Margaret sat on the sofa.
Charles frowned slightly, she looked very strange now.
At this moment, a thin man next to her looked around with a hint of lust in his eyes. After finding that Margaret was alone, he slowly moved to her side and reached out to touch her chest.
Just as the hand was about to grab the plumpness under the clothes, a sharp anchor hook shot out and pierced the opponent's forearm.
"Ah!!" Accompanied by a violent scream, the other party was dragged directly from the store to the street by Charles.
Margaret heard the noise and looked up. Her pupils were dilated, her eyes were straight, and she was laughing foolishly.
Charles walked to the shop and tried to help her up, but several shadowy figures with red bands on their shoulders appeared in front of Charles, blocking his way.
It turned out that there were guards around Margaret all the time. If Charles hadn't taken action, the guy would have suffered a bad fate.
"Charles, long time no see. What's wrong with your eyes and face?" Margaret stood up shakily.
"Don't smoke these things. They're bad for your health."
"Not good? I think it's fine." Margaret walked to Charles and gently stroked Charles' face with her hand.
Charles looked at the scar on her face with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"My people went exploring and suffered a lot of damage. You have been exploring for so many years and you are still alive. I have to say I really admire you."
"Margaret, I still want to say that you don't need to explore. As the governor, it will be more beneficial for everyone if you go down there to stabilize the situation."
"Really? Then why don't you go down?" Margaret's body was shaking and she looked like she was about to fall.
"Because I am an excellent explorer, and being up there means much more than being down there. If there is no one to take the lead, the explorers will think of themselves as cannon fodder. And my wife Anna can stabilize the situation on the island."
When she heard about her wife Anna, Margaret's long eyelashes trembled slightly and her voice rose a pitch. "Wife? You actually treat that man-eating monster as your wife? You are such an unreasonable lunatic!"
"Compared to you now, I still like you before."
Hearing this, Margaret burst into laughter, and after she had laughed enough, her expression gradually turned cold. "Who do you think you are? My father?"
At this time, Lily, who was standing on Charles' shoulder, couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily: "How could you do this? Mr. Charles obviously cares about you!"
"Haha, I don't need his concern. Governor Charles should focus on finding darkness. If darkness can't be found, everyone will die. Actually, there's nothing wrong with this."
Charles said nothing, held Lily in his hands, stroked the hair on her back, and turned away.
Looking at Charles's departing back, Margaret clenched her teeth and her chest heaved.
Finally, she turned around and left the store, walking towards her residence. The room was not big, but because it was a basement, it was well enclosed.
As soon as she sat down, the water in the cup next to her boiled instantly.
"What on earth are you doing?! You had such a good chance just now, why didn't you attack him!!" A voice like a thick phlegm came from the water.
The boiling of the water in the cup slowed down a little. "You have to do something. As soon as Charles dies, we can make some big noise down there, and more wavering fence-sitters will fall into the arms of the Almighty."
"I will do it as soon as possible, but Charles' strength has increased a lot. It is estimated that he is now at level 10. If my people act, he will most likely escape. I need all the ambushes you can mobilize."
The water stopped for a while, then began to roll again. "I will send other hidden agents to assist you. Time is running out, you must act as soon as possible. What if he really brings back the darkness? Then the Mighty One will never be able to come back!"
Margaret reached out and picked up the glass of water. "You promised me, didn't you? When the sea water floods everything, you will convert all the people on Hefang into deep divers."
"That's right. As long as you can do it, we will keep our word. We swear in the name of the Almighty!"
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On the busy street, Charles walked slowly with Lily. Thinking back to what Margaret had done just now, Charles felt that he might be able to do something, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he could do nothing.
Lily used her furry head to drill between Charles' fingers, raised her head to look at his chin and said, "Mr. Charles, there is nothing fun on the street here. It's so boring."
This is not a residential area, and the shops nearby are all serving explorers. Lily naturally doesn't like most of the things that desperadoes like, such as gun shops, brothels, and casinos.
Charles walked over to the cigarette shop next door. There was a beverage stand in front of the shop.
"Give me one." Charles ordered one without asking what the other party was selling.
"Wait a moment." The muscular woman with a brass nose ring took out a black fruit similar to bitter gourd, took out the light purple fruit inside, and placed it in front of Charles on a plate.
Then she stuffed the "bitter melon" rind into the juicer and started to squeeze out the juice. Lily was surprised that the black rind produced white juice.
"Hey, buddy, is this rat of yours also from the Explorers Association?" the nose ring stall owner pointed at Lily and asked.
"I guess so." Charles picked up the light purple fruit from the plate with a tin spoon and stuffed it into his mouth.
Although there is not much flesh, it tastes sweet and Charles likes it very much.
While eating, he watched the explorers coming and going on the street nearby.
They entered various places in groups of three or five, without a trace of sadness on their faces.
"Everyone doesn't seem very nervous." Charles said to himself.
"Duo!" A glass of juice was brought to Charles. "Why are these beasts so nervous? They are so happy that the Explorers Association has contracted all their expenses, including fine wine, delicious food, women, soothing fruits and psychedelic mushrooms."
"The best of Earthsea is brought to them. They can have whatever they want."
(End of this chapter)