Salute To The General

By the time they returned home from the party, it was already ten.

As a child, Queenie was used to going to bed early. Therefore, she headed straight for her bedroom when they got home.

The rest of the people also returned to their rooms to get some rest.

As Nathan prepared to do the same and wash up before bed, Colin came rushing in suddenly. He exclaimed, "Mr. Cross, guess who is here!"

Nathan and Penny exchanged looks of

confusion.

"Who is here?" Nathan asked.

Beaming, Colin replied, "The commander-in-chief of the West, Lucas! He came with his men."

What?

Immediately, Nathan got to his feet and walked briskly toward the door. "What is Lucas doing here? Hurry, we have to welcome him in."

Nathan, Penny, Colin, and Ava walked out of the house and spotted a few military vehicles outside.

Lucas, a muscular man, hopped off the vehicle with some of his subordinates when they spotted Nathan. They headed to the door.

"Chief Cross!"

Lucas greeted Nathan with a smile.

be so formal. Besides, there is no need to act uptight when

Ziegler," Penny also

Lucas waved.

are you here in

I came rushing here to join the party." Then, Lucas sighed. "However, on the way here, I received an urgent report that there were some suspicious movements in Volk. Therefore, I held an emergency video conference with my subordinates and made the necessary arrangements to defend the West against Volk. The conversation took a long time, so the night had already fallen when I arrived in Channing. As

to the door, he continued, "Come, let's head inside to talk. Although you missed the celebration, we can have

"Sure. It's always enjoyable

all headed

and

that contained the South Army Special Wine to

sat down with Lucas and started

could hold their liquor, they

about the latter's intentions to join the West

Lucas delightfully responded,

shall note his name down. Since he used to serve under you,

"Thank you."

Lucas shook his head at Nathan's reply. "It is

are friends

I have a

said, "State

a threat to us. From time to time, their men

general, Isaiah,

been uttering nonsense. He went on about how any territory in the West with kapok plantations belonged

nodded. "I heard