Chapter 30: The absence of you
“Finne is gone. . .?!”
“Yes. It seems she escaped from the mansion through the window last night.”
The butler said to Zion, who was stunned, carefully choosing his words.
“There were no signs of anything being stolen from the room. Only Finne-sama’s luggage was taken. Just to be sure, we will check the things outside the room from now on.”
“There’s no need to check. She wouldn’t do something like that.”
Zion said while being intensely confused.
Why did she disappear from the mansion at this timing?
The possibility he didn’t want to think about came to mind.
(Grandfather and Finne were colluding. . .?)
It seemed like a hypothesis with more than enough persuasiveness.
It was certain that Bernard, who had a cautious personality, thoroughly investigated Finne’s surroundings before the engagement.
If he had anticipated this and had someone colluding beforehand. . .
He wanted to believe it was impossible.
However, if he couldn’t completely deny it, that possibility would linger in his mind and torment him.
Above all, what shook Zion was the fact that she was gone.
Since they got married, she had been close to him like family.
They made time in their busy lives to eat together and talk about various things.
At first, he was interested because she was a disciple of the 《Witch of Dawn》.
But that was just the beginning.
Somewhere along the way, he had become interested in her.
She was the only person he could talk to naturally in a corrupt and false-filled house where no one could be trusted.
The existence of her had become something significant within Zion, more than he realized.
She was not here.
Just that fact alone made his mind go blank.
Perhaps she would never come back.
Such thoughts made it hard for him to breathe.
(Defeat grandfather and find her.)
Using the information network his father had, he searched for information on his grandfather and her.
The nobles who had been searching for information on their own and were in conflict with his grandfather cooperated with him.
“Bernard has 39 bases within the kingdom. He has deep connections with a drug cartel called the drug kingpin in the underworld and is guiding various criminal activities from behind the scenes. He is extremely cautious in his actions and not someone who can be dealt with easily. Above all, each base is armed with state-of-the-art illegal weapons. If we invade, we must be prepared for significant damage.”
“In the worst-case scenario, there may be casualties.”
“Yes. Both you and I.”
The tense atmosphere filled the room.
One of the spies his father had left behind burst into the room.
“Something terrible has happened! Someone attacked Bernard’s base this morning! The site was completely destroyed without a trace.”
Silence enveloped the room like a torn-off piece of cloth.
“This is impossible. . .How could they have breached such tight security. . .”
The nobles were dumbfounded.
“Where? Which base?”
“Here, and then here and here.”
“Three places?”
“Seven places.”
The spy said.
“Perhaps something beyond our understanding is at work.”
“Could it be the 《Witch of Dawn》?”
“It’s highly likely that she’s involved.”
However, Zion felt that there was another person involved there.
The most knowledgeable disciple of the 《Witch of Dawn》.
Last night, when she saw her injured servant, she had eyes like a blade.
There is no doubt that Finne is there.
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