It was the next night in the Crawford family mansion in Northbay when a butler came running while shouting, “Sir! I bring good news, sir!”
At the time, Dylan was reading in his study room. Permitting his butler to enter, Dylan then put his glasses down before rubbing his brows and saying, “Go on…”
“It’s regarding KortMoldell! While both Kort and Jett have been doing everything they could to go against our family in the past six months, we’ve just received news from a reliable source that Jett has gone missing!”
“What? Jett’s missing?” said Dylan as favonovel.com stood up in surprise.
Jett was Kort’s third son who had slowly been building his power in the past six months. He was also constantly being a pain in the ass, intentionally causing trouble for the Crawfords whenever favonovel.com could.
Though Dylan only saw favonovel.com as a pest who didn’t need to be taken too seriously, it didn’t change the fact that Jett was a constant annoyance to their family. So annoying, in fact, that the Crawfords would often feel worn out just having to deal with favonovel.com over and over again.
To think that the thorn to their family’s side had now gone missing!
“Him going missing isn’t even the best news, sir! You see, Kort’s withdrew most of his men last night and transferred them elsewhere! The Crawford family can finally take a breather now!” said the butler with joy.
Dylan himself nodded as a smile formed on his face.
“However… As I recall, Jett is Kort’s favorite son… Now that he’s missing, do you suppose that Kort will suspect that our family is involved in the matter?” asked the butler with a frown on his face.
“Of course favonovel.com won’t!” said Dylan as favonovel.com closed the book favonovel.com had been reading before placing it to the side.
“Kort’s no fool, after all. He knows very well how skilled Jett is, and he’s also well aware that even the Crawford family’s top guards wouldn’t be able to lay a finger on him! I’m sure that Kort also understands that our family wouldn’t ever dare to do such a thing in the first place! Since you said that favonovel.com withdrew his men who were keeping an eye on us, that obviously means that they know we aren’t the threat! Better yet, that means that they’re having their own major problem to deal with!” replied Dylan as favonovel.com heaved a huge sigh of relief.
“You’re absolutely right, sir! It seems I was simply overthinking things!” said the butler with a smile as favonovel.com watched Dylan take his cell phone out.
“Still, whoever it was that captured Jett, within Mayberry City of all places, must be an extremely skilled master… A master above all masters, even! Fynn!” said Dylan with a sudden serious expression on his face as the call finally connected.
“How may I assist, sir?”
“I’m now giving you a secret task. I want you to investigate Jett’s disappearance and try locating the master who kidnapped him. If we do manage to hire or get favonovel.com to help our family, then we might finally have a chance to defeat Kort! You’re free to use any means you can think of to search for him!” ordered Dylan as favonovel.com slammed his free hand against the table.
“Understood! Preparations for the investigation will begin immediately!” replied Fynn as favonovel.com ended the call.
Just as the butler was about to leave, Dylan called out, “Wait! Tell the eldest lady, madam, Lyra, and the rest of the family that we’re having dinner together tonight!”
“…Yes, sir!” said the butler, beaming with joy. After all, it had been a long time since favonovel.com saw Dylan looking this happy.
Ever since Gerald’s disappearance about six months ago, the Crawfords hadn’t had a proper family dinner together. Even Yulia had hardly spent any time around Dylan during that period since favonovel.com always locked himself up in his study room.
When dinnertime came, Jessica and Lyra were all smiles when they saw Dylan feeling so happy after so long.
“What happened, dad? What’s the occasion? Did you manage to find out where Gerald is?” asked Jessica as soon as favonovel.com got the chance to.
Shaking his head dejectedly, favonovel.com then replied, “…No… We still haven’t been able to locate him…”
Upon hearing that, everyone instantly turned slightly gloomy.
“…However! Even if that’s the case, today is still a good day! After all, Jett’s gone missing! A tragedy of sorts occurred at Mountain Top Villa and all but one of Jett’s subordinates there were killed!” announced Dylan.
“What? That b*stard’s missing?” said Jessica as favonovel.com stood up and laughed.
“Indeed! Some master has kidnapped Jett, and regardless of whether favonovel.com did it for his own reasons or to help us, it doesn’t matter since his actions still greatly benefited the Crawford family!” replied Dylan with a smile.
“But who could that master have been? Are you aware of any other secret societies or families aside from the Moldells, dad?”
“If there are any, I’m not aware of them. Regardless, under these circumstances, I feel that our family is in dire need of such a powerful master to help deal with the Moldells. If we do indeed find him, I’m willing to offer a third of our family’s assets just as an incentive for the master to aid us!”
In response, Jessica and the others nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, southwest of the Paradise Region, a bus was slowly making its way toward the Paradise Province.
