Salute To The General

Chapter 2070



"May I ask if you are well acquainted with Nathan Cross?" Clifford asked.

"What is your interest in this?" Nathan inquired in kind.

"I understand that you have sought Nathan for his input on military strategy during the North Army's battle against the Xyperian army, and also presented him a gift recently. That made me curious about the nature of your relationship with him."

Nathan's answer was ambiguous. "I consider him a friend."

The term itself could mean a relationship of any indeterminate depth.

His counterpart furrowed, as that did not actually reveal anything of substance.

Nathan then countered with a question of his own. "I heard that your family and Nathan have their differences."

"Not differences, but a profound enmity," Clifford corrected.

"An eye for an eye makes the world go blind. If both parties are willing, may I suggest that I play peacemaker. Let bygones be bygones, and the two parties try to get along from here on. What would you say to that?"

Governor and Eurasia's undisputed top

a mild man, Clifford tended to side with his relatives and was rather vindictive.

of his vendetta was with the bigger picture in mind. He did not want his personal feud with the Davier family to devolve into a problem

it was also his way of covertly giving the Daviers a way to bow

off Nathan, they

that that was not

office of the Chief Military Governor was not enough

his head. "No

of him. The Daviers

of that man. Ask

It is just this one thing that I cannot

that you do not interfere. Hold the middle ground and do not take sides.

have your mind made up, Mr. Davier. I shall

was an agreement on the

idea that Nathan was sniggering

and put our national interests first. But

I shall show

next agenda. "And may we know if you have come to a decision