A frowning Charles stared at the diary on the table in front of him, where he had been sitting for half an hour.

"Coo~Coo~Coo~" The mechanical gear bird that suddenly drilled out of the big pendulum clock interrupted Charles's thoughts.

He gritted his teeth and quickly opened his diary to find the sparkling self-portrait that Anna had left behind.

"Twinkle, twinkle?" he tapped his fingers on the painting.

The wriggling deformed tentacles came out of it, followed by liquid green eyes with full pupils, and when these things quickly gathered, a little Lori about a meter tall stood in front of Charles.

"Twinkle, what is Mommy doing over there now?" Charles asked softly as he half-crouched down and touched her head with his hand.

"She's eating, she looks hungry, she's eating a lot, too hard. Twinkle replied truthfully.

"Oh......" Charles nodded knowingly.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Twinkle again, "Go back and tell her that Daddy wants to sit down with her and have a good talk, and let her come over." ”

After Twinkle blinked, she disappeared in front of Charles in an instant.

A few seconds later, she reappeared in front of Charles, "Mom said she didn't want to come. ”

Charles sighed and said again: "Then you tell her, Dad apologizes, Dad knows it's wrong, I shouldn't quarrel with her, and the two of us will handle this matter well." ”

Sparkle was gone again, but this time she came back faster. "Mom doesn't want to talk to you right now. ”

Charles sighed slightly, he knew that Anna was really angry, this was the first time that the two had a conflict with each other.

Anna has been silently paying for him, maybe the resentment in her heart has always been there, but it has not been released before.

A melancholy Charles sat on a stool, thinking about what had happened before, Anna's previous words kept echoing in his mind, and his expression showed a hint of irritation.

Seriously, if there were other things, he could have promised Anna, but this was the only thing he couldn't have promised.

Not only is this the sunk cost of thirteen years, nor is it just the Pope's somewhat illusory promise to resurrect Lily, but more importantly, he has signed a pact with the Pope.

The contract that was supposed to bind the Pope was also a shackle on him, and if he stopped now, he would die instantly under the influence of the marker relic.

Charles tried to explain the matter to Anna, but now it seemed that the other party did not want to pay attention to him.

Just when Charles's mind was full of these things. He saw that Twinkle had not left, standing in front of him, looking at him with wide eyes.

Thinking back to the words in the phone recording, Charles crouched next to her, looked at the pair softly and said, "Twinkle, I'm sorry, but I'm going to finish it soon." As long as it's done, no matter what the outcome is, I'm going to stop tossing and stay down there with you. ”

Sparkle was a little hesitant, but she finally opened her two small hands and threw herself into Charles's arms. "Can Daddy not go to sea? Nini's father went to sea and never came back. ”

For a moment, Charles's heart seemed to have been struck by something, and he couldn't do anything. Although he had a lot of reasons to defend himself, he didn't know how to open his mouth in the face of Shining.

Charles's hands passed under his glittering armpits, holding her in mid-air, and he looked at her carefully, a hint of nervousness in the child's eyes.

Charles remembered that his father had done the same thing when he was a child, but compared to his father, Twinkle had never really been with her since she was born.

"Maybe I'm really not a good husband, a good dad. Charles said self-deprecatingly,

"Well, Nini also said that you are not a good father. Twinkle nodded approvingly.

Seeing Twinkle nodding his head constantly, Charles smiled dumbly, "Twinkle, shall we go out to play today?" ”

"Hmm!!" As soon as he heard the play, his sparkling eyes suddenly lit up.

Charles put his hands on his shoulders and put his daughter around his neck before striding outside.

In order to prevent others from recognizing him, Charles deliberately changed into a regular formal suit.

He walked slowly on the streets of Hope Island with Flash, no different from other fathers and daughters shopping.

"Here, this is a sweet wine made from bananas, it is said to be wine, but it is actually a drink, suitable for you children. Charles handed the cup above his head.

Twinkle took it and kept licking it with her little tongue.

Charles has never had children and has no experience in this area, but fortunately he can learn, and his father is a role model.

"Is it good?" Charles asked with a smile.

"I don't know, I can't drink it. Twinkle replied truthfully.

Charles looked up in surprise on his face. "What? Can't you drink?"

"Well, I can't even taste what they eat. ”

Hearing this, Charles put down the crab leg in his hand, which he didn't take into account. "Can't taste anything?"

Twinkle tilted her head, "No, what Mom eats, I can taste it, bitter, I don't like to eat that." ”

"Oh...... That's right. Charles stood in the middle of the road and thought for a moment, and walked down a street to the right of the sparkle. "In that case, I'll take you to something else. ”

With his memory, he came to the front of a small shop, which was a small puppet theater, under the control of a few strings, puppets in different costumes, lifelike performing a drama.

He'd been here before when he was shopping with Lily, and kids would love it.

On a table-sized stage, it seems to be a story of a group of pirates searching for treasure.

The puppet performance is very exciting, holding things with your fingers, grabbing props and putting props very quickly, just like a real person.

The children in a circle on the stage watched intently.

Seeing that the sparkling gaze was successfully attracted to the past, Charles breathed a sigh of relief, just get used to it.

The middle-aged man holding his son on the side smiled and said, "Man, why haven't I seen you here before, did you and your daughter just come to Hope Island?"

Charles had no intention of talking to others, and said a few perfunctory words casually, but he didn't expect the other party to be a warm-hearted person.

"Adventures like this are all for boys, you can bring your daughters tomorrow morning, and they'll play the story of Princess Sissi, and these girls love to watch it. ”

At this moment, Twinkle suddenly pointed at the small stage with his hand, "Dad, I want that little person who can move." ”