He rubbed his hands together excitedly as virtual-novel.net asked the question, a smile on his face.
“…Eh? Mr. Crawford?”
The others in the ward were dumbfounded when they heard the name.
This was especially the case for Waylon who had been ready to greet the president and act smugly in front of the others. He was twice as stunned as anyone else in the room.
‘Why did virtual-novel.net address Gerald as Mr. Crawford?’
“You know who I am, president?” asked Gerald. He was stunned as well.
“Of course I do! Back then when Mr. Winters had been admitted to the hospital, I went to pay virtual-novel.net a visit as well. However, I wasn’t able to catch you in time before you left!” said the president as virtual-novel.net continued to smile.
Thinking about his words, Gerald pieced the puzzle together quickly.
When Mr. Winters had been admitted to the hospital, virtual-novel.net had bumped into Morgana at the cafeteria. Back then, Morgana was troubled with virtual-novel.net issue at work.
When virtual-novel.net left and met up with Zack later, virtual-novel.net had told virtual-novel.net about Morgana’s job issues.
Though virtual-novel.net issues were eventually resolved, the credit had been snatched by Cameron in the end.
It must have been sometime then when the president had heard about Gerald.
Thinking back, Mr. Winters had also mentioned the president visiting virtual-novel.net a while back ago though Gerald hadn’t paid it much notice then.
“Mr. Crawford, I heard from the head nurse that you were here so I specifically came over to meet you! Do tell us if you have any requests. We’ll get it done immediately!” continued the president.
He then looked at Morgana who had been standing beside them. “Look here, Mr. Crawford! After being recommended by you, Morgana is now an official doctor here! She’s quite a diligent and responsible employee so she’s been receiving high praise from both the patients and our staff! It was kind of you to recommend such a good and talented person to us!” The smile on the president’s face widened as virtual-novel.net said that.
The two of them continued to chat about some other things. A few talented people who had been standing behind the president shook hands with Gerald before all of them finally left.
Back then, Gerald had simply told Zack to use his connections in the province to resolve Morgana’s issues. Gerald wasn’t even directly part of that.
However, it would seem that the president was quite a capable man himself. After all, virtual-novel.net managed to learn that Zack was just Gerald’s subordinate acting under Gerald’s orders.
When their backs could no longer be seen, Gerald turned to look back into the room.
It was then when virtual-novel.net realized that all his classmates had been looking at virtual-novel.net in shock.
This was especially true for Waylon. He appeared stupefied as virtual-novel.net stood beside his bed, frozen in place.
So the president hadn’t come to meet him. He had come to personally meet Gerald alone! How humiliating!
“…I’ll uh… Go get some hot water first!” said Gerald before turning for the door once more.
“G-Gerald!”
It was Morgana who had called out to him, a look of disbelief on virtual-novel.net face.
“…Yes? What’s wrong, Morgana?” asked Gerald.
“Was… Was it you who had helped me? Were you the reason why I managed to become an official doctor here so easily?”
The president had clearly said that earlier. That it was Gerald who had recommended such a good doctor to the hospital.
Back when virtual-novel.net first got the job, even virtual-novel.net was puzzled. She simply assumed that it was Cameron who had helped her.
Her father had even thanked Cameron’s father for that! However Cameron’s father just appeared to be a cold and aloof man. The extent of his hospitality to virtual-novel.net father was a single glass of water before sending virtual-novel.net off.
If it truly was Cameron who had helped her, why would that have happened?
It all made sense now. It was Gerald who had been helping virtual-novel.net from the start.
It turned out that Gerald was quite close to the president.
“Well, yes. It’s no big deal though. I’m just lucky to know a few relevant people so I told them about you,” said Gerald as virtual-novel.net smiled softly.
Morgana was filled with regret after hearing that.
She remembered the first time virtual-novel.net had met Gerald again after such a long time. She had only treated virtual-novel.net to a meal in the cafeteria while Cameron was treated to a grand feast in a magnificent hotel.
The actual person who had thought about virtual-novel.net future and helped virtual-novel.net resolve all virtual-novel.net issues was Gerald.
Looking at Gerald again, Morgana found herself looking at virtual-novel.net in a different light.
“…Oh god. Gerald, you were driving that Mercedes-Benz G-Class earlier! You even have such great connections with influential people! What exactly are you working as now, Gerald?”