A Withdrawn Existence

[Wolfs Ghost]

Cambridge System - Kingdom of Bretonia
Goodman Family Ranch
Planet Cambridge, Cambridge System

"Of course... I'd come back alive without much of a hassle."

With the day and events finally over with, Austin breathed in a heavy sigh as he walked into his house, accidentally slamming the door behind him. The first place he wandered to was the living room, where he tossed his uniform jacket on the couch - missing it completely as the jacket landed on the coffee table, then promptly settled on the floor. Sighing again, he waved his hand towards the jacket and knelt down, starting to unlace his boots before taking them off.

He started retracing the days events in his head, seeing what he could have done to change anything, only coming up with that he wish he had been on the field the two times his patrol was engaged, rather than off doing something else, though... the things he did were just as important as far as he was concerned.

Rescuing the Gallic defector was embarrassingly easy, and he could rest knowing that the woman, Sophie Savoie, was sleeping safely in a hotel room on Planet New London. He felt partially bad that he had to ditch her in orbit of New London before taking her to his ranch. Though, she knew he had other important things going on later in the day and seemed to understand why he had hurried away.

The second important thing to happen was the meeting with the brother of the late Emperor Jien Kogen, a man by the name of Daichi Kogen. The Heir-apparent of the Kusari State Empire, and... just like Austin, the last of his respected blood-line.

"Lack of military discipline my ass." He muttered aloud, recalling the events of the meeting.

The shaking of hands as Austin arrived. The Emperor-Apparent offering Austin to sit, in which he respectfully declined. The quick, easy discussion in which he answered the questions that were asked, and even the offering of a bottle of 326 A.S. Burgundy Wine, a gift that Austin had originally attended to give at the beginning as an offering from the guest of honor (in this case, Austin) to the host. However, he had forgot to grab it before leaving his ship, and gave it to the Emperor-Apparent as a gift for helping Bretonia in these dark times, out of mutual respect.

Mutual respect... he was told to call the Emperor-Apparent by his first name, Daichi, and was even made the personal unofficial liaison to the Emperor-Apparent of Kusari's Fleet-in-Exile and Director Kaido Marahue of Samura. A rather interested development that Austin hadn't actually expected to happen.

Austin sighed lightly, getting back to his feet and stretching his arms before turning around and slowly walking into the kitchen. He turned the light on and eye'd the bottle of still-full-sake along with the empty glass that sat next to it and shook his head, reaching the refrigerator and peering inside.

"Uh... I need to stock up on food."

He sighed, yes... again, and shut the door to the fridge, turning around to the island and opening the bottle of sake then filling the nearby glass half-way up. After filling the glass, he sat the bottle down then picked up the glass and brought it to his lips...

He paused, setting the glass down shortly after - having not taken a sip. Instead, he turned around and opened a nearby drawer grabbing the funnel and moving back towards the bottle of sake and the glass. Reopening the bottle he placed the funnel at the top and then carefully poured the content of the glass back into the bottle.

"Tomorrow is going to be another long day."

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