Chapter 1142: Chapter 7 Price_3
“What’s wrong with you?” Caman looked at Winters, who was darting around the room like a frightened kitten, becoming more and more puzzled, “It’s Senior Mason who’s coming, not the judgnt officer — not an assassin, what are you afraid of?”
“What’s a ‘judgnt officer’?” Despite being extrely tense, Winters keenly noticed Caman’s slip of the tongue, but at this mont he had no ti to investigate further, “An assassin? I would rather it were an assassin! At least I could fight back!”
He first tried to hide under the table, but the space under the table was too small. So he turned to the filing cabinet, but the space in the filing cabinet was even smaller.
Behind the curtains?
No, the boots would show.
Hang outside the window?
Even worse, how undignified would it be for a civil guard officer to hang outside the window like a caught lover!
Winters’ preference for minimalist decor betrayed him — the office had only a table and a filing cabinet, nowhere to hide.
Winters gritted his teeth and tiptoed to the door, locking it as quietly as possible.
The door of the office also had a small bolt, which Winters slid into place.
The footsteps coming from the corridor grew clearer and closer, even Caman could hear the sound of military boots.
Winters put his finger to his lips, gesturing “please don’t speak.”
Caman rolled his eyes, closed them, held his breath, and entered a silent ditative state.
Finally, the footsteps stopped outside the door. Then the doorknob started to shake, obviously the person outside was trying to turn the handle.
They tried a few tis, and when it wouldn’t budge, it seed the person outside gave up.
But just as Winters was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a crisp sound of keys clinking ca from outside, followed by the sound of a key being inserted into the lock, and then the sound of the lock turning.
The lock was opened, and the doorknob began to shake again.
Winters breathed a long sigh of relief, slowly and easily, even trembling with excitent.
Thank goodness for the bolt!
Then, he saw a shiny little piece of tal extend through the crack in the door…
Before he could react, the little piece of tal skillfully flicked up, releasing the bolt.
The door opened.
Richard Mason stood outside the door holding a thick file packet.
“Winters?” Mason asked in surprise, “You’re back?”
The imagined storm did not appear, Senior Mason was still as kind as ever, and Winters felt like crying, “I ca back a few days ago…”
“Oh, I know.” Mason said with a smile, “But you haven’t returned to Revodan, have you?”
“The military situation is urgent.” Winters said righteously, “So I went directly to Wolf Town.”
“I know.” Mason took a letter from his coat and shook it in front of Winters, “You wrote to .”
The letter was small, with a line of wobbly text [Senior, I went to Wolf Town].
“Father Kaman, you’re here too.” Only now did Mason notice Caman, who was pretending to be dead in the corner of the room.
Caman sensed sothing was off, and without hesitation, decided to abandon Winters, “Yes, but I have to go now.”
“Wait, there’s sothing more!” Winters stepped in front of Caman to stop him from leaving, speaking quickly, “Oh right, Senior, I have already talked to Colonel Bod and the envoy from Red Rose. Red Rose wants to incorporate us to contain the local forces in each county that might rebel at any ti. As for Colonel Bod’s side — I can now confirm, they will definitely raise their troops, but the timing is not clear yet, but White Mountain County should be involved…”
Mason, holding the file bag, listened intently and responded with “Mmm, mmm.”
When Winters finished pouring out all the negotiation content with nothing left to say, Mason finally spoke, “These matters, you can discuss with Bard when he returns from Lower Iron Peak County. Whatever decisions you make, I will support you. As for Andre… you don’t have to worry, he will support you even more resolutely than I do.”
“Thank you, Senior Mason.” Winters sincerely and gratefully thanked him, but still felt uneasy, so he asked a bit guiltily, “So… do you have anything else?”
“?” Mason was taken aback, suddenly realized, and raised the thick docunt bag in his hand, “During the ti you were away, a lot happened in Iron Peak County, so things need you to know, so need your review, so need your decision — I’ve brought it all to you.”
“Okay, I’ll look at it right now!” Winters happily took the docunt bag, untying the string while casually asking, “Is that all?”
“These?” Mason smiled, “These are just the table of contents.”
With that, he clapped his hands.
At the end of the corridor, two clerks ca out pushing a cart.
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