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Chapter 316 Missing
"You said you were going to stay here?"
A day later, Catherine met the eldest son of the Russell family and asked in surprise after hearing his request.
"Yes, Your Highness, I am willing to stay here. Let Daniel go back with you. He still has studies to complete." Andre Russell said firmly. "I will receive training here with other newcomers and adapt to the battlefield of Ozler as soon as possible."
Catherine said nothing, but lifted her skirt and bowed solemnly to express her gratitude to him. Andre quickly returned the greeting and continued:
"Don't worry about not being able to explain to my grandfather. I have already written a letter to explain the situation here and asked him for the family's help."
"Your chivalrous heart is as clear as a diamond, which is admirable." Catherine was somewhat moved.
"Yes, it's amazing that a family can have both you and..." Leila held her sword and glanced at the disheveled young man with a stubble on his face beside Andre.
Daniel no longer had the same high spirits as before. He stood quietly behind his cousin as a background, indifferent to Leila's ridicule.
"Then I wish you a safe journey, Your Highness." Andre backed away from the princess, said a few words goodbye to his brother and left.
"You've worked hard these days, Daniel." Catherine did not laugh at Daniel, but instead gave him some serious encouragement. His current reaction was not uncommon in Ozler. Many people would have such a painful adaptation period in their first year, and Catherine understood it very well.
"Are you done? What can't you say back to Gloria?" Kanien squeezed over, looking impatient.
"Father didn't urge me, why are you urging me?" Catherine said in a light tone.
"Can nothing happen to me?" Kanyon said arrogantly, crossing his arms.
"Then you can ride away first and don't have to wait for us." Catherine proposed a thoughtful plan.
"——Okay, you two." Duke William came over with a headache, separated the siblings who were flying with sparks, looked at his daughter and said, "We should go, dear, the situation is urgent."
Catherine's expression did not change. Her intuition told her that this was just another false alarm. It seemed that His Majesty the King was playing a suspenseful game, and making her father fool around was just one of his pleasures.
"Got it." Catherine nodded and took her father's hand.
After a slight sound, several people disappeared from the spot.
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With a beeping sound of air bursting, Duke William, his two children, and his daughter's two classmates all landed beside the pool on the central axis of Goletia City. It was almost time for school to start, and the streets were crowded. Canion had only taken a few steps when he was nearly run over by a speeding carriage. He was able to avoid it only because the magician driving the carriage was quick-witted and made the wheels fly into the air.
"Hey!" Kanyon was startled. Anyone who offended the royal family like this would have been arrested in Highgarden long ago, but the other party just turned around, took off his hat and apologized, then continued on his way.
"This is a city of barbarians, it suits you so well!" Without the suppression of his mother and brother, Canion became bolder and started to complain to Catherine.
"I'll go call a carriage, please wait." Leila bowed and turned around to make arrangements, as they still had to rush to Highgarden from here.
"Ms. Leila? Is it Miss Leila?!" a voice came, and the panic in the tone made everyone look sideways.
"Roxanne?" Leila looked in surprise and found that it was her personal maid, who was running towards her with her skirt lifted up.
"Miss, you are finally back!" Roxanne choked up. "I sent you a letter, did you receive it? I will come here every day to wait for you for a while..."
Leila had a bad feeling when she saw the usually steady maid looking so confused. She calmed herself down and said, "Don't be anxious. Tell me slowly. What happened?"
"It's Miss Lilith..." Roxanne just started to speak, but she couldn't hold back her tears. Catherine, who was hearing this, felt a pang in her heart and turned around to look -
"Miss Lilith is missing!" Roxanne cried.
"What?!" The one who reacted the most was Kanien. He pushed aside Catherine who was blocking him and squeezed in front of the maid in shock. His voice was more heartbroken than anyone else's, "Ms. Lilith is missing?!"
"How is that possible!" Leila raised her voice subconsciously, "I saw her crush the slug flower. Did she go back to school?"
"No, we asked, no..." Roxanne's eyes were filled with tears. "Miss Lilith has been recuperating at home since she came back. She seemed to be in a bad mood, so we didn't dare to disturb her too much. As a result, on the morning of the third day after she returned home, when we brought her breakfast, we found that the room was empty."
"...What is she doing?" Leila subconsciously didn't want to believe that she was in danger, and would rather believe that she was just throwing a tantrum, but...
But that was Lilith, she never got angry with herself, and Leila's heart beat faster and faster.
Catherine turned around and looked at her father. "Sorry, Dad, please go back first. I will visit Uncle George later."
In the end, only William grabbed the struggling Canion and put him in the carriage. He also brought Daniel with him, who was going to deliver a letter for his cousin. The three of them quickly left Gloria and headed towards Highgarden, accompanied by Canion's cries.
Leila and Catherine split up, one went to the school and the other went to the city's security team to find out the situation.
In the security hall, Catherine looked at the slender lady, who was one of the witches in the city as her mother had mentioned.
"Isabelle—"
"Stop!" Lady Isabella quickly stretched out her hand to stop him. "Ahem, you can call me Nightingale. This is the name I gave myself. Everyone here calls me that."
"Ms. Nightingale." Catherine immediately changed the topic, "Do you have any clues about Miss Lilith? Is she really missing? Maybe she went home?"
"Are you referring to Shelley Town?" Another investigator nearby responded, "In fact, due to their previous experience, after receiving the call for help from Taylor's maid, we and the school responded quickly and went to her hometown immediately, but we didn't find any trace of her."
Ms. Nightingale nodded. "I'm sorry, little Catherine. We have searched everywhere in and outside the city, but we can't find any trace of her. She is indeed missing."
Catherine almost felt dizzy.