Looking at the tears on Lily's face, Charles clenched his back molars with his teeth, and he took a deep breath and placed Lily in front of him.

"Don't worry, it's going to be okay, I'll definitely find a way to keep you alive. ”

Listening to Charles's categorical words, Lily's expression of frustration changed, her familiar sweet smile appeared on her face again, and her two big thin ears stood up again.

"Thank you, Mr. Charles, as long as I'm by your side, even if I do die then-"

"Nothing by then, I've already lost a crew member and I don't want to lose a second one!!"

Soon a piece of paper was affixed to the huge steel billboard in Hope Island Square.

The islanders who were wandering around the square gathered around in twos and threes, and they were surprised to find that it was not a new decree, but a bounty issued by the Governor himself.

"I, Charles Reid, the Governor of Hope Island, hereby declare that whoever can turn a human soul trapped in the body of a rat back into a human will receive a bounty of the land in the heart of the island of Hope Island, as well as a bounty of 50 million echoes. ”

This news was like a torpedo thrown into a fish pond, and it exploded among the islanders.

Not only Hope Island, but this news is spreading to the surrounding areas of Earthsea at an alarming speed, and it is estimated that it will not be long before it reaches the ears of every interested person in Earthsea.

It's not that the people of Dihai like to gossip, but this time the bounty is too rich, in Dihai, the land of the island is always gold and something more precious, let alone the land of Hope Island.

It could be an island blessed with the light of the gods, and now it is a good thing that can't be bought with money, as long as you have this land, you can not only jump classes in an instant, but your descendants no longer have to worry about survival.

In the Governor's Palace, Charles, sitting behind a desk, quickly wrote lines on a white piece of paper with a pen in his hand.

"You convert these two letters into telegram codes, one to the Crown of the World, and let Anna ask if there is a way for the Hek, and the other to the island of Icha and ask Elizabeth to ask the Patriarch of Gunt, remember not to send it back. ”

Watching the butler quickly leave with the paper, Charles pondered how to solve Lily's problem, everything he should have used had already been used, and now it was up to him to see if there was a reaction.

The main reason is that the time is too urgent, only four months, even if people from other seas really have a way, they really have to rush over in four months, and they don't know if they are in a hurry.

His eyes glanced at Lily, who was crouching on the table, looking down and tugging at her tail.

In this regard, he was really a little negligent, and the long-term expedition made him only care about Lily's childlike personality, completely forgetting her own short life as a mouse.

"Lily, do you remember how you turned into a mouse?

Lily tilted her head in thought. "Hmm...... I don't know, my last impression was that I fell into a whirlpool, and when I woke up again, I was surrounded by my uncle and them, and I was surprised to find that I could actually speak the language of mice. And then I met you. ”

Charles analyzed the news with a frown. "Lily that the rats of the Third Lab Island saw for the first time might be able to start with them, maybe they know something. ”

Lily watched as Charles, who was frowning, slowly walked over and gently tugged at his clothes with her hand. "Mr. Charles, if I die, can you bury me next to my grandfather? ”

Charles reached out and took her in his arms and patted her on the back. "Don't be discouraged, there must be a way, this earth and sea are so unscientific, there must be some way to change you back to the way you were. ”

"Mr. Charles, in fact, as long as I am by your side, I am not afraid of death, really. ”

"During this time, you don't run around, stay in the Governor's Mansion to recuperate, the longer you last, the better the chance we will find to save you. ”

Lily immediately lifted her head from Charles's arms. "I don't want to, I'm going to do everything I haven't done while I've got four months left, or I'll be 15 years old if I really die. ”

Charles glanced at her in surprise, "What are you going to do?"

"For example, I want a kitten to be a pet, I want my brother to call me sister, I want to play the thrilling roller coaster that Mr. Charles has on your phone, and I want to have a relationship, the kind of love in the book. ”

"Those things can be done slowly after you become human, and you don't have to rush for a while. ”

"Mr. Charles, do you think that being in love is really as good as it is in the books?" Lily's voice was full of wistfulness.

"Yes, it's fragile, but it's very good. ”

Lily's big eyes aimed at Charles's body, "Mr. Charles, then let's fall in love now, you say you like me, you say you are the sea, I am the fish, we will be together for the rest of our lives." ”

Looking at those big eyes, Charles hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "Lily, I like you. You are the sea, I am the fish, we will be together all our lives without separation. ”

"No, no, again, the tone in which you speak to that monster sister is not the same thing at all. Lily arched her head and kept coquettish at Charles.

"Bump~!" The door was slammed open, and a panting Dipp rushed in anxiously. "Captain, I heard Linda say—"

"Get out! You don't like to knock on doors, when can you get rid of it!"

Looking at Lily, who had nothing to do, Dipper was stunned, and then he quickly stepped back and closed the door again.

Charles strode to the balcony with Lily in his hand, and waved his hand at the street below, "You can choose, any handsome young man as long as you choose, I can find you to fall in love with you." ”

Lily's long tail swept quickly between Charles's fingers, and her head shook just as quickly. "It's different~ How can this be called love, the book says that love is a very sacred thing. ”

Speaking of this, Lily raised her head again, "Mr. Charles, then you say it again, Lily I love you." ”

As a result, Lily shouted for a long time without responding, and she saw that Mr. Charles was looking intently at the street below.

She turned to look down the street, and saw an old man with a white triangle on his head rushing towards him.

"yes, how did I forget these crazy people, they can cure my eyes, maybe they can cure Lily. ”

"Charles!" the Pope's voice was tinged with suppressed anger. "What the hell do you mean by indefinite postponement of the voyage!!"