"You did very well this time. Once this is over, I can give you some rewards!" Ryan said with a smile as he looked at the expectant Charlos.
"Thank you, Master!" Hearing Ryan's words, Charlos immediately beamed. Hadn't he worked so hard all this time for this very moment?
"Wait for me!"
The next moment, Ryan vanished from before Charlos's eyes and appeared in Carter's room.
"Fuck!" Carter jumped in fright at Ryan's sudden appearance.
"You are... that person from earlier!" Carter asked tentatively. He now had a bold guess.
"It's me, Uncle Carter!"
Ryan removed his mask, revealing his true face.
"It really is you, Ryan!" The moment Carter saw Ryan, he immediately jumped up in excitement.
Carter crossed the room in two strides and quickly came before Ryan, touching his head and then his hands. Other than the private areas, he felt him all over.
"Uncle Carter, I'm already grown up!" Ryan said helplessly, though he was still happy inside. Time had not weakened their bond.
"You really have grown up!" Carter said happily. This was the child he had watched grow up.
He looked at Ryan as though he were looking at his own son.
"Uncle Carter, I came to save you..."
"Shut up!" Carter interrupted Ryan before he could finish.
"You've made something of yourself, huh? A great pirate!"
"One of the Four Emperors, even!"
"And you even stormed Mary Geoise!"
Carter twisted Ryan's ear once with every sentence he spoke.
"Stop, stop! Uncle Carter, that hurts!" Ryan hurriedly tried to stop Carter.
He had not expected that he could still be scolded with an ear-twisting, but he was happy nonetheless. It felt a little warm.
As his strength grew and his status rose, aside from Carter, Gaban, and Rayleigh, there were almost no