With his beautiful features like a statue under his silver hair that was shining reflected in the moonlight, he had a cold expression as usual.
Sid, with his head bowed down, said in a miserable tone.
“I searched all the orphanages and back alleys in the estate, but… I couldn’t find the lady.”
He couldn’t even lift his head, but Sid could see that the face of Duke Elrad, his master and leader of the proud Rexion Knights, was frozen.
“From now on, the search will be expanded further. I don’t think they’ve left the Empire yet, but also checked the ships that have arrived in the neighbouring kingdom.”
“Yes, and a little while ago the Duke of Belarus had arrived. Commander Marietta came in person.”
“The Count?”
The Duke’s expression hardened at the news that Bianca Marietta had personally crossed the sea.
When he urgently asked for help from the Archduke Belarus, he thought that he would take the lead and help out, but Duke Elrad didn’t know that he would send the continent’s strongest magic swordsman.
Perhaps he made such a decision because he knew the seriousness of what had happened better than anyone else.
The Duke, who had been as cold as ice, could not hide his complicated mind and let out a shallow sigh.
A few days ago, his second son, Allen, and his youngest child, Diana, sneaked out of the castle saying they were going to watch the festival, and Diana disappeared.
He was furious at the negligence of his subordinates in charge of the child’s escort, but at that time the Duke even went to the Knights of Rexion, so he thought he would be able to find the child soon.
Duke Elrad thought she was simply lost, and his territory was safer than anywhere else.
But it was arrogance.
I couldn’t believe there were some fools in the Empire who would touch the Duke of Elrad, but after a few days Diana did not show up, and the kidnapping was almost certain.
The Duke belatedly blocked the way out of the territory, while controlling the information and secretly starting to pursue Diana.
Not only are they involved in useless rumors, but they also don’t know what the criminals would do because they are frightened to realize the identity of Diana they kidnapped belatedly.
‘I wish they would ask for a ransom, but…’
As the Duke of Elrad, who was notorious throughout the Empire, it was impossible. If they ask for a ransom, they’d be retaliated against.
‘After all, they would choose to cleanly get rid of it…’
The Duke frowned and shook his head at the constant negative thoughts.
He felt his cold reason, which had never wavered his whole life, would crumble.
The Duke even remembered laughing when Diana took off the enchanted tracking bracelet she had been given on her previous birthday.
“People will never know unless it’s their business.”
When the situation became like this, I couldn’t help but think of the tragedy that my friend had suffered.
His one and only friend who lost his child, who had been nothing but a lump of blood, and was still in agony.