At this time, the captain hurriedly said, "Lord Schulz, I will set off now. I will certainly find the body and send it to the Japanese Self-Defense Force!"
Cadfan replied, "You don’t need to come back if you cannot figure out a way to get this done!"
"Okay, Lord Schulz!" The captain agreed immediately. After hanging up the phone, he looked at Charlie with a pleading look on his face as he said, "Sir, if Cadfan Schulz finds out that I lied to him, he will certainly hack me into a thousand pieces..."
Charlie replied indifferently, "Don’t worry. Since you have already acted according to my instructions, I will naturally keep my word and honor my promise!"
Having said that, Charlie continued, "The few of you should come to Aurous Hill with me tonight. I will help all of you settle down in a safe place after arriving in Aurous Hill. At that time, all of you can live incognito for a while first. After I am done dealing with the Schulz family, all of you will be able to return to your own identities and live a carefree life in the future!"
When the captain heard this, he was ecstatic, and he knelt immediately as he kowtowed in front of Charlie. After that, he said excitedly, "Sir, my men and I will be depending on you in the future, then!" 2
The several other men also knelt.
Charlie's willingness to spare their lives truly made them feel extremely grateful. Therefore, they would naturally follow all of Charlie's instructions and arrangements, a
At this time, Charlie looked at Rosalie as he said faintly, "What now, little beauty? Wasn’t I right? That old man, Cadfan Schulz, had never intended to save you or bring you back to Oskia. Everything was all just an act that he had orchestrated for you."
Rosalie’s eyes were red and swollen, and all of her stubbornness was already gone. Her face was extremely pale, but she was filled with doubts as she asked, "However, there is still one thing that I do not understand. Why would he go through all that trouble t o put on an act for me? After all, he does not intend to save me at all... so, regardless of whether I die at seal o r whether I was captured alive by the Japanese SelfDefense Force, I would never be able to leave alive, anyway. Why would he need to go through such extremes to put on an act for me to see?" 3
Charlie shrugged as he smiled and said, "Since he is already putting on an act, you are certainly not his only audience. There must be other audiences that this act is intended for aside from you. For instance, the family members from your mother's natal family..."
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