Chen Si watched the girl who had once been so lively around him now cower in fear of him. Emotion stirred in his eyes, and his hand paused in midair, but he still smiled as gently as he could. "She'll be here to pick you up soon."
As Philia looked at that familiar smile, her wariness gradually faded. She caught the hand Chen Si was about to withdraw and pressed it back onto her head, blinking her big eyes. "Older Brother Charns, that man with the beard and the big pancake face is a liar! He told me Daddy was outside, but when I came out of the basement, I didn't see anyone. Then a whole string of huge explosions came right at me. Luckily, that short uncle with the dead-fish eyes over there saved Yasuo and me."
Philia pointed at Hermann, Winston's eldest son, her cheeks puffed out in anger.
For some reason, Chen Si felt relieved at the sight, as though he was glad Philia still didn't know what he had done in the Marley Capital, glad he was still Doctor Charns in her eyes-the man who saved lives and healed the wounded.
"Is that so?" Chen Si looked at Hermann, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly, as though he were standing up for Philia just as he always had.
"N-no, that's not what happened! This little girl, she..." Hermann was terrified.
Smack!! Winston slapped Hermann across the face, knocking him to the ground.
"You bastard! How could I have a son like you!" Winston raised his cane and smashed it against Hermann's head, battering his face black and blue. All the while, he stole glances at Chen Si, whose expression remained cold and unchanged.
Beside them, Floch took out a handkerchief and wiped down a revolver,