Compared with the lively festive atmosphere of Balfreme Palace in previous years, when Ryan and others entered the imperial city together, this ancient city with a history of nearly a thousand years seemed particularly deserted.

The place for the dinner is still in the Jade Garden. In the past, grand banquets would be held here, and there would be a dance party afterwards.

But this year... When Ryan, Hayneshou and others came to the Emerald Courtyard, some senior generals and officers of the regular army were sitting sparsely in the huge venue.

Ryan saw an acquaintance among the group of regular army generals. After greeting Alex and others, Ryan asked Lisha and Sheron to join the seat first, and walked to the other side with Alisa.

"General Craig, I've been greeting for a long time. It turns out that so many people from the regular army have received invitations to dinner this time."

"Hmm?" Admiral Craig, who was frowning and seemed to be worried about something, suddenly raised his head. "Oh! Isn't this a classmate of Mr. Kane and Elliot? I remember being called... Alisha, right?"

Alisa saluted politely, "Yes, Admiral Craig, I am Alisa Ryanfolt, I met Elliot at Ordis not long ago."

Olaf Craig smiled generously and said, "Haha! I heard him talk about it. I heard it was Mr. Kane's birthday party?"

The leader of the Fourth Mecha Division was promoted to Prime Minister Osborne after the war due to his great contributions during the Civil War and has now reached the rank of general as the peak of the general.

Ryan congratulated General Craig, but the cheerful uncle shook his head calmly, "There is nothing to congratulations, I know myself, my military career... has come to an end."

Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he was a little surprised by General Craig's evaluation of himself, he actually agreed with the other party's opinion.

General Craig has always been known as a powerful general rather than a wise general, and he also knew very well that he was not the marshal.

It's okay to let him charge, but he has to command the overall situation... Craig asked himself that he didn't have the ability.

"What a pity..." Olaf sighed. "If Brigadier General Osborne could stay in the army, he would have probably replaced Chief Vandyk as a marshal. How could the old commander be re-ordered when he entered his twilight years?"

Lieutenant Colonel Knighthar, the adjutant of the Fourth Mecha Division, whispered, "General, please be careful."

Olaf waved impatiently, "I'm talking about the facts. At that time, Brigadier General Osborne was my immediate superior. I know his skills very well. Even Chief Vandyke didn't expect that he would suddenly become the prime minister."

Ryan didn't know how to respond, so he simply pulled the topic to other directions. "Actually, if you want to take over the position of Marshal... Lieutenant General Sykes should be a suitable candidate, right?"

Olaf's hand that was bringing wine into his mouth, he and Knighthal looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

"In terms of ability, Sykes is indeed impeccable, but... he was born with the current imperial government."

Ryan immediately understood that he did not continue to speak, but nodded slightly.

"Okay! Don't say that."

Olaf drank the red wine in his glass and laughed and said, "Today is a banquet, so we won't talk about such a disappointment. Mr. Kane, did Elliott show any abnormalities recently when contacting you?"

"abnormal?"

Ryan and Alisa looked at each other, and both shook their heads, "No, is there something going on?"

Olaf grabbed the red beard on his chin in distress, "Yeah um... Is it true that I guessed wrong?"

Knighthall looked at the tangled commander and explained helplessly, "I heard from Fiona that Elliot would often go to Tolista to see a girl named Mint on vacation. The general thought they were..."

“Ah~”

Ryan and Alisa showed a sudden look at each other, and then Alisa tentatively said, "That, General Craig, Elliot and Mint were members of the wind music club before graduation. Will they have any musical matters to discuss?"

Knighthall covered his forehead with a headache and said, "I say the same thing, after all, that child Mint...why do you say it? Tianran is stupid? I think she may not even know what love is."

Ryan twitched, "That's not necessarily true. I heard that Mary and Makarov were just mixed up, and they formed a red line by chance."

Ryan used to hear from the people in Class 7 and the instructors in the academy mention allergy, which was a rash and natural fool, and she was also Makarov's niece.

Ryan was also a little confused about Elliot's whereabouts. The child did not look like a carnivorous type and should not take the initiative to attack a natural stupid girl.

"General Craig, why don't we ask Elliot right now through Arcus?"

The seven-speed special Arcus II was delivered to everyone in early July. The remote communication function Olibart mentioned can be actually used after testing.

In addition, the version used by Ryan and Lisha has been debugged by Alisa and has some different functions.

Olaf's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly and said, "Please, you peers must be more suitable for me to ask. That child hasn't talked about private matters with me for a long time. He was so attached to me when he was a child..."

"Oh oh oh! My Elliot!"

Seeing Olaf, who suddenly began to sigh sadly, everyone, including Knighthar, had no choice but to cover his face.

Knighthall said with a blank expression, "...sorry, I've let you see the embarrassing side. Please contact Elliot first, otherwise... I'm afraid that the general's situation will worsen."

Alisa laughed and cried and launched a special APP equipped with Arcus II, and soon contacted Elliot, who was in the imperial capital.

"Mint?"

Elliot's voice came from the hands-free Arcus, "I did go to help her recently. Wind Department Minister Brecht intends to come to the capital to hold a public music performance during the Midsummer Festival. They want to ask for advice from me, a student of the Conservatory of Music."

"ah……"

Olaf's face showed a strange expression of disappointment and relief.

"Eh?" Elliot's voice seemed a little confused. "I just... seemed to hear my father's voice? Where are you, Alisa?"

Ryan took Arcus from Alisa's hand and said with a wicked smile, "We happened to meet your father in the Emerald Courtyard banquet hall at Balfreme Palace. He thought you had a girlfriend."

"Woo wow!" The soft and cute Elliot retorted panickedly, "Dad is really good. I'm fine just asking me directly. Sorry... I'm going to help Mint and others debug the amplifier equipment, and I'll lose my companion first."

'Um?'

Olaf and Knighthal did not feel suspicious about Elliot's panic hang-up, but Ryan and Alisa looked at each other, and a look of gossip flashed in their eyes at the same time.
Chapter completed!