Salute To The General

Chapter 1993



After Zac had made some calls, a new group of tour buses arrived to finally bring them to their destination: Brimmotopia.

Brimmotopia was a famous resort with hotels, various entertainment facilities, and everything else one could ever dream of. Every year during summer break, countless schools from all over the country would come here to host their own summer camps.

Following Zac's instructions, the group made their way into the Crystal Hotel.

As everyone was settling into their respective hotel rooms, there was a knock on Nathan's hotel door.

Opening the door, Nathan was surprised to see Jaeden with an unnerving smile on his face.

"How may I help you?" "Mr. Cross, I'm really grateful that you helped me out on the bus earlier. I came here specifically to express my gratitude," Jaeden explained, rubbing his hands together.

"You were trying to stand up for everyone else, so I just helped serve justice. There's no need to thank me," Nathan responded lightly.

But Jaeden wasn't finished, going on to say, "To thank you, Mr. Cross, I've booked a room at the Nomo Restaurant near the hotel. I was hoping you could join me for dinner."

Nathan felt uneasy rejecting an offer made out of what seemed like pure kindness.

He had nothing else to do, and besides, Jaeden was still the parent of one of Queenie's classmates. And Nathan wished for Queenie to

get along with all of her fellow students.

So, he agreed apprehensively.

Turning to look back at his family, he asked if any of them wanted to join him.

Queenie shook her head. "You go, Papa. All of the kids from the summer camp are going to meet up for dinner and activities, so I can't go."

they wanted to accompany Queenie

left the

famous chef who had won the prestigious Master Of Culinary competition. Customers who ate at the restaurant had nothing but praise

reservation.

room for us, Mr. Cross," Jaeden told

of them were

were already

plump, middle-aged man who was slightly balding on top and had an air of self-importance

displeased at the sight of Nathan, complaining to Jaeden, "I thought this was just a reunion between old classmates. Why did you arrive so late and bring an

furrowed his eyebrows and sighed

had had plans to have dinner with his

how social events functioned or just didn't care. Inviting two people from entirely different circles to one

placatingly

Director Loran, please hear me out. This is indeed a class reunion, just like we'd agreed over the phone. As for Mr. Cross here, he helped me on the trip here today,

saying that, Jaeden quickly explained to Nathan in a low voice, "Mr. Cross, this is the Deputy Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Education and our great leader,

into a satisfied

as he found out that he

he was already here, he might

to Freddy for a handshake.

high up on a pedestal that Jaeden and everyone else could

'friends' and had merely agreed to join this class reunion so that he could show off his comfortable lifestyle and

else was being wealthy good for if you couldn't flaunt it in front of all

chosen to ignore Nathan's presence, figuring that he was just

Nathan's simple greeting of "deputy director" had pissed

he was just a deputy director, no one other than his superiors dared to call him that straight to his

were supposed to politely omit the "deputy" or

sounded