Looking at the tears on Lily's face, Charles clenched his teeth tightly, took a deep breath, and placed Lily in front of him.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. I will find a way to keep you alive."
Hearing Charles' decisive words, Lily's depressed expression disappeared. Her familiar sweet smile appeared on her face again, and her two thin big ears stood up again.
"Mr. Charles, thank you. As long as I am by your side, even if I really die by then—"
"Nothing is happening. I've already lost one friend and I don't want to lose another one!!"
Soon a piece of paper was posted on the huge steel billboard in Hope Island Square.
The islanders who were strolling in the square gathered around in twos and threes. They were surprised to find that it was not a new decree, but a bounty order issued by the Governor himself.
"I, Charles Reed, the Governor of Hope Island, hereby declare that anyone, regardless of his or her status, who can restore a human soul trapped in a rat's body back to being human, will be rewarded with a 200-meter-long and 300-meter-wide central area of Hope Island, as well as a bounty of 50 million echoes."
This news was like a torpedo thrown into a fish pond, causing an uproar among the islanders.
Not only to Hope Island, this news spread to the surrounding areas of the Earth Sea at an alarming speed. It was estimated that it would not take long before it reached every interested ear in the Earth Sea.
It’s not that the people of Earthsea like to gossip, but the bounty this time is really too generous. In Earthsea, island land is always more precious than gold, not to mention the land of Hope Island.
That could be an island blessed by the light of God, which is now a good thing that cannot be bought with money. As long as you have this piece of land, you can not only jump to a higher class instantly, but your descendants will never have to worry about survival again.
In the Governor's Mansion, Charles, sitting behind his desk, held a pen in his hand and quickly wrote lines on the white paper.
"Convert these two letters into telegraph code. Send one to the Crown of the World and have Anna ask the Hik tribe if they have any solutions. Send the other to Icha Island and have Elizabeth ask Chief Gaunt. Remember not to send them in the wrong order."
Watching the butler quickly leave with the papers, Charles pondered over how to solve Lily's problem. He had already used all the means he should use, and now it depended on whether there would be any response.
The main reason is that time is too tight, there are only four months. Even if people in other sea areas really have a way, it is not known whether they can get here in four months.
His eyes glanced at Lily, who was squatting on the table, looking down and pulling her tail.
In this regard, he was really a bit negligent. The long-term exploration made him only care about Lily's childish personality, and completely forgot her short lifespan as a mouse.
"Lily, do you remember how you turned into a mouse? Do you have any special impression?"
Lily tilted her head and pretended to think. "Hmm... I don't know. The last thing I remember was falling into a whirlpool. When I woke up again, I was surrounded by my uncle and his friends. Then I was surprised to find that I could speak the language of mice. Then I met you."
Charles analyzed the news with a frown on his face. "This is the first time the mice on the island of the third laboratory have seen Lily. Maybe we can start with them. Maybe they know something."
Lily looked at Charles, who was frowning, and walked over slowly. She gently pulled his clothes with her hands. "Mr. Charles, if I die, can you bury me next to the doctor? I'm afraid of being alone."
Charles held her in his arms and patted her back. "Don't be discouraged. There must be a way. This Earthsea is so unscientific. There must be a way to turn you back to your original state."
"Mr. Charles, as long as I'm by your side, I'm not afraid of death, really."
"Don't run around during this time. Stay in the Governor's Mansion and recuperate. The longer you hold on, the greater our chances of rescuing you."
Charles glanced at her in surprise, "What are you going to do?"
"For example, I want a kitten as a pet, I want my brother to call me sister, I want to ride the thrilling roller coaster in your phone, Mr. Charles, and I want to have a love affair, the kind of love in the books."
"You can do those things slowly after you become a human. There's no need to rush."
"Mr. Charles, do you think the feeling of being in love is really as beautiful as in the books?" Lily's voice was full of longing.
"Yes, it is fragile but very beautiful indeed."
Lily looked at Charles with her big eyes, "Mr. Charles, let's fall in love now. Tell me you love me. You are the sea and I am the fish. We will be together forever."
Looking at those big eyes, Charles hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Lily, I love you. You are the sea and I am the fish. We will be together all our lives."
"No, no, say it again. The tone you used when talking to that monster sister is completely different." Lily arched her head and kept acting coquettishly towards Charles.
"Bang!" The door was pushed open, and Dipper rushed in anxiously, panting. "Captain, I heard Linda say-"
"Get out! When will you change your bad habit of not liking to knock on the door?"
Dipper was stunned when he saw Lily who was fine. Then he quickly stepped back and closed the door again.
Charles held Lily in his hand and strode to the balcony. He waved his hand towards the street below and said, "You can pick any handsome guy you choose. I can find him to date you."
Lily's long tail swept back and forth between Charles' fingers quickly, and her head shook quickly. "This is different~ How can this be called love? The book says that love is a sacred thing."
At this point, Lily raised her head again, "Mr. Charles, please say it again, Lily, I love you."
As a result, Lily shouted for a long time but there was no response. She saw that Mr. Charles was staring at the street below.
She turned around and looked towards the street, and found an old man with a white triangle on his head rushing towards them aggressively.
"Yeah, how could I forget about these lunatics? They can heal my eyes, maybe they can heal Lily too."
"Charles!" The Pope's voice was filled with suppressed anger. "What do you mean by indefinite postponement of the voyage?!"
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