Salute To The General

It was already sunset when Nathan reached Platinumez Palace with Penny and met Annie again in the hall.

The latter held a grand feast to entertain them with a group of royal family members led by Jurgis.

Nevertheless, they could sense that Annie, Jurgis, and the others seemed to have something up their sleeves. Evidently, they were putting on a show with the so-called grand feast.

Halfway through the feast, Annie, seated at the head of the table, cast a look at Nathan, who was in the seat reserved for the most valued guest. Lifting her wineglass, she smiled and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Cross, allow me to toast you on behalf of our royal family." Nathan lifted his wineglass with a smile and replied, "Queen Annie, thanks for your hospitality. My wife can't drink wine as she's pregnant. Therefore, allow me to represent her in finishing this glass of wine as a token of our utmost gratitude to you." With that, he gulped down his glass of red wine.

Even though Annie was already up in the years, she had a high alcohol tolerance. She smiled and gulped down her glass of red wine as well.

After putting the empty wineglass down, she took a napkin to wipe the corner of her lips in a dignified manner before stating slowly, "Mr. Cross, I'm more than happy that you and Mrs. Cross could spare time to visit our country. However, I heard about something devastating this afternoon."

Nathan threw her a glance and asked coolly, "Oh! What's that?"

Annie brought up the topic casually. "Duke Szymon met a tragic end earlier today. Mr. Cross, have you heard anything about it?"

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son-in-law didn't you? Nathan Cross, you owe me an explanation for that! Undeniably, you owe the whole royal family and Eagleland one! If you fail to give us a satisfying explanation, we

savor his steak without sparing Jurgis a glance. Shooting Annie a glance, he questioned indifferently, "Queen

of red wine before responding casually, "Mr. Cross, if you had something to do with Szymon's tragic fate, don't you think you should at least

scanning everyone, he fixed his gaze on Annie and refuted, "Initially, I didn't intend to bring it up. After all, in my opinion, Szymon had undoubtedly disgraced the royal family with his absurd attitude. It never crossed my mind that you would bring this up now. Since that's the case, I'lfcut to the chase." After a while, he pointed out apathetically "Szymon harbored a grudge against Eurasia and loathed me. He even made use of his security company téseize Eurasia's national treasure that I obtained from the auction. Hence, I requested him to return the national treasure to me,

not only my son-in-law but also one of Queen Annie's trusted aides. Regardless of the wrongful deed he committed you were in no position to kill him. The royal family is the one with the authority to teach him a lesson and punish him. If there was anything about him that you were not