Time in a collapsing world

"Li, what do you think of the house next to ours? If you're not satisfied, you can ask my dad to change it~"

"It's pretty good. It's much better than where I lived before."

"You guys used to live only in Shinano, right? What were the houses like there?"

"Most of them are small bungalows with only one floor, and they are all built with thatch and wood..."

"Oh... Next time I have a chance, I'll ask my dad to take me to Shinano. Li, you guys must be missing home too, right?"

"..."

After Kallen said this, the three Yae siblings looked at each other silently and remained silent.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Kallen realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing and asked carefully.

"Nothing, go if you have the chance, I don't mind, Sakura, Rin, what do you say?"

"If my brother goes, I will go too."

Yaezakura said firmly, and Yaezakura nodded.

"..."

Kallen was a little curious but didn't ask any further questions.

"Lady Saint, lunch is ready, and the master of the family is waiting for you to come over."

A servant knocked on the door and spoke softly.

"Okay, I'll be there right away~"

Kallen, who was about to take off her shoes and lie down on the bed, jumped off the bed again and grabbed Yae Ri's hand, "Let's go, I'll lead the way. My house is very big, Ying, you guys should follow me quickly!"

Having said that, Kallen pulled Yaeri out, and Yae Sakura and Yae Rin behind her reacted and hurried to follow. Theophile thought about it and decided not to go over, because she wouldn't eat anyway even if she went over.

The few of them trotted downstairs and ran towards the mansion's restaurant. On the way, Yaezakura stared at Kallen holding Yaeri's hand for a long time, like a ghost demanding her life.

"Sister, watch the road."

Yae Rin noticed that Yae Sakura almost stepped on air and fell several times, so she looked over and found that her sister's attention was focused on her elder sister Kallen and her brother in front of her.

It's just holding hands, is it necessary for my sister to show such a scary look...

Yae Rin really couldn't imagine how her sister would react if her brother was abducted by someone else in the future.

Soon, they arrived at the restaurant. Under the huge crystal chandelier, at the equally huge dining table, Francis was already waiting.

Seeing Kallen coming holding Yaeri's hand, he said nothing, but just took a sip of wine.

Kallen greeted her father, Yaeri also waved, and Yaezakura and Yae Rin followed suit.

"Please take a seat. Everyone can feel free to order. If the food is not enough, you can ask the servants to add more. You have been out for a few days. You probably haven't had a good meal for a long time, right?"

Francis's gaze was mainly directed at Karen. He knew how big his daughter's appetite was. The little girl must have been starving and greedy during the war. After all, there were no steaming hot foods outside.

Actually, with my brother around, we eat pretty well every day...

Yae Sakura and Yae Rin were both muttering silently, but Kallen didn't mind having too much food at all, her stomach was a veritable bottomless pit, as long as the food was delicious, it basically couldn't escape her little mouth.

After they sat down, the servants brought a wide variety of delicious food. Since the building had suffered little damage, many of the ingredients were well preserved.

Kallen sat next to Francis, and pulled Yae Ri to sit on her other side. Next to the latter were Yae Sakura and Yae Rin.

"Drink?"

Francis opened several bottles of wine, all made from the finest and highest quality grapes, each of which exuded rich fruity and complex aromas.

He no longer regards Yaeri as an ordinary child, so he starts to try to share some adult things with her.

"One bottle first."

Yaezaki did not refuse, so Francis asked the servant to bring the opened bottle of wine over.

"Dad, mmm...give me some too!"

Kallen spoke incoherently with something still gagged in her mouth.

"Children can't drink it."

"But Li is also a child!"

"He is different from you."

Francis chuckled.

"That's right..."

Kallen thought of the many magical aspects of Yaegiri again and did not force it, but she was still a little dejected. She blinked her big eyes and looked at Yaegiri pitifully.

"No."

Yaeri poured herself a glass and ignored it.

"Well, stingy."

"Brother, drink less."

Yaezakura still didn't want her brother to drink.

"It's okay, just a simple taste."

Yaeri raised the glass and took a sip in a standard manner. The taste was okay, but when he tasted this type of wine, he thought of Eden. He missed the taste of the red wine collection of the big singer.

Lunch time passed quickly, and as expected, most of the delicious food on the table went into Karin's mouth. Now she was holding her round belly, looking full and satisfied.

Yaezakura drank several bottles of wine, which was definitely not the "simple tasting" he had told Yaezakura before.

"elder brother……"

Yaezakura snatched the newly opened bottle of wine from his hand.

"Oh, sorry sorry..."

Yaeri also stopped drinking as he was already a little drunk and his head was dizzy.

"Hey...Brother, do you want me to help you back to your room?"

"No, you and Rin should go back first, and take Kallen with you. Uncle Francis and I will eat for a while."

"But you're drunk."

"Have it?"

Yae Li put a hand over her eyes, and at that moment used her power to dispel the drunkenness in her mind, "Look now, am I drunk?"

"what?"

Yaezakura looked at him curiously for a few times, and indeed she no longer saw the redness on her brother's little face, "How strange..."

"Brother did something?"

Yae Rin, who was wiping her mouth nearby, saw it clearly and revealed the truth in one sentence.

"Just tell me if my face is still red now?"

Yae Ri stopped pretending and spoke directly.

"Forget it, brother, you better be more careful. Rin, Kallen and I are going to look for Theophile. She must be lonely now."

"go Go."

Yaeri waved her hand, then leaned back in her chair, glancing at the three girls out of the corner of her eye as they left until their figures disappeared.

"Uncle Francis, you have been looking at me in a subtle way since just now. Do you have something to say to me alone?"

"Haha, I really can't hide it from you..."

Francis shook his head helplessly. “To be honest, I’m increasingly doubting whether your real age is older than mine. I’d be very grateful if you could satisfy the curiosity of an old man like me.”

"At least I'm not old enough to call myself an uncle, Uncle Francis~"

"Ha ha……"

Francis was not quite convinced.