politely.

"No, Your Majesty, we speak coldly and emotionlessly,

My marriage to Leclerc was just a marriage arranged by the family, everything was like acting, I had to memorize the script for others to see, and having children was just fulfilling the obligations of husband and wife, and there was no emotion at all. ”

The Emperor had a different opinion: "We have a similar experience, Duchess,

Family marriage does not mean cold and heartless, my late husband Langford and I had never met before the wedding, when Valstad was a stormy principality surrounded by powerful enemies, and my father married me off for territory and money.

At that time, I was only seventeen years old, and I was only a half-grown child who had not been deeply involved in the world, and I didn't have any expectations for this transaction-like marriage, and even complained to my father about it, everyone else can fall in love, why can't I?

But as a result, we were very affectionate with each other, and had many lovely children, and I could see that, noble Duchess, you still loved your husband in the depths of your heart. ”

The Duchess of Leclerc was stunned for a moment, her eyes looking at the silver candlestick on the chandelier, as if recalling the past:

"My husband...... He looks cold, but in fact he is very loving,

Occasionally, he would collect the crumbs and feed them to the birds, explaining repeatedly that this was just to avoid waste, but the children and I knew that he was afraid that the birds would go hungry. ”

"It's such a coincidence, it's very similar to my husband, feeding the birds and getting bird droppings all over his shoulders, screaming that this is an act of revenge, like a big boy."

"Hahaha! It's so cute! The Duchess's smile wiped away her wrinkles, and she completely removed her noblewoman's armor, and began to babble like a mere woman:

"Leclerc has always believed that doing household chores is a waste of time and should be left to servants to do,

But this morning, he was unusual, brought breakfast for me and my daughters, told them to go to school hard, and secretly left money on the umbrella stand before going out.

I knew that he felt guilty about abandoning his family in order to command the royalist army, and wanted to make up for it. ”

"Duchess, I envy you, it is not a good feeling to be a widow, in addition to enduring gossip, you have to fight loneliness."

For a moment, less than a fraction of a second, Salantos Midknight showed a brief sadness, but it was still noticed by the Duchess Leclerc, after all, they were both women with a delicate side.

The banquet to celebrate the inauguration of the new mayor of St. Ferrallus was over, and the guests seemed to have drunk a little too much, because the pressure was too great to have to use alcohol to relieve their sorrows.

At noon the next day, William Einfurt dragged his tired steps back to his room in the barracks dormitory.

When he saw the bed, he couldn't wait to pounce on it, and he didn't take off his clothes and boots, and he was about to fall asleep.

On a chair in the corner of the room sat a tall, slender figure with a pair of long legs crossed:

"Why didn't you go to the banquet last night?"

"I'm tired...... William said groggyly; I'll talk about it later......"

Having had no fights lately, Edgar Midknight seemed a little bored, tossing the apples in her hands back and forth, like a vaudeviller:

"Let me analyze it, first I received a letter, and then I disappeared all night, William, to be honest, are you cheating on your little girlfriend Solan?"

"It's ridiculous!"

Prince William, who was already exhausted, sat up suddenly, and because he was too tall, his head hit the edge of the bed on the top bunk, and he looked very excited, covered his head and said:

"Go and find ...... Solan's little girlfriend? What are you talking about? I'm in the hospital to accompany my comrades!

Last night Major Cons Davis had an amputation, and several of our old classmates were with him, but in the early morning we could only accept the sad news that he had passed away due to an infected wound!

I was in a heavy mood and just wanted to sleep, but I had to be questioned because my wife was jealous! ”

"I'm sorry!" Edgar looked panicked, and the apple fell to the ground: "Hey, relax! I'm kidding you! ”

William Einfoot inserted all ten slender fingers deep into the roots of his hair, scratching his scalp:

"I'm sorry, dear...... I'm tired and sleepy, my head is throbbing, maybe it's time to ask the military doctor for some tranquilizers...... I thought I might have suffered from the aftermath of the war, I became weird, I became impulsive and irritable. ”

"What's recent?"

"No, it was a foreshadowing, and once, when I fell asleep by the light of the fireplace, I felt in a trance that an incendiary bomb exploded beside me, and I suddenly came to my senses, and rolled over to the side of the sofa, startling Miss Betty, the maid who served the tea.

Another time, I was playing a rugby game and suddenly I felt like the person on the other side was an enemy and I was sent off for a foul on my helmet and it was a career failure. ”

"Sequelae...... I know how it feels. ”

Edgar walked up to her husband and sat on his lap with her head buried in her broad chest:

"You know, I've been smoking lately, and because I'm always ringing in my ears, my fallen comrades are always talking to me in my dreams, and I'm going crazy."

"You shouldn't do that, it's going to destroy your lungs."

"yes, it's ridiculous, I was still advising you to quit smoking, but I fell into it."

"Xiao Ai, I apologize again, I lost my temper just now because my head was confused."

"It's okay, my dear, no matter what the outcome is, the war has changed us, the trauma we have suffered will not heal for a lifetime, we have to support and encourage each other to survive."

"Xiao Ai, please ...... Lying in my arms like this, I like your hair, soft as silk, soft and tickling my nose......"

(Note: Post-traumatic stress disorder, abbreviated as PTSD.)

Refers to a delayed onset and persistence of a mental disorder that occurs after an individual experiences, witnesses, or encounters one or more actual deaths, threatens to die, or is seriously injured, or has a threat to bodily integrity involving themselves or others.

It is mostly found in military personnel, so it is also known as war trauma syndrome. ）