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"Welcome home, Alphonse. Come in, come in. I've been informed of your return and I've prepared a meal for you. Let's eat while it's still cold.

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"Thank you, Mother."

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　Vulcania floats in the sky as a celestial kingdom.

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　A land that exists high in the sky with a walled city and a ridiculously large rock in the middle.

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　It is the Atmosphere.

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　Near the Atmosphere is a castle, and the castle is the residence of Brother Ars.

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　He went to the castle of Barca, but my home is not there.

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　My parents' house was in the castle town, just outside the inner walls surrounding the castle.

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　When I returned to the house, my mother was waiting for me at the entrance.

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　My mother, a woman named Marie.

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　She was originally a poor farmer in the village of Barca on the ground.

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　But all the children born and raised by my mother became very successful.

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　But she herself has not changed much.

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　She was no longer living as a farmer, but she was living in the city almost like an ordinary person.

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　She was a kind and gentle woman who did not discriminate against anyone.

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　That's my mother.

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　But seeing her like this after such a long time, I realized that she must be getting old.

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　Maybe it's because I hadn't seen her for a while since I went to study in Brillia.

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　I didn't pay attention to her before, but she must be around 40 years old now.

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　That means I had my baby when I was around 35 years old.

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　I guess that would be a very old age to have a baby, considering that it is normal to have a baby earlier.

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"Yes, Alphonse?　Are you thinking of something very rude right now?"

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"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm just looking forward to eating my mother's cooking for the first time in a long time.

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"Really?　That's good. I made a lot of food, so eat a lot, Alphonse.

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　I was thinking about my age when suddenly I saw a gleam in my mother's eye.

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　A little scary.

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　I remembered that it is rude to mention my age to a woman.

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　I remember they warned me when I first mentioned my age to Elizabeth and Cecily over there too.

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　I'll have to be careful.

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"Wow, that's a lot of food. Will I be able to eat it?"

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"Alphonse liked pizza, didn't he?　Pizza tastes better when it's freshly baked, so I'm going to bake it now. Just a little longer, okay?"

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"Thank you. In Briaria, we often ate rice, so local food is different. They all look delicious.

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"I see that you eat very differently in the East. Are you eating well?　I don't know if I need to worry about that since you seem to be getting bigger, but I'm still worried."

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"I'm eating. I'm eating.　I'm also training to be a sword fighter over there."

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"Oh, so that's why. You're getting in shape, Alphonse. But are you learning more than just wielding a sword?　Mom doesn't want you to be as rambunctious as Ars and Bite."

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"I'm studying too. But a man should be strong.

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"Oh, well, being strong is not always enough. People won't like you if you're violent.　Instead, I think your mother would prefer someone who can protect everyone."

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"Isn't that the same with your brother Bite and brother Ars?"

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"I can't tell you how much I had to deal with those kids when they were kids. Especially the part-timers, they were always fighting with each other."

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"That's just like your brother."

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　Yeah, I like that.

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　The atmosphere at my parents' house was exactly the same as usual when I came home after a long absence.

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　Just talking with Mom about this and that was a lot of fun.

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　And I feel at home.

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　There were so many dishes spread out on the table.

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　I pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down at my seat.

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　Then my father came from the back of the house.

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"Welcome home, Alphonse. How are you?"

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"Yeah. I'm fine."

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"I see. Well then, let's get a bite to eat. I got hungry waiting for Alphonse.

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　As he sat down at the table, a glass was already in his hand.

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　The glass was filled with an amber liquid.

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　It must be alcohol.

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　He had already been drinking before I came home.

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　My mother was saying this and that to my father when she saw him.

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　In a sense, it was the same as usual.

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　Despite all this, the three of us enjoy our meal together.

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　We talked about our experiences while I was studying in Japan, and I asked him about his experiences here.

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　Then, my father fell asleep after he got drunk.

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　Is now a good time to ask him about it?

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　I carried my drunken father to another room and left him alone with my mother, and then I finally got down to business.

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