Adrian started to drive off, but Barry suddenly shouted, “My mother’s going to die soon! She’s suffering from severe psychotic breaks. Sometimes she’s lucid, but other times, she behaves like a lunatic. The doctor says she only has three years to live at most if this keeps up.

“Her greatest wish is for me to don a military uniform and return home a glorious man to make her proud! I want to become a soldier while she’s still alive, but I come from an underprivileged family, so I’m ineligible to enter the recruitment process.

“Please!” Barry shouted.

At that moment, the car let off a screech as it came to a halt. Barry’s speech had struck a chord in the deepest parts of Adrian’s heart.

‘I suppose that’s the only thing he can do for his mother at this point. Perhaps I should give him a chance.’

“You have three seconds to get in,” Adrian said.

Barry fiercely ran toward the car when he heard this and dove back in.

“Does this mean you’re accepting me, Master?” Barry asked excitedly.