The meeting with the Queen had gone better than he hoped.
However, he wasn't pleased. On one end, she was offering him a grand retirement ceremony, on the other end, she wanted him to accept her reward of land and title.
He didn't want to have a title of his own. And he especially didn't want the extra duties that came with it. But Everetta might like it, he thought.
If he hadn't single-handedly shot down the leader of the German army they were up against and forced a surrender, they would still be at war. He had acted alone that day for the first time since he joined the army. His only intention had been to avenge his dead comrades. Now that he looked back at it, it had been completely reckless on his part. He had managed to dodge several shots, but that didn't make his decision worthy of the risk.
But there was no use speculating over something that had already taken place, he thought.
The Queen only wanted to show her gratitude…
