"Allen."

Eber said to Allen in a cold tone without any emotional color:

"You may not have been... in the Britannian Empire for a long time, and have developed feelings for this country and people in this country, right?"

As soon as Ebel finished speaking, Allen hurriedly said:

"No! No!"

Eber ignored Allen's defense and asked Allen in a higher tone:

"Then what happened to the hesitation on your face just now?"

"I, I..." Allen hesitated.

"Allen, do you remember how you told us 6 years ago?"

The bad looks on Eber's face became more and more intense.

"Six years ago, you were defeated by Su Cheng and surrendered to the Britannian Empire."

"After surrendering to the Britannian Empire, you immediately send a message to your country and say to His Majesty: Your surrender this time is just a false surrender, in order to invade the Britannian Empire, in order to be a spy."

"After hearing what you said, His Majesty ordered the butcher knife that was about to be cut off on your wife and your son."

"In the past six years, you have not made any contribution to your motherland, have not sent back important information, and have not secretly poisoned or framed any important figure in the Britannian Empire."

"We only see you keep getting reused and promoted in the Britannian Empire."

"If it were other monarchs who were impatient, I would have long regarded you as a traitor who had completely forgotten your motherland, and slaughtered all the family members who left you in the motherland."

"Fortunately, Your Majesty is magnanimous and tolerate you again and again."

"Why? Because Your Majesty has always believed that you are still concerned about your motherland, and I believe that you will be able to exert great value at a critical moment."

"Now, Allen, answer me- are you a Britannian or a Frank?"

"I'm a Frank!" As soon as Eber said, Alan, whose face was already covered in cold sweat, quickly whispered, "I have never had the idea of ​​betraying the Frank Empire!"

"If there is no, then do what I just said! Lead the Uriel Knights under your command to rebel against the Britannian Empire!"

Speaking of this, Ebel paused.

Then, the bad expression on his face quickly disappeared like the melting of ice and snow.

In a blink of an eye, a strange smile appeared on Eber's face again.

"Alan, if you really have feelings for the Britannian Empire and the people of this country, you don't want to rebel against the Britannian Empire, it doesn't matter."

"After all, if you don't want to return to the embrace of the Frank Empire, we can't do anything to you."

"The only thing we can do is to collect debts from your wife and children who are still in the Frank Empire."

When talking about the word "debt collection", Ebel specially amplified the tone.

After hearing the word "debt collection", Allen's naturally hanging hands also tightened.

"You should take care of yourself, Allen. Think about it carefully - is General Alan Jones who was the first time in the history of the Frank Empire to be among the generals as a civilian, or is Allen Jones, the four-month knight of the Britannian Empire."

After saying that, Eber turned around and left.

Just as he was about to leave Allen's field of vision, he added again:

"I will only give you five days to consider. If I still don't see you leading the Ullir Knights to raise the flag of rebellion in 5 days, I will return to my country to report to His Majesty - Alan no longer regards himself as a Frank."

...

...

When Allen came to his senses, he had already found himself in the tent where he lived.

He couldn't remember any of these things, how he left the woods, how he returned to the military camp, how he returned to his tent.

Since Eberle left, Allen has been in a very trance.

Because there was no oil lamp, the tent was very dark.

Fortunately, even in such a dark environment, Allen could barely force things around him.

Alan, who had not even taken off his armor, moved his heavy feet, moved himself to his bed, and sat on the edge of the bed.

After sitting beside the bed, Allen bowed his waist, supported his elbows on his thighs with his hands and burying his head low.

Alan, who was originally quite strong, was like a hunchbacked old man at this time, and there seemed to be no bone on his waist, showing a soft state.

The moonlight tonight is very bright.

The bright moonlight penetrated the gaps in the military curtain and spread into the tent.

The moonlight pressed against Alan, who was sitting beside the bed, hunched.

"The only thing we can do is to collect debts from your wife and children who are still in the Frank Empire." - What Eber just said to Allen kept echoing in his ears.

At this time, Allen recalled the voice and appearance of his wife and children who had been away for 6 years.

Allen had been in the Britannia Empire for 6 years, so naturally he had not seen his wife and children for 6 years.

Allen has a wife and son in his home country.

Wife Nifa Lanner and son Adam Jones.

When they parted, their son Adam was only 13 years old and his wife Nifa was only 35 years old.

Now, after 6 years, my son is now 19 years old and my wife is 41 years old.

I haven't seen each other for 6 years, and my memories of their appearance have become blurred.

While thinking of his wife and children's appearance, the appearance of others appeared in Allen's mind.

Gozevin, who boldly appointed him as a knight.

Albert, who fought side by side in the "Xia Feng" offensive, did not despise him because of his surrendered identity, was particularly enthusiastic about him.

He is particularly destined to fight together, and now he manages and commands Enli of the Knights of Ullir.

And... Ilsa who has been reusing him...

These people flashed through Allen's mind in turn.

After recalling these people's faces, Allen recalled the time he spent with them.

Although I was not comfortable with Albert's enthusiasm, I didn't unexpectedly hate Albert...

Together, we pacified the bandits in the west, led part of the Uriel Knights and the Iron Armored Reichs to participate in the "Aurora" offensive, and managed the Uriel Knights... Since joining the Britannian Empire, we have always formed partners with Enli. Although we were about 20 years apart from Enli, we were unexpectedly very compatible with Enli and worked very comfortably with him...

He always cared for him and always used him. He was kind and kind, not like Ilsa, who was a monarch...

"hateful……"

Allen buried his already buried head lowered a little lower, covering his cheeks with both hands.

"I would have been fine if I hadn't come to the Britannian Empire..."

The moon seemed to hear Alan's voice full of pain, and as if she was crying, she quietly disappeared under the cover of thick clouds.

The moonlight that had originally shone into the tent became dimmer and dimmer.

In the blink of an eye, darkness returned to the tent.
Chapter completed!