I Will Return My New Brother

I was about a hundred million light-years away from being affable, he had already stopped listening to me.

Looking at the fact that he continued his words with a hint of embarrassed expression, I clearly saw he had accepted what I had said before, far from what I had intended.

“Then, are we becoming a little closer, now?”

“Do you feel like that?”

‘But in my heart I feel we are only drifting apart for a hundred million light-years.’

Regardless of what I had thought inside my head, I stepped back unconsciously.

As if he didn’t even notice that, he politely said goodbye with a pleased expression then left.

I felt sorry looking at the horses that were tormented with frustration, but there was nothing I could do about that.

‘Of all people, they met the wrong owner.’

I couldn’t believe that those healthy horses that were supposed to run around the vast plains, were being used for a mere thing like strolling.

Because I felt sorry about that, my eyes kept straying over to them a few times more.

They were good horses.

They really were good horses.

***

A plain looking carriage was parked in front of a magnificent mansion.

When Orion Miller entered, Bayhan Rune— presiding over the knights in their training— raised a hand and greeted him.

The exotic-looking Bayhan, with his dark skin and grey hair, held the position of the vice-captain of the knight order led by Orion.

With his cold eyes, Orion scanned through all the knights who were in the middle of training before passing by Bayhan and going to the office.

Bayhan, his eyes trained on Orion’s usual cold expression, laughed.

“Do the afternoon training by yourselves, moderately, then you may rest.”

“….
by ourselves?”

The knights wore puzzled expressions.

“Because our Captain is feeling quite happy right now.
You can take it easy.”

Even after listening to Bayhan’s explanation, the knights kept tilting their heads in wonder and confusion.

It was because there were no differences in Orion’s expression—it was as cold as usual.

Though they looked as though they were not all that convinced, they accepted what Bayhan had said.

The reason was that, as a very close friend to Orion, it was rare for Bayhan to fail in reading Orion’s mood.