"I promise, Father," ujar James yang berusaha meyakinkan sang ayah. "I can definitely handle all of this."
"Do not say bullshit to me, Son."
"I'm not, Father," James kembali mendekat, lebih merapat ke meja kerja sang ayah.
"Listen, James," sahut Hendry dengan sorot mata yang penuh keputusasaan. "If I can easily find out what you have done, they will also be able to find out what you did."
"Not as long as you keep this between the two of us, Father."
"I don't know, Son." Sang laksamana menghela napas dalam-dalam, mengusap wajahnya dengan kedua telapak tangan. "I don't know. It seemed that the Covern surname would disappear from the line of The Seven, or perhaps, from any of the ranks of the nobility."
"I won't let that happen, Father."
"Yeah, of course you won't." Sang laksamana terlihat begitu kehilangan semangat.
James tahu pasti jika sang ayah sudah tidak lagi memiliki harapan terhadap dirinya sebagai anak yang dinilai telah mengacaukan segalanya.
