Caspian was puzzled. "Shouldn't the Stewarts be proud of me for being the Diatoranian God of War instead? Why would you guys be jealous?"
Henry replied, "It's too late to talk about it now, Caspian… Now that I'm about to die soon, I have two things I'd like your help with."
"As long as it's not something excessive or illegal."
Henry explained, "Don't worry. I won't be making any excessive demands. I only hope that you will look after the Stewarts after I'm gone."
His only concern was his own family.
Henry was worried for them as they had always been causing trouble for Caspian.
Caspian replied, "I'll look out for them even if you never told me to. Even if Willow had cut off ties with the Stewarts, they're still her family. I'm always willing to help if the Stewarts run into any troubles."
"The Stewarts are good folks. They remained loyal to Diatoran even though I kept pestering them to defect to the enemy. Not a single one of them agreed to my stupid idea, and they even taught me a lesson back then."
"Relax. I already know that."
"I see. I still have another request. I hope you will help my sister find her way in life."
The most important person to Henry was Alicia herself.
Caspian asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"My sister had blindly married Richard back then. I hope that once this is over, she will move on to live a better life. I only hope you can help look after her however you can."
Caspian nodded and replied, "I won't meddle with her relationships. She'll have to work through it herself."
Suddenly, Jerry stepped forward and said, "How much longer are you going to have a chat, Caspian? You can just let him go if you don't want to kill him. Stop wasting everyone's time!"
Caspian knew that Jerry was just doing this on purpose whenever he found an opportunity.
But he wouldn't forgive nor spare Henry for committing treason no matter what.
"Goodbye, Henry. Maybe in another life, you'd live a peaceful life where you don't have to worry so much about your family."
Caspian turned away as he couldn't bear to see what would happen next.
"Thank you, Caspian. I wish nothing but happiness for you and Willow."
"Fire!" Caspian ordered.
Dozens of gunshots rang out, and both the Hudsons and the Archers fell onto the ground.
Henry would soon join them on the floor.
This was the fate of the traitors who had betrayed their own country.
The Stewarts fell into despair as they listened to the gunshots from outside the memorial hill.
"Henry!"
"Henry, my grandson!"
"My son!"
Marilyn, Donald, and Melinda all shouted from the top of their lungs.
Marilyn was so distressed that she fainted afterward.
"Mom!"
"Grandma, what happened?"
Both Donald and Willow were shocked when they saw Marilyn collapsing to the ground.
"Grandma, are you alright?" Willow asked as she shook Marilyn's arm.
Marilyn was unable to respond.
Carl shouted, "We need to bring her to the hospital!"
Willow nodded and replied, "Yeah!"
She handed over Marilyn to the Stewarts' housekeepers and tasked them to drive her to the hospital.
The next moment, Willow's phone received several notifications.
As she was occupied with sending Marilyn to the hospital, she ignored them, thinking they were just spam.
After placing Marilyn in the car, Carl turned back to Willow and said, "You should go and console your uncle and the rest. I'll take care of your grandma."
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