His shout was ear-piercing and loud.
His voice was ant to intimidate and Calvin wasn't happy with his accusations.
"Oh no, the guards are here..."
"Shit! I'm out..."
"Yeet..."
The crowd imdiately dispersed upon seeing the guards.
From the looks on the guards' faces, it was obvious that they didn't co here to make peace. Charlotte's expression imdiately paled as she started trembling like a sieve.
She was the reason why Calvin clashed against those bandits.
If Calvin didn't help her, then he wouldn't be in such deep shit.
It was her fault...
Everything was her fault...
She stepped forward and was about to confess to the guards that she was the one who instigated all of these.
But Calvin stopped her with his arm.
"Let Superman handle this." Calvin gave a mysterious smile before walking towards the guards.
"I..." Charlotte was still hesitant.
"Mommy... Just let Uncle Superman handle it for us! Daddy always said to that Superman can do anything! He can send those guards away!" Cecilia pumped her small fist up into the sky in a gesture of support to Calvin.
Charlotte didn't know what to say.
She just stood frozen on where she was standing.
Unable to move for she didn't dare to do anything other than wait for Calvin.
The Kingdom of Joselian may prioritize etiquette and purity at all tis, but none of them were pure at all. At the least, none of these guards could be considered pure. Just from the fact that they pretended to be asleep earlier said a lot regarding their morals.
Now, in the face of unscrupulous guards like these guards.
What was the best thod if you want them to do what you wanted them to do?
It was simple.
Calvin discreetly handed over the blank cheque that he acquired earlier from the bank and whispered into the ears of the guard that looked to be the leader of all the guards in this shopping street, "Can you close one of your eyes for , right now?"
"I know that you are stuck in a hard and rock place, but this amount should be enough for the dical fees of these bastards. As for why would you bother accepting this bribe, I'm working for the Fayke family in a secret mission. I can't afford to reveal my identity, so I'm forced to do this."
Calvin then took a step back and stared right at the leader of the guards.
The leader seed to be a middle-aged man who had seen a lot in his lifeti.
Seeing the look of confidence on Calvin's face. He imdiately believed Calvin's words. Even though it was uncertain if Calvin was indeed working for the Fayke family. It was better safe than sorry. The guard would rather offend these gangsters than offend soone from the Fayke family.
At the least, he could use money as leverage to reason out against these gangsters.
But if he offended the Fayke family by ssing with soone they sent for a secret mission?
That was basically the sa as committing suicide.
No amount of money could possibly save him from the wrath of one of the powerful families in Ashlion.
Considering these factors, the leader of the guards felt grateful to Calvin.
He may be a guard for quite a long ti now but his salary was trash and his savings were null. If not for the fact that he had an injury that prevented him from working directly in the army, he wouldn't be serving as one of the guards in such a dull place full of pretentious bastards.
He was grateful to Calvin for not only Calvin instantly saw through his worries and read his mind He even handed out a blank cheque for him to use in order to satisfy the anger and grievances of these gangsters.
After all, even though being the leader of the guards in this shopping district sounded domineering.
The waters of Ashlion ran deep and murky.
"Cough... Ahem..." The leader let out a cough and then turned around.
He signaled for his comrades and they quickly dispersed while carrying the injured leader of the gangsters.
Calvin then turned around and returned to Charlotte and Cecilia's side.
"Done and dusted... All right, shall we go now?"
Calvin lightly smiled.
"You... What did you do...? You didn't threaten them to obey you, right?"
Charlotte mumbled in astonishnt.
"Hahaha..."
Calvin laughed, "Miss Charlotte, we just t, yet why does it seem like you already know so much about ?"
Calvin's words were ambiguous and Charlotte imdiately blushed upon realizing his double entendre.
Cecilia was oblivious to what was happening, she was just happy that Calvin was back and she could finally sit on his shoulder again.
"Uncle Superman! Make fly!" She exclaid.
"All right, you want to fly? I'll make you fly." Calvin picked up the little girl with one hand and then placed her on his shoulder.
Even though the added weight on Calvin's shoulder made his body ache, he endured it all as he opened his palm and handed over the dallion of a Crow Within the Sun towards Charlotte.
"Here... You're dallion. It's precious for you, right? You should protect it with your life and not try to sell it like what you have done earlier." Calvin said in a slightly chiding tone of voice.
Charlotte received the dallion and then she stared coldly at Calvin before saying, "What do you know?"
"This..."
"This dallion is indeed valuable to , but my daughter is even more valuable! Why are you trying to say as if the decision to sell this dallion was easy for to make? You don't know anything about !"
Calvin's footsteps ca to a halt. He had no answer at all to Charlotte's sudden outburst.
Cecilia puffed her cheeks and said, "Mommy! Why did you shout at Uncle Superman?"
"Cecilia, co down!" Charlotte glared at Cecilia and Calvin was forced to put the little girl back on the ground.
"I'm grateful for what you've done to us... I'm sorry... But you shouldn't have said that..." Charlotte clenched her fists in frustration and Calvin let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry..." He took the initiative to apologize.
But to be honest, he didn't expect that his casual scolding would lead to an argunt.
Charlotte didn't say anything and she continued to walk towards her ho with Cecilia in tow.
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