Salute To The General

Soon, it was breakfast time. Nathan came out of his room to see that Kraven and Colin had been waiting by his door for a long time. The latter was carrying his black briefcase as usual. Looking at Colin, he asked plainly, "You didn't let that girl succeed, did you?"

Colin flashed a smile and patted his briefcase. "Of course not. I doubt I'd have the guts to show my face here if she managed to steal my dagger under my watch."

Nathan smiled and did not respond to that.

However, a trace of disappointment could be seen flashing across his eyes. And here I was looking forward to being surprised by Kerry after seeing how confident she was. I have to admit that I'm feeling rather disappointed. But I guess this is to be expected. After all, it's a herculean task to steal something from Colin.

Nathan and the others arrived at the restaurant where they began digging into their breakfast.

Halfway through their meal, Kerry came skipping in while humming a tune, looking to be in a joyous mood.

She came to a stop in front of Nathan. Acting like a well-behaved student who had just met her principal, she composed herself, bowed, and greeted respectfully, "Hello, Mr. Cross."

Amused, Nathan stopped eating and looked at Kerry with interest. He teased, "Aren't you supposed to be hiding somewhere to reflect on your haughty attitude? I can't believe you have the audacity to come and meet me."

Kerry asked, "Why wouldn't I dare to come and see you?"

You failed to steal Colin's military dagger and thus, you did not pass my test. So

"Is that so? I don't

mean by that? Are you saying that you've

in a low voice, "That's impossible. The dagger is still lying snugly within my

that, General Dunne? While it may be true that your dagger is still in your briefcase, didn't you

to make sure no one was watching, he opened the briefcase and took out

later, he noticed that someone had given the dagger a proper wipe-down. The blade was gleaming like it had been

I secretly wiped your dagger when you weren't

from

"Took you

you would have been caught by me if

me because I would have taken the time when you were checking the room to slip away." Anger boiled within Colin when he said, "Even

spat, "You're just refusing to admit it's my win at this point, General Dunne. According to the bet, all I had to do was steal the dagger. So, even if you ended my life, I would have still passed the

speechless by Kerry's