Especially when Thunder pointed at another bunker parallel to theirs and said it belonged to the Nightmare Family, Dieter truly understood why his friend sounded so... well, sour when he spoke.
Fortunately, his friend was genuinely broad-minded and had probably grown used to such brutal comparisons, so he quickly pulled himself together and led Dieter into Kane Town.
Linde was crouching obediently by the entrance to the command hall behind the city gates, peering outside.
Though thrilled by Dieter's reappearance, Linde had very sensibly not taken a single step out of the hall.
Dieter felt he could understand why Linde was behaving even more obediently than at his most adorable. After all, that Undead commander, Mr. Xue Yunfeng, was standing beside him.
Linde had never been stingy about acting like a good child in front of people who could decide his future... even though everyone knew he was nowhere near as cute as he looked.
But respecting those who held his lifeline was a rule his younger brother revered from the depths of his heart.
Dieter had always thought that trait of his was rather troublesome... but after thinking of Ellie, he felt that Linde's somewhat bully-the-weak-and-fear-the-strong personality was actually quite good.
Better than always trying to smash his head, which barely weighed two ounces, against a diamond.
When it truly came down to a life-or-death crisis, Linde was still more reliable.
"Brother, Brother Dieter." Linde clung to the doorframe with a gloomy expression. "Why do I feel like you're thinking about something terribly rude?"
"Probably because I'm glad that your personality might actually let you live longer?" Dieter carefully chose his tone, then shoved him aside and held out both hands to the Undead commander who was smiling as he watched the brothers converse. "Thank you so much for