Chapter 36 - Chapter 36: Chapter 35: Voting (2/2)

She slowly got up and went into the wreckage to dig out a container that had not been destroyed by the explosion; that was what the Lord of the Lost needed.

Irene desperately wanted to tell the world, “Look, that is the miracle triggered by the great Lord of the Lost!”

The gods had decayed and declined long ago; only the great Lord of the Lost could intervene in the various calamities and hardships of the world, rescuing us from fire and water.

However, she could only endure in silence without speaking out, as “keeping secrets” was one of the mottos of the Fischer family, and another was “caution”.

From the very beginning, the Fischer family had set a rule that they would only carry out missionary work on someone if three family members agreed.

“We’re alive!”

“A miracle, it was just a miracle! We were saved by the gods!”

“Really, it was, it was…”

Grandma Narda almost shouted out, “The lost Lord of Dawn has bestowed a miracle,” but seeing Irene’s calm yet icy warning gaze, she immediately changed her claim and continued to speak to the others.

“It’s definitely a miracle from the Lord of Salvation! Our country has signed a treaty with those dog-like Rhea people, and it was under the witness of the Salvation Church! Since the Rhea people have breached the treaty, the God of Salvation naturally couldn’t stand by!”

Everyone was half knowledgeable about mysteries and religion, and miracles, a rare sight, were not understood in principle by many in the entire country, so most of them believed Grandma Narda’s words in the heat of the moment.

Irene took a deep breath and said, “Let’s keep moving forward. There are still many pursuers behind us; we must leave quickly.”

An invisible close connection made her vaguely feel that the Lord of the Lost seemed to have fallen into slumber. Any further delay and they would all truly be doomed.

“Wait!”

Byrne suddenly shouted out, his eyes red, his emotions clearly very unstable.

“My father hasn’t come back yet. He just stopped some of the pursuers, he will be back soon… He might need our rescue.”

“Byrne, we had already agreed that if we get separated inadvertently, we’ll regroup in a safe place.”

Irene’s tone became incredibly soft, full of compassion, yet leaving no room for doubt.

“Even if we go back, we would only hold him back, and the miracle won’t happen a second time. We must save ourselves.”

Byrne clenched his teeth tightly, finding it difficult to make such a painful choice: “But we can’t just abandon him, he did it for us.”

The people who had survived the ordeal exchanged glances; even though they all wanted to flee quickly, they could not voice such treacherous and deserting words, not daring to be the first to speak out.

“Many people fell behind during the escape, but we never looked back, did we? Madam Irene, Mr. Byrne, let’s vote on it.”

Grandma Narda suddenly looked at Byrne calmly, speaking gently:

“We all respect Mr. Lucius, his actions saved everyone, but as a mother, I also know what his deepest wish is in his heart—it is absolutely that you, Byrne, do not go back.”

“Also, you understand he did it not for us, but for you.”

After speaking, her face showed a sorrowful expression; up until that moment, Grandma Narda did not even know whether her three scattered sons were still alive.

If they had all died, Grandma Narda had already decided in the deepest part of her heart that she would choose death.

The vote was completed in less than ten seconds, with a solid seventy-one of the seventy-three survivors raising their hands. Old Ramon hesitated for a long time before looking at his son and raising his hand, leaving only Byrne and Chris not raising theirs.

Chris looked silently at the eyes of everyone around him, with people feeling that he was too young to understand the significance of voting.

Irene calmly stroked her brother’s head and said, “Chris, you’re very brave.”

“But I’m a coward. I just want more members of our family to survive.”

As their gazes met, Byrne sank into deep silence.

He wanted to go back alone to find his father, but instinctively felt fear and dread, and then shame and anger at these emotions, until finally, when he wanted to turn around, the words that Grandma Narda had just spoken echoed in his head.

The one thing that man least wanted was for him to go back.