Mission and Duty

In the VIP cabin of the Poroskafi, after repeatedly confirming that Camellia was out of danger, Joseph entrusted her to the more professional Perna, then quietly left the cabin.

The captain and the others waiting on standby outside the door hurriedly bowed to him.

Soleil stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, how is Miss Delvaux?"

"Perna said she's out of danger," Joseph said. "Fortunately, we're over a hundred kilometers from Paris, and the river water is fairly clean. There shouldn't be any infection."

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. "Ah, that's wonderful. Thank God."

"If the Seven Birds hadn't sent a warning, no one would have noticed that someone had fallen into the water."

"Yes. If they'd discovered her a few minutes later, it might have been too late..."

Joseph looked at Soleil. "Were you the first to see Camellia fall into the water?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Soleil nodded, then roughly described what had happened.

Joseph inclined his head to her. "On Camellia's behalf, I offer you my heartfelt thanks."

"I only did something insignificant, Your Highness," Soleil hurriedly said. "Besides, in the end, it was your miraculous 'operation' that saved Miss Delvaux."

Joseph waved his hand and asked again, "Are you certain that Herio had no accomplices?"

Soleil answered with complete certainty, "Absolutely not, Your Highness. Although the two ships were about half a chain apart at the time, my eyesight is very good. I could clearly see that there were only the two of them."

One chain was 185 meters. Half a chain was roughly 93 meters.

"To think there could be such a vicious woman in this world."

Joseph frowned and shook his head. Then something suddenly occurred to him. "The Seven Birds was so far away. How did it relay the news of Camellia falling overboard