Riley did not answer Ben's words and instead looked at the senior who was also his friend through the glass of the protective helmet he was wearing.Ben sighed softly, “Riley, did you hear me or not?” Riley replied stammeringly, “Yes, Senior Ben. But-”“There is no but. Just focus on your victory and I ... will also focus on defeating you,” Ben cut in quickly.Riley was dumbfounded but when he saw Ben nodding steadily towards him he finally calmed down.He was sure Ben would fight just like him. And when he saw the way Ben looked at him, he knew that Ben would not give up easily.In fact, he was very relieved by Ben's attitude and immediately got ready according to Mary Kesley's instructions.On the other hand, apparently it was not only them who had prepared themselves, but also the other two selected soldiers had also prepared like them along with James and Josh.Meanwhile, Diego and Alen, who were sitting together with Shin, were very tense.“What do you guys think of the results?
Of all the people who wanted a rematch, there was suddenly someone who did not share the same opinion. That person was also a first-class soldier who immediately said, “Don't be stupid! Ben has tried hard. You didn't see how he fought, did you?”When someone wanted to argue, the soldier said again, “Just admit that the kid is tough. Besides, remember, General Reece chose him, there's no way a war general like him would choose a stupid soldier who only relies on his status.”The soldier's words apparently succeeded in making them come to their senses and they were inevitably forced to accept defeat.“I can't believe this. Those two youngsters beat us. What's wrong with us exactly?” a class one soldier muttered who had been a soldier in that class for four years.He shook his head, “This is so embarrassing! New soldiers are beating us experienced ones.”A friend of his responded, “What should I do if I meet my cousin who is still a class one soldier? Oh! I wouldn't dare look at his fac
Riley was instantly petrified where he stood, while Alen stared with a worried expression at Riley.“That's fun. I want to go to James' house after going to Riley's,” Diego said.Shin nodded his head, “Good idea. Let's take a short vacation after the long war.”James smiled happily, “It would be nice to go somewhere refreshing.”“Uh, we won't be able to do that. We only have three days, it won't be enough,” Ben said.James sighed softly, “Yeah but at least we can see Riley's house. How about it, Riley? You ... don't mind right?”Riley couldn't just stay silent and it was impossible for him to refuse because he didn't want to make James uncomfortable. So, the young man replied, “Of course. You can all go to my house after James' house.”Alen widened his eyes, but did not dare to make any comment. While James exclaimed happily, “Great! Alright, we'd better get dinner and ... prepare all our things for tomorrow.”Ben suddenly said, “You guys have dinner first, Shin and I have to take ca
“Yes, we're going straight home,” Riley replied.The man in the neat black suit immediately nodded in understanding, “Yes, Young Master.”After saying that, the man spoke to someone using a device and in just a few seconds, five people suddenly approached. Ben glared in surprise, but didn't have time to say anything because the people who had just arrived had already taken over the task of carrying his backpack. “Come on, let's go to the car!” Riley said with a bright smile.Ben could only stare and follow Riley and Alen who were strangely not surprised at all by the whole thing.In fact, it could be said that Alen was so calm that Ben thought maybe Alen already knew that Riley was the son of a rich businessman.Not stopping there, Ben was even more shocked when he saw a luxury car that turned out to be Riley's family car.The young man forgot to close his mouth when he was in the car so Alen had to whisper, “Senior, you ... seem to have forgotten to close your mouth.”Ben quickly c
At the same time, William turned to the two people who were still standing not far from the door. The man, who was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt, suddenly said, “Vincent said you brought two of your friends. Why don't you introduce us, son?”“Right, I'd like to meet your friends too, dear,” Cassandra said.Riley nodded in understanding and immediately walked over to his two friends with his parents following behind him.Ben was able to close his mouth but was still unable to blink because he was still too surprised.“Mom, Dad, this is Alen, my dorm mate. We're in the same class. And ....”Riley held Ben's arm with a bright expression, “This is Ben, one of the seniors from class one who helped me a lot.”The young man smiled at his parents as if he was really happy to bring his two friends back to their home.Alen immediately put on his brightest smile and greeted, “Good evening, General Mackenzie and ... Mrs. Mackenzie. I'm Alen Smith, Riley's dorm mate.”William smiled back, “G
“I don't know, Senior Ben. But I always hoped that he would never find out,” Alen replied as he then let out a long sigh.Ben massaged his temples due to a sudden dizziness. After he learned Riley's secret, he felt a bit burdened. It was because he also had to hide all of that from James and he thought it was very unfair to James.However, he also understood the situation and his condition so he was even more confused. He didn't want to side with anyone. Both Riley and James were close friends. How could he help one of them?Seeing Ben's silence, Alen immediately believed that the senior was depressed. He said, “We don't know what might happen in the future, Senior. But what we do know is that we're all friends now. You wouldn't want our friendship to fall apart, would you?”Ben nodded and sighed heavily before responding, “You're right, Alen. I guess I'll have to join you in keeping this a secret.”Alen smiled wryly. He did not want to put James in an unfair position, but he could
James sighed softly, “How can I say that before, when I even opened my mouth, you were already pelting me with your weapons from the kitchen?”Dorothy raised her left eyebrow and gave her son a stern look, “It was your own fault, James.”However, soon Dorothy walked up to Diego and Shin with a bright expression and also with a warm smile, “Oh, I'm sorry, Dear. You two weren't hit by my throw earlier, were you?”Shin and Diego were quite surprised. The middle-aged woman standing in front of them was very different from the woman who had thrown those horrible things at them.She was even smiling warmly and kindly at them, in contrast to the way she looked fiercely at her own son.“Of course they weren't hit, your son is used to deflecting your attacks, Mom,” James replied in a casual tone.Dorothy shook her head as if dismissing her son's words.She then said in a soft tone, “Don't listen to James' babble!”James immediately pouted.“Oh, you must be so tired! Come on, let's go inside. I
“Mom, what are you doing?” James complained as he gave his mother a sullen look.Dorothy chuckled, still ignoring her son's words she said to Diego, “You must be very patient to be able to listen to my son's sometimes painful words.”Diego was stunned. He had never expected James' mother to be so open and honest. Shin, who was holding back his laughter, finally responded, “Auntie, you've described James' character very well.”“Of course, young man. I'm his mother, I know how my son is,” Dorothy replied while glancing at James who still looked annoyed.“Mom, just so you know. I now have many friends and they-”“Immune to your sharp tongue?” Dorothy cut off her son's words.Diego couldn't help but laugh and he ended up chuckling along with Shin.James chewed his food quickly then replied, “Trust me, Mom. In fact, I have one close friend who almost sacrificed his life for me.”The young man looked proud to show off to his mother, while Dorothy raised her left eyebrow and asked quickly,
Foei Maccray turned around and looked sarcastically at the junior.When he saw Lory Blackwell's compliance, Foei Maccray smiled wryly as if satisfied that he had succeeded in making one of his juniors submit to his orders.Of course, that made him feel big-headed. Hence, Foei haughtily said again, "Keep standing here until we are out of your sight. After that ... then you can walk."Lory Blackwell did not reply. But Foei took his silence as obedience so he said, "Good! You should obey your seniors' orders."Lory just swallowed without daring to say a word. However, Foei did not need an answer so he just continued walking along with his good friend, Derrick Weybe who looked bored in Lory's neighborhood. The other soldiers followed the two senior soldiers with mixed feelings. Apparently there were some of them who were starting to feel sympathetic towards Lory. But due to their status and class being much lower than the two senior soldiers who were bullying Lory, they chose to be cowa
Derrick snorted in annoyance, while Foei immediately responded, "Oh, you seem to be very timid!" Foei cast his gaze at Derrick and then flashed a smile with a mocking expression. Derrick shook his head, also smiling mockingly."If you're scared, why would you want to participate in this important mission?" Foei said.Lory quickly shook her head, "I'm not afraid ... I’m just-""Huh? Not afraid? Then, why did you just say that?" Derrick cut Lory off, as if he deliberately didn't want to hear Lory speak."You're obviously a coward! Oh my! You should have stayed in the palace and not joined the search for General Mackenzie," Foei explained with a lopsided smile. "Coward!" Derrick taunted again. "A pathetic soldier like you who dares to tell us we're slow? Who do you think you are, my superior?" Foei said with a cold tone and a dismissive expression.Oh, he was really very satisfied seeing Lory's helpless expression.The two men deliberately wanted to humiliate Lory. Their intentions w
Seeing James' confident smile, Ben instantly realized that his best friend was unpredictable. But, when he recalled the relationship between James and Riley in the past, he felt that everything James said was true. Riley had always been completely open to James. The young man only hid one thing, which was the fact that he was William Mackenzie's son. Other than that, Riley had no other secrets from James. Meanwhile, Riley was also the only person who could understand James very well. Only Riley is able to understand every action taken by James and James only wants to talk about things with Riley.So, seeing all these facts, Ben finally nodded, "Okay, then. What should I do?"James snorted and immediately put on a sullen face, "Come on, Ben! I told you earlier."Ben rolled his eyes, "I still don't understand. Please explain in more detail!"With an annoyed expression James replied, "If I had the authority to downgrade soldiers, I would definitely downgrade you to class two."Ben's n
Although they seemed confused by the war general's order, they still unanimously replied, "Yes, General."It wasn't long before all the soldiers formed a line where they would prepare to search for Riley Mackenzie as ordered by James Gardner.Most of the first class soldiers did not hesitate to do the task, but there were some of the class two soldiers who seemed to be unsure of what they were going to do.Two of them were Foei Mccray and Derrick Weybe."I don't understand why General Gardner is searching the forest. How could General Mackenzie be here? This doesn't make sense," Derrick said, who had just lined up facing the front of the forest.The twenty-six year old young man was in the front row with his best friend so they could still talk in a fairly low tone of voice.Foei nodded in agreement, seemingly thinking the same as Derrick, "He's probably too frustrated to pick a spot."Derrick exhaled harshly then glanced towards the front where several class one soldiers seemed to be
Gary Davis shook his head with a super confused expression. He couldn't guess what might have happened. He himself did not know James Gardner very well. He entered the palace when James Gardner had just resigned from the post of deputy general of war. So basically he had only met James a few times. It was different with Riley Mackenzie. He had met Riley countless times. In fact, it could be said that he already knew how Riley behaved. However, he could not think of anything about James Gardner. He was just like a blind man when it came to James. "Even young General Mackenzie is not suspicious of you. He's been in the palace longer than that general. I don't understand," Elena said, who also hadn't found the answer to the question that was bothering her.She also still didn't understand. However, a thought occurred to Gary. "Maybe I was in too much of a hurry, Gran," Gary said suddenly.Elena frowned, "What do you mean, Gary? What kind of hurry?"Gary sighed softly, "Approaching
Elena Goldwin bit her lip, feeling she had done something wrong. The old woman said, "I'm sorry, Prince ... oh, I mean ... Gary."Seeing Elena's soulful face, Gary became uncomfortable. He looked at the old woman who had taken care of him since he was a child. That woman had done so much for her family. Not only did she devote herself as a household assistant, she also became a substitute mother figure for his brother. Indeed, her age was more appropriate to be called a "grandmother", but her role was more suitable as a mother to herself and Rowen.Oh my! What have I done? She sacrificed so much, but what have I done? The old woman who has helped me with all her time and energy, I almost made her cry, Gary thought in exasperation.The young man touched Elena's hand, startling the woman. She then heard Gary say, "You don't have to apologize, Gran. And I ... I'm the one who should be apologizing to you. Please, forgive me for getting angry just because you called me that."Elena ga
Gary Davis sighed softly. Guilt immediately rushed into his heart.He immediately positioned his seat towards his little brother and looked at him with a guilt-filled gaze.The boy's gaze was so innocent that it made Gary's feelings even more chaotic.Rowen, his little brother, was still very young, but he had to bear problems that he shouldn't have thought about at such a young age. In a very gentle tone Gary said, "Rowen, I'm sorry. I ... know you must feel very lonely. But ... believe me I'm doing all this for us. I-""You risked your life, Brother. I ... I ...."Gary shook his head, "Don't think about me! You just have to grow up healthy and safe. So that when we get what is rightfully ours, we can stand tall."Suddenly, Gary's words made Rowen look down sadly. "Gary, can't you just leave it all behind?"Rowen made Gary frown but he smiled a little before saying again, "What do you mean? Didn't you say you wanted to live in the palace with me? Why are you saying that now?"The 10
Actually it was not only Doris Tan who found it hard to believe what Xylan had decided. However, his three fellow bodyguards also felt the same way.In fact, the images of the three's expressions were very clear from just one look. Especially Jim Chesnut who looked so shocked at Xylan's words. His mouth even opened wide and he forgot to close it again. "Y-Your Majesty, I'm very confused. I ... I-""Doris Tan," Xylan cut Doris off with a stern tone.Doris fell silent, as if knowing that Xylan would soon explain the viceroy's reasoning. Sure enough, it wasn't long before Xylan said, "Hm, you ... did do the right thing by admitting your mistake."He paused for a few seconds, deliberately to give Doris time to calm down before he continued what he wanted to say.When Doris seemed much calmer, Xylan continued, "However, you did it in the wrong way."Ludos Flee frowned, looking confused. Meanwhile, Jim Chesnut looked thoughtful as he squinted slightly.What's wrong? Jim wondered to himsel
In fact, Xylan Wellington never cared about what the people in his palace said. He tended to ignore the gossip about him.In fact, there was once a time when there was a visit from another kingdom, at which time Xylan was asked by his father to greet one of the princes. However, he who was not very good at socializing actually made the king's son from the other kingdom uncomfortable. As a result, there was a bit of a commotion at that time. Xylan was accused of being rude to the prince so that the prince did not feel at home in Ans De Lou Kingdom and ended up leaving the palace sooner than he should have.The situation in the palace was a bit chaotic. Many people considered Xylan to be totally at fault for causing an important cooperation to fail. However, the young man did not care at all and never explained anything.His father, King Keannu at that time also never asked his son and instead seemed to tolerate Xylan's behavior. But, King Keannu had a good reason: he knew his son's ch