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.

Besides, there is no need to act uptight when we meet in private as friends." Chuckling,

Ziegler,"

Lucas

you here in Channing?" Nathan

South. Since I knew you were in Channing and heard that it's Mrs. Cross' birthday today, 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

you tried to rush here despite the trouble." Gesturing to the door, he continued, "Come, let's head inside to talk. Although you missed the celebration, we

always

all headed into the

kitchen and

Ava carried two boxes that contained the South Army Special Wine to

sat down with Lucas

could hold their liquor, they drank

remembered the conversation with Thomas earlier about the latter's intentions to join the West Army. Therefore,

Lucas delightfully responded,

he used to serve under

"Thank you."

head at Nathan's

friends for

added, "Oh yes, I have a request for

casually said,

to become a threat to us. From time to

Isaiah,

fighter for the new generation, has been uttering nonsense. He went on about how any territory in the West with kapok plantations belonged to them. It is only a matter of time that they launch an attack on the West to claim

nodded. "I