Russell Manor

The military vehicle stopped in front of a slightly dilapidated Small Manor. The overgrown weeds at the entrance and the rusty iron gate showed that the manor's owner had fallen on hard times.

Yago, Annie, and A-Yi got out of the military vehicle, and the Soldiers driving saluted before driving away.

Yago frowned as he looked at Loa's house. On the rusty iron gate, he saw the familiar L-shaped symbol. Yago also remembered seeing this symbol on Loa before. It seemed that this L-shaped symbol represented Loa's family.

While they were still in a daze, a group of people staggered towards the manor. Leading them was a pale-faced Blonde youth wearing a high collar. Perhaps because of his complexion, he looked weak.

When the group arrived at the Russell Manor, they saw Yago and his companions standing in front of the manor. The Blonde youth leading the group seemed surprised to see Yago. He walked up to Yago and looked Yago up and down. "Loa? You're back so soon?"

Yago looked at the unfamiliar face, then at the group of people following behind him, and a bad feeling popped into his mind. He thought of the letter he had received at the front line.

"Kaza?"

Hearing Yago call him by his last name, the Blonde youth's pale face turned somewhat strange. "What do you mean? After more than two years, have we become so distant? Loa, you used to always call me Brother Harry."

"Speaking of which..." The young man Harry glanced at Annie and A-Yi, who were disguised behind Yago. The strange faces of the two surprised Harry, and he stared at Yago in disbelief. "Loa, how come your tastes have become so strange after two years in the army? Are you so desperate for women? You can even bring yourself to touch this kind of trash?"

Upon hearing this, Annie and A-Yi behind Yago immediately changed their expressions and clenched their fists. If Yago didn't stop them, Harry would pay the price for his foul mouth in the next second.

"Harry? So, what do you want? To take this manor to pay off debts?" Yago recalled the contents of the letter. It had mentioned in the previous letter that Loa seemed to owe a lot of debts, and the Kaza Family had threatened to take Loa's Ancestral Home to pay off the debts. Judging from this, the group of people Harry brought in front of him did not have good intentions.

Hearing Yago's wary tone, Harry looked helpless. He stepped forward, patted Yago on the shoulder, and said, "Hey Loa, so that's why you're being so cold. Hey, don't you know what kind of person I am? We've been best buddies since childhood."

"Huh?" Yago was a little confused, looking at Harry's face full of loyalty, somewhat at a loss. This situation was a bit unexpected. According to the traditional plot, shouldn't the clueless creditor Harry have led his men to cause trouble and demand repayment, and then the triumphant young man Loa would return home and slap him in the face? But what's going on now?

"That letter was written by my old man. You know what kind of person that old man is, greedy for money. If he wanted to write you a debt collection letter, how could I stop him? But don't worry, I paid it off for you with my own savings. Don't thank me, we're like family, aren't we?" Harry said warmly, putting his arm around Yago's shoulder.

"And who are these people you brought with you?"

Harry: "Huh? Oh, I was just thinking of getting someone to clean your place since it was so messy. And guess what? You just happened to come back today."

Harry was about to pull Yago into the manor when he said that, and Yago, still a little dazed, followed him in. Harry's group of people whistled and took out all sorts of tools from the wheelbarrows that came from behind and entered the manor. Some were weeding, some were picking up trash, some were moving bricks and mixing mud, and they were very efficient.

Annie and A-Yi exchanged a glance. Although they didn't know what was going on, they still followed Yago.

Harry kept nagging as he walked with Yago.

He looked at Yago's Colonel's shoulder insignia with some envy and said sourly, "I didn't expect you to be so successful now. You're a Colonel now. Even my old man would probably look at you with more respect. You're much more impressive than your father."

Yago gave a muffled hum, neither confirming nor denying it. What could he say when he knew nothing about Loa's past?

However, Harry seemed to be quite talkative, continuing to chatter on and on, "Loa, you're really lucky. Few of those Nobility who enlisted with you came back. I heard your Train was attacked by Middle Easterners, and all those Nobility Officer died. Their families still go to the Ministry of Defense to make trouble from time to time."

As he spoke, Harry showed a look of lingering fear, "Luckily, I wasn't feeling well at the time, otherwise, I might not have survived. But you were so lucky. I thought you were dead too. My old man was about to sell your family's Ancestral Home, but thankfully I stopped him."

I never expected that I would see you in the newspaper later, and you even became a hero! Then the old man insisted on writing to you.

Yago nodded blankly. By this time, they had arrived at the center of the Russell Manor, where an old but still somewhat luxurious villa stood before them.

Harry stepped forward and knocked on the door. A maid quickly opened it and bowed to Harry, "Young Master Harry."

Harry nodded and asked, "How is Mrs. Russell?"

The maid whispered, "It's not good. The doctor said Mrs. Russell's health is very poor, and this typhoid fever is quite severe. She's taken medicine, but she's still running a fever."

Harry turned to Yago. "Want to go see your grandmother?"

The maid glanced at Yago in surprise. This was Harry 'Young Master friend, Loa Russell, the owner of the manor? She had never seen him before. However, she wasn't originally from the manor; she was just hired to take care of Mrs. Russell, and didn't need to concern herself with anything else.

The maid bowed and stepped aside to let Yago and Harry go inside. Unlike the dilapidated state of the outside, the villa was very clean and tidy inside. The maid Harry had hired was very dutiful.

The maid led the two upstairs and pointed them to Mrs. Russell's room. As they approached the door, a sudden sound from inside made Yago freeze.

"Norman! Norman! My child, my child, Norman..."