The Guardian's Sword

Zander asked, "Commander, Aren't you mad at Derrick and Benji for abandoning
the army?"

"Abandon?" Sean could not help laughing.

He did not expect Zander to think Derrick and Benji had abandoned the army.

It seemed Zander was mad about Derrick and Beniji's retirement and must
despise them. Otherwise, he would not have said such a thing.

Sean laughed and said, "Derrick and Benji would have abandoned the army if
they had suddenly deserted in the middle of a war. I will kill them without mercy
according to military rules! But Derrick and Benji didn't desert in the middle of a
war. Besides, they applied to discharge and retired as per the procedure. How is
that abandoning?"

"But they couldn't stand the hardship after all. They retired because they're
unwilling to continue bearing the responsibility of protecting the country," Zander
said, gritting his teeth.

"Not everyone is capable of such a huge responsibility, and not everyone has
steel-like willpower. Zander, you're asking too much.”

Sean waved his hand and motioned for Zander to sit down. However, instead of
sitting down, Zander turned around and went to make Sean a cup of tea.

"We don't know what Beniji's trouble is yet. We'll find out when we ask him
tomorrow or the next day over a drink. If it's a financial problem, I will help him,"
Sean said to Zander.

Zander put down the teacup and nodded earnestly.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

In these three days, Sean and Zander had gone out to explore the city a few
times. Although they did not explore the entire of Midwich, they visited some of
the more famous places. The two now had some understanding of Midwich.

It was getting dark. 8 pm.

Sean and Zander alighted a taxi and stood before Sky Restaurant's entrance.
Sky Restaurant was a popular restaurant in Midwich. Besides that, it was
expensive, about 1,000 dollars per person.

1,000 dollars per person was not cheap. With one person having to spend 1,000
dollars here, a group of people having a meal here would cost almost 10,000
dollars. Such a cost was already expensive.

It was unknown whether because today was a weekend or some other reason.
There were a lot of customers in Sky Restaurant.

As soon as Sean and Zander walked into the dining area, there was a lively
atmosphere. The whole place was full of people, most of whom were friends
meeting for dinner and drinks.

"Hello, table for how many people, please?" A waitress walked over and asked
with a smile.

The waitress was young and polite. You could tell she was trained. Besides that,
the red dress she wore was no regular material. The fabric was of high quality.
The look of it alone was comforting.

"We have five people in total..." Sean said to the waitress.

"Okay, we still have a table in the dining area..."

Before the waitress could finish speaking, Zander asked eagerly, "Only tables in
the lobby? Are there no private rooms?"

"Private rooms are temporarily..."

While the waitress was talking, another waitress came over and whispered
something in her ear.

The waitress's face lit up immediately, and she said, "You two are lucky.
Someone just left, so we have a private room available now."

"It's great that you have one," Zander nodded with satisfaction.

Normally, it did not matter if they got a private room.