Chapter 20: Charlotte's Decision
After "Charlotte ......" ended the call, Rebecca stopped talking.
Charlotte knew what his mother was worried about, and he feared that he would be forced to fight against Evan and drive him to a dead end. Although I wanted to tell Charlotte in my heart, I was worried that he would look forward and look backwards, which would kill Charlotte.
The palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, which is why Rebecca once told Lawrence that this was too cruel. But when Lawrence wasn't in Savoieburg, she knew that only Charlotte could do it.
Vivien Leigh is more idealistic than Charlotte, she can't hide things in her heart, and Evan is most likely assassinating Elbert for her, if she is allowed to deal with it, it may be bad.
As for Rebecca herself, not to mention that she has no ability to fight, just her mother's identity has greatly disappointed her originally smart.
"Don't worry!" Charlotte finally hugged her mother, "Leave it to me, I'll definitely find a way to bring Evan back." ”
Rebecca wept and said, "I'm sorry, Charlotte, I'm sorry! ”
"I'm a man from the Claydermans, who else can do this now but me? Please, I don't want to hide behind you and my sister and throw all the responsibility to you. ”
Charlotte wiped away Rebecca's tears, in fact, deep down he didn't feel pain, but he couldn't show it, he could only force a confident appearance, and bring calm to those who relied on him.
"Then I'll go first, I'll go to the room to sort out the plan first, and I'll call the shadow guard to meet later. Charlotte let go of Rebecca and said to her, "Mom, just get some rest, and in a few days, everything will be back on track!"
Rebecca nodded, and Charlotte walked to the door, and was about to leave the door when Rebecca suddenly called out to him.
Charlotte looked back, "What's wrong?"
"Charlotte, we don't want things to be bad. But I want you to know if ...... If you do get to that point, no matter what choice you make, your mom will support you. ”
“…… I know. ”
Charlotte said and left the room.
He kept his head down and deduced the development of things in his heart. When he was about to walk back to his room, he looked up to see Claire standing not far from his door.
"Claire......" Charlotte gave a far-fetched smile, "you have something to do with me?"
"Hmm. Claire nodded and asked, "I've been waiting for you all morning, and there's something I want to talk to you about." Do you have time?"
"Not very abundant. Charlotte said, seeing Claire's eager expression, so she changed her words, "But if the conversation lasts for half an hour, it won't be much of a problem." ”
"It won't take that long, ten minutes is enough. Claire smiled her trademark calm smile and followed Charlotte into the room.
As soon as she entered the door, Charlotte didn't have time to sit down when she heard Claire talking behind her back.
"I'm sorry, Charlotte. I'm sorry for one thing. ”
"What's the matter?" Charlotte turned, raising an eyebrow in surprise.
"Elbert's thing, I should have reminded you, actually...... I had a premonition that something was going to happen to him. But because ...... For all sorts of reasons, I didn't remind you. Claire bowed solemnly to Charlotte and apologized, "I don't expect you to forgive me, but I still want to apologize to you, I didn't do my duty as a brother." ”
"Do you mean Vivien Leigh?" asked Charlotte.
“…… "Yes!" admitted Claire, "I was jealous of Elbert, and I almost had the terrible idea of stabbing Elbert to death when the Grand Duke announced it at Elbert's welcome banquet. If Elbert doesn't die, I might even, and maybe even attack him. I'm sorry I let you down. ”
Charlotte approached Claire, hugged him and said, "You've never let me down, Claire, never!" I thank you for telling me what you really think in your heart, you don't have to apologize to me, it's human nature. I never told you that I liked Sister Sylvia, did I? If one day I hear that my sister is going to marry someone else, even if that person is His Majesty Emmanuel, believe me, I will have the idea of stabbing him in the back!"
"I know. ”
"You know?"
"Actually, I think anyone can tell that you and Your Majesty like each other. I can even guess what's going on in your heart, you want to wait until the day you hold up the throne before you officially confess to Your Majesty, right?"
Charlotte looked surprised, "Am I acting that obvious?"
"What do you think?" asked Claire rhetorically.
"Do you know that Mage Illya has a crush on you?"
"Please, can you stop mentioning this?"
With that, the two laughed.
"Thank you, Charlotte, I know you want me to relax. After laughing, Claire patted Charlotte on the shoulder and said.
"Brothers don't need to thank each other and apologize, how good is it to get along like this?" Charlotte shrugged.
"yes, but I had to make the conversation serious. Claire said solemnly, "You know who the real culprit is, right?
Charlotte was stunned, and he opened his mouth, intending to share his worries. Although Lawrence had told him not to let the fourth person know the inside story, Charlotte felt that Claire, who knew the origins of the three Northland siblings, was not among them. And he was sure that Claire would be on his side.
But at the end of the day, he changed his words again, and shook his head with a forced smile, "Thank you for your kindness, I don't think I need it for the time being." ”
Because it occurred to him that in addition to Lawrence's advice, Claire's safety must also be taken into account. It is still unknown how much power Evan controls in the shadows, and at present, Evan should keep his hands on his relatives, but whether he will keep his hands on Claire is a big question mark.
If Claire had had an accident because of her request, Charlotte would probably never forgive herself for the rest of her life, and she wouldn't have forgiven Aven. At that time, Cai Zhen really pushed himself and Evan to a dead end.
"Is it really not necessary?" Claire asked again, and after seeing Charlotte still shake her head, he reminded, "If it was just Elbert's problem, I wouldn't have asked for help at all, as you said, even if you and I were in Aven's position, we might have made the same difficult choice." But you should know that the problem now is not with Elbert. A large number of people are missing, and if Aven did it, what does he want to do? Will he sacrifice you so that he can elevate the plane throne?"
"Where did you hear about sacrifice?" Charlotte asked, surprised, and then he quickly reacted and turned his gaze to Eagle's Scepter.
"That's right, don't look at me, that's what I said. Eagle Scepter admits frankly.
Charlotte glared at the scepter and said to Claire, "Don't worry, he didn't plan to sacrifice me, he just wanted the soul fragment of Lusen." And that fragment ......"
Charlotte shook her right hand forward, and took out a long-necked glass bottle from her spatial secret chest through the void with her palm, which shimmered with unidentified flocculents, refracting colorful light in the winter sun.
"It's in my hand now!" he said, tossing the soul fragment into the space vault, "He can't get this unless I agree." Now, I have the leverage to turn him back. ”
"But if you die, he can still open up your private space. Claire reminded, "You don't necessarily have the power to reset death. ”
Charlotte knew that he was genuinely worried about himself, and he pretended to be confident and said, "Don't worry, Evan won't do anything to me." ”
"If you insist on it...... I respect your choice, but be careful, I think it's better not to be too optimistic. Claire said worriedly.
"I will. ”