In Caeluna’s plaza, the cheers grew louder and louder.
Stella Sterling had spoken calmly, but many below felt as if they had seen a boundless future, each one far more excited than she was.
If not for Shane Lawrence and Stephen Lawrence stepping in to manage them, these people would have probably grown even more agitated and excited, and the scene would have beco uncontrollable.
Quietly observing all this from the stage, Stella Sterling was very pleased with the effect of her words.
’Youthful passion is a wonderful thing. Just a few words, and they’re fired up, without a hint of doubt.’
Stella Sterling didn’t interrupt their enthusiasm.
She clapped her hands and had Seven Locke and a few others move the firearms and ammunition to a designated location.
She had already had soone prepare a place two days ago; it was just that back then, those people didn’t know what it was for.
Over the past year, she had amassed a huge arsenal in her spatial storage. What she brought out today was just a small fraction, but it would be enough for everyone for a while.
Just then, a few people walked toward Stella Sterling.
The one leading them was a man in his forties. He looked conflicted, but he still mustered the courage to speak to Stella Sterling. "Sterling, I regret my decision. I hope I can stay."
As he spoke, the middle-aged man’s face flushed slightly.
They hadn’t hesitated when they’d proposed leaving just a mont ago, but now they had to shalessly ask to stay. It was indeed a bit humiliating.
Moreover, the woman before him was only in her early twenties, while he was old enough to be her father, yet he had to address her as "Sterling."
Before the apocalypse, he had been an influential figure, but now all he felt was his face burning with sha.
Hearing him, the seven people behind him also looked at Stella Sterling with anticipation.
They had just seen Caeluna produce so many weapons in an instant and generously distribute them to everyone.
From that alone, they sensed Caeluna’s power and the boldness of the base’s leader.
How could a person like that be a fool? They wanted to stay.
However, they weren’t quite shaless enough to voice their desire to stay at this mont.
Stella Sterling turned to look at the man before her. He seed awkward, but his gaze was resolute.
Stella Sterling tapped her chair. "You heard what I said earlier. Staying here ans pledging your life and loyalty to . Your loyalty is to first, and to Caeluna second. Do you still want to stay?"
After she spoke, the middle-aged man actually seed to relax. He nodded and smiled. "Since I’ve decided to stay, I’ve naturally considered it. As long as Sterling needs it, this life is yours from now on."
He had thought it through in that brief mont.
’If Caeluna is this powerful, what does it matter if its leader is a bit arrogant?’
Besides, he had been watching her the entire ti, and she didn’t seem as arrogant as she appeared on the surface.
Now that his head was clear, he felt that so of her words seed deliberately calculated.
Everything today seed to be completely within her control.
He had also observed the long-ti mbers of Caeluna.
They held this female boss in high esteem and admiration.
It wasn’t the kind of submission born rely from her power.
It was a respect that ca from the bottom of their hearts.
One could imagine that this female leader was probably not a cruel person.
She might say they weren’t her partners, only her subordinates, but that didn’t an she treated her subordinates poorly.
’Sotis, to judge if a person is good, you can’t just look at what they do or say. You have to see how the people around them treat them.’
Therefore, his request to stay in Caeluna was the result of careful consideration, not just a simple knee-jerk reaction of regret after seeing its power.
After saying this, he looked at Stella Sterling with a calm and open expression.
He had indeed regretted his decision, but he had done what he could to fight for his chance. If it didn’t work out, there was nothing more he could do.
If he couldn’t stay, that would be the price he had to pay for his impulsive decision.
"Fine. You can stay. What’s your na?"
"Magnus Sterling. My na is Magnus Sterling."
A smile appeared on Magnus Sterling’s face, his tone slightly excited.
He hadn’t expected it to go so smoothly.
At this mont, he breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally stay.
’Magnus Sterling?’
Upon hearing the na, the smile on Stella Sterling’s face remained, but her eyes flickered for an instant.
She sized up the man before her, growing more and more astonished internally.
"Sterling, is sothing wrong?"
Although the young woman’s expression hadn’t changed, for so reason, Magnus Sterling felt a shift in the aura around her.
He had been a wealthy man before, with sharp intuition honed by years in the business world.
He knew he wasn’t mistaken.
Hearing his question, Stella Sterling’s expression returned to normal. She tapped her fingers lightly. "It’s nothing. I was just a little surprised to hear you share my surna."
"Since you’ve decided to stay, return to the ranks. Everything is as it was before, and what I said earlier still applies to you."
Hearing this, Magnus Sterling didn’t notice anything amiss.
Suppressing his excitent, he nodded and returned to the group.
After watching his retreating back for a few monts, Stella Sterling withdrew her gaze.
Her expression had already beco sowhat nonchalant.
’Magnus Sterling!’
Although she had never t him, she had heard the na before.
This was her ’dear’ father’s biological brother. By all rights, her own uncle.
However, she had never t him in person, not in her past life nor in this one.
She’d heard that he and her ’dear’ father had a falling out years ago. Although they both did business in Mirefall, they were completely estranged.
So, while she’d heard his na, she didn’t know him.
But with the sa na and a slight resemblance, she could be almost certain this was the uncle she had never t.
For certain reasons, Stella Sterling had no goodwill toward the Sterling family.
She didn’t reveal her identity to him. After all, in her heart, she had already cut ties with her ’dear’ parents; an uncle ant even less.
’In any case, he doesn’t recognize . From now on, here in the base, I’ll just treat him as another subordinate and leave it at that. No need to ntion anything else.’
Stella Sterling quickly composed herself.
She looked at the other seven people!
The remaining seven wore joyful expressions.
’That man was allowed to stay so easily, so that ans we—’
Stella Sterling looked at them and said, "Alright, everyone. Let’s settle our accounts now. Once there are no issues, you can all leave this place and be free."
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