[Chapter 322 Thaddeus’s Holiday]

My name is Thaddeus, I’m a Spartan, currently serving in the Winter Knights.

Because of the frequent deployments in the past period of time, and not long ago I was sent to the White Rock City in the south of the Kingdom of Tiran to protect the Grand Princess of the Kingdom of Tiran and the man called Earl Sutton-Stewart.

So after the mission, the leader Gareth Stanton gave us a holiday so that we can do what we want and relax.

There are comrades from Sparta like me who invited me to go back to Sparta, but I refused. I just want to stay in Winter City.

The longer I live in Winter City, the less willing I am to go back to Sparta. Anyway, I don’t have any family to worry about, and I don’t want to go back to that backward place.

Sitting up from the soft and comfortable bed, I looked at the alarm clock on the bedside.

I deliberately turned off the alarm clock before going to bed, but I still woke up at this time. Habits developed over a long time are not so easy to change. Even if I am on vacation today and can sleep at any time, I don’t feel sleepy now.

Get up, dress, and wash.

This is my home in Winter City. The Earl of Glamorgan… oh, now it should be the Duke of Glamorgan. He is very generous to the soldiers. In addition to the normal salary, there are extra bonuses for each battle.

Since I usually stay in the barracks, there is no place to spend money. I quickly saved a deposit and then used the money to buy this house. This made me feel like a real winter man.

Many Spartans who came to Winter City with me didn’t know that I had settled here.

“Good morning, Mr. Thaddeus.”

“Good morning, Marianne.”

The one who greeted me was my tenant. Marianne and her husband Abbas came from a small village southeast of Iron Tree Castle. They came to Winter City after seeing the announcement issued by the Kingdom of Tiran.

This middle-aged couple and their ten-year-old son Lanny live on the first floor. In addition to paying me a small rent, they will help me clean and look after the house when I am not at home.

“Good morning, Lord Thaddeus.”

“Good morning, Abbas, I’ve already said, you don’t have to call me Lord.”

“Lord Thaddeus is a knight of the Winter Knights, of course I have to call you Lord.”

“I’m just an ordinary soldier, not a knight yet.”

“I’ll be one soon.”

Having lived in Winter City for so long, I know what the title of knight means, but there are rumors that the Duke is going to make some adjustments to these titles, and I don’t know what the situation will be.

“Lanni, haven’t you gotten up yet? Even Lord Thaddeus has gotten up, and you’re still sleeping in. Do you want to go to school without breakfast again?”

Listening to Abbas’s roar at his son, I tore off a piece of bread in front of me and stuffed it into my mouth, and then forked up some scrambled eggs.

While chewing slowly, I cut a piece of bacon and stuffed it into my mouth. After chewing a few bites and swallowing it, I drank some juice.

There’s no need to rush to training, and there’s no need to worry about sudden missions to perform. I want to relax completely today… Huh? Why is the meat gone? I seem to have only eaten two or three bites!

Looking at the small amount of bread left in my hand, I sighed again: long-term habits are not so easy to change!

After breakfast, I left the restaurant and went to the back door.

The front door of this house faces the street, but there is a yard behind the house that belongs to me. When I came to the yard from the back door, the lush green made me feel good. I began to think about whether to make a cup of tea, bask in the sun and read a book in the yard? Just spend the day like this?

Just thinking about it, I suddenly found a young girl standing in the yard next door. She has outstanding height and beautiful red hair.

Looking at the outstanding physique of this girl, I think she can definitely give birth to a very healthy and strong Spartan warrior. Should I take the initiative to say hello to her? Maybe my son will have a good enough mother!

“Hello!”

Before I could speak, the red-haired girl opposite had already greeted me. Although she had a little accent, it was nothing. Many people in Winter City have a little accent, which will slowly disappear after living for a while.

“Hello, my name is Thaddeus.”

“My name is Sansa Stark.”

“Stark?” This last name is so familiar, I seem to have heard it often. I thought about it for a few seconds but couldn’t remember it. I was too lazy to continue to dwell on this question: “Have you just arrived in Winterfell?”

“I just arrived here not long ago…”

The girl named Sansa was halfway through her words when a blonde girl came out of the house next door. She looked at me in surprise and said, “You are…”

“My name is Thaddeus.”

“Oh, you are the owner of this house. I heard Marianne mention you.”

The blonde girl immediately put on a bright smile. It seemed that she was doubting my identity just now. I didn’t care about it. It’s a good thing for a young girl to be a little wary. Winter City has not been peaceful recently.

“My name is Shirley Birkin. I just moved here not long ago. I’m your neighbor.”

“So that’s it… Welcome to Winter City.”

I didn’t expect that I would have the opportunity to say this. Seeing Shirley smiling and thanking me, I felt more and more that I was a real Winter City person. I

chatted with the two neighbors across the low wall for a few more words. I really wanted to introduce this beautiful city to the two “newcomers” as a host, but when I was about to speak, I realized that I didn’t know much about what fun places there were in Winter City.

After all, I stayed in the military camp most of the time, and Winter City was developing very fast. During this holiday, I found that there were more houses and many new shops in the whole city.

But it doesn’t matter. I can act as a flower protector!

No matter where the two girls want to go, I will go with them.

“Sansa wants to go to school.”

“School?” I thought about it. The only real school in Winter City is Winter Academy: “Winter Academy?”

“Yes.” Shirley nodded and confirmed my guess: “Sansa wants to know what her peers in Winter City usually do.”

“Peers?”

“Yes, Sansa is only thirteen years old.”

“…”

I looked at Shirley and then at Sansa. I seriously suspected that Shirley was fooling me. How could she be only thirteen years old?

But if you think about it from another perspective, she has such a good physique at the age of thirteen. She will definitely grow into a very good mother in the future!

But the surname Stark makes me a little concerned. This seems to be a great… um… Winter City’s chief advisor seems to have the surname Stark. Could this Sansa Stark be the daughter of that advisor?

I was a little panicked in my heart, and kept thinking about my performance just now, whether I had offended the girl named Sansa.

Because I gradually remembered that the counselor didn’t seem to be a very approachable person. If I somehow offended him, would my wonderful life in Winter City come to an end? It was

a headache. Should I apologize first?

Fortunately, I soon learned that Sansa Stark had no relationship with the counselor. It seemed that I didn’t have to worry about being troubled by the chief counselor.

At the same time, I also learned that Shirley was currently working in the sheriff’s department and became a patrolman not long ago.

It was really unexpected. Shirley and Sansa stood together. I thought Sansa was the one with stronger combat effectiveness, but the actual situation was completely the opposite.

“I know Abbas works for Marty and Diogo’s farm; Marian works at the grocery store on the corner; Thaddeus, what do you do?”

“I serve in the Winter Knights.” I was very proud of my identity with my head held high.

But I didn’t see surprise and admiration on the two girls. Shirley showed a little surprise, and Sansa…what was the expression that looked like she had no idea what the Winter Knights were?

I remembered that Sansa had just come to Winter City, so she didn’t know what the Winter Knights meant, which didn’t seem strange.

Seeing Shirley whispering a few words in Sansa’s ear, Sansa suddenly exclaimed: “So he’s a knight.”

Although she was very surprised, it was completely different from the reaction I wanted!

I took the public bus to the Winter Academy in depression. During the following visit, I had almost no chance to speak.

Knowing that Shirley brought Sansa to visit the school, the school directly sent someone to take us on a tour, introduce the various situations of the school throughout the whole process, and answer all kinds of questions raised by Sansa and Shirley at any time.

There were also two soldiers from the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment accompanying them as “guards” in case of any emergencies.

Looking at these two unlucky guys, I was once again glad that I had joined the Winter Knights, otherwise I would be assigned to work on duty at school, which would be too uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, I finally waited for the end of the visit, but before I could leave the academy, I saw a familiar figure waiting there, and directly stopped Sansa Stark.

Lord David, the Duke of Glamorgan, the Lord of Winter City, actually came to see Sansa specifically? What’s going on?

And judging from the expression and content of the Duke’s conversation with Shirley, this neighbor doesn’t seem to be an ordinary person!

What are the identities of these two girls?

Just as I kept guessing the true identities of Shirley and Sansa, the Duke of Glamorgan, who was revered as a god in Sparta, suddenly walked up to me.

“You are Thaddeus, a second-term Spartan student, and now serving in the Winter Knights.”

“Yes, sir!”

Looking at the Duke of Glamorgan in front of me, I was very excited!

The Duke knows my name, does this mean that I have been noticed by the Duke a long time ago? Maybe soon I will be able to get a promotion and a raise, become the leader of the Winter Knights, marry Bai Zhuangmei, and reach the pinnacle of life!

I’m a little excited just thinking about it! As for Sansa…what three idiots?

(End of this chapter)