"On its opening day, Ice Sea Shipwreck raked in 3,000 pounds at the box office in Backlund alone!"
"Leading man Mr. Jack Parson and leading lady Miss Palan Doyin both shot to fame, with countless fans unable to obtain their autographs."
"Rumors claimed that Miss Doyin had once been a prostitute. Braine Film Company denied this and stated that it would pursue legal responsibility against the rumor-mongers."
"Braine Film Company's legal team sued several film companies for copyright infringement."
As Abner read the news in the newspaper, he spread jam over a slice of bread—though he did not particularly like eating it that way.
At this moment, Xio, still bleary-eyed, came down from upstairs. Upon entering the dining room, she sat directly beside Abner and put the jam-covered bread into her mouth, chewing it.
Mm, just the right amount of sweetness... Xio narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, then picked up the prepared milk beside her and took a sip.
"Up so early? Does the military have a mission?" Abner asked with a smile.
Xio knew that he rarely used Insight on people he knew well, so she was not surprised. She merely replied with a somewhat odd expression, "Because I successfully advanced to Demigod, there's a promotion ceremony this morning. As for the afternoon... I'm playing cards."
"Playing cards?" Abner was initially surprised, but then recalled something and asked with a smile, "Are you finding some sucker to give you money?"
"That's right!" Xio nodded. "It's also a military tradition. Before every senior officer takes up a new post, there's this sort of 'entertainment' activity."
Hopefully that "sucker" won't be an acquaintance... Abner silently quipped, then put the fried bacon at his side into his mouth—he had always been a meat eater.
In a bedroom at 160 Böklund Street,