Eler was envious of how Shanks pampered N.


    On the Ind of Despair, except for N, only the seriously injured could get Shanks'' attention.


    Eler snapped out of it as these should not be her desires. All she needed to focus on was taking care of


    N and protecting her.


    She walked over, lowered her head, and dared not look at Shanks as she said, "I''m sorry, Mr. Shanks. I


    didn''t keep a close eye on Kathryn."


    Shanks looked at her. His gaze was cold and without a trace of warmth. "You didn''t take good care of


    her. Do you know how dangerous it is to let her run around in the corridor?"


    Those on the Ind of Despair were not good people. It was easy for N to bump into and irk these


    people if she walked around like that.


    He could help her this time but not all the time.


    If he left the ind and N bumped into someone, he doubted that Eler could protect her.


    Eler''s heart shuddered. Every time Shanks talked to her that much, he would be ming her for not


    taking good care of N.


    She would not be jealous of a little girl being favored by Shanks, but she would still be upset.


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    "Sorry, Mr. Shanks." Eler sounded like she was about to cry. She was usually very careful. Although


    N was well-behaved, she was still a child. A child would not pay as much attention to the things that


    adults would.


    She was suddenly in the mood to y with Shanks and immediately ran out with the ball.


    Eler could not stop her.


    N listened to Shanks'' serious tone and noticed that Eler sounded as though she was about to cry. It


    was then she realized that she had done something wrong and caused Eler to be scolded.


    She put her hands on Shanks'' shoulders and said in an innocent tone, "Shanks, it''s my fault. I ran


    around and didn''t listen to Eler. Don''t me her. If you want someone to me, you can me me..."


    Shanks raised his hand and scratched his index finger on her small nose. ‘How can I me such a


    cute kid?''


    "It wasn''t me that you ticked off. How can I me you?"


    "Don''t me Eler, then. She didn''t do it on purpose. I''m the bad girl who ran around disobediently and


    didn''t hold the ball tight enough." N pouted. She had spent some time with Shanks and knew what to


    do. She knew that Shanks would not continue scolding Eler if she pouted.


    "Cheeky girl, promise me you won''t do this again," Shanks said helplessly.


    N brought him some joy in his boring ind life.


    "I promise, Shanks." N knew that he was no longer angry and smiled sweetly. "I promise to be


    good."


    "Okay, go back to your room." Shanks moved N''s hand away. He could not get angry whenever he


    saw N acting cute and pouting her lips.


    "Shanks, won''t you y with me?" N asked.


    "I still have things to do. I can''t y with you today." Shanks stood up and touched her head.


    He needed to prepare since he would be leaving the ind that night.


    Shanks nned to go to Russia. Firstly, it was because Abel took the cigars and he had to prepare


    more. He had to leave the ind to purchase some tobo. After all, Abel smoked very frequently.


    Two boxes of cigars would be gone in less than half a month.


    He had to prepare more, lest Abel''s cigar addiction hit. If that happened, he would argue and cause


    him trouble.


    On the other hand, he wanted to see how Luca would deal with Abel''s sneak attack.


    "Ah, what about tomorrow?" N asked expectantly. On this ind, she was only close to her mother,


    Eler, Amur, and Shanks.


    Both her mother and Amur had left the ind, so only Eler and Shanks were left.


    Eler was in charge of taking care of her, so when she was bored, she always looked for Shanks to y


    with her.


    Although Shanks was not free most of the time, when he was, he would y various small games with


    her if she looked for him.


    As such, N liked him very much.


    "Not for the next few days," Shanks said.


    "Shanks, are you going out of the ind?" N asked with wide eyes.


    Shanks knew what she was thinking about and shook his head on purpose. "No."


    "Shanks, you''re lying to me again! You''re going out of the ind. You just don''t want to take me with


    you." N pouted. She wanted to leave the ind to find her mother, but no one was willing to bring


    her along every time she asked.


    "I''m busy. Eler, take her," Shanks said. Abel stipted that he could leave the ind, but he could not


    bring the little girl with him.


    The rule applied no matter how good their rtionship was because N was Abel''s tool to control


    Luca.


    "Yes, Mr. Shanks." Eler stepped forward and took N in her arms.


    N pouted and knew that she could not say anything. She left with Eler.


    "Eler..." After they walked away, Ny on Eler''s shoulders and said coquettishly.


    "N, I can''t do anything about it. You were too reckless today. Promise me that you won''t do this


    again," Eler touched the little girl''s head and said helplessly.


    "I''m sorry for making you frightened. I won''t run off again. I''ll follow you wherever you go." N


    apologized. She made a rash move because she was too eager to y with Shanks.


    "Good." Eler stroked her head.


    N asked, "Eler, why won''t Shanks take me out of the ind?"


    "That''s because you can''t leave the ind without permission," Eler said. She opened the door of their


    room and walked in.


    "What is permission? I can hide in Shanks'' coat. No one will know." All N could think about was


    leaving the ind.


    "If someone finds out, you''ll be endangering Mr. Shanks. You can''t think like that, N, okay?" Eler told


    N.


    ‘It would endanger Shanks?''


    N frowned. Although she wanted to go find her mother, she would not do it if doing so would hurt


    others.


    "I know, Eler." N nodded.


    Eler felt distressed at her sensibility. The little girl wanted to go out but could not, yet she did not cry or


    make a fuss.


    She closed the door and put the little girl on the bed.


    N looked at Eler with a smile on her face and said in her innocent voice, "Eler..."


    "What''s the matter?" Eler poured her a ss of water and handed it to her. "Come, drink some water.


    You just ran, so you must be thirsty."


    N took the ss, took a sip, and said, "When you apologized to Shanks just now, your face turned


    red again."


    When Eler''s secret was exposed by N, she stared at her helplessly and said, "You saw it wrong."


    "I didn''t. Eler, you blush every time you see Shanks. Why is that?" N was curious.


    "Don''t talk nonsense. If you continue saying these things, I''m going to get angry." Eler pinched her tiny


    face.