The Almighty Lord Caspian novel Chapter 509

Knowing that he couldn't change Caspian's mind, John relented and said helplessly, "Alright. In that case, I'll spend the night at the villa with you."

"Why would you stay at the villa? Didn't they arrange accommodations for you?" Caspian asked with a frown.

"You're Lord Caspian and the chief commander! I'm obligated to watch out for your safety!" John declared with conviction.

"No need. I have Sylvia, Macy, and the armored battalion with me. You don't have to worry about my safety. You should return to South Aridlands to supervise the battle situation there," Caspian instructed.

"Oh, alright. Make sure you keep yourself safe, sir!"

Truth be told, John didn't think it was all that appropriate for him to stay at Caspian's villa either. What if Caspian wanted to spend some alone time with Willow?

John certainly didn't want to get in their way.

Soon, John set off for South Aridlands, and Caspian returned to Riverside Villa with over a thousand special forces soldiers in tow.

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The Stewarts trudged back to Stewart Residence in despondence.

"I never thought Caspian would turn out to be a big shot! Why didn't we realize it sooner?" Marilyn exclaimed regretfully.

Although Fabian had died at Caspian's hands, Marilyn had to force herself to forget about that. After all, Caspian was the Diatoranian God of War. As long as they ingratiated themselves to him, they could soar to great heights!

"Don't be upset, Grandma," Alicia consoled her. "Caspian did too good of a job hiding his real identity. We can't be blamed for not realizing it sooner."

"How can I not be upset? If our family had a good relationship with Caspian, who would dare to offend us? They'd be bowing at our feet instead! As long as we can mend our relationship with Willow, we'll be set for life!" Marilyn said.

"Knowing what Caspian's like, he's never going to forgive us—not unless we win Willow over. But Willow is also disappointed in us, so we can't do anything," Donald said.

"Willow's so heartless! We're still her family. How can she not show us some respect?" Alicia ranted.

"That's right! Now that she knows her husband is a big shot, she's turning her back on all of us! Even though I didn't give birth to her myself, I did raise her!" Kate growled through gritted teeth.

All the Stewarts resented Willow.

"I told you guys to stop ridiculing Willow and Caspian, but you guys refused to heed my words," Carl reminded. "Well, look what that has led to. They refuse to forgive all of you! Things wouldn't have turned out like this if you guys had only just treated them better in the past."

"What's the point of criticizing us now, huh, Carl? Are you so happy that we now have to fawn over them?" Marilyn snapped.

"I'm just telling the truth, Mom. What you guys did was wrong, but even now, you still don't realize your mistake. You're trying to blame Willow for this situation instead. Don't you feel even an ounce of remorse?" Carl asked.

"What mistake? We didn't do anything wrong. It's all Caspian's fault. Why did he hide his identity? If he had just told us about his background sooner, we wouldn't have made life difficult for him. He's to blame for hiding his identity for no good reason!" Marilyn retorted.

Rendered speechless by the family's attitude, Carl couldn't be bothered to try and talk some sense into them anymore.

"This is partly your fault too, Carl. Willow's your daughter, and you're also to blame for the fact that she has turned her back on the family. Look at how she has turned out! How dare she defy her family?" Donald criticized.

"That's right! If you had raised Willow properly, she wouldn't have turned out like this," Marilyn added in agreement.

Carl was exasperated. The Stewarts had said such mean and cruel things to Willow, and they were now shoving all the blame for the situation onto him.

He didn't feel like arguing with them, so he kept quiet.

"It doesn't seem like Willow's going to forgive us, so we don't need to hold back either," Kate piped up.

"What do you mean by that, Kate? Willow doesn't care about us anymore," Donald said.