The lights in the poor area went out earlier, a big difference from the rich area, which was still daylight, and Jack and Turks went down to the third cabin and returned to their small one-bedroom apartment in the faint light of the oil lamps on the walls.

Jack's parents couldn't sleep peacefully, and when they heard someone outside open the door, they hurriedly greeted them and led Jack and Turks to the back.

There used to be a small room next to the big bed, where Jack had slept and had been empty since Jack had returned to the Old World, and occasionally Jack's mother, Nasha Brian, would take out the contents of his room to wash and dry, waiting for him to come back at any time. The room was small, less than ten square meters, similar to the décor outside, somewhat monotonous, except for the bed, only a wooden table at the head of the bed, and a small window above the table. The room was a little broken, but still relatively tidy.

When Royce saw that his son had returned, his face instantly turned gloomy, and he sat on Jack's bed without saying a word.

Nasha was indeed happy, tears flowed from her eyes, and she hugged Jack tightly and said, "My child, it's good that you're safe." The Council of Elders didn't embarrass you, did they?"

"Hmph, how can you not be embarrassed, you have committed such a big thing, and you dare to come back!" Royce was very angry.

Jack comforted his mother and said, "Don't worry, it's going to be fine, didn't I come back well?" and turned to Royce and said, "Dad, I came back with a friend this time, Tex." ”

As he spoke, Tex took the initiative to come forward and say hello: "We have known each other before, I am the prince of Misso, and I am here to help Jack complete the task." Turks actually thought about it for a moment: would it be too arrogant to say that he was a prince, but if he didn't say it, it would not be enough to convince Royce, and he could connect the two of them to relieve Royce's anger.

Sure enough, the sentence got a reaction.

"You say you're a prince, from the Old World?"

Turks smiled and nodded.

"Hmph, what are you kidding, the Old World is full of monsters, don't you know?" Royce always believed in the legends of the Garlands, and did not believe in the words of the Turks.

"Ah, yes, the Tana continent is in a critical situation right now, and Jack came back with me to help the Tana continent through the difficulties. Turks explained.

At this time, Royce was even more unconvinced: "My son helped your continent get through the difficulties? What are you kidding, he can't even kill chickens, where did he get that ability." ”

Tex, a little embarrassed, couldn't answer, and motioned with his eyes for Jack to take over.

Jack understood: "Dad, you don't have to worry about this for now, you will know if I take you over tonight." By the way, I came back this time mainly ......"

Who knows, just in the middle of the sentence, he was interrupted by Royce: "Who wants to go with you! You came back from an accident, and now you want to run away again, do you still want to take us with you!?"

"You let the child finish talking!" Nasha said with a sneer.

Royce was very dissatisfied, and replied to Nasha, "You have always been used to him! If you hadn't agreed to let him follow the ship to the Old World, would there have been such a thing!? How good it is to be a fisherman, you have to give birth to so many things! Do you see the way Wolf looks at us when we come back in the evening!?" This aging man actually wants to help his son, but now it is different from when Jack was a child, he is also in a big disaster, directly angering the Presbyterian Church, he really can't do anything about this situation, he can only choose to blame.

It seemed that it didn't make sense, so the two had to give up and cut straight to the topic.

"Dad, where is that sword you picked up?" asked Jack.

"What are you going to do?"

"Take it away, I need that sword, it's important. ”

Royce squinted his eyes, snorted, waved his hand and said, "Don't think about it." Do you mean to leave us behind and run away?"

Apparently Royce still wanted Jack to stay and confess. Jack hadn't told him about Frank's death yet, and if he had told him now, the old couple would have been.

"Dad!" Jack was very helpless: "Why don't you believe me? I really have something important to come back this time! When the matter is over, I will take all the Garlandians back to live on the mainland." Believe me. ”

However, no matter how sincere Jack's words were, it all sounded so unreal and unreal to Royce.

However, Royce suddenly said, "Okay, I'll give you the sword, but you and Tex will sleep tonight and talk about it tomorrow?" Okay, it's okay anyway, and it's okay to stay here for two days. "Royce knew that the elders would not let him back easily, there must be something wrong with this.

Jack couldn't hold it anymore and said loudly, "I won't be able to leave tomorrow!"

At this moment, Nasha, who was originally silent, couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Jack's heart itched so much that he really wanted to say what was on his lips.

"Jack, I'll go out for a moment. Be right back. Tex said suddenly.

"Alright, go and get back. ”

Royce glanced at Tex who had closed the door and went out, got up from the bed, leaned over to Jack's side, and asked almost face-to-face, "Son, did you not confess your mistake to the Council of Elders?"

Jack nodded, and added, "Not only that, but we also killed Frank by mistake. The elders will say that tomorrow we will be summoned. But it's really not our fault!Frank agrees to a duel, and ends up crashing into Tex's sword, which really ended up in Frank's heart!"

Royce collapsed on the bed, and Nasha almost fainted. Jack quickly helped her to sit next to Royce.

After a while, Nasha hid her face and wept, crying profusely.

"Mom, Dad?" Jack kept shouting when he saw that neither of them spoke.

After a long time, Royce replied, "Jack, run away!"

"But, what should you do if I escape, you have to go with me!"

"No, we're old anyway, we've lived on Chau Island for decades, and it's the same for a few more years. Run, go now!", he said, pushing Jack out the door.

"There was a little boat of our family in the western harbor, with a flag on it and the surname of our Brian family on it, and some dry rations in the forward cabin to be eaten on the road. You don't come back in the future, take a walk. Royce pushed Jack mercilessly, but his strength was clearly not as strong as the young and strong Jack.

"Dad, you two come with me! What's so good about this island, after all, it's a place ruled by a bunch of old men, why is the place where we live called a slum? isn't it because of the oppression of the Presbyterians?, why do you want to stay here?" retorted Jack.

Nasha was still sobbing, listening to the conversation and arguments between father and son, and finally stood up, wiped her tears, hugged Jack again, and said in his ear: "My child, you may not understand the feelings of being a parent, nor will you understand a person's desire for home. Chau Island is where the Brian family has lived for more than a dozen generations, and it has our memories here, and we never wanted to leave it. Maybe you are really different, we never thought that this day would come so quickly, these twenty-five years are fleeting, and you have brought us a lot of joy and hope. I can't bear you. ”

Jack was moved and couldn't understand, he held back his crying, and said softly, "Didn't I always blame you?

As he spoke, Turks returned, and said, "Jack, we'll be gone in half an hour." Uncle, hurry up and pack your things. ”

Royce suddenly looked at Tex very kindly, and said slowly, "Tex, kid, it's impossible for us to get out of here. The Council of Elders shouldn't do anything to us, it's exile, and we don't care. There is a small island a thousand nautical miles to the east, and we can go to that island and come back when the Council of Elders understands. And you, you're different, you have things to accomplish, you're still young, you have a long way to go. So, hurry up and go, don't care about us. ”

Tex only went out for a trip, and when he returned, he saw that Royce had changed his attitude and immediately guessed what Jack had said. But since he said so, he couldn't ask any more questions, so he had to leave the question to Jack to deal with.