"Are you sure you can win over that small kingdom, General Gardner?" Keannu asked, wanting to make sure. Jody Gardner immediately replied with confidence, "Of course, Your Majesty. I will get the victory that General Stewart could not." Keannu Wellington looked satisfied at Jody Gardner's answer. However, despite this, Keannu still felt that something was very off. While the young king was thinking, Bill spoke up again, "Your Majesty, why do you insist on defeating that kingdom? Wouldn't it be better to face another kingdom, Your Majesty? Why spend money on that war?" "For what? Have you forgotten that our defeat was your fault, General Stewart?" Jody Gardner said. Keannu asked Jody Gardner to shut up, while he replied, "Then, what is your solution to this problem, General Stewart? You have already lost to the Fleshy Kingdom. What can you do now?" William Mackenzie was pleased that his king was provoked. "Your Majesty, I did lose to that one kingdom. But, that doesn't mean I w
However, Bill certainly wasn't going to let Jody win over him so he said, "Oh, I forgot one thing. Everyone has their own way of dealing with defeat." Jody, who had been happy, was now upset again. The nearly thirty-six-year-old said, "Your Majesty, please give me some time to rest. After that, I will make my contribution to this kingdom." With no further questions asked, Keannu immediately understood what William Mackenzie was saying. The viceroy replied, "Yes, you may rest as you wish." "Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty. In that case, I request permission to leave the palace for some time with my wife," Bill said. Keannu was about to shout out his objections but he knew he couldn't do it. Bill's gaze clearly did not allow him to do so. So, Keannu couldn't help but say, "Yes, I'll let you." Bill smiled with satisfaction and immediately retreated from the palace hall. He also asked Andrew Reece to convey his day of rest and gave his soldiers the freedom to do as they
However, Andrew Reece suddenly remembered that he had no right to interfere in the matter. "It goes without saying," Andrew interrupted. Mark Donovan, who was ready to launch his idea, looked up in surprise, "Why, sir?" "It's not right." Andrew stood up, giving Mark a tired look. "What's not right?" "It's not fair to General Mackenzie, but we don't know what he might think either." Andrew paused for a moment, "Because when you think about it, he is a major general. It would be very easy for him to leave this palace and not come back." It was as if Mark Donovan had just been hit over the head with a hammer. He also came to his senses. "Oh my, you're right. Even if he doesn't come back, no one will dare to fight him. Not even King Keannu would be able to resist him. If General Mackenzie insists on staying in this palace, then he has a purpose," Mark explained. Andrew nodded. "In that case, just let things play out as they should." "So, we'll just wait for the general to retur
"I think so, Gramps," Shirley said. Christopher smiled suddenly, "Then maybe that person really does have a problem with Bill." George frowned, "Isn't that great, Grandpa? If that person makes trouble, we can just spice it up, right?" The old grandfather nodded happily, "You're right. Oh, what a shame. It turns out we're not the only ones who hate that loser." Shirley responded, "I can't forget what he did. I won't let him have any fun at all." It was of course related to the gift she received from Bill that day. Sometimes she couldn't believe that the damn gift could cause her to lose a husband. "Never mind, we'll pay him back. He may be happy this time but I'm sure it won't last long, trust me," George assured his sister. Meanwhile, Bill was casting a questioning look at Andrew Reece who could only gulp in guilt. "The General will definitely kill me," Andrew said. Mark responded, "It's not our fault he insisted on coming." "That's right, sir. After all, King Keannu allowe
For a few seconds Jody Gardner looked petrified as he heard Bill's words. The words were spoken in a voice so cold and piercing that he almost shivered. Jody even felt his throat dry up so badly that he couldn't swallow at all. It was strange. It was the first time he did it after he met that man. What happened actually? He felt frightened just by hearing that voice. He began to wonder, where did this fear that gripped him so much come from? It felt like he had never felt so scared in his entire life. However, as he began to remember something, his eyes widened in shock. His fear made him remember of one person. William Mackenzie. The only person who could make him shudder in horror and submit to his orders. Only that great general could make him unable to move. Jody also turned his gaze and looked at the eyes that were staring at his intently. "No. You ... can't be him," Jody said hoarsely. His voice had returned but not his courage. He was even afraid that he was now
"You ... must be drunk, for you to talk like this," Andrew said suddenly. Sean was eager to argue, but he was silent for a moment. Andrew said, "Just so you know, not everyone can become a soldier. Don't you also know how difficult the tests you went through to get to this stage are, Sean?" "How can you say now that you don't want the life of a soldier? Are you out of your mind?" Andrew continued. Sean was silent for an instant. The young man looked down deeply, as if he had just been slapped so hard. Meanwhile, Howard and Mark seemed to be revived by a splash of cold water. "Didn't you say a while ago that you were so happy to be in General Mackenzie's army?" Andrew asked and he seemed to have lost his temper. He looked at the three in turn and finally said, "If only General Mackenzie had listened to what you said earlier, he would have been very disappointed." "No, sir." Sean said quickly. "I'm sorry. I've done wrong," Sean said quickly with an overwhelming sense of guilt.
Jody Gardner's body felt heavy and he might turn to stone after hearing the king's words. The man suddenly lost his voice and could not utter a single word. Keannu Wellington who saw the shock in the War General's eyes then simply said, "You don't need to be surprised like that, General." Has he gone mad? How could I not be surprised after hearing such a shocking fact? Jody Gardner could only wonder. How did he know all that? As he remembered, all the soldiers involved in the incident were gone. All of them had died in other wars and even if any of them were still alive, none of them were still in the palace. There was no way the king could find those people. "You must be wondering how I know about this," Keannu said casually. Jody Gardner struggled to gulp but he still couldn't speak. He could now only listen intently to everything his king said. "Actually, it's no big deal, General Gardner." Keannu chuckled and continued, "A great general like William Mackenzie decided t
Jody Gardner immediately turned around and saluted the queen along with her maids. "Mercy, Your Majesty the Queen," Jody said while bowing his head, as if not daring to look at the queen. Monica Wilhelm said quietly, "So, who was the person you were talking about so excitedly earlier, General Gardner?" Jody Gardner swallowed nervously but he still replied, "Your Majesty, you just misunderstood." Monica laughed sarcastically when she heard Jody's answer. "Do you think I am deaf, General Gardner?" the queen asked. Steven's eyes widened and he fell to his knees begging for mercy. "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I didn't mean to speak like that," Jody said. Monica said, "Oh, well if you don't want to be frank with you. I'll do the talking." Jody frowned while Steven looked so surprised by the queen's words. "General Gardner, if I'm not mistaken you must have been talking about General Mackenzie. Am I right?" Monica asked. Jody's eyes widened so quickly and he hurriedly replied
Xylan smiled back casually in response to James' unchanged demeanor.The future king calmly replied, “Since I'm already here, of course ... your consequences will be much worse, Deputy General of War.”Damn it, James only dared to swear inwardly.Of course even though he was very annoyed at the man who was several years younger than him, he couldn't swear directly. He wasn't stupid. Xylan could cut off his head easily.“So, how was it? Are you ... still refusing, Deputy War General?” Xylan asked in an urgent tone.James gritted his teeth and with a hint of annoyance he replied, “How can I refuse if you've threatened me like that, Your Highness?”Xylan chuckled softly.That made James become wary. After he saw the change in Xylan Wellington, from being a teenager a dozen years ago while standing not far from him to a grown man, James felt that the crown prince of Ans De Lou Kingdom was very different.The teenage Xylan was a prince who looked less competent and more nervous when talk
James instantly stopped what he was doing but still didn't look at Diego.Diego, who saw James' sudden stop, slapped his own mouth as if realizing that he had misspoken.“Uh, what did I say? You ... of course still think of him as your best friend. Otherwise, how could you always make him special weapons?” Diego said guiltily.James sighed softly, “He would have gotten away without my interference.”“I'm not sure, James. If I was sure, I wouldn't have come here and asked you to come back. In fact, Princess Rowena and Prince Xylan ....”James frowned and finally turned to Diego, “What's wrong with them?”“Princess Rowena specifically came to me when I had just arrived at the palace. She asked me to find out where you were, James. Prince Xylan also came to me, like Princess Rowena,” Diego explained.James wondered even more, “Why would they ask you that?”Die
"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