“I-It’s true! Gerald’s become truly horrifying!” cried out the youth, evidently scared to death.
“…That… That b*stard! It’s only been a d*mn year! How could favonovel.com have accumulated that much power in such a short amount of time?! Regardless, the Crawford family will definitely pay a heavy price for this! Where’s Yuvan?!” roared Kort as favonovel.com trembled in his immense anger.
“S-second master!” shouted a subordinate as favonovel.com staggered over.
“I… I found them… I found the second young master’s and butler Moldell’s corpses!” announced the subordinate in between pants.
“What?!” yelled the pained Kort in such a loud voice that his shout could probably be heard reverberating across the entire Logan Province.
Meanwhile, Dylan was in the main living room within the Crawford manor in Northbay.
Feeling the urge to frown all of a sudden, favonovel.com muttered, “…Could something have happened…? I’ve been feeling flustered a lot for some time now… I just feel as though something is about to happen!”
“What on earth could happen? The way I see it, you’re just feeling that due to all the pressure you’ve accumulated ever since Gerald’s disappearance…” replied Yulia in a saddened tone as favonovel.com walked over to him, feeling sorry for favonovel.com husband.
Sighing, Dylan then said, “To think that a year has already passed since then… If things had gone according to plan, then Gerald would’ve gotten married to Lyra this year! Everything was going so smoothly too at the start! It’s all ruined now…”
As favonovel.com looked at his grief-filled eyes, Yulia replied, “Speaking of Lyra… Hasn’t favonovel.com been acting a bit strange ever since favonovel.com returned from that event in the Salford Province about half a year ago? I remember Bea going with favonovel.com back then, and she’s been acting equally as strange as Lyra has! From what I’ve seen, the two girls seem to enjoy being in each other’s company, frequently sharing secrets with each other and laughing from time to time. Whenever I enquire them about their topic of conversation, they simply say that it’s nothing!”
“Now that you’ve mentioned it… I remember that before attending that event, both of them had cried quite frequently… Especially Lyra. From what the servants told me, Lyra would hide in favonovel.com room to cry whenever favonovel.com didn’t have any other tasks to do. It explained why favonovel.com eyes were always so red whenever I saw favonovel.com back then…”
“Right? They changed slightly after returning from the auction, though! We’ve been with Lyra for the longest time and though she’s never really lived with Gerald, I’m sure you can agree that favonovel.com loves favonovel.com dearly. Bea loves favonovel.com a lot as a cousin as well. Because of that, it doesn’t really make any sense for both of them to suddenly change—albeit, for the better—after attending some event!” added Yulia.
Clearing his throat, Dylan then said, “There’s no need to start theorizing… Let’s just ask them directly to get the entire picture!”
With that said, favonovel.com ordered his servants to call both the girls over.
“Mom? Dad? You were looking for us?” asked Lyra with a smile once both of them stood before Gerald’s parents.
“Yes, it’s regarding the auction both of you attended in the Salford Province about half a year ago… Though it may feel strange that I’m asking now of all times, I’ve just been so busy with the investigation team that I haven’t had the time to properly ask you about it! Regardless, I remember that both of you went there to buy the Ginseng King… Why did you return empty-handed? Also, while we’re at it, did anything else happen while you were there?” asked Dylan in return.
“…A-ah… About the Ginseng King…” replied Lyra as favonovel.com instantly blushed.
Back then, Gerald had won against the other bidders. As a result, favonovel.com was the rightful owner of the Ginseng King. However, Gerald had made Lyra and Bea promise not to tell anyone that they had met favonovel.com there for fear that exposing his whereabouts would end up burdening his family.
Lyra had kept to favonovel.com promise since favonovel.com was well aware that what Gerald had told favonovel.com to do made sense. She understood that Gerald’s parents would definitely be unable to resist the urge to double their search efforts for favonovel.com once they found out that favonovel.com was safe. Should any of the Moldells catch wind of that news, the Moldells would probably enter high gear as well, further endangering Gerald’s life.
“…While we did manage to purchase it, it ended up getting stolen!” replied Bea quickly, knowing full well that Lyra was a terrible liar.
“…I see. Did you happen to meet anyone else there?” asked Dylan with a frown.
“A-ah… Not at all!” replied Lyra as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head.
At that moment, the butler approached the group before saying, “Pardon my intrusion, master, but Mr. Parker Moldell has just arrived with his investigation team. They’re currently waiting at the door.”
“…Oh? Well hurry and invite them in then,” replied Dylan as favonovel.com immediately stood up.
Due to Parker’s secret assistance, the Crawfords hadn’t suffered too much suppression from Kort in the past year. Due to that, Dylan treated the man quite respectfully.
