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“She does.”“Good.”Rue nodded heavily. She behaved as if she was a different person at this very moment.Rue stood up and took hold of Adrian’s hand. “Also, don’t let anybody else find out about this. You have so many enemies out there. If others were to know, they would certainly figure out a way to assassinate you like the Luposians attempted to do.“Also, always remember that you’re the legate and that you carry the heavy responsibility of protecting our country, my son. Always take good care of your health so that you can perform more meritorious services to Navia!”Adrian nodded in agreement.Rue chuckled and teared up a little. “When you were a child, your father used to worry about what you’ll do when you’re older. If your father was still here and learned that you’re the legate, he would’ve been over the moon.“Henry, Henry, you see this? Our son has made something of himself.”With trembling footsteps, Rue made her way to Henry’s photo and said with a face full of tea
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The address was that of Swallowston’s top high school. Kendall’s hometown was in Pane County, but he was working as a teacher in Swallowston.‘Looks like Kendall isn’t doing so well in life.’Adrian reported to Samantha after obtaining Kendall’s address, who marked it down with the intention of looking for Kendall.He had planned to go with her but she had other plans for him. Instead, she asked Adrian to meet up with Riley to discuss Paraiso and the Xander Group.Now that Riley was in charge of the Xander Group, they could consider it having successfully prevented the company from falling into foreign hands.Of course, the Xander family would undergo massive changes now that Riley had taken over. Hence, Samantha prepared to collaborate with the Xanders, but this would be something that would be more reliable if she knew Adrian and Riley were working together.Hearing this, Adrian decided not to refuse her instructions and made an appointment with Riley to meet up that afternoo
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She then continued, “The research team won’t pan out if Kendall refuses to join us. There are just some things we can’t work out.”Adrian asked, ‘What did Danton say?”Samantha replied, “He suggested we visit him again after a few days. There’s a chance he might know about something unspeakable about what happened that year.”‘Since Kendall was a very important person in the previous research team, it should only be logical that he knows very well what happened at the time.’At that thought, Adrian decided he should make a trip down there himself.***Swallowston was once again shrouded in darkness, with bright lights filling the streets, making the city really beautiful.Adrian drove Samantha’s car toward Swallowston High.When he arrived at the teacher’s accommodations late that night, he saw a middle-aged man squatting at the rear campus field with a cigarette in his mouth. There were many cigarette butts on the floor.This man was none other than Kendall Leaf.It was obvi
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Kendall remained silent and went back to smoking his cigarette.Adrian accompanied him for a while before turning around to look at the room behind him. “Why don’t we go inside and sit down? You were my father’s best friend after all.”Kendall’s expression changed very slightly before he threw away his cigarette.“Come on then.”After that, he walked into his room and turned on the lights, with Adrian following behind him.Kendall’s room was not that big, but there was a lot of stuff inside, making it seem like the home of an old man. There were many picture frames on the wall, most likely awards earned by his students.Adrian even saw a portrait among them. It was of a young man in uniform with his back to the painting.The young man had a cape around his neck and a rifle in his hands, looking very majestic and courageous. Although it was just a painting, he looked like a ferocious tiger.He was standing at the mountaintop with countless corpses of his enemies piled up around
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Adrian shook his head when he heard this. “Poor girl.”Kendall handed the cup of coffee to Adrian, who said, “All right, enough about her. Let’s talk about you instead. The research team was disbanded after my father died, and you’re under threat of being attacked right now.“Are you really just going to give up? After all, cancer tortures the lives of many.”Kendall remained silent for a while before he said, “That’s your father’s dream and has nothing to do with me.”“Are you sure it’s not your dream too? I refuse to believe you will willingly abandon it all,” Adrian said.Kendall trembled when he heard this, his eyes turning slightly red.Perhaps there were a lot of unspeakable things pent up inside his heart, or he had his reasons for not wanting to say anything.Kendall lit up another cigarette and said, “Do you know what it feels like to watch your colleague die in a lab as a deeply experienced cancer researcher?“It’s my fault that your father is dead, Adrian. I was the
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Kendall was a medical genius who had in-depth knowledge of cancer.He might have even been able to conquer cancer with the research group seven years ago if Henry had not passed away.Hence, Adrian’s proposal was like a nuclear bomb dropping on Kendall’s head, causing him to suffer insomnia that night.***The next morning…Briiiiing!The bell of Swallowston High rang, and countless young students shuffled into their respective classrooms.Kendall was slated to teach history in Class A of the third year.As usual, he carried his documents into class and ran into a cheery young girl in the hallway.“Good morning, Mr. Kendall!”The girl was in a wheelchair, waving to him with one hand and books in the other.The girl was very beautiful. She had a pair of large eyes and fair skin with a ponytail behind her head. She was wearing a short skirt today, exuding her beauty like a full garden of blooming flowers.Although the girl did not have a voluptuous body, she had pure beauty a
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Unperturbed by the students’ gazes, Adrian began, “War Legate Draco, born Adrian Xander, hails from Swallowston and joined Wyvern Peak as a soldier when he was eighteen.”‘Adrian Xander?’The students’ ears perked up when they heard this, while Kendall was stunned.The students began to chatter among themselves.“The legate’s name is Adrian? And he’s from Swallowston like us?”“Is that true?”“Did you hear that, Juno? The legate is from the same place as us!” a female student whispered as she patted Juno’s hand, the latter who was silently watching Adrian.At that moment, Juno raised her hand and asked, “Excuse me, but how do you know that the legate’s name is Adrian Xander? I heard that his files are super confidential and that nobody knows his identity unless they’re important people.”Adrian smiled. “You’re Juno, correct?”Juno was instantly curious.“He knows you, Juno!” Sherry, her deskmate, exclaimed.Juno nodded. “That’s correct, but how do you know that?”Adrian smi
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Kendall’s class became a stage for Adrian, while all the students listened intently to the story of a wheelchair-bound girl’s father who fought in the war.Cold Steel was a soldier from Wyvern Peak who may not have had a very high rank, but he was indeed a soldier who sacrificed himself in the battle against Luposia. Hence, his story was still fresh in Adrian’s mind.During that class, Adrian told everyone the story of how a soldier from Wyvern Peak fought passionately to resist the invasion of Luposia, and everyone listened intently.Juno was in tears. She never knew that her father was such a heroic, courageous, and fearless man.***At the end of the story, Adrian said, “During the final push to drive the enemy away, Cold Steel received an order to provide support to the fourth squad at Northdesert—an assault squad, so to speak.“But when he and his squad entered the desert area, the Luposians ambushed them. Cold Steel led his squad to slay three hundred men and they fought va