"Messenger?" Raphael asked suspiciously, "Where is the messenger?"
"The port is responsible for receiving some retail letters." Claremont explained: "When we walked to the beach, we met fellow travelers who sent letters. They showed us the way."
"That's why." Raphael said, "Actually, you don't have to send the letter yourself. You just need to post it in the mailbox in front of the camp. The messenger by boat will naturally come to collect it."
"It seems that we are too anxious." DeWitt shook his head and said with a smile.
Claremont sat down at the banquet, took DeWitt's words, and continued: "Everyone should be thinking about going home. At least I'm ready to go home."
Raphael glanced at Abel, and said regretfully: "It's just that, in order to continue to pay attention to the news on this small island, Captain Abel has to stay here for a while."
"What?" DeWitt asked in surprise, "Abel, won't you go back with us tomorrow?"
Abel sighed and nodded. In fact, in his heart, he really wanted to go back. After all, he had an agreement with DeWitt and Claremont to meet in Cumberland.
It's just that Raphael suffered no less while staying on this small island than those who traveled outside. Since people had already suggested this, Abel had to agree. What's more, the two have been friends for ten years.
After receiving Abel's affirmation, DeWitt exchanged glances with Claremont and did not speak again.
The atmosphere at the dinner table became silent.
Rafael glanced at the expressions of the people around him, and said to Abel: "Abel, why not. Let me stay on this small island, and you take the soldiers back first."
"No, no, no." Abel denied hastily: "Let's act as before. I don't care."
"Is it really okay?" Raphael asked.
"It's okay." Abel said firmly, thinking that his emotions made it difficult for Rafael who made the suggestion, Abel felt ashamed suddenly.
"Alright then." Raphael nodded slowly, and said, "I'll talk to you about the camp matters after tonight's dinner is over."
"Okay," Abel replied.
DeWitt and Claremont sat aside and listened quietly to the conversation between the two, naturally aware of Abel's embarrassment.
"Since Abel has decided to stay here, let's stay with him too. Let the soldiers go back first." Claremont suggested to DeWitt.
"But we have no position to stay here anymore. The soldiers of the human race are only there to reinforce the elves. According to Raphael's character, we will never be allowed to stay in their camp." DeWitt has already faintly noticed Raphael was a strong person, and he said in embarrassment: "Besides, if the two of us don't go back this time, who will go to the palace to report to His Majesty?"
After hearing DeWitt's words, Claremont's expression also became tangled.
Glancing across the dining table, I saw Abel and Raphael enjoying themselves. Compromising to DeWitt: "Okay then."
At this moment, Abel got up and toasted to the three people on the table: "I will drink this glass of wine first. I wish you all the best on your way home this time."
As he spoke, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Raphael, Claremont, and DeWitt also raised their glasses and drank the wine with a smile.
After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms early. Get ready for tomorrow's departure.
Raphael stayed in Abel's room, and the two talked until late at night. It wasn't until he was too sleepy that Raphael said goodbye to Raphael and returned to his room.
Under the moonlight, when Abel walked into the door, he found a figure sitting on a chair in the room with his back facing him.
Raphael walked to another chair and sat down without any trouble, and said, "Don't come in and out of my room casually in the future."
"Letter, we've found it." The figure took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Raphael.
"En." Raphael nodded and replied, then tore open the envelope marked as Dherim, and carefully read the contents of the letter.
"Why don't you let the man named Abel go with him. What if the people in Calradia become suspicious?" the person who brought the letter asked.
Raphael tightened his grip on the letter paper, and said coldly: "I'm not like you. For the sake of rights and interests, I can even disregard the lives of my fellow citizens. Besides, I know what I'm going to do this time. You don't need to be blind." worry."
"You can keep them for a while, but you can't keep them forever." The man turned around and said, "If they finally choose to participate and stand on the opposite side of us, they will still be eradicated. Just do it yourself."
After leaving this sentence, that person disappeared in the shadows.
Raphael got up and walked to the candlestick, lit the letter in his hand, and threw it into the fireplace.
Looking at the blazing flames, Raphael sighed and said, "At present, we can only take one step at a time."
Early the next morning.
The Calradian soldiers bid farewell to the elf soldiers who came to see them off at the pier.
DeWitt smiled and said to Abel: "I thought you were the only one staying here. In the end, all the soldiers under your command stayed with you. In this case, we can rest assured."
"These soldiers all wanted to go home. They just stayed for me. I'm really sorry for them." Abel shook his head and said.
"Where is it, I heard that everyone stayed here voluntarily." Claremont waved his hand and said, "Don't be so sad."
"Yes." Abel nodded and said, "When you return to Dherim, you must write to me."
"Of course." DeWitt and Claremont nodded.
"Okay. The boat is about to leave. Hurry up and go up with your luggage." Abel hugged the two respectively and said with a smile.
"If you stay here, you have to pay attention to safety." Devitt instructed: "After you return to the Elven Kingdom, the two of us will ask for leave and come to drink with you."
"Okay, it's a deal."
Raphael stood on the deck of the ship, watching the scene where the two groups of people separated. A trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"Boss, the bomb is ready." An elf soldier stepped forward and reported to Rafael.
"Are you pretending as I told you before?" Raphael asked.
"Yes. They are all installed in the cabin where the engine is placed." The elf soldier nodded and replied.
(end of this chapter)