Charles was taken aback by Lily's question. This was the first time she had asked him for a salary, despite the long time they had spent together.0

"Haven't you always just dragged me around whenever you wanted to buy something before?" Charles inquired with a hint of curiosity in his gaze.0

Lily's ears drooped as she recounted what happened. It turned out that she had seen James' wife giving out stale bread to the pitiful refugees from Shadow Island, and she wanted to do the same.0

"Mr. Charles, can we help them? They are so pitiful. I saw some of them were starving to the extent that they would rummage through trash heaps to fill their stomachs with scraps that even mice would ignore," Lily implored and tugged at Charles' finger like a child asking for a treat.0

"With so many refugees,...0