Although Montez was still in kindergarten, it was an elite one, so it was a step ahead of the average kindergarten.
For instance, Montez already had to sit for exams.
It was just like how primary school students had to sit for their final exams before the holidays.
Montez's results were excellent as always and he had managed to maintain his position as the top student in the kindergarten.
He went home excitedly with his honor certificate.
However, Madam Quartley didn't look too happy about it.
She was worried about Tremaine.
He was in a lot of danger. Though she'd heard of Tremaine's solution, she knew that these things weren't so easily resolved, thanks to her years of experience with Tremaine's grandfather.
Once upon a time, the Quartley family had fallen from grace because someone had gotten ahold of some dirt on them.
Madam Quartley merely let out a short laugh at Montez's honour certificate. "That's great, Montez."
Montez was bright, so he could tell that Madam Quartley wasn't really that happy. He immediately lost his gusto and walked away sadly.
She could see how disappointed he was, but she wasn't in the mood to comfort him.
She called Yuliana over.
Tremaine was almost never at home these days, and Zorion was mentally challenged. The only person she could talk to was Yuliana.
Madam Quartley knew that Yuliana was clueless about these things.
But she was feeling so anxious that she needed someone to talk to her.
Madam Quartley said, "Yuliana, why do you think Tremaine hasn't come home yet? It's been close to a month. Do you think the military court sent someone to arrest him? I've heard of a country's president being arrested and sentenced to death without any notice before. Do you think Tremaine's..."
Yuliana quickly cut her off. "Grandma, don't say such things. That president was sentenced to death because he was too incompetent. Tremaine isn't such a useless person, and the military court wouldn't dare to do something like that. After all, Nashaland isn't some weak nation. They wouldn't dare sentence a strong nation's president just like
that!"
Madam Quartley felt that Yuliana was making sense.
She let out a long sigh.
After chatting for a while more, Yuliana couldn't help saying, "Grandma, I really don't understand why Tremaine wanted to initiate that Plan X when there wasn't any need to. Even if Nashaland's military isn't as powerful as before, we can just give the oil resources to those nations that want it. There's no need to take such a huge risk."
Yuliana didn't pay much attention to these things, but it was hard to ignore when the news was everywhere. Madam Quartley had also told her some things.
In her opinion, Tremaine was putting himself at risk by initiating Plan X. Once news got out, as the president, he'd be the target of attack of several nations. Not only would he lose his position as the president, but he would also be punished by the military court.
Madam Quartley didn't appreciate Yuliana's opinion.
She glared at Yuliana. "You don't know what you're talking about. As the president, Tremaine can't just think of himself. He has to think of the whole country! If we were to give up our oil resources just because other nations wanted it, we'd be allowing them to exploit Nashaland's resources! You just don't get it."
Madam Quartley waved a hand at her.
Forget it. Why was she even talking to Yuliana about this?
It was fine to talk about other things with her, but Yuliana was completely clueless about these matters.
Montez decided to visit Yesseca with his honour certificate.
He went over to see Yesseca with his certificate.
It had been such a long time since he'd last seen Yesseca, and he really missed her.
Of course, he had another reason as well.
Montez felt that men had to maintain a heroic image in the eyes of their women.
"Yes!"
He was the top student in his kindergarten. That was the type of heroic image one wanted!
He had to tell Yesseca.
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