"Da Da Da~" The sound of Charles' boots trampling sounded in the empty hallway.

Under normal circumstances, the Governor's Mansion on Hope Island is so deserted. Maids and servants will come in when necessary, except for cleaning and tidying, and most of them do not have to stay in the governor's palace.

"Lily, are you in there?" Charles pushed open the kitchen door and found that the little one wasn't stealing food inside.

"Strange, where has this little girl gone?" Charles had searched the Governor's Palace, but had not found his gunner.

Things have been a bit busy lately, and now that I think about it, from the moment I came back, Lily seemed to be a little wrong, often missing for a day, and I didn't know what she was doing.

Charles walked over to a rat hole next to the door and kicked his foot at the side of the hole. "Where's your boss?"

There was no reaction in the cave either.

"Could it be that the rebellious period has arrived?" At this time, Charles suddenly thought that in addition to these places, there was another place that he had not found.

He walked briskly to his bedroom, grabbed the sheet and lifted it, and saw the familiar figure under the bed.

The little mouse sat in front of a book and watched intently.

"Lily?" Charles, who was on one knee, tapped his steel prosthetic leg on the bed frame.

The little mouse turned around and crawled slowly on all fours towards the outside of the bed. "Mr. Charles......"

Charles was a little surprised to see Lily's languishing appearance, and he held up the little mouse with his hand and stroked her hairy head with his fingers.

"What's the matter? Are you still sad for the doctor? Don't be sad, no one can avoid birth, old age, sickness and death, and he can live to be 98 years old in this crazy world, which is already a good ending. ”

Hearing this, Lily's body trembled slightly. She kept arching her little head towards Charles's fingers.

Charles reached out and picked up the book Lily was reading and glanced at the cover. The Doge's Daughter and the Pirates

"The author of Earthsea is really straightforward enough in choosing the title of the book. Charles laughs.

He flipped through it, and unsurprisingly found that it was a cliché love story again, and in terms of plot, the scene of the governor's daughter's bedroom appeared somewhat frequently.

"Lily, why do you always like to read this kind of book, this kind of book is not what you should read at your age. ”

Who knew that these words seemed to stimulate Lily, tears slipped from the corners of Lily's eyes, and her high voice was very aggrieved.

"Why can't I even watch what you and the monster sister can do!Although my mother said that girls can't say this, I just want to say! I just want to watch! I'm a mouse, so what should I be shy!!"

Charles was a little frightened by Lily's excitement, and after knowing him for many years, this was the first time that the little girl had lost her temper with him.

He reached out to try to reassure her, but he didn't expect Lily to jump off his hand.

"I'm not your pet, I'm human! I want to live a normal life like you!!"

Looking at her tight little paws, Charles knew she was really a little angry.

"Okay, Lily, what do you want me to do?"

"Don't talk to me in that tone! I'm not a child anymore! I don't want you to coax, you speak to me in a normal tone, just like you did when you talk to that monster sister!!"

Charles calmly looked at Lily in front of him, "Of course you are not a child, you are my gunner." ”

Lily's tears kept rolling down her face, waving her little paws and crying hysterically at Charles, "You say that every time, but you treat me like a child every time! I'm not young!!, but I'm dying of old age!!"

"I'm dying of old age!!

"I'm dying of old age!!

"I'm dying of old age!!

Lily's voice kept echoing in Charles's mind, and his heart gradually began to panic.

Charles, whose body was tense, pounced, holding Lily firmly in his hands and looking at it carefully.

Hair loss, sagging whiskers, loose skin, and all signs indicate that Lily's life is nearing the end of her life, just like the doctor's.

"When did that happen?, Lily, think about how long it's been since you turned into a rat. ”

Seeing Charles so nervous, Lily became even more aggrieved, snuggled her head into Charles's tiger mouth and cried. "Woo woo woo ~ Mr. Charles, I'm really scared ~"

Charles didn't dare to delay any time, he grabbed Lily and rushed straight out.

As soon as he left the gate of the Governor's Palace, Charles saw three followers of the Cult of Light greet him. "Your Excellency the Governor, Your Excellency the Pope said that it is okay if you don't leave for a short time, but you should at least set a definite time, right?"

"Get out of here! I don't have time to pay attention to this now, the voyage is postponed indefinitely!" Charles leaped onto the roof next to him, and quickly rushed towards Linda's quarters.

On the top floor of a four-story apartment, Charles found the ship doctor who was enjoying afternoon tea.

When she learned about Lily's condition from Charles, the bald woman's expression immediately became serious, and she quickly took out the medical kit in the room and began to carefully examine Lily's body.

Watching Linda look at Lily's teeth for a while, and then placing a stethoscope on her chest, Charles's heart couldn't help but hang to the highest point.

When he saw Linda stop what he was doing, Charles asked a little worriedly, "Linda, how is Lily's health?"

"She's getting old, but that doesn't mean she's going to die soon, I don't know what kind of rat Lily belongs to, how much life she has left, and judging by her current physical condition, she should live another four months if she is well raised. ”

Charles's heart was first relieved and then tightened, although Lily would not die for the time being, but after four months, she would still die of old age, and he must completely find a way to rescue Lily within these four months.

"Do you have a way? Did the doctor teach you any special methods?" Charles asked nervously at Linda.

"Captain, this is impossible, there is no cure for aging, and if there is a way, the teacher will not die like this. ”

Charles found himself a little confused, and actually asked a doctor about this kind of thing.

Without saying a word, he grabbed Lily and hurried outside.

The first thing he planned to go to was the Navy Headquarters, trying to find a solution with the help of the intelligence department, but Lily's words stopped him.

"Mr. Charles, it's useless, I asked the big man to help me find it a long time ago, but I didn't find anything, and when you didn't come back, I also asked the mouse friends to go out of the island to find a way, or they didn't have any news. ”