"No, I mean..."

The prince hesitated for a moment and looked at Cohen with a serious look.

"How is your father?"

Thales still spoke, with a hint of discomfort and guilt:

"Leaded by Vola...Your Majesty Count Karabyan?"

Cohen was also stunned:

"he?"

"I don't know, it should be good... I haven't written to him for a long time."

The young Duke was quite surprised:

"But... you came all the way today just to spend a few minutes... chatting with me?"

Cohen paused and thought deeply.

After a few seconds, he shrugged after thinking to no avail:

"Yes, I just came to see you."

The security officer rubbed his head, looking confused.

"if not?"

This time, it was Thales' turn to be stunned.

At that moment, the Wings of Legend, Norbu of the Secret Science, the Duke of West Wasteland, Dela Croma, Earl of Black Lion, Watchman Marius, Gilbert, Captain Adrian... Since returning home, many people have

Many faces flashed through Tails' mind.

but……

Compared with the people in front of them...

Thales looked at the stupid Cohen in front of him with a complicated mood.

The big security officer looked at him with the same confusion and blinked.

After a long while, the Duke, who was deeply touched, came back to his senses and took a deep breath.

"Cohen."

"You are the eldest son, right?"

"The Karabyan family of the Two Towers and Long Swords?"

The moment he heard "eldest son", Cohen's whole body wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost.

"Yes?"

Cohen said listlessly.

Thales looked silently at the young master of the Karabiyan family in front of him, the orthodox heir of the Vola Territory.

"So after you graduated from the Terminator Tower, you went directly to the Western Wasteland? To the 'Thunder Crow'?"

The security officer raised his hand:

"Yes."

"Your father didn't stop you?" Thales gently rubbed the teacup in his hand:

"You know, you are the heir to the family's territory and title..."

"Oh, speaking of this..."

Cohen tried to cheer up and faced these headaches.

"My old man...wait a minute, how do you know that I served in the Western Wasteland and went to the Thunder Crow?"

The security officer looked at him suspiciously.

However, Thales remained calm:

"Everybody knows."

Cohen thought about it seriously and then suddenly realized:

"That's right, everyone knows."

"As for my father, of course, he stopped me. He didn't want me to join the army, nor did he want me to go to the Western Wilderness. What I mean is," Cohen replied thoughtfully, but his tone gradually dimmed:

"At least he tried to stop it."

Thales stared deeply at Cohen.

For the first time, he felt that he saw something different in this big man.

"But you went anyway."

The prince said silently.

Cohen exhaled slowly:

"I went anyway."

The living room was silent for a while, as if both parties needed time to digest these few words.

"Didn't he put pressure on you after that?"

Thales looked at the reflection in the teacup and asked in a daze:

"Forcing you to go back and be a...qualified heir?"

Cohen was slightly shocked, as if he remembered some bad memory.

But he still smiled:

"Of course."

"You can't imagine."

There was a trace of imperceptible regret at the end of Cohen's words:

"The way he forced me to retire..."

He said no more.

"But you are still here," Thales said calmly: "In the royal capital?"

"yes."

The security officer was also slightly lost in thought.

"At least in the royal capital, the old man doesn't dare to mess around," Cohen sighed and said helplessly:

"If I leave the royal capital, I doubt he will send an army to tie me up...ahem..."

Cohen shrugged and smiled his usual smile.

Cheerful as always.

Thales looked at him silently.

He is laughing.

The prince told himself.

Cohen.

At that moment, Thales suddenly felt:

It turns out that I am not alone.

There was silence between the two for a while.

There was a gentle knock on the door from Mallos in the distance.

It's time to meet guests.

"Cohen."

Thales put down the tea cup in his hand and slowly raised his head.

"Thank you……"

The prince released his gentlest, but also most sincere smile today:

"Nice to meet you."

Cohen raised his eyebrows:

"Yeah, I'm very..."

But the vigilance officer was interrupted.

I saw Thales minding his own business and saying:

"...I can see old faces."
To be continued...