With an expression without feeling guilty for making the young man curious, Mary shrugged, “Oh, I'm sorry, Riley. I couldn't tell you.”Riley let out a disappointed sigh, “Well, I'll find out soon enough, right?”Mary blinked in surprise. “Have you given up?”“Weren't you the one who asked me to give up? Oh my!” Riley shook his head and walked away leaving Mary stunned at the young man's departure.The girl commented, “He will definitely be a very disciplined soldier.”She nodded confidently, “Otherwise, how could he easily forget his curiosity? Hm, he really does resemble his father.”She smiled faintly and left the area as well.Exactly two days later, as promised by Janice Grow and Mary Kesley, Andrew Reece had already obtained all the lists of prospective soldiers who had been discharged before the war between the Kingdom of Ans De Lou and the Kingdom of Fermoza broke out.The man quickly compiled a new list according to the records obtained. It didn't take long for him to order
“Greco! Is that really Diego Greco?” James said with a tone of almost disbelief at what he was seeing with his pair of clear eyes.Alen himself was gaping at Diego's arrival who finally arrived at their place and immediately jumped towards him.Diego first hugged Alen who was still as still as a statue and then turned to hug Riley while patting his shoulder, “I saw the news on television. You're really great, Riley.”Before Diego could respond, the young man had already released his hug on Riley. He turned to James who was staring at him without batting an eye. Diego smiled at the young man and hugged James.“You're great too, James. Oh, no. Actually, all of the Ans De Lou Kingdom's troops are great,” Diego said, sounding sincere.After hugging his three roommates first, Diego released James and looked at his friends one by one. “Wow, you guys look so cool and dashing in those uniforms. I'm so envious of you three,” Diego said with an admiring smile.However, when he realized that h
Riley suddenly fell silent. His forehead was furrowed and James knew that his best friend was thinking about his words. Meanwhile, Alen immediately responded, “Hey, don't think too far like that!”James snorted, “I'm just thinking logically. If there is no big problem like a war that might be threatening, why would the palace summon all the soldiers who have failed the test?”Alen sighed tiredly, “To get ready perhaps, James.”James still wasn't too sure and was now looking closely at the lineup arrangement of the prospective soldiers. He caught a glimpse of Jason Hoult who had failed.He let out a long sigh, “To be honest, I'm happy to see Greco and the candidates who have good potential like Hoult, but this makes me think seriously.”Riley, who had been thinking about it finally, responded, “I don't think this decision has anything to do with the war.”“Well, I was right, wasn't I?” Alen said with a lopsided smile, seemingly satisfied that Riley was also thinking casually like him
“Don't be stupid, Alen! Everyone heard it too. Otherwise, how could everyone look surprised and confused now?” James replied in an exasperated tone.Alen reluctantly agreed to James' words. But, when he really cast his gaze around himself, he found that so many soldiers were talking about the matter. Not only that, even the officials were busy talking to each other until Mary Kesley raised her voice a little to calm things down. Riley sighed, “I don't know what's going on, but ... perhaps General Reece has his own difficulties so he was forced to withdraw now.” Alen suddenly went limp. The young man remembered something.“Maybe ... it's related to the wound,” Alen said in a quiet tone. James once again turned his head towards Alen, “Indeed, is the wound very severe? Hey, but he looks fine.”Alen shook his head, “I'm one of the medical staff who participated in treating his wound and ... indeed the wound is very severe, there is some damage ....”Alen swallowed hard as if unable to
Unexpectedly, Riley casually replied, “James is brave, Alen. You also know how he faced the enemy troops.”Alen frowned, “I know. But ... I mean if James is in the class two place, shouldn't you also be in the same class as him, Riley?”Riley shook his head firmly, “I made some mistakes.”“Which mistakes? You ....”“I caused the death of one of this kingdom's best commanders, Alen.”“No, you didn't. It wasn't your fault, you just-”“It was one of my carelessness in being so slow to understand the possible actions of War General Fermoza. And ... as a result of my carelessness Commander Sehel had to help me and eventually as you know ... he was killed protecting me,” Riley explained, laden with guilt that never left his head.Alen could not reply anymore.After all, everything Riley said was a fact and there was no way he could argue with that.Meanwhile, the dazed James Gardner began to walk towards the waiting king of Ans De Lou Kingdom, Keannu Wellington.The young man who then stood
Xylan instead immediately gave his sister a strange look.Rowena who instead of getting no answer but that annoying look suddenly snorted, “Well, you're the crown prince. Father must have talked to you about it, right?”Xylan let out a long breath, feeling rather annoyed with his older sister's attitude. “Why do you think father would discuss this matter with me, sister?” Rowena held back her impatience and replied, “Oh my goodness. You are the future king of this country, replacing father in the future. The matter of appointing a new war general should also pertain to you.”Xylan shook his head, “Not so. You really don't remember how old I am right now, Sis?”Rowena did not answer.“I'm still fifteen, only turning sixteen in three months. How can I be involved in such an important matter?”Rowena was still reluctant to reply. The princess, who was wearing an ankle-length, long-sleeved violet dress, rolled her eyes lazily. She seemed to feel no need to listen to the explanation of
Alen patiently explained, “Josh Cleve was seriously injured during the war a few months ago.”“He suffered severe brain damage so he had to undergo several surgeries until he finally recovered,” Alen continued.James was dumbfounded. “Severe brain damage? And he's ... now back to being a soldier, is that it?”Alen nodded, “Unfortunately, when the war with the Fermoza Kingdom happened he still had to undergo intensive examinations until he was fully recovered.”Alen glanced at Josh Cleve for a few seconds, and then he continued, “Therefore, he cannot join us against the Fermoza Kingdom.”James still looked curious and couldn't stop asking so he asked again, “Then, what exactly makes him so special that he was chosen as a candidate?”Riley who was also interested turned to Alen, “His age seems to be much older than Reiner Anderson, surely he has given so much service to this kingdom. Right?”Alen smiled at Riley, “Right. Senior Shin told me that Josh Cleve made decisions favorable to th
The Wood family was currently gathered together in their living room after the engagement ceremony between Shirley Wood, the youngest of the Wood family and Peter Green, the son of the gold mine owner at Carlo Hill. Cassandra Wood who was the older sister of Shirley, was sitting on the edge and didn't seem to like being there. Several times she saw her husband being a servant to her family. She was upset. Very upset. How could she not? Her husband had no authority whatsoever and was often the target of her family. She really wanted to see her husband fight back, at least once. But, in fact, until they had been married for almost three years, Bill was still the same. Still becoming a useless son-in-law to her family. "Hurry up and fill this glass, Bill!" Shirley ordered her brother-in-law. Bill calmly picked up the bottle of red wine and opened it quickly and refilled Shirley's glass. He then stood next to the old man who was Cassandra's grandfather, Christopher Wood who h