Throughout the night, these two door gods stood guard at the kitchen entrance like statues until all the dishes, including the dessert, had been delivered to the front hall. Only then did they allow Song Lan to leave the kitchen and rest in the staff lounge.
Before long, the head chef also came in.
It seemed he finally remembered his identity as an agent of Military Intelligence Section Seven and gave Song Lan a meaningful look, whispering, "I've got the lads keeping an eye on the kitchen."
Song Lan had long heard that the Conservative Faction aimed to restore the aristocratic system from before the Third War, but he had not expected them to have started implementing these plans already.