103. Asking the King

"You ... must be drunk, for you to talk like this," Andrew said suddenly.

Sean was eager to argue, but he was silent for a moment.

Andrew said, "Just so you know, not everyone can become a soldier. Don't you also know how difficult the tests you went through to get to this stage are, Sean?"

"How can you say now that you don't want the life of a soldier? Are you out of your mind?" Andrew continued.

Sean was silent for an instant.

The young man looked down deeply, as if he had just been slapped so hard. Meanwhile, Howard and Mark seemed to be revived by a splash of cold water.

"Didn't you say a while ago that you were so happy to be in General Mackenzie's army?" Andrew asked and he seemed to have lost his temper.

He looked at the three in turn and finally said, "If only General Mackenzie had listened to what you said earlier, he would have been very disappointed."

"No, sir." Sean said quickly.

"I'm sorry. I've done wrong," Sean said quickly with an overwhelming sense of guilt.