The Castle and Jin An

"Hello, nice to meet you!" Jin An reached out with a warm smile. "My name is Jin An, the person in charge of this island."

Saint Homing extended both hands and firmly shook Jin An's palm. "Nice to meet you, Colonel Jin An. I am Saint Homing of Donquixote."

Compared to his gentle, calm image of a loving father in front of his family, Saint Homing's tone could now be said to have turned into that of a fanboy.

"I have held Colonel Jin An in high regard for a long time, and today we finally meet. It truly makes this humble place shine."

Jin An waved his hand and chuckled lightly. "You flatter me, but I am quite curious why you chose this island as the place to settle down."

Saint Homing was stunned for a moment before smiling. "The place where I will spend the second half of my life naturally needs to be carefully chosen."

"I learned through the newspapers that nowadays, among the Four Blues, only the South Blue under Colonel Jin An's charge puts my mind most at ease."

"Haha, I can guarantee you that. The South Blue will be the safest sea area. It is now, and it will always be in the future." Jin An stated his ambition directly; everything he did simply outperformed what the Marines did in other seas.

"I am ashamed of my past identity as a Celestial Dragon. I cannot change the minds of other Celestial Dragons, so I can only move here myself." Saint Homing sighed softly. People's minds were truly difficult to change.

"Celestial Dragons?" Huo Shaoshan's mouth hung open in utter disbelief.

When had Celestial Dragons ever become so reasonable? Shouldn't they point guns at you the moment they met and demand you obediently become their slave...

Saint Homing said with a cheerful smile, "Yes, a former Celestial Dragon. Right now, I'm just an ordinary human being."

"Shall we go inside and sit down? Although this is my first time going in, too."

"Haha, I've never seen the inside of such a big castle before. Let's go in and take a look."

"Colonel Jin An, young brothers, let's go in together."

Inside the castle.

Jin An looked at the interior layout of the castle and couldn't help exclaiming, "Now this is what I call a truly wealthy household."

"This place is so luxurious~" Kuzan and Huo Shaoshan exclaimed together. The two of them had always lived in dormitories; they had never seen a sight like this even in their dreams.

"The gap between this and the place where we lived before is quite large," Saint Homing muttered.

The three of them rolled their eyes in unison. Celestial Dragons never failed to disappoint when it came to enjoyment.

Mary Geoise gathered the most wealth in this world. Celestial Dragons looked at gold and silver treasures just like ordinary stones—they were things seen everywhere. Therefore, they simply could not imagine the lives of ordinary people.

Ordinary people, of course, could not imagine the lives of those nobles either.

Saint Homing led the three of them into the living room and introduced them to his wife and children. "These three are my guests. Come and meet them, too."

"This is my wife and my two sons," Saint Homing introduced them to Jin An and the others.

"Donquixote, Rosinante, this is Colonel Jin An I've always told you about."

Donquixote, wearing sunglasses, looked at the three of them expressionlessly without any reaction. Rosinante, on the other hand, nervously grabbed his father's trouser leg and hid behind him.

"I'm sorry, it's their first time seeing strangers." Saint Homing smiled gently, casting an apologetic look at the three of them.

Jin An waved his hand, not minding at all. "It's fine. Children are shy, it's normal."

"Father, where are the slaves? Leave chores like cleaning and tidying up to the slaves. Carrying the luggage in just now exhausted us to death..." Rosinante whispered from behind his father.

Kuzan and Huo Shaoshan exchanged glances, their expressions changing.

Everyone present possessed a certain level of strength. Even though Rosinante spoke very quietly, his words still clearly reached their ears.

"Sigh..." Saint Homing said softly. "Dofla, Rosinante, I must teach you from scratch. From now on, we must do these things ourselves."

"I won't do it! These things are obviously meant for slaves to do!" Donquixote grew agitated.

Saint Homing placed his palm on Donquixote's head and taught him carefully, "Dofla, we are going to live on as humans."

Donquixote raised his head. "Humans?"

"That's right. Our life will be much richer than it was in Mary Geoise." Saint Homing nodded. "The richness I speak of is not in material things, but in the heart."

Donquixote clenched his teeth, clearly not agreeing with his father's thoughts.

"I'm sorry to have made a spectacle of ourselves before you." Saint Homing sighed. He knew changing a child's mind could not produce results in a short time.

Huo Shaoshan shook his head repeatedly. "Not at all, not at all."

Jin An beckoned to Saint Homing. "Come over with me for a moment."

Subsequently, the two walked toward the courtyard.

"A child's mindset cannot be changed simply. You don't need to carry a psychological burden." Jin An comforted him.

"I understand, but Dofla's thinking is somewhat paranoid. I'm a bit worried..."

Jin An stopped in front of the lush tree. "What you need to worry about first is your identity."

"Identity?" Saint Homing was puzzled.

"Since you came from Mary Geoise, then let me ask you, how did you treat slaves in the past?"

"I didn't have much use for slaves. Usually, I just had them clean up and tidy things."

Jin An was genuinely surprised this time. The Celestial Dragon in front of him couldn't possibly be fake.

"Then do you know what other Celestial Dragons are like?"

"This... I've heard that they make slaves fight each other and only keep the strongest one in the end..."

"In the eyes of commoners, you Celestial Dragons are executioners. Although I know you are somewhat different, all the people in this world who have been harmed by Celestial Dragons will not think that way."

"As long as they know you are Celestial Dragons, they will resort to any means necessary to kill you all."

Saint Homing involuntarily took two steps back, nearly collapsing onto the ground. "Does that mean my wife and children will lose their lives because of my decision?"

"But the humanity I looked forward to was supposed to be noble and great."

Jin An shattered his illusion. "Humanity is actually impulsive and irrational. Driven by anger, people can make decisions completely different from usual."

"Then I..." Saint Homing could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

"Would you like to join us? That way you can protect your family." Jin An extended his hand toward Saint Homing.

This was Jin An's goal: to pull a former Celestial Dragon into his own ranks, let him see the truest side of this world, and also make him understand that the life of ordinary people was not easy.

If it could develop into a former Celestial Dragon leading ordinary people to rebel against the Celestial Dragons, it would mean there was still hope for this world.

[Quest completed]

[Progress: Target's favorability - Convinced heart and mind]

[Rewards have been delivered, please check, Host.]

"Bulus, bulus... Bulus, bulus..."

"Report! Monkey D. Dragon's warship has entered the harbor!"

"He arrived so fast..." Jin An looked up toward Dofla in the room. "It seems I can take them to do something interesting..."