I'm an Ordinary Returning Student at the Academy

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"Mmm."

Count Friedrich, House of Adelheit, the current head of the Adelheit family, has been suffering from headaches lately.

Fortunately, it's not a health problem.... No, I'd rather it was.

At least then there wouldn't be all this trouble everywhere.

"You. Even though you trust the children, isn't this too indifferent?"

When my wife looked at me with a smile on her face but her eyes were cold.

I felt an intense desire to just sweep everything aside and run away somewhere.

It's understandable why my friends had secretly bought a vacation home.

I don't think they felt comfortable being themselves, but they pretended to be.

Men produce the best results when they are silently trusted.

In fact, my son Karl was a living witness to that method.

But the heart of a father and the heart of a mother cannot be the same.

Surely, my wife, who had once shared my ambitions, now seemed resigned.

She was even suggesting calling our son and giving him a proper scolding.

I can't really blame her.

Neither our daughter nor our son was forced into anything. Never, not even once.

Everything they did was their own decision, and we just trusted them.

For example, when our daughter Rika, the heiress and eldest daughter of the family, joined the Special Operations Executive.

And when our eldest son, Karl, suddenly enlisted as a soldier, turning the Count's orders upside down.

'Up to that point, yes. My wife seemed to be trying to understand somehow. But....'

I never thought it would be like this, that he would continue to do so after he was discharged.

I was so proud of him when he got the Medal of Honor for his service.

I wanted him to go back to where he belonged. I wanted him to come home and show his face.

I assumed he would, especially since my mother was secretly burning inside.

Suddenly, this son of a bitch is a hero for taking down terrorists.

And not only that, but he's also assisting the special forces, according to rumors.

He's not even a soldier anymore. Just a regular nobleman, a common student!

'Karl, this boy. He should just come home and behave...!'

I hadn't expected my wife to be so perceptive.

Watching her squeeze her eyes shut from the newspaper made me nervous.

Apparently, something happened at the academy this time.

The exact details will be known in due time, but one thing is certain for now.

Karl is involved in that too. Deeply, like the train bombing.

Otherwise, my daughter, who was preparing for the next succession of the head of the family, wouldn't have suddenly acted like this.

"Father. No, sir. I'm preparing for the succession. Please postpone it a little longer."

"Rika? Why all of a sudden?"

"Something came up that I have to finish. I can't do anything else until that's done."

Parents know their children better than anyone.