Over there, Samuel Chalmers also learned from another person who rushed from the Security Bureau about Cassian Wolf’s operation against the Ghost Fog headquarters.
He wasn’t too surprised about the mastermind escaping.
After all, if the mastermind behind Ghost Fog is truly who he suspects, Cassian Wolf alone wouldn’t be able to capture him.
Thinking this, his eyes unconsciously drifted towards Scarlett Jennings’s direction.
Even though he wasn’t specifically focused on them, Scarlett Jennings and the girl named Stella Gibson’s voices still reached his ears.
She knows too.
Recalling her earlier avoidance of him, Samuel Chalmers contemplated and decided to walk towards her.
"The Ghost Fog headquarters has been eradicated. The mastermind has escaped but won’t be a threat anytime soon."
Samuel Chalmers seldom explains things to people, and his voice was inevitably stiff. He paused, met Scarlett Jennings’s gaze, and softened his tone,
"You don’t need to worry about Ghost Fog scheming against me anymore."
Upon hearing this, Scarlett Jennings finally raised her eyes and looked at him quietly,
"What are you trying to say?"
No need to worry about Ghost Fog plotting against him anymore, so she doesn’t have to stay entangled with him?
Facing her expression so subtle it was hard to discern any emotions, Samuel Chalmers thought for a moment and said,
"What I’m trying to say is, I am not without the ability to protect myself. As the Dragon Vein, I can preserve myself at any time."
As he spoke, he removed the Vital Stone from around his neck as if to prove his point.
"I’ve mentioned before, this Vital Stone is half my heart. As long as it’s intact, I won’t come to harm."
Even if today he used all his Golden Light to dismantle the Divine Refining Array and fell into slumber, as long as this Vital Stone she holds is unharmed, he can still come back with half a stone heart.
This was one of the reasons Samuel Chalmers left her with it alone.
Samuel Chalmers never feels the need to explain himself, but seeing Scarlett Jennings’s anger, he felt he should provide an explanation.
In his memories, she has always been rational and composed.
He believes she can understand.
Returning the Vital Stone to her, Samuel Chalmers looked at her, his voice deep and appealing,
"I’m unharmed now, and this Vital Stone, I entrust it back to you for safekeeping."
This was something "he" gave her, he never intended to take it back and willingly entrust it to her.
Scarlett Jennings looked at the Vital Stone handed to her, her gaze swept over the black fine lines on his wrist, and then landed on his empty palm.
There was originally a mark there.
But now it’s completely gone.
Just like hers.
It had long disappeared.
Ultimately, Scarlett Jennings did not take the Vital Stone, her eyes drooping slightly, she only said,
"Since you say it’s so important, I should have returned it to its original owner long ago."
She said,
"Your half-heart, I don’t want it anymore."
Though her decision was made, at the moment of truly letting go, her heart still couldn’t help but ache, even her voice carried a faint, nearly imperceptible tremor.
Samuel Chalmers’s eyes trembled just like hers.
Samuel Chalmers believed he could calmly observe all, yet hearing her say "don’t want it anymore," his heart inexplicably felt unfamiliar pull.
"Why?"
Samuel Chalmers asked seriously after a moment of stunned silence.
Scarlett Jennings raised her gaze to meet his, her eyes carrying emotions he couldn’t comprehend.
Just like he said, she has always been calm and steady, rational and clearheaded.
Upon understanding the actions of the Security Bureau and the Mystic Regulation Office, she knew Samuel Chalmers’s intentions.
She did understand him.
But understanding doesn’t mean she can accept it.
She knew every word he said, every decision he made.
Yet the clearer the understanding, the more obvious what kind of existence she represents in his eyes.
In his eyes, she was no different from Dashiell or other insignificant people.
Because they’re insignificant, he leaves or disappears without needing to explain.
She was never part of his plans.
His actions weren’t wrong, just the person was wrong.
He is no longer the Samuel Chalmers she thought he was.
He had been reminding her all along, but she kept believing she could find the original him.
And facts proved, she was the one demanding too much...
"There’s no why."
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