After finalizing the arrangements for the borrowed soldiers, we bid King Carter farewell and returned to our temporary accommodations. There, the core members of our crew gathered to talk about our next course of action.

I had Dondon wake Zhang Bao'er up for the meeting. Shortly after, Bao'er arrived with Dondon. On Bao'er's face was an extremely dispirited expression. It was pretty obvious that Dondon, the straightforward fellow, had bragged about the food to Zhang Bao'er without considering his feelings.

Suffering from a rumbling stomach and Dondon's detailed description of the feast, Zhang Bao'er could only chew on the military crackers grumpily.

'Sigh. You can only blame yourself for shutting off your communicator,' I thought inwardly. Of course, I was careful to not say a word about the feast so as to not further trigger Zhang Bao'er.

An hour later, Old Du returned to the palace with Maley. I had no interest in joining the meeting between Maley and King Carter. The moment Old Du and Kelly joined us, our own meeting began.

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