Echelon Systems
Decisions

Nathan quickly shook his head because between him and doctor Emilia there was no special relationship. He didn't even know the woman.

"No Sir... I don't even know and only met once with your daughter..." Nathan tries to erase the misunderstanding.

For a moment Admiral Frank looked straight into Nathan's eyes, trembling as if there was something he was hiding from him.

Without loosening his curiosity Admiral Frank then pulled out a letter and placed it on the table so that Nathan could read it.

Upon seeing the contents of the letter Nathan immediately broke out in a cold sweat because there was a message that reported him that he was going to sleep with the Admiral's daughter.

'How can I clearly not do it. Is this the nurse?' Nathan can now only be transfixed and does not expect that the nurse reported him.

Nathan hesitantly then raised his face and looked at Admiral Frank who was staring at him as if holding back his angry feelings.

He guessed that Admiral Frank seemed to be the type of parent who was very protective of his son. But clearly he did not want to be the target of this misunderstanding.

"So... How are you going to explain all this. I did deliberately send my confidant to watch over my daughter and did not expect that it would be like now..." Admiral Frank said as he lit his cigarette.

"Something is wrong, sir... I really didn't do it... " Nathan replied nervously.

Admiral Frank exhales his cigarette smoke and looks at Nathan again. "Not really doing it... So you're gonna do it if there's no one?"

Nathan's mouth was immediately locked, he was completely wrong to have said those words and now there was no way out but to admit it.

But Nathan didn't have the courage to say that he would have done it if no one had bothered him at the time.

Hot tin will certainly be directly lodged in his head because he dared to want to tarnish the daughter of an Admiral from the United States.

"After taking care of her for thirty years alone because her mother died in childbirth, there is now a twenty-one-year-old boy who wants to desecrate her... What's the payoff for a young man like that, Nathan?" Said Admiral Frank which made Nathan's body instantly shake.

With the rank of middle-aged man Nathan could have been put in Alcatraz prison and would have been tortured. The worst possibility is that he could have been executed at that place.

Seeing Nathan who looked tense made Admiral Frank laugh and did not expect that the young man would simply wait for his fate.

"Don't tense up like that I'm just kidding. To be honest I have no problem with that, my own daughter who said that she was interested in you..." Admiral Frank said with a laugh.

Nathan can only laugh awkwardly and feels that he will always get into trouble especially when dealing with a creature named woman.

"I'll give you permission to get in touch with my daughter, and then you can manage my oil mine. But you have to choose between my daughter or your uniform..." Keep up Admiral Frank.

The offer given by Admiral Frank is quite tempting, he will get a beautiful woman with a perfect body plus given the confidence to manage the mine owned by the Admiral Frank family.

But after thinking back Nathan had already made a decision. "I'm sorry, but I can't leave my partner and choose to stay..."

After saying this, Nathan resigned and left Admiral Frank alone to his room.

Seeing Nathan preferring to remain devoted to the country, Admiral Frank could not do much and saw someone emerge from the darkness.

He was none other than the doctor Emilia who had listened to all the talk in the room in secret.

"You heard it yourself, didn't you. Now all the choices are with you. Would you still insist on being with that man at high risk, or forget about him and look for another man..." Admiral Frank said to the doctor Emilia who stood behind him.

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Elsewhere Nathan was sitting on the deck of the ship looking at some of the people who were repairing and preparing the aircraft that will be used tomorrow.

From a distance it faintly saw the Imperial Japanese Ship Fleet a hundred kilometers away from the Allied Armada.

Although quite far Nathan can still see it unlike others who have to use binoculars aids. This was all inseparable from the serum he had injected earlier.

"Now how do I get home. I miss the beauty in my home. Why did I waste them at that time. Huh..." Nathan muttered lethargicly.

Someone suddenly came up to Nathan and accidentally heard what the man had just muttered.

"The beauty that is wasted. What do you mean?" Ask the person who is none other than Dr. Emilia.

Seeing the arrival of doctor Emilia who heard his words earlier, Nathan immediately tried to divert the question asked by the woman.

"Warmness at home only..." Nathan replies while turning his gaze toward the Lexington aircraft carrier that will sink tomorrow according to history.

Doctor Emilia then sat down next to Nathan and noticed the young man's face being blown by the night breeze.

"Is there something on my face?" Nathan asked who realized that the beautiful doctor was looking at his face.

"Why did you refuse my father's offer? Don't you like me?" Doctor Emilia asked back and was still very curious about Nathan's decision to refuse an offer from his father.

Nathan laughed while shaking his head. "Only a weird guy who doesn't like women like you and me is definitely not one of them..." Nathan said without glancing at Dr. Emilia.

"Why did you reject me?" Doctor Emilia asked again. From the look on his face, he was clearly disappointed with the decision Nathan made.

"We are different as oil and water cannot combine. I'm a soldier who took a lot of lives, while you're a doctor who healed people. You know what I mean, don't you?" Nathan replied with a faint smile.

"Then why don't you just quit the military, or I'll just stop being a doctor. That way everything will be easier..." Doctor Emilia expressed her opinion.

"I have every reason to remain a soldier and contribute like a citizen. And have you not sworn an oath to a doctor. So don't decide in a hurry..." Nathan Said.

"One more thing, I already have a lover so you better forget everything. I'm sorry..." Keep Nathan.

Hearing that Nathan already has a lover clearly makes Doctor Emilia surprised and not believe let alone the man often gives him a love letter.

"Are you trying to lie to me, then why do you often give me those letters. If it's true what's so great about that woman?" Doctor Emilia asked in a jealous tone.

"He has everything a woman has. Although sometimes angry for no reason I still like it. But now I can't see him anymore..." Nathan replies with a faint smile to Doctor Emilia.

Doctor Emilia pensively pensively. "If it's like that why not find another woman. You'll obviously never see her again..." Said Doctor Emilia who thought that Nathan's lover had died.

Nathan shook his head and let out a long sigh. "I'm sorry but I can't do it now..."

Feeling that Nathan's decision was unanimous and useless if he persisted, with a heavy heart doctor Emilia then left the man.