The Britannian Empire, somewhere in the territory.

"Hey! Don't run!"

"Hahahaha! Miss Yara! Come and chase us!"

"Come on!"

"You little guys!" Yara looked angry and laughed, "Don't let me catch you! If I catch you, I will definitely smash your butts!"

Yara, who showed a fierce face, opened her arms, deliberately looked like she was swaying her teeth and claws, and rushed towards the three little girls in front of her, who were probably only 8 years old.

As for Darlena and Lena, they sat on the steps in front of the mansion not far away, watching Yara and the three little girls with interest.

"This is a noisy..." Lina sighed with helpless expression.

"Yeah." Darlena, who was standing beside her, nodded vigorously as if she was empathetic, "Yes... it's really noisy..."

About half a year ago, Lina, Yara and Darlena gathered three people to finally talk about the manor being taken care of, and the large area of ​​farmland around the mansion could finally be put into use.

The three people discussed what to plant in this large area of ​​farmland for a long time.

After countless discussions, the three finally made a decision - to plant grapes.

The reason why I decided to grow grapes is because grapes are the best-selling products here and have been in short supply for a long time.

In addition, Lina's father runs a vineyard. If the three of them encounter any problems when planting or selling grapes, they can directly ask Lina's father.

Although the three people have stopped joining the army, they still maintain some of the habits they used to join the army, such as - they like to act decisively and do not like to be dragged on when doing things.

After deciding to plant grapes, the three people quickly began to plant grape seeds in the fields of the manor with extremely high movement and speed.

Then—about 3 months ago, after burying the grape seeds in the fields, Lena suddenly said to Darlena and Yara:

"Let's go and adopt orphans!"

Both Darlena and Yara thought it was too early for Lena's decision.

After all, their fields have just planted grape seeds, and even the buds have not yet emerged.

Both Darlena and Yara felt that it seemed too early to adopt orphans before relying on this field to earn their first pot of gold.

Faced with these concerns about Darlena and Yara, Lina waved her hand very readily:

"Don't worry! My savings, coupled with the money my father gave me, are enough for a family of 10 to live a good life without worrying about food and clothing!"

After hearing Lina's words, neither Darlena nor Yara could speak any more refuting words...

The first orphans adopted by the three people were three little girls of similar age in the village next door.

The three little girls are named Marien, Sara and Lucia, and they all lost their families due to the war.

When picking up the three little girls, the village chief of their village refused sternly because he didn't know whether Dalena and the other three were bad people.

Darlena and the other three spent a lot of effort and invited many people to testify, which made the village chief believe Darlena and others, and believed that Darlena and the others really planned to build an orphanage that specializes in adopting orphans.

The village chief, who dispelled his doubts, solemnly entrusted the three poor little girls in their village to Darlena and others.

Darlena and others also patted their chests to the village chief and assured the villagers of the village that they would love these three little girls like they loved their daughters.

After taking the three Marion to the manor, the three were still very shivering at the beginning.

But - children are children after all.

Not long after living in Darlena’s and their manor, the three people who were completely accustomed to this new environment gradually showed their cheerful nature.

The originally deserted manor became a lot of noisy because of the joining of these three little girls who were already used to this new life.

However - no matter how much it is, whether it is Darlena, Lina, or Yara, who is always tricked by these three little girls, does not hate this kind of noise.

By the way - for some reason, Yara seems to be very popular with these 3 little girls.

The favorite game for these three little girls is Yara.

Yara and the three of them chased and fought everywhere in the manor - this was almost the most common scene in this manor.

"Okay." After moving his eyes away from Yara and the others who were fighting, Lena stood up, "Dalina, let's go and make dinner."

"Yeah, let's go."

Lena and Darlena walked back into the mansion, entered the kitchen, and began to cook tonight's supper with very skillful movements.

Darlena, who was cutting vegetables, was quietly looking at Lina beside her while cutting the vegetables in her palm.

Lina, who is washing fruits now, seems to be in a good mood now. She is humming an unknown song while washing fruits.

Looking at Lina who was in a good mood, Darlena pursed her lips, and after hesitating, she asked Lina:

"Lina...I have a question I want to ask you for a long time..."

"Hmm? What's the problem?"

“I always wanted to ask you—why did you build such an orphanage?”

Hearing Darlena's question, Lina suddenly paused her hands, which were washing fruits.

Just as Darlena said just now - she wanted to ask Lina for this question a long time ago.

She has always been curious about where Lina's idea of ​​building an orphanage came from.

Because there are many things to do on weekdays, I have never had time to ask.

Now the two of them are just alone, and it is a good time to ask questions.

So, Darlena decided to take this opportunity to ask Lina this question that had been puzzled by her for a long time.

"Why build an orphanage..." Lina muttered, a faint bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

“There are many reasons.”

"The main reason...maybe it is to make me feel better."

"Hmm?" Darlena's face raised doubts and surprise, "What do you mean?"

"...Darlena, whether it is you or me, the work I did before was to kill people."

After hearing Lina's words, Darlena's hand that was cutting vegetables also paused.

"I don't know what you are like. Anyway, I can't count how many people I have killed..."

"At the beginning, I was a little proud, feeling that I was killing the enemy of this country and making contributions to the country."

"It was not until... that I... participated in the Aurora offensive and killed countless unarmed civilians that I began to realize something was wrong..."

"Maybe killing civilians like this is also beneficial to the country, but... I really, really hate, hate this kind of killing unarmed civilians..."
Chapter completed!