"May I ask who you are?" Reynolds asked cautiously.
"My ship is an Exploration Ship. The man you arrested is my Chief Engineer." Charles gently patted Lily's back, comforting the nervous gunner.
"Ah, an Exploration Ship..." Reynolds let go of the gun he was holding under the table, his expression turning troubled. Seafarers are hard enough to deal with, but those from Exploration Ships are even worse. Each one has remarkable abilities honed from exploring those deadly islands. Who knows why a guy who handles civilian crime got dragged into this mess?
Usually, the Governor's Navy was responsible for handling troublesome people like this.
Reynolds hesitated for a moment before scurrying over to close the door. "If he had killed someone without connections," he said with a bitter expression, "I'd let him go out of respect for you. But your crewman killed the brother of the Dagger Gang's boss. If I release him, we'll be in serious trouble here."
