Riley Mackenzie turned his head and was surprised when James Gardner was staring at him too. "What's wrong?" Riley chose to ask James.James clucked his tongue, "You seem pretty tall. What sport are you doing?""All." Riley answered in short.Alen Smith raised his right eyebrow, "What are you doing? Why did you ask about that?""What's wrong with my question?" James retorted, not to be outdone.Diego suddenly said, "You seem to have a problem, my friend.""What do you mean?" James asked with a displeased look on his face."Politeness," Diego replied shortly.Riley, who had witnessed the three starting to argue, sighed softly. He intended to intervene but instead he heard James reply to Diego, "Civility? What's that? I don't get it at all."Diego gritted his teeth, but Alen quickly said, "Of course you don't understand. If you did, you wouldn't be Jody Gardner's descendant."Riley jumped in surprise when he heard his friend take up the topic. Sure enough, as he expected, James jumped
"Tell me, do you really know William Mackenzie's son?" James Gardner asked with an expectant look.Alen Smith wanted to respond, but James was only paying attention to the answer issued by Riley so the man was ignored.James said again, "If so, can you tell me which compartment he's in?"Riley wasn't afraid to face James, but he just wanted to keep his secret like what his father wanted. It was impossible to hide his true identity forever, but at least not when he first left the city. He hadn't even set foot in the castle yet. How could he reveal his identity? Obviously, he couldn't. So, the young man replied, "How would I know where he is? I immediately got on this carriage and searched for my compartment. I haven't looked around."Hearing that answer, James snorted in disappointment. But, the youngster didn't seem to give up easily so he said. "I have a good idea."Alen frowned, "What idea do you mean?""And about what?" Diego asked.Riley did not ask but was still observing the y
Riley suddenly said, "You did it, right?" James turned to Riley and then replied, "Did what?" It was clear that James pretended to not know about that. "Told them about General Mackenzie's son being here?" Riley said, still trying to hold back his emotions. James shrugged, "I just told them about the possibility. Well, who knows if they believed it?" Alen Smith snorted, "You did it on purpose because you wanted to find General Mackenzie's son, right?" Diego said, "You think you can lure the son of the great general to show up?" Once again, James Gardner visibly grinned and replied, "Of course. That guy will definitely show up on his own. And ... I'll beat him in every match, no matter what." "Just keep dreaming, as long as you can," Alen said. Riley said, "It's like you're out of work." The smug smile vanished from James' face. "Whatever you say, but you three watch. I'll beat him." Alen and Diego did not respond but Riley said, "Well, good luck then. We'll be your supporte
Several other people also shouted the same thing."Traitor general's son!" "Get out of here! You don't belong here.""Leave!""Get him out of here!"Mary Kesley, who was the one in charge of the event, immediately raised her hand. "Please calm down!"Unfortunately, Marry's words were completely ignored by the people. They continued to shout excitedly asking James Gardner to leave.The shouts also filled the entire area in front of the gate. It could be said that only a few people were not shouting, including Riley Mackenzie.The young man seemed to not want to make a scene and just stayed there while waiting for them to stop on their own.However, as if deliberately deafening his ears, James Gardner confidently walked towards the front. He then nodded at Mary Kesley who was still trying to calm down the chaos, which was unfortunately still failing.After picking up his backpack, James turned around and walked back to where he had been.But, unfortunately, that was not all that happene
Riley was quite impressed with the way James looked at the issue of fighting for the soldier's position. The young man even smiled a friendly smile, "You're right. We will compete fiercely." James quickly responded, "I won't be easy for you to beat." "Yes, that's what you have to do. If you're easy for me to beat, then how can you possibly face the person you're looking for?" Riley said. James snorted in annoyance but in his heart he was determined to use all his strength to be superior to all his rivals. "Are we going to stay here until everyone is called?" Allen Smith asked. "I think so," Diego Greco answered as he already looked bored. Riley joined in, "It won't be long. The bags in front are almost gone." "That's right. What do you think the number of potential soldiers will be this year?" Diego asked the three people around him. Alen immediately tried to remember, but Riley was quicker, "Last year there were around 3200 people registering and they only accepted 1000 peopl
Riley replied quickly, "What are you saying? He probably doesn't even know you exist." James raised an eyebrow and looked sarcastically at Riley, "How could he not know?" Riley smiled in annoyance, "He probably doesn't have time to care about other people's lives." James clicked his tongue, he did not believe in what Riley said.Alen Smith said, "Good grief! Never mind that General Mackenzie's son doesn't have time to find out about you, we don't have either." "That's right. We didn't even think that General Gardner had a son," Diego said honestly. James Gardner looked at the three people who were in the same dorm as him, but he didn't find a lie in their eyes. The 22 year old young man sighed tiredly. "My mother never married my father." He then said.Riley was very, very surprised to hear this too honest confession. Really, he never thought that James would immediately open up like that. Alen and Diego looked at each other, too shocked and confused about how to respond to Jame
Alen immediately stepped forward full of emotion but Riley quickly stopped the young man by saying, "Hold on!" Alen tried to get away from Riley but Riley still held his arm. "Why should I be the one to hold back, while he just goes around saying things that make people annoyed?" Alen said, looking disapproving. Riley said slowly, "Because he just made you angry. Do you understand that?" Alen was silent so that the young man Riley was calmer and then he let go. Diego was almost losing patience with James but had not done anything yet. James was already standing and crossing his arms, as if challenging Alen to a fight. Riley immediately stood in front of Alen and said in a sharp tone, "Is this all you can do?" James looked at Riley with a confused expression. "You're doing this, pissing off other people and challenging them to fight with you so you don't make too many enemies in the palace soldier recruitment selection?" Riley said. James smiled irritably, "What are you talkin
Someone even dared to raise his hand. "General." Andrew Reece immediately raised his hand and asked the other prospective soldiers to be quiet and listen to what the young man who was standing had to say. "Yes, please!" Andrew invited the questioner. "General, is that some kind of special program?" The warrior candidate asked excitedly. "Yes. The soldier I train directly under my supervision will automatically participate in the selection of the next war general," Andrew explained. Andrew's explanation certainly made them even more excited. So many people wanted to ask questions but Keannu asked them to be quiet and calm first before letting Andrew continue his explanation. After they calmed down again, Andrew said, "So, there are three candidates who will be the next war generals, replacing me who will immediately step down from this position one year from now." The prospective soldiers looked even more shocked but none of them dared to speak because their king had instructed t