Randall did not hang up the Den Den Mushi. He simply tossed it onto the desk and listened to Sengoku and the others murmur among themselves.
Seeing that he had business to attend to, Caris and Christa left the room.
With Caris gone, Randall felt rather bereft.
The meeting was boring. He had been hoping to have something to play with.
"Sis-in-law, come here, come here!"
Christa pulled Caris into her room, looking terribly secretive.
"What is it, Chris?"
Caris asked curiously.
"Hehe, sis-in-law, tell me! How exactly did you get my brother to finally catch on?"
Christa's eyes sparkled.
She was dying to know.
Before this, Randall had always seemed like a man forged from solid steel.
How had he suddenly melted for no apparent reason?
Caris was just as baffled by that.
"I don't know either.
I was in my kitchen working on a new dessert today.
Then Randall suddenly appeared behind me.
He gave me quite a fright.
But none of that matters now.
We're together now~"
As Caris spoke, a happy smile spread across her face.
Christa wrinkled her nose. Yep, the sickly-sweet stink of love.
"Oh, never mind. It really doesn't matter.
Watching you and my brother before this was honestly agonizing.
But at least you got your happy ending.
That's wonderful."
Christa's eyes curved into crescents.
Just then, Caris suddenly asked curiously:
"What about you, Chris?
You're not that young anymore, either. Is there anyone you like?"
At that, Christa suddenly let out a rather wistful sigh.
"Oh, I spend my days killing pirates.
Most of the people I see are those disgusting vermin.
How could I possibly have someone I like?"
Then she smiled in acceptance and said softly:
"I think I might go my whole life without meeting anyone who makes my