Chapter 381: The Changes of Seasons
Bruno was sitting in the yard of the estate, gazing at the new pool he had installed within the back, the depth of the pool was more than enough to meet the Olympic ratings as a dive pool in his past life, while its length and width met that of a lap pool of equal size.
However, this pool was grand, decorated with large baroque style fountains on the edge, and slides that plunged passed the fountain’s spouts and in to vast pool from below. A seemingly flawless hybrid of practical fun and craftsmanship with the absolute elegance and artistry of a more noble past.
Spring had come and melted away the snows, and for Bruno the temperature was more than adequate to sit on an inflatable tube with a beer in one hand, and while wearing nothing but a pair of swim trunks.
His family were all playing in the pool, enjoying a modern modern style of fun together inspired by Bruno’s past life, while the man himself was relaxing. Trying to let the weight and burden of a war that crushed his shoulders slip off and drown in the water below.
Of course, Erwin was a bit flustered. This was the most of his fiancée’s skin he had ever seen. Her swimwear was by no means as revealing and lewd as the world Bruno had previously lived in, and was a more refined and modest taste suitable for a more sensible era.
But still, it was enough to make a 14-year-old boy bursting with hormones blush in embarrassment. Provoking a response from his father who was resting nearby with a beer in his hands. Bruno couldn’t help but narrow his brow and lower his sunglasses as he stared at his teenage son before splashing him in the face and condemning him.
"Oi! Lecher! I will see you! No lewding the girls with those perverted eyes of yours! That’s someone’s daughter you know!"
Erwin immediately wanted to drown himself in the pool with the overwhelming embarrassment he caused him as Alya and her friends looked over at Erwin and giggled at his current state. As for Heidi, she immediately looked over at her husband with a death glare, causing him to immediately paddle his inflatable tube in a 180, forcing him away from the fearsome gaze of a woman scorned.
After which he made his wave over to his son and handed him the beer in his hand.
"Here boy, drink, it’ll help you feel less awkward..."
Erwin had never been offered an alcoholic beverage by his father before and was shocked as he looked at the glass bottle and the bold letters engraved on its sticker. It was a beer company that Bruno had founded called "Eisen."
Well, saying that Bruno founded it was stealing credit, no, it was founded by the one of the disabled veterans from the Iron Division in 1906 after returning from the Russian Civil War. Most of the volunteers who fought over there stayed in the army, either becoming NCOs or commissioned officers in the Great War, while others filled up the leadership positions of the Feldgendarmerie.
However, those who were too wounded either physically or mentally to resume active service often went off to found their own ventures in life, which Bruno personally financed every single one of them as a sign of deep respect to the sacrifice they made in completely voluntary service within a foreign war.