Before Francis Drake departed, he gave only one instruction: "You're sending several pirate leaders to Britannia. That's our military merit. Deal with the rest as you see fit."
Charlotte had not yet figured out how to delay things for a few more days.
Nor had he figured out how to silence Chatham without leaving any traces.
He had not expected James Cook and Francis Drake to have no intention of taking him away at all. They only wanted a few of the pirate leaders.
He agreed at once, his attitude utterly sincere.
After all, with Chatham's six pirate ships, he needed only one more vessel to complete the Labyrinthization. The two of them had done him an enormous favor.
Although Charlotte was relieved to have escaped disaster, he was deeply concerned as well. For two Magic Alchemical Warships, the main strength of the Empire of Inglima navy, to be dispatched, it could not possibly be a trivial matter.
He could only hope James Cook and Francis Drake were not targeting the Empire of Fars.
On the third day after James Cook and Francis Drake left, a merchant ship from Britannia brought him a letter from Archpriest Augsladin, telling him to hurry to Britannia and join him once he had finished his "private business."
Charlotte was overjoyed. He immediately announced that he was requisitioning the merchant ship, then, faced with the owner's shocked and furious expression, told him he was joking.
No one knew that beneath this "joke," Cappadocia City quietly completed its Labyrinthization. A wisp of thought emerged from the diary: Charlotte Mecklenburg attacked and occupied Cappadocia City, repelled and captured the pirate Chatham's fleet. Labyrinthization complete. Two passages obtained, directly connecting to Machu Picchu and Silver Doveburg.
The diary also prompted him that he could perform a second Labyrinthization.