Chapter 392: Divergence
It was a bright day, and Luna, who had been sitting on the windowsill for half a night, could clearly see several figures walking from the gate of the royal court in the distance.
The shortest of them all, based on the way she walked, Luna could probably tell that it was Sheriff Ortos, and the other three were all dressed in armor, as if they had been coated with a glimmer of light in the morning light, and they looked about the same, but it was impossible to tell who they were because of the distance.
Luna was only slightly stunned, then jumped off the windowsill and ran out of the room, heading straight for Silas's study.
Looking at her daughter who ran into the door barefoot, Silas, who also didn't close her eyes all night, was stunned for a moment, but didn't chase anyone, just stood up, walked over, picked up Luna, and placed her on the sofa, and ordered the waiter to find Luna's shoes.
"Father, I see Lord Ortos. Luna pursed her lips and looked at Silas as as she said.
"I know. Silas bowed slightly.
"Jack's going to be fine, is he's going to be fine, is he?" Luna hesitated, knowing that the question was silly, but she couldn't help but want to hear Silas's answer, as if Silas was right, then Jack would really come back safe.
"I don't know. Silas sat down next to Luna, wrapped his daughter in the crook of his arm, pressed his chin against Luna's fluffy head, and spat out four words for a long time, feeling his daughter's body obviously stiffen, he sighed and said, "I know what you want to hear, but Luna, Father doesn't want to lie to you, and he can't make meaningless promises." ”
Luna only felt a sour nose when she heard this, and reached out to hug Silas, burying her face in his arms, the male who had not bathed for a day and night, the smell on his body was not good, there was a fishy smell of animal fur, but this smell that belonged to her father alone was enough to make Luna suppress the tears that rushed straight into her eyes.
"Your Majesty, Lord Howard has returned, Lord Ortos, the sheriff, the Grand Knight of Seth of the City Defense Battalion, and the Knight Chief Hall have asked to see you. The door to the study opened again, and the waiter entered, respectfully giving a report.
"Let them in!" Silas rubbed Luna's head before standing up and sitting back at his desk.
At the same time, the door to the study opened, led by Grand Knight Serth, followed by Ortos and Knight Hall on the left and right, and Howard was the last to enter.
After Howard walked to Silas's side and whispered a few words, the three males standing at the desk spoke in unison, "I have seen the king, may the gods bless you." ”
"May the gods bless you. Silas replied habitually.
"Your Highness. Altos, who has always been slick in things, did not ignore Luna, the little man nestled on the sofa.
"I've met three adults, and I've worked hard for you. ”
Seeing that the other party was like this, Luna knew that she didn't want her to listen to their conversation, so she couldn't help but purse her lips and stood up, looking at the three tired males who were all in one, and thought for a while and said,
"My father and the three adults have been busy all night, so I will go to the kitchen and prepare some broth and send it over. ”
"Your Highness has Lao. Seth was stunned when he heard this, glanced at Altos, and after meeting the other party's equally surprised gaze, he didn't refuse.
Hall saw that his boss nodded, and hurriedly thanked him.
After Luna walked barefoot out of the study, Altos quickly pulled out a piece of cloth from his bosom and handed it to Silas with trembling hands.
The material of the cloth is silk, the texture is very soft and light, and it is not something that ordinary people can use, but this is not the point, the point is that it exudes a unique smell of Jack, although it has changed hands several times, but the smell is still vaguely recognizable.
Silas picked up the piece of cloth, approached the end of his nose, and after confirming that there was no doubt that there was a residual smell of Jack's body on it, he unfolded the cloth and looked at the handwriting on it, although his face was not visible, but his lowered eyes were full of coldness.
"When did you get your hand?" The fingers pinching the cloth let go, and he raised his eyes again, the emotions in his eyes had been fully contained, just like Wu Bo's Gujing looked at the three of them, but for no reason, it made the three of them tremble.
"Back to the king, this is a beggar who was sent to the city defense camp before dawn. I immediately searched for Ortos to find out the whereabouts of the beggar, but unfortunately by the time we found the man, the beggar had already died. Seth replied with a blank look.
"Do you know who did that?" asked Silas lowering his eyes and flattening the piece of cloth in his hand on the desk.
"It should be an accident, that beggar may have gained a lot of money, so people are eyeing him to die, he struggled before he died, the smell around the corpse is very messy, I have sent someone with the Grand Knight of Seth to find the murderer of the beggar, I hope to find the clue as soon as possible. However, as far as I can guess, His Royal Highness Jack should still be in the royal city. ”
Ortos replied.
"No need to look for it, just search the city!" Silas muttered for a moment, his voice obviously deepened, not that he didn't believe in Ortos, but that the royal city was too big, and it was not easy to find a few people who wanted to kill people in the civilian area with mixed people.
And even if you find someone, what if you find someone?
He didn't believe that the person who could kidnap Jack would leave any useful clues for a few thugs, and he couldn't say that even someone was trying to kill him for money, all of which were in the plan of the person who kidnapped Jack.
In this way, it can only be a waste of time to continue to search for the so-called clues, since they are all searching, it is better to search the city directly.
"No!" Olivia pushed the door open of the study, and she strode in with Luna, who had returned and returned, followed by several maids with trays in their hands.
"Ollie......" Silas looked at his wife, pursed his lips, and wanted to persuade something, but Olivia didn't give him a chance to speak at all, walked directly to the desk, grabbed the cloth on the table, hurriedly swept it, and glared at Silas fiercely, gritted his teeth and said,
"Just as I said above, let's change!"
"Ollie!" Silas stood up suddenly.
"Jack is my son, and I won't allow anything to happen that could endanger his life!" Olivia didn't give in.
Seeing that the king and queen were facing each other, the three people led by Seth immediately lowered their heads.
First, this is not the time to watch the excitement and join in the fun.
Second, selfishly, they don't want to search the city.
After all, the royal city is too big, and although it is fast to search the city, it will inevitably cause a commotion, which will invisibly add a lot of trouble to themselves.
If Jack can be turned out unharmed, it would be fine, but in case he forced people to rush and let the missing Highness have an accident, although the three of them will not be affected in a short time, who can guarantee the future?