Captain – Chapter 435 – He Told Me to Return

After a very brief silence, Roy took the envelope from the messenger’s hand, and once confirming that he posed no threat whatsoever, dismissed him.

So the top floor of the clock tower returned to tranquility.

“Who exactly sent this letter?”

Since receiving the letter, the captain had remained motionless for quite some time, merely leaning back against the wall, silently staring at the skull clasp on the envelope, the emotions flickering in her eyes extremely complex.

Longing, confusion, melancholy…

Like a wanderer who had left against family wishes, traveling alone, suddenly receiving a letter from home just as they’d achieved some success—except the letter contained not reconciliation, but continued opposition and persuasion.

Turn back, come home, and such.

Therefore, after waiting a while and seeing that the young woman still showed no sign of emerging from her emotions or opening the letter, the first mate finally couldn’t help but ask.

In his view, since Roy would reveal such emotions, she obviously knew who the sender was, even without any signature on the envelope.

And as he asked, a sense of unease rippled through the young man’s heart.

Because this time seemed very similar to that time in Elvet—similarly a letter delivered by an organization hidden in the shadows, similarly without a signature, and also… both caused considerable emotional fluctuations in the young woman.

It really seemed like a replay of that drama.

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“Oh, sorry, I was lost in thought.”

Awakened by the first mate, Roy shook her head, as if trying to rid herself of those complex emotions, then apologetically responded to the worried-looking first mate.

“Look at your expression. Is it really worth worrying that much?”

Seeing the first mate’s unpleasant expression, the young woman laughed and shook her head.

Then, she lowered her head slightly and began deftly opening the letter, reassuring him: “Relax, this time is different. After all, there won’t be a second person like Governor Robert in this world.”

“Even if there were, I’d run away as fast as I could. How could I be so forgetful as to approach them again?”

Hearing this, Caine’s expression improved somewhat, but he still pressed: “But Captain, you still haven’t told me who wrote this letter.”

“Oh, is that important?”

Opening the letter, Roy confirmed the handwriting, quickly scanned the paper to understand the general content, while deflecting the first mate’s question.

However, when speaking of general content, in reality, there were only a few sentences written on that letter, and the handwriting was particularly sloppy.

It was as if an extremely lazy person had written this letter just to fulfill an obligation.

“What, is this another of Captain Roy’s secrets that no one can know, not even me? Should I also stay far away from it?”

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Hearing the first mate’s flat but obviously displeased retort, the captain’s eye twitched, and quite unusually, she didn’t get angry, smiling apologetically: “Listen to you, when have I ever…”

Not finishing her sentence, Roy guiltily cleared her throat, then said: “Fine, I know I’ve kept quite a few things from you in the past, but you don’t need to be so angry. They weren’t big deals.”

The young woman’s voice grew increasingly softer, and by the final few words, it was almost indistinct, as if she couldn’t even convince herself.

Seeing the first mate’s cold, stern expression that seemed to say “you know very well,” the captain sighed deeply with an aggrieved look and handed the letter over: “Alright, alright, if you want to see it, here you go.”

After handing it over, Roy turned her face slightly, staring absently at the skull clasp on the envelope, as if she had truly shared this “personal secret” with him.

Looking at the young woman’s seemingly compromising gesture, the young man half-doubtfully took the letter. After examining those few lines back and forth for quite some time, he raised his head again, with an unpleasant expression, handing it back.

“Captain, is what your… pen pal wrote really in the current language? I feel like I can’t recognize a single word.”

Seeing the captain calmly take back the letter paper, with an ‘I knew it would be like this’ look while struggling to hold back her laughter, the first mate complained and then bluntly said: “Perhaps the ‘professional’ should translate it for me.”

Knowing she definitely couldn’t fool him this time, the captain couldn’t help but purse her lips, inwardly cursing that messenger for his untimely delivery. Couldn’t he have given her some indication beforehand, like Tomb Bat?

With the letter delivered right in front of him, what room did she have to maneuver?

Wait, could she still…

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“Captain, you’d better not think that since I can’t understand the words, you can just make up some excuse to fool me. I might have to expend effort to find a real professional.”

Looking at the captain’s slightly flickering gaze, Caine didn’t need to guess to know what mischief she was plotting, and rather sternly reminded her.

In this world, there were all kinds of strange people, naturally including “professionals” who specialized in identifying handwriting or even exploring ciphers. Even if they couldn’t decipher all the words in the letter, deducing the general meaning would be no problem.

The Empire’s dark division had similar experts.

“Fine, so you want to interrogate me? Is there no trust between us anymore?”

Having her thoughts exposed, Roy muttered quite guiltily: “Besides, do you understand the meaning of a confidential letter? If someone with ulterior motives saw it, you wouldn’t be held responsible, but I’d be in big trouble.”

Putting the letter paper back into the envelope, under the first mate’s unyielding gaze, the captain sighed softly, set it alight with the candle flame, then placed it in the silver candlestick, watching it burn completely.

Throughout the entire process, the young man did nothing.

Only after confirming that the letter had turned to ashes did Roy reluctantly turn back. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke: “It was a letter from the Great Captain.”

When saying this, her voice was very calm, as if she was mentioning an ordinary passerby, not some important figure.

But even so, the top floor fell silent again.

Whether it was the former Imperial Lion or the fearless Golden-Eyed Devil, when facing that title, they still seemed to feel a mountain rising before them, with pressure like a tide rushing toward them.

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Who could blame them? It was the Great Captain after all.

That person hidden in the shadows was the real threat to the Auran Empire. Compared to that man, whether Roy or other legendary figures were merely more troublesome problems.

They didn’t rise to the national level.

But that person was different. What he represented was all the heritage of the Southern Islands, whether currently existing or from the ancient, distant past. That kind of power accumulated through time…

Even made the most glorious era of the Empire seem dim in comparison.

And now, that emperor of pirates, after observing coldly for so long, seemed to finally be unable to remain silent, writing a letter to Roy, the descendant of the devil, his child in some sense.

So, what did he want to do? Or rather, what did he want the young woman to do?

“He told me to return.”

Before Caine could deduce anything, the young woman’s whisper solved his confusion. However, in that sentence, there were no words like “wants” that left room for negotiation, but only a requirement.

A plain requirement with inscrutable emotion, yet absolutely unquestionable.

Like a decree without temperature.