CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

                                    

                                          
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But why does it seems he was drowning in a sea instead?

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"Are you sure you're 18?"

A man wearing a soldier uniform, looking skeptical to the young man in front of him.

"Why, do I look older?" Edmund said with sarcasm to the Soldier in front of him. the Soldier accepted in form of enlistment to the military and read his name.

"Alberta Scrubb?" 

"That's a typographical error. It's supposed to be Albert A. Scrubb." Edmund defended but before the soldier could reply a voice interrupted them.

"Edmund" Edmund looked back, even the soldier and the other men lining behind Edmund, look back.

Lucy, with a box of vegetables in her arms, call her brother.

"You're supposed to be helping me with the groceries" She said. All the other Enlistees laughed at him, the louder one was the mean looking guy behind Edmund. The Officer sighed and gave Edmund his Enlistment form back.

"Better luck next time, eh, squirt?" Said the mean looking guy and Messed with Edmund hat. Edmund glared at him as he moved his head out of the guy's hand and went to Lucy.

 Lucy sighed and walked out the room as Edmund continue to walk behind her.

"Squirt! He barely had two years on me!" Edmund spouted.

Lucy stopped walking and let Edmund took the vegetables in her arms without complain yet continue on ranting about the failed Enlistment.

"I'm a king! I've fought wars, and I've led armies." Edmund said as he settle the box at the back of a bicycle.

"Not in this world." Lucy answered.

"Yeah. instead I'm stuck here, doing battle with Eustace Clarence Scrubb. If anyone so deserved a name." He said. Lucy sighed and ignore the last sentence he said, however, something caught her eye, a beautiful girl being flirted by a soldier or an Officer. She saw how the girl was shyly tucking her hair behind her ears and flutter her eyelashes to the man.

Lucy copied the action and tuck her hair behind her ears. Edmund raised his head with a frown, perplexed at the sudden actions of his sister.

"What are you doing?" Edmund asked her looking confused and looked back to see if she was looking at someone or anyone.

"Nothing! Come on then" Lucy answered with red cheeks, flushed with embarrassingly. With red flush cheeks, and turn her head away. She dragged the bicycle and called Edmund who was still confuse.