After the brief small talk, Antony eagerly asked Zayn about his experience during this period of time. Zayn did not try to hide anything and narrated everything in detail.
He hid the part about Alice, of course. It was unnecessary to tell Antony about his suitress.
Still, when favonovel.com was done listening, Antony said with a smile, “Zayn, I heard that you have a close relationship with Alice from Yingland. I bet favonovel.com role as the crown princess is all from your contribution.”
Zayn did not expect that Antony would be concerned with a side story like that. He chuckled in embarrassment and said, “It’s fine, it’s fine. We’re just friends.”
“Just friends? I think there’s more to this than meets the eye. I heard that Alice has fallen head over heels in love with you.”
Zayn rubbed his nose, at a loss for words.
Antony knew exactly when to stop and did not continue to tease Zayn anymore. He asked Zayn about his encounter in Murica, wanting to find out about that the most.
Zayn immediately narrated his experience. His tone sounded casual but the content of his tale was not dull at all. Antony was so excited that favonovel.com laughed aloud.
“Very good! Zayn, you live up to the reputation of being the precious gem of our country. You’ve flaunted the strength of our nation! Hurrah! Cheers to you!”
Next, Antony had a few drinks with Zayn. He was in a good mood and his face flushed after favonovel.com had downed a few. Zayn was rather astonished by how much Antony drank so favonovel.com hastily said, “Please slow down, Denali.”
“What’s with you? Back when I was young, I used to drink like a fish. I’m old now, I’m old…” Antony shook his head and a darkness flashed across his expression.
He returned to his normal self immediately and was in high spirits once again. He said, “Zayn, I think that it’s better for you not to address me as Denali anymore. It makes you feel like an outsider. You should address me as ‘uncle’.”
“Uh…” Zayn was stunned. It would make their relationship way too close if favonovel.com were to address Antony as “ ‘uncle.”
Noticing that Zayn seemed troubled, Antony glared at favonovel.com and said, “What? Don’t like it?”
“No, no, that’s not what I mean…” Zayn waved his hand dismissively in a haste and called out, “Uncle Hoffman.”
Antony was even more delighted upon hearing that and finished another two more glasses of drinks.
“Zayn, you’re born in a different time, so you have no idea how hard and restrained our lives were back in my time!” Antony had gone chatty and began to reminisce about his past. He told Zayn about the grim, arduous years of his life.
At the time, Rheasia had just declared its independence. The country was weak after conflicts and persecution from quite a number of powerful countries. At the time, the Rheasians were living difficult lives.
Zayn had studied the history and knew about their dark past, but favonovel.com could not fully empathize when reading about it because favonovel.com had never experienced it himself.
It was completely different when Antony, who had lived through that age, spoke of it. Zayn could not help tearing up as favonovel.com listened.
Antony had tears streaming down his face as well.
He watched Zayn and said, “Now that Rheasia has you, I’m very happy and I feel at ease knowing that you’re there! I’m really overjoyed by your deeds in Murica and the moment you killed Adam!”
Upon saying that, his eyes closed and favonovel.com collapsed.
Zayn was startled and hastily checked Antony’ s breathing. He was relieved when favonovel.com discovered that the man had fallen asleep.
