"You're right, Your Majesty! I'll carry out your command right away. Take care of yourself, Your Majesty!" Joseph exclaimed in excitement.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Jerry cut off the call.
Infuriated, he picked up a mug from the table and raised it to throw it at Caspian.
However, Avon stopped him.
"Jett Dunn! What are you trying to do? Have you been secretly doing something behind my back? Is that why His Majesty is reacting this way?" Jerry snarled as he glowered at Avon.
"Mr. Andrews, His Majesty is very frail right now. He can't communicate as well as he used to. If you injure him now, he might suffer some kind of permanent damage!" Avon hurriedly cautioned.
"He seems perfectly fine to me. Why else would he go against me?" Jerry shot back doubtfully.
"This isn't His Majesty's fault, Mr. Andrews. You raised your hand in front of him just now, so he must've assumed you meant increasing the number of soldiers to 500 thousand…" Avon explained.
Jerry was stupefied. That wasn't what he had meant at all. He didn't think Balthazar would have misunderstood him.
"Hahaha! Oh, please don't take this to heart, Mr. Dunn. I was a bit anxious, so I misspoke earlier. I hope you won't hold it against me," Jerry quickly said.
He couldn't terminate all ties with Jett just yet.
"Of course, Mr. Andrews. I would never hold it against you. Life Force is indebted to you, and I'll always remember the kindness you've shown us. All I want is for you to know that I'm nothing but loyal to you," Avon replied.
"Rest assured, Mr. Dunn. Once I seize control of Diatoran, I'll reward you handsomely!" Jerry declared while patting Avon on the shoulder.
"Thank you, Mr. Andrews!" Avon said respectfully.
Meanwhile, Jethro had an unpleasant look on his face as he took in Avon and Jerry's pleasant exchange.
"Mr. Andrews, we should give His Majesty a few days to recover. He's really not in a good condition," Avon said.
"Don't worry, I won't let His Majesty appear in public for the time being. I'm still trying to figure out what I should do now after he passed on the wrong message earlier," Jerry said in exasperation.
"If you don't need me anymore, Mr. Andrews, then I'll take my leave first. Do summon me whenever you want," Avon said.
Once Avon left, Jerry eyed Jethro and asked icily, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"
"Yes, Mr. Andrews. I'll get going, then…" Jethro said before awkwardly leaving Balthazar's bedroom.
…
Over at Massey Residence, Denzel was thrilled to see Logan and Sherry walking around hand-in-hand.
All of a sudden, Denzel recalled he had something urgent to report to Logan.
Thus, he shouted, "Mr. Massey! I have something important to tell you."
Logan was displeased. Now that he had finally reunited with Sherry, he didn't want to be bothered.
"What's so important? It can wait till tomorrow," Logan snapped impatiently.
All he wanted to do now was spend some time reconnecting with Sherry.
"This is no ordinary matter, Mr. Massey. It needs to be dealt with right away or the consequences would be extremely dire!" Denzel exclaimed, feeling so frantic that he started sweating.
"Logan, go ahead and listen to what Logan has to say. I'll head in first," Sherry chimed in, wisely taking her leave.
Since Denzel had an important matter to discuss, Sherry chose not to occupy Logan's time.
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