Orion nodded. He took the sweet potatoes and ate slowly, without gobbling them down. Nina poured him another glass of water.

"If it's not enough, I'll get you more," she said.

Orion shook his head. Nina noticed that he preferred not to speak unless absolutely necessary. She did not want to stare at him while he ate, so she busied herself with tidying up the tent. Suddenly, a trumpet sounded. It was the call to assemble. Something was happening in the military.

What she did not expect was to see Orion put down his sweet potato, stand up straight, and salute. It was a perfect military posture and a crisp salute.

Nina was completely taken aback. He was only five years old.

How could he perform these actions so expertly?

be the child of

Nina decided to contact the embassy. If he was the child of a fallen soldier, he should not

not a soldier, but you know these things. Who taught you this? Do you remember?" Nina asked, crouching

her with those bright, star-like eyes

Orion would not be in such a state, wandering around with torn clothes and a dirty face. "You

Orion nodded obediently.

explained the situation to the officer in charge, "The child you asked me to take care of, I found out his name is Orion. He said he's never met his parents, but when he heard the assembly call, he stood at attention and saluted like a soldier. He said his grandfather taught him. He might be the child of a soldier. Can you get a professional

need to investigate before they could confirm if Orion was indeed a soldier's child, but Nina was confident they would

It will take at least three days. In the meantime, try to get more information from the child. He seems to trust you," the officer

not guarantee anything, but

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