Chapter 270: 263. I’m just… naturally shy.
Charles was greatly shocked and asked cautiously, “How did you know?”
The fact that nilman was coming to Silver Pigeon Fort was supposed to be a secret, but even the Great Eldest Princess of the Inglima Empire knew about it—did everyone know then?
Princess May said indifferently, “Your labyrinth’s passages were quite useful; I have returned to Cappadocia City a few tis, where I encountered nilman restocking supplies after docking.”
Charles was extrely shocked!
Seeing the astonished expression on his face, Princess May continued indifferently, “Labyrinths aren’t very secretive things, so why do you look as if your greatest secret has been exposed?”
Charles was extrely extrely shocked!
He knew the labyrinth wasn’t considered a high-end power, but he hadn’t expected it to be so full of loopholes in the eyes of Sacred Order. The fact that Princess May could travel through the passages to Cappadocia City, whether starting from Machu Picchu or Silver Pigeon Fort, was an incredibly explosive revelation.
With a puzzled look in her eyes, Princess May asked, “Or did you think I had discovered that those two novels were actually written by you?”
Charles was absolutely astounded!
He had reached the limit of his shock; he could not be more surprised.
Princess May remained silent, but Aurora said, “When Princess May bought those two books at the bookstore, she asked the publisher and easily found Miss Annie Brittany. Miss Annie readily admitted it.”
Charles couldn’t help but ask, “Annie just admitted it?”
Aurora shrugged and said, “The author’s na is Annie MacLennan! Even if she hadn’t confessed, what difference would it have made?”
Charles nearly exceeded the limit of his shock once again; he truly did not know that Annie had used such a blatantly transparent pen na for those two novels.
“Annie MacLennan!?”
“Isn’t that admitting it without being coerced?”
Curious, Princess May said, “Mister cklen, I must say, you are indeed a genius novelist. Why hide your identity? I’ve read ‘Chronicles of kron’ as well; although it’s not as polished as the other two in terms of language and details, probably due to being hastily written, the story’s quality still surpasses that of the other two novels.”
Charles thought to himself, “Joke’s on her, those were Greek mythology and The Lion King!”
Having been completely exposed by Princess May, and no longer able to hide anything, he simply said, “I am just… naturally shy.”
If Earl Brittany had been there, he surely would have said, “Mister cklen! You are naturally lascivious! Shy? Would a man streaking be shy?”
Even though Earl Brittany wasn’t there, the two ladies who had read the spin-off about Du Wei and Prince Chen’s romantic love also couldn’t help thinking: “A man who writes such steamy novels claims to be shy?”
“Is soone insulting shyness here?”
Charles didn’t dare to continue discussing the novel’s issues and casually asked, “Did Senior nilman also go to Cappadocia?”
He thought this question would be safe.
Then another thought crossed his mind, “Why haven’t Princess May and Senior addressed their private grievances in Cappadocia City? Why return to Silver Pigeon Fort to resolve them?”
“Yes, this matter should not be asked about…”
Charles imdiately sensed that this question was also unsafe.
Princess May said indifferently, “She said it was you who asked her to go to Cappadocia City.”
“Indeed, she also took away your fleet!”
Charles didn’t mind losing those few rchant ships; after all, once he left Inglima, he could no longer control Cappadocia, and that fleet would sooner or later go out of control. Having it taken by nilman was still putting it to good use.
However, Princess May’s remark also made him sensitively realize sothing, nilman didn’t possess a Magical Alchemy Warship.
If this lady had a Magical Alchemy Warship, why would she need any ordinary rchant ship converted into a warship?
Charles felt a pang of sympathy for the lady, as nilman maintained an almost perfect image in the eyes of the common people of the Fars Empire. Charles had also been proud to have secured a strong ally, but as his status rose, he gradually realized that this lady wasn’t having an easy ti.
The impact of the Empire Rose incident was profound and turbulent.
Initially, Charles had thought that this lady held a high and powerful position, after all, he was only a forty-first class clerk, but now he knew that the warden of Kilmainham Prison wasn’t really an important bureaucratic position.
Now even Charles klen had beco a thorough bureaucratic figure: General Commander of the Patrolling Army of Lucavaro District, Commander of the Westwind Knights, Director of the Lucavaro District Administration Bureau, Fars Empire’s special plenipotentiary war commissioner to Inglima Empire, interim civil officer of Mostar Fort, Biberli City, Seagull City, Silver Pigeon Fort, and Ode Mountain City, civil officer of the South Serif Region including Arcadia Port, Sedona City, Solvan City, Carl Town, and Interlaken City, and a twenty-fifth class fifth-grade civil servant!
Indeed, South Serif Territory had been quietly reorganized into the South Serif Region by the Empire, and his five major city civil offices no longer had ‘interim’ prefixes.
If Charles had transmigrated with the identity he held now, he and nilman might not even be sure of whose support was more significant.
Of course, nilman still had the backing of the Su i Family and a host of supporters, whereas Charles klen had nothing behind him.
Charles never considered Anne as his political bargaining chip. Although he had gained quite a few political benefits from the Brittany Family, he truly considered marrying into wealth as a phase of his life’s goals, but he would never sacrifice Anne for political gain.
To exemplify, if Anne and her father, Earl Brittany, fell out, he would definitely not take the Earl’s side for the sake of his so-called future, but would stand in front of Anne even if it ant losing everything.
After all, he was just a transmigrator who originally had nothing to his na.
Because of the war, Charles’s thinking had beco a bit slow; it took him a long ti to fathom why Princess May had co to South Serif?
But he soon realized…
Because Princess May personally commanded his clerks and even summoned Italo Calvino, who had been appointed the interim manager of Interlaken City, from Interlaken City to Sedona City…
She spurred them on with all her might!
Charles wasn’t a web novelist or an author of any sort, unaware of how brutal the editors within the industry could be in demanding drafts, but he was convinced that no editor on Earth pushed as hard as this.
Because of the war and his practice, Charles’s once-neglected career of oral storytelling suddenly sparkled anew.
Except for sleeping and eating, he had to narrate stories during all other tis.
Yes, even when going to the restroom, Princess May wouldn’t follow, but she would send a clerk to accompany him.
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