Chapter 473 The Voice of Heartbreak

"Signing the instrument of surrender certainly damages my own reputation. Besides, as a soldier, ordering the killing of unarmed diplomats is not something to be proud of."

Lieutenant Colonel Vassar frowned.

"My personal honor and disgrace is just a trivial matter. The bigger trouble is that this letter of surrender may plant a hidden danger for the diplomatic relations between the Ashan Empire and the Sea Blue Kingdom."

Joan noticed that he was in a bad mood, so he tried to change the topic to a lighter one.

"Mr. Vasa, I have something to report to you."

"Report? Listen to your tone so solemn, what is it?" Vasa looked over curiously.

"I haven't returned the 'Stone Wand' you lent me when I was building the Nisisi Fortress."

In fact, Joan was very glad that he forgot to return the wand, otherwise, in the battle of "Wrangler Valley", the person who was crushed to death by the rock might be himself—not "Shepherd" Idal.

"The plastic stone wand, that is the military supplies of the Knights, you should go to our quartermaster, Major Green, to return it.

"Actually, I have already contacted Mr. Green, but he said that after the troops surrendered at the Nisisi Fortress, all the materials accompanying the army were robbed by the Hailan people. Although the prisoners were freed later, the robbed materials have not been returned."

"In the report submitted by Major Green to the headquarters, this wand was also included in the lost list, and it has been archived in the military supply department. If you turn in the wand that has been identified as lost now, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. So he advised me to keep the wand for myself, which was never pursued anyway."

After listening to Joan's narration, Vasa pondered for a long time before speaking.

"If you asked me to return the stone-shaping wand, out of the principle of a paladin, I would take back the wand and try to return it to the military supply department. However, this may not be the best way to deal with it..."

"Nathaniel is more experienced than me in terms of military supply logistics. Since he has already told you so, don't worry about it anymore. Keep that wand for yourself as a souvenir."

Qiao An nodded silently, and settled a matter of concern.

The two rode side by side, talking while walking, and within half an hour they arrived at Custis's White House Manor, and saw Miss Martha standing on the balcony on the second floor looking out from afar.

She seemed to have noticed the figures of Joan and Vasa, turned her head and ran back to the house, and opened the door on the first floor to welcome them out after a while.

"Joan, you haven't come to my house for a long time."

"Good afternoon, Miss Martha, your complexion looks much better than before. I heard that you have engaged Mr. Vasa. Congratulations."

Miss Martha's cheeks were slightly flushed, she turned her head and shouted towards the big house, "Rebecca, Joan is here!"

"Let him wait a moment, I'll come down now!"

The girl's lively and hearty laughter wafted from the room, followed by a series of rapid and crisp sounds of heels hitting the floor.

Rebecca appeared at the door wearing a snow-white dress. She nodded and smiled at Lieutenant Colonel Vassar, lifted the hem of the skirt and bowed slightly, then grabbed Joan's hand without any explanation, turned around and ran into the house.

"Come to my room, I have something to talk to you alone!"

Joan was staggered by this reckless girl, and hurried to follow. Hearing Vasa and Martha's titters behind him, his ears burned.

Rebecca turned a deaf ear to her sister's teasing laughter, her pretty face was tense, appearing preoccupied. He dragged Joan back to the boudoir on the second floor, closed the door, and asked him with a serious face: "Has it really been decided?"

Joan froze for a moment, then understood her intentions, avoided the girl's speechless gaze, and nodded slightly.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Is there anyone or anything in Port Layton that annoys you and forces you to leave?"

"That's not true." Joan replied guiltily.

"Then please tell me honestly, is there anyone here that you can't let go of, who you can't forget?"

The girl's unusually hot eyes made Joan feel inexplicably flustered, and nodded quickly.

"what is it then?"

"There are many, many, such as Mr. Vasa, Miss Martha, Sister Meow, and friends from school."

"Is there anything else?" Rebecca asked and took a step closer to him, the tip of her nose almost touching his face.

Joan thought for a while, and vaguely guessed the answer she was expecting, but from the general language logic, "friends at school", including Rebecca herself, I still need to single out her for special emphasis ?

Looking at Rebecca's serious expression, Joan felt that although this matter was not logical, he should still give a positive answer.

"And of course you, Rebecca, you're one of my best friends."

"With your words, I feel much better."

A smile finally appeared on Rebecca's face, she took his hand, walked excitedly to the dressing table, opened the drawer, and took out a wallet-style storage bag.

"I've already packed up all my belongings, and I've brought all the pocket money I've accumulated over the years with me, so I can save some money, including tuition fees, it's enough for us to spend for a year. When are we going to leave?"

Joan looked at her in surprise: "You What's your intention?"

What's the matter with this posture of determined to elope?

"What other intentions can there be?" Rebecca jumped up excitedly, "To Midgard, of course! Don't you plan to take me with you!"

As if being punched in the face, Joan staggered back two steps, and it took a long time before he said, "Have you asked Miss Martha?"

"Why ask her about my own affairs! Besides, it's useless to ask. Now she has Mr. Vasa and is about to usher in a happy marriage, but she is still so stubborn and refuses to let me pursue freedom!"

Rebecca grabbed Joan's arm excitedly, her pointed nails digging into his skin.

"Joan, I don't care what Martha thinks, anyway, I want to live the life I want, you said we are best friends, you will never abandon me, right?"

"I'm sorry, Rebecca...I can't take you with me unless Miss Martha allows me."

Joan turned her head away, not daring to face Rebecca's extremely disappointed expression.

At this moment, he seemed to hear the sound of heartbreaking from the depths of the girl's violently heaving chest.

A silver light suddenly flashed in the dark bedroom, and it was Rebecca's long hair that had turned silvery white due to losing control of her emotions.

Fortunately, the "Soothing Bracelet" was activated in time, calming the strange blood that had just started to be agitated.

Joan noticed that Rebecca's excited face gradually calmed down under the comfort of the magic, first he was relieved, and then he blamed himself deeply.

The enchanted bracelet on Rebecca's wrist was created by him himself. It can trigger the second-level spell "Tranquillity" when Rebecca loses control of her emotions, prompting her to calm down and avoid the awakening of the strange blood. An out-of-control weapon.

For a long time, Joan was very satisfied with the work of "Soothing Bracelet", thinking that he had done a good deed and helped Rebecca get rid of a big trouble.

However, at this moment, I witnessed the heartbroken expression on Rebecca's face, the tears in her eyes, the disappointment and frustration in her heart, all quickly faded away in an extremely unnatural way under the pressure of the enchanted bracelet, and replaced by With a calm and rigid expression like a doll, he suddenly realized that when he put the "sedation bracelet" on Rebecca, he had actually done a very cruel thing unintentionally.

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