Skretil's Ignorance Walker

A few days later, Mudan came to the old woman's house to give her flowers as usual, but as soon as she entered the door, she found that the atmosphere in the old woman's house seemed a little different.

There were more decorations in the room, and a lot of snacks on the table, and the old woman's joyful and cheerful voice could be heard coming from the kitchen.

"Old woman...what's wrong with you?"

Mudan walked into the kitchen and found the old woman cooking. A few freshly-baked baguettes were placed on the stove, and the aroma of meat was coming from the pot.

It looks like today is a holiday.

"Hey, Mudan, you're here. Have you heard? The war is over! The troops in the north have all withdrawn, and they will arrive at Xidao City today!"

In this era, wars never end completely, but for ordinary people, as long as there is no war, it means peace has come. And for the old woman, when the war is over, her son will come back.

"Really? Then is your son coming back too?"

"Yes! He should be back today, so I made some of his favorite dishes and will give him a good meal when he comes back."

"That's really nice."

Seeing the happy old lady, Mudan was also sincerely happy for her. She must be very excited to reunite with her son whom she had not seen for many years, otherwise she would not come to her every day to buy bulbous irises that represented her longing.

"Let me help you."

After this period of communication, Mudan has become very familiar with the old lady. Seeing her busy in the kitchen, Mudan took the initiative to offer to help.

"Oh, thank you for troubling me..."

"It's okay. You patronize my business every day. This is what I should do."

When the old woman saw Mudan coming to help her, she wanted to refuse, but finally she accepted Mudan's kindness.

With the help of Mudan, the two quickly prepared a table of delicious dishes. Now they just had to wait for the old woman's son to come back.

"Come sit down and eat something first."

"It's okay, I'll come when I'm done changing."

Seeing that Peony had helped her finish cooking and was still helping her change flowers, the old woman liked Peony very much.

"Oh, your husband is so lucky to have such a capable wife like you."

During a previous conversation, the old woman learned that Mudan came to Xidao City to settle down with her lover, so she began to envy her and thought it would be great if her son could also marry such a good wife.

"You flatter me. I just did some small things."

After changing the water in the vase and putting new flowers in it, Mudan also sat next to the old woman to rest for a while.

"Oh, why hasn't it come yet..."

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and the old woman was getting impatient. She had been alone ever since her son went to join the army. It was Mudan, whom she had just met, who relieved her of many of her worries.

"Maybe they still have some things to do over there..."

Mudan also comforted her and said that as an outsider, she planned to stay here with the old woman until her son came back before going back.

The old woman couldn't wait any longer. Years of missing her son made her miss him so much that she kept asking why her son hadn't come back every minute.

"Oh, why haven't you come yet..."

"Ahaha, wait a little longer, maybe he'll be here soon."

Faced with the old woman's constant nagging, Mudan smiled bitterly with some helplessness.

They waited like this until after four in the afternoon, and just when they were both feeling a little tired, there was finally a knock on the door.

"It must be my son! It must be him! He's back!"

After hearing the knock on the door, the old woman was very excited. Her originally unsteady legs and feet seemed to regain their vitality at this moment, and she ran towards the door in two steps. Because she fell, Mudan hurried over to support her.

"Son, my son..."

The old woman opened the door happily, and then a strange woman appeared in front of her.

She looked very young, perhaps only in her teens, and her pointed ears indicated that she was not human but an elf.

"You are……"

The old woman and Peony were both a little confused as to why an elf came and knocked on the door.

"..."

After seeing the old woman, the elf seemed a little uneasy. She stammered:

"Um...are you Paul's mother?"

"It's me, are you...?"

Hearing that the other party knew her son, the old woman seemed a little excited. She looked at the other party, trying to see something in his eyes.

"I... I'm his... friend... My name is Lilia, and I'm here to give these things to you on his behalf..."

The elf named Lilia looked very hesitant. She handed a bag of folders to the old woman, who took it with some confusion.

At this time, Mudan had a bad premonition. She could also feel the old woman trembling a little. She must have had the same premonition in her heart.

"This is……"

The old woman opened the file bag with trembling hands, and the first thing she took out was a magic crystal card. She looked at the magic crystal card, then looked at Lilia, her eyes seemed to be asking what this meant.

However, Lilia didn't say anything, or she didn't know what to say, so she could only stand in front of him awkwardly.

Then the old woman continued to take things out of the folder. This time it was a small metal plate with the information of the old woman’s son engraved on it. It looked like a military identification tag, commonly known as a dog tag.

"This……"

The old woman held up the dog tags and looked at them in front of her. Mudan could feel her hands shaking even more.

Then the old woman continued to take out the remaining things, which were some documents. After taking a quick look at them, she threw them all on the ground.

"Impossible! You lied to me! My son...my son sent me money and wrote to me last month, saying that he would be back soon, back soon! How is it possible..."

After saying that, the old woman took a few steps back tremblingly. If it weren’t for Mudan supporting her, she would probably have fallen to the ground.

But even so, the old woman seemed to have lost her soul. She staggered back to the room and sat down. Mudan looked at her figure, which seemed even more hunched and lonely.

"..."

The old woman kept mumbling something, but no one knew what she was saying except herself. Mudan picked up something on the ground and looked at it carefully.

According to the report, the old woman's son Paul was unfortunately affected by the magic cast by the Albian wizard while repelling the Albian troops on the northern coast. He died after failed rescue efforts after the battle. The attached magic crystal card was the money and pension he saved during this period.

Mudan, who had expected this, was not too surprised. It was just that the poor old woman had been happily waiting for her son to return, but now she could no longer wait.

After reading this, Mudan raised her head again and looked at Lilia, who also looked at her and asked a question that she was very concerned about.

"Excuse me, are you...?"