In the Governor's Mansion on Hope Island, Elizabeth lay in Charles' arms, holding her cell phone and curiously looking through the pictures in the album.
"The Land of Light is so magical. No wonder you want to go back."
Charles rested his chin gently on the top of her head and smelled the subtle fragrance between her hair.
When he first came down, there was a period of time when he thought this phone would be his golden finger.
It will come in handy someday, but right now it seems that the greatest use of this thing is to do its essential job and be used for fun.
Elizabeth looked at him quietly for a while, then raised her head and asked in confusion: "Dear, why haven't you rushed out to sea recently? This is not like you before."
Charles shook his head. "It's not time yet. I'm waiting for someone."
He was waiting for Anna to tell him the solution to the curse of God. The abnormal behavior of his brain before made Charles realize that if he continued with this scarred spirit, he would collapse one day.
He didn't want to collapse, he wanted to find a way out alive.
Of course, Charles was not just waiting for Anna's information. On the other hand, he was also using the power of the Governor's Office to find a solution.
However, the search was not effective. The huge reward did not bring about a solution, not even anyone was willing to cheat for money. It seemed as if no one in the entire Earthsea could lift the curse of God.
"What has Anna been doing recently? Why has there been no news for so long? Even the telegram from Tianshui Island has not been replied." Charles, holding Elizabeth, thought about this question in confusion.
"This is great. You belong to me now." Elizabeth came up to him again with a smile.
Charles raised his head slightly and dodged. "You are the master of an island. You have been here for so long. Is everything okay on the island?"
Elizabeth's clinginess during this period allowed Charles to fully understand the feminine side of her character.
"It's okay. My people are watching carefully. Even if something happens, I can borrow your navy to reoccupy it." After Elizabeth finished speaking, she turned over and sat astride him. She straightened Charles' head and leaned over him from above.
Just as their faces were getting closer, the maid's voice came from outside the bedroom. "Governor, someone is looking for you."
Looking at Elizabeth who was blinking in front of him, Charles said, "Let them wait. It's not convenient for me now."
"You should meet them. The people who came this time... are a little different... They are so tall."
"It's so tall. Did they say where it came from?"
“The crown of the world.”
Charles' heart moved, and he quickly stood up, straightened his messy clothes and walked quickly towards the door.
When Charles arrived at the reception room of the Governor's Mansion, he was disappointed that the person he had in mind did not come, but those big men who were up to three meters tall came instead.
These guys were wearing white robes that covered their bodies completely, with only a pair of eyes showing from under their triangular hoods.
Seeing their horrifying appearance, Elizabeth on the side clearly showed a trace of panic in her eyes, but after looking at Charles' back, she said nothing and just watched quietly.
A small wooden box and a piece of letter paper were handed to Charles.
Charles glanced at the box and opened the letter paper. Inside was a delicate female note written in Chinese.
"By the way, my friend has found the method to remove the curse you asked for. Did you see the box? Ask those big guys about the details of what happened next. They know.
Love you always, Anna."
"Where is Anna?" Charles asked the person in front.
"It's not convenient for her to come." This was the first time Charles heard these big men speak, and their voices were very hoarse, like a rusty saw cutting steel.
Charles held the iron box in his hand. "How do you use this?"
"Go to the Broken Island in the Misty Sea of the South Sea. The prophet on the island will guide you on the way forward."
Charles felt slightly happy that his troubles could be solved.
"Thank you very much. What compensation do you need?" Charles asked.
The giant shook his head. "No, that Dewait paid for it."
Then the talking giant leaned down with his huge lantern-like head, looked Charles up and down with his blue eyes with black pupils, then turned around and left with the others. It seemed as if they had come here from afar just to give Charles these two little things.
Broken Island in the Sea of Misty Sea? Charles secretly kept this name in his heart. It was the key to clearing up the abnormalities in his brain.
As soon as the giants left, Elizabeth rushed over. Her face was no longer as calm as before, and there was a hint of panic in her eyes.
"Charles, why do you know these guys? Don't get in touch with these crazy people! Never!"
"Do you know these tall people?" As soon as he said this, looking at Elizabeth's height, Charles suddenly seemed to understand something.
Elizabeth had never looked so panicked. "Charles, promise me not to get involved with them and not to go to the Sea of Mist."
"Can you tell me why? My plan requires me to go there." Charles asked in a low voice, looking at the box in his hand.
He didn't want his well-decided plan to be disrupted. So far, he had only found this one way to lift the curse of God, so he had to go there.
Elizabeth hesitated for a moment and then sighed. "As you can see, my height is different from that of ordinary people. This height comes from them. My grandfather is one of them."
"Who are they to you? Tribe?" Charles asked.
"No, I'm not, and I will never be. They are a bunch of disgusting lunatics, a group of people who are crazier than the Church of Light and the god Futan." When Elizabeth said this, there was no concealment of the disgust in her eyes.
Charles looked at Elizabeth in front of him and said in a low voice: "Who are they? Why do you hate them so much? Because of their unusual height?"
Elizabeth sneered. "How do you think they got so big? The disgusting and filthy things in the Sea of Mist are beyond your imagination."
Charles looked at Elizabeth in silence, waiting for her to continue.
Elizabeth's eyes were filled with extreme disgust as she whispered, "My grandfather told me their secret. They have a special method that allows humans to combine with the natives and produce offspring. They were originally just ordinary humans. I don't know which island's natives they merged with to get their huge height."
(End of this chapter)