Nathaniel Hughes, on the other hand, had no qualms. He took the silver box that Charlotte Allison had closed and placed it by his side, trying the code. He let Pine see that using Charlotte Allison's code indeed couldn't open it, before saying, "Charlotte, I'm going to have to trouble you to come with me. As long as you behave, Sarah will be very safe."
"You don't need the map anymore," Charlotte Allison had already confirmed this fact from Nathaniel Hughes's attitude.
They had found the location of the Emperor's tomb.
"Yes, the moment you found out that Mason Quinn had rented that piece of land from the Harrington Family through Mrs. Meyer's hand, I knew you'd figure it out." Nathaniel Hughes smiled, finding traveling in silence too boring and being confident that Sarah Joseph was in his control, knowing that Charlotte Allison would yield to his will out of concern for Sarah.
So he felt free to speak whatever he wanted.
