In just a few seconds a large monitor in the center displayed an image that zoomed in only on the two suspected intruders.Andrew Reece squinted and examined the image carefully. In just a few seconds, the look on his face that had been unfriendly due to the annoyance caused by the two intruders now turned bright."General Mackenzie," he said incredulously.As soon as he said the legend's name, everyone in the room immediately took notice of the monitor. One of the officers who was about fifty years old also said, "You're right, General Reece. It really is General Mackenzie.""Oh my! He's in the palace."Someone else interjected, "But, what was General Mackenzie doing in the palace?"Andrew Reece suddenly smiled and said, "We'll find out soon enough."The man then gave the order, "Check every corner of the palace. Find anything that indicates his presence!""Yes, General Reece!" all the more than ten officers in the surveillance room replied.The man also ordered his other men, "Tell K
The staff replied cautiously, "I don't know, Your Majesty. Princess Rowena only walked in the same direction and back the way she came within a few minutes.""She was also seen walking by avoiding roads with guards and also areas with many CCTV cameras installed," he further explained.All his words could be proven by the video footage that was then played.Keannu Wellington's face immediately turned red. He was not only angry at his daughter for breaking the palace rules, but also embarrassed that his daughter's actions were known by many people. However, Andrew Reece said quickly, "Princess Rowena may have seen General Mackenzie, Your Majesty.""We can have a good talk with Princess Rowena, Your Majesty," Greg chimed in to try and cool down Keannu who was already angry.Keannu turned to the two men and reluctantly let out a long breath. The king with reddened eyes then ordered, "General Reece, you can talk to my daughter. I ... I can't talk to her right now. My anger could be explo
The war general replied, "I apologize in advance for my impudence, but everything I ask has the permission of King Keannu."Monica grinned in surprise, getting more and more curious but she chose to listen without intending to interrupt. Meanwhile, as she turned to her daughter, she could see that Rowena looked nervous.Oh, what did you just do, kid? You didn't do anything against the palace rules did you? Monica thought."Just tell me! I'll answer if I can," Rowena said in a calm tone despite the fact that she was very nervous."We found CCTV footage of you heading towards the south door. What were you doing there, Your Highness?" Andrew asked in a serious tone.Monica who heard that immediately opened her mouth, "What? The southern palace door?""What are you doing there, Rowena?" the queen asked as she turned to her daughter.Rowena was not only surprised, but her face had instantly turned pale. "H-how can there be ....""We installed CCTV cameras at several new points, Your Highnes
Rowena, who was still a teenage girl, replied without hesitation, "Unfortunately he did not tell me his son's name, General Reece."She was still determined to follow the war general's wishes.Andrew Reece held his breath, still trying to hope even though it was somewhat difficult, "Or perhaps he mentioned which dormitory he was in, Your Highness?"Rowena wore a regretful expression with a serious look in her eyes."No, General Reece. He doesn't even know where his son is. He hasn't had a chance to see him yet, perhaps because the palace is so large that he has trouble finding his son," Rowena explained with a shrug.Andrew smiled faintly, hiding the disappointment that had just hit his chest.The War General he used to serve for all those years had set foot back into the palace, but he didn't even bother to tell him. What was wrong with him? Did he not deserve to be told? All these questions, of course, could only be answered by William Mackenzie himself.However, how could he ask t
Andrew Reece was naturally surprised by the question from the king's eldest daughter. It was unusual for the princess to be concerned with matters of the palace. In fact, it could be said that Rowena Wellington didn't really care about anything other than herself. However, Andrew now realized that the princess' change had been visible since last night. Precisely when Rowena witnessed what happened in De Frost Forest.What exactly happened? Andrew couldn't guess the princess' reason."Why are you looking at me like that?" Rowena looked back at Andrew with her defensive gaze.Andrew shook his head, "I apologize if I made you uncomfortable, Your Highness. I'm just surprised that you are now starting to pay attention to palace matters."Rowena winked, turned her gaze around and was now looking at her mother who was also looking at her."What's wrong, Mom?" Rowena asked, starting to get a bit anxious if her attitude was making the people around her suspicious.Monica replied, "Just like G
Riley was silent. Silence that Greg Sehel interpreted to mean that the young man couldn't answer his question. "If you really don't want to fight against your friends, you can withdraw from the selection of this new soldier," Greg said with a gait, looking at Riley from a distance that was of course rather far away. Riley was still silent, so Greg added, "If you still have a weak heart, you shouldn't register yourself as a soldier." Riley, who had lowered his head, raised his head again just to listen to Greg's words again. "How can you fight your enemy if you can't even win over your own friend? This isn't even a matter of life and death. It's just a matter of you beating your friend in a competition," Greg continued. Riley slowly clenched his fists. His heart was in turmoil. What Greg said was true. It was just that he still found it hard to accept. He had fought all night with his group mates, working together to get through to the next stage. However, after they pas
Riley didn't know how to respond to Warren's words anymore, so he decided to keep quiet. Alen himself sighed repeatedly until one of his group members said, "Your opponent is Bennedict. It won't be too hard."The young man who was quite close to Riley replied, "What won't be difficult? I see, Bennedict was even one of the people who contributed to the third mission.""Hey, he only got one pin," Adam retorted, the young man with gray eyes."Still, he helped collect it. Me ... if it wasn't for Riley's help, how could I have contributed pins to our group?" Alan replied. He was looking grim.But he quickly added, "But at least I'm very lucky that I didn't fight Riley. If he was my opponent, I would have just stayed quiet and waited for the announcement if I lost."Adam responded with a smile that also displayed his pure white teeth, "Oh, if I had faced Riley, I would have immediately retreated without even going to the practice arena. Well, why fight if you know you're going to lose?"Th
Rowena shook her hair and tried to look more relaxed, "Oh, Commander Sehel.""Your Highness ... You and ... Wood, what did you just do? Princess Rowena ...." Greg was unable to continue, while Riley, not wanting any misunderstandings, said, "Commander, it's not as you see it. I just-""Oh, come on. Riley, you don't have to cover this up anymore," Rowena interrupted.The young girl sighed and girded her loins as she looked at the confused Riley, "I don't think it matters if Commander Sehel knows.""Know what, Your Highness?" Riley said, looking panicked.Rowena shook her head and turned around, facing Greg Sehel who still looked so shocked. "Commander Sehel," Rowena called out."Y-yes, Your Highness," Greg stammered.Rowena took a quick glance at Riley again and said, "You were once a young boy and I'm sure you know what's going on without me telling you."Greg's face instantly turned red, while Riley was even more clueless. "I didn't expect you to keep this matter a secret from the
"General, we're surrounded."A soldier with a bullet wound in his leg dragged himself to walk towards the place where the war general of Ans De Lou Kingdom was preparing his weapons.The soldier who was staggering as he walked was no longer wearing his head armour or any other body armour. That made the war general glare angrily at him, "What have you done? Where is your armour?"The soldier of the first class could only grimace in pain and replied, "It's unusable, too many bullet wounds."Riley Mackenzie widened his eyes and instantly removed the goggles protecting his eyes.The young man crouched down and looked at Benedict Arkitson's injuries, which were extremely severe. Not only had his leg been shot, but his left abdomen was also severely injured. In addition, Riley saw countless other wounds. "Stay here! The medical staff will help you soon," Riley ordered firmly.Ben shook his head, "How can I leave you alone against the main army? There are too many of them.""Reiner will
Dear, Readers This is Zila Aicha who wants to thank all the loyal readers of this novel. I know, season 2 of this book may disappoint some fans of this book. However, believe me I have tried to make this book with all my heart.May I ask your opinion about this book? I will be happy to read your comments. Suggestions and criticisms will also be happily accepted.Next, I will make season 3 of this book, but season 3 will be a book with the main character “James Gardner”. Hope you all will like it.Best wishes, Zila Aicha
People were eager to approach Riley, to help him. However, when they saw James Gardner moving toward Riley, they stayed where they were.James quickly caught Riley's staggering body as if he couldn't bear the weight of his own body.James sighed softly, “What are you doing?”“Preventing you from leaving,” Riley replied weakly.James exhaled roughly and picked up Riley who was still so weak.“You don't have to waste your time and energy,” James said.“Why? You don't have to go, James. You-”“It's my decision,” James cut in quickly.Riley shook his head, staring at the young man who was only one year older than him. “You're not guilty. I'm an asshole for wanting to keep you as my best friend.”“It's nice of you to admit that,” James replied with a faint smile.“If anyone should leave here, it's me, not you,” Riley said.James frowned, “Don't be crazy! You're the general of war in this kingdom. You can't-”“I lied to everyone from the start, not just to you,” Riley cut James off.Riley's
Rowena nodded weakly, while the four soldiers who were also inside the infirmary immediately looked at each other. Riley himself took some time to process the information.However, Reiner immediately asked, "Your Highness, then ... where is the deputy general of war right now?"Rowena turned her head quickly, "I don't know. I ... only heard the news from the palace maid, just now. Perhaps ... he has already returned to the dormitory or-"Thank you, Your Royal Highness," Reiner cut off Rowena's speech quickly due to being too panicked.After that Reiner immediately paid his respects to the king's daughter and quickly left the area together with Diego.Ben also said, "Riley, I'll be there first. Later I ... will be here again."Alen nodded, "Don't worry! We'll let you know when we know what's going on."Riley could only stare at his friends' departure with a look full of confusion.Rowena was the only one left in the room and was accompanied by several staff, soldiers and servants.Row
At first Riley was eager to force James to answer him, but he stopped doing so when he finally understood that James might need some time alone.He sighed softly, “I'll talk to him later.”Meanwhile, outside Riley's room, all the people who were good friends of the two young people who were having complicated problems were staring at James with questioning eyes.While Alen and Ben were silent because they didn't dare to ask, Diego casually asked, “Did you ... talk to Riley?”James nodded.“Then ... how?” Reiner asked in an anxious tone.James did not answer Reiner's question and only said, “I'm going back to the dorm first.”Shin, who heard that, bit his lip and replied, “I'll accompany you.”James did not refuse and let Shin come with him, while Diego and Reiner remained there.After James and Shin were no longer there, Alen decided to go inside with Ben.Not long after, Diego and Reiner also entered Riley's hospital room area.“He already knew about it,” Ben said when he first looke
James laughed disappointedly when he saw Riley's silence.Riley suddenly stared at him wordlessly.“Why, did you ... did you never even have the intention of telling me about it?” James said in a sharp tone.Riley opened his mouth but not a single word came out of it.James was getting annoyed at him, “Uh, I see. I see now.”James nodded and stepped back, making Riley surprised.“James, it's not like what you're thinking,” Riley finally managed to reply to James.James shook his head.“Do you really know what I'm thinking, Riley?” James said in a sarcastic tone.The young man could no longer hide his immense disappointment, “You don't know, Riley. But ... I can tell what you're thinking.”“James, I ... know I've wronged you. But, please understand, my position is very difficult. I don't want you to ... hate me, James. I don't have-”“It must have been a lot of fun for you, huh?” James cut off Riley's words quickly.Riley who was originally leaning back immediately leaned her body, fac
Shin and Reiner glanced at each other, as if they were both confused about whether or not to leave the area as James had requested.However, the reason they hesitated was certainly not because they were both worried that James would hurt Riley. Instead, both of them were more worried about James.Unfortunately, James, who did not get an answer from his two friends, turned his head with a furrowed brow, “Why? Don't you two trust me?”“You guys ... think I would do anything ... to hurt Riley? Is it like that?” James added with a sad look on his face.Shin quickly turned to James, “Of course not. I am sure you wouldn't do anything that bad.”“Don't get me wrong, James! We're ... just very worried about you,” Reiner said quietly.James was startled and when he looked at his two friends in turn, he instantly knew that they were not lying at all.The young man closed his eyes and instantly realized his mistake, “I'm sorry, senior. I ... I ....”“No problem, we'll leave you so you can be alo
Ben suddenly bowed his head.James immediately closed his eyes, completely unable to believe the painful reality that had slapped him.Meanwhile, Shin looked at his friend with a look of disappointment.He touched Ben's shoulder and asked, “You knew about this big secret and you ... did nothing? What have you done?”Ben was silent.Shin took a deep breath and watched the expressions of all the soldiers who were his best friends. The man sighed softly, “Aren't we ... all friends? How could you ... and you hide this important thing?”Ben raised his head, “Then, what do you expect me to do?”“What did you say?” Shin retorted fiercely.“You think it's easy? Hiding a secret of this magnitude? You think ... what happens if I tell you and the others? Especially James. He ... would definitely fight with Riley. They'll-”“Damn it!” James cursed because he couldn't stand it anymore.The young man said, “Don't act like you know about me and can guess what I might do or happen. You think you can
Meanwhile, William also began to be confused to calm his wife who was crying more and more.However, Cassandra's crying finally stopped when she saw the operating room door open.Everyone also immediately stared at the door, waiting anxiously.As several people from the medical team came out, William and Cassandra walked over.“Doctor, how is my son?” William asked.The elderly doctor looked up at the middle-aged man who was staring at him anxiously.“General Mackenzie,” the doctor greeted after he noticed William's face.William nodded, “Yes, Doctor Sigmund. It's me.”Sigmund was surprised, “Riley Wood, I mean General Wood is ... your son, General?”“Yes, Doctor,” William replied.James just stared blankly ahead, as if he was ready to hear that statement. Meanwhile, Reiner and the other soldiers could only squeal in shock as an important fact had j