The real owner of Hope Island has returned, and the situation on Hope Island has gradually returned to calm. Any thoughts in everyone's mind, even if they have not dissipated, are carefully hidden in the deepest part of their hearts.
Few people knew what the Governor encountered at sea. All they could see was that everyone except the captain was completely crazy.
The crew members were gathered in a huge villa for intensive treatment, and their families received generous compensation.
This house, located in the center of the island and decorated extremely gorgeously, is secretly called a lunatic asylum by many people behind their backs. Rumor has it on the island that they have all been cursed by God.
As for the Governor, he has been staying in the Governor's Mansion since he came back and has never come out again.
All requests for an audience were rejected, even the servants and maids in charge of maintenance in the Governor's Mansion were asked to leave.
In the deserted bedroom, surrounded by scattered wine bottles, Charles raised the bottle in his hand dejectedly, but the wine in the bottle had been drunk up and only an empty bottle was left.
Charles grabbed a new bottle of wine with his shaky right hand, and the chain saw turned rapidly, blowing the bottle cap directly off.
Just as he was gulping down the liquor, the closed door slowly opened. "Get out!!"
Charles's roar echoed throughout the room, scaring Lily who ran in so much that she started to tremble all over.
But she did not leave in the end. Instead, she quickly moved among the empty wine bottles and came to the bearded Charles.
Tears welled up in Lily's eyes. She asked Charles in a low voice, feeling very aggrieved: "Mr. Charles, did I do something wrong? Why are you so unhappy? Don't you like me to come back?"
Seeing Lily like that, Charles' heart softened. He put down the bottle of wine in his hand and held her gently in his palm.
"You are not wrong, it is me who is wrong... it is me..." Charles said this with an expression of extreme pain on his face.
Seeing this, Lily jumped onto Charles' shoulder, opened her paws and gently hugged Charles. "Mr. Charles, cheer up, everyone needs you, you are the captain."
Charles shook his head. He reached out and picked up Lily and put her on the ground beside him. He grabbed the bottle and drank again. "Not anymore."
Lily was about to say something when the crisp sound of high heels came from the bedroom door. "Let him drink."
The little mouse turned his head and saw Anna standing at the door with her arms folded, looking calm.
After it looked at each other, it quickly got on all fours and left.
Charles continued to drink, and Anna watched quietly beside him. The atmosphere was very peaceful.
But just as Charles picked up another bottle, Anna, who was standing at the door, flicked her right hand lightly, and the black tentacle swung over like a long whip.
The light brown liquid contained in the glass bottle hit the wall directly and shattered into pieces instantly.
"It's not your fault that so many people died in Earthsea! It's not your fault that your crew went crazy!! What the hell are you blaming yourself for!!!"
"Haha... Is it really not my fault? Maybe I did it wrong from the beginning. If I had just arrived on the surface and stayed there peacefully, perhaps things would have been different." Charles' voice was filled with fatigue.
Charles stared at Anna with his bloodshot eyes. "What should I do? The crew of the Narwhal is also crazy! They are my companions who I spend every day with! They are my family!! Bandage, Dipper, Krona, Linda, Audric, Planck, Norden, they are all crazy!!"
"I'm not a robot either. I have feelings too! I'm a living person who can feel sad and upset!"
"In that case, then you should think of a way! Find a way to cure your companion's madness! The Earthsea is so strange, maybe other people on other islands may have a way! Cheer up and find it."
When Charles heard this, a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"Others? Apart from Hope Island, where else are there other people in the entire Earthsea? They are all dead. They were all killed by the warm sunshine."
"What about the surface? Shanshan just went to check it out. The door to the surface is open. Don't you want to go up and take a look? You have been waiting for this day for so many years."
Hearing this, Charles was stunned. "Surface... Surface..." Charles murmured.
"What's on the surface?" Charles asked Anna a strange question.
"There are the family you miss so much, and the modern life you have always wanted to live."
"Really? But why is my mind so confused?" Charles said as he suddenly stood up, rushed to the drawing board next to him and started drawing quickly.
A picture of a family of four quickly took shape on it, but the man and woman representing the parents only had half of their heads left, and the portrait representing the sister only had the lower half of her body, and various irregular squares cut through their bodies.
This supposedly realistic family portrait was shattered into pieces, turning it into an abstract art painting.
Charles tried his best to fill in the blanks, but he just couldn't do it.
Finally, he couldn't paint any more and growled while holding his splitting headache.
Anna walked over and let him lean on her, gently massaging Charles' temples with her fingers. "It's okay, we'll be fine together, it's okay..."
As time passed, Charles felt better. He lay in Anna's arms, looking at the gorgeous murals in front of him, and whispered, "My identity as the Chosen One of Idik disappeared along with my shadow, but I feel that some things in my head also disappeared along with the shadow. For example, I no longer feel the strong desire I had for the surface."
Anna looked down and found that Charles' shadow had completely disappeared. Her man had become a man without a shadow.
"Anna, I once read my previous diary, and I suddenly realized that I was so persistent in the past that it was frightening. Why was I so persistent at that time?" Charles said in a low voice.
"Cheer up. No matter what, you must go to the surface. Not only for your hard work over the years, but also to solve the madness of your crew. Think about it, there are more than 6 billion people on the surface! The Earthsea can't solve the problem, but the people on the surface definitely can, especially after they come into contact with this mysterious world."
"Do you think you can get away with hiding down there? The God of Light has made such a big move, they will definitely come down. No matter which country it is, if they take the lead, it will be difficult for us to do anything afterwards."
(End of this chapter)