The Military Department allotted Ke Lian half an hour, the maximum time permissible to bid his family farewell properly. After all, the battle between the Insect Clan and the Blue Star Empire was clearly going to be significant, and Ke Lian wouldn't be back for at least half a year.
A loving wife, a fragile child, and an elderly father—Ke Lian fit two and a half of these categories. Ke Xing wouldn't admit to being an "old" father, so the Military Department wasn't keen on urging him to leave immediately.
Yet Ke Lian left the house in less than ten minutes, opting to walk out alone. The adjutant, Zhang Xiong, who was waiting at the door, raised an eyebrow as he helped Ke Lian open the car door and teased him, "I thought I'd see your wife teary-eyed, unwilling to let you go!"
