"The family's caravans, in addition to transporting goods for the family industry in various parts of the empire, are also tasked with finding out the news from all over the world. ”

Duke Brewster pulled out a book from the booklet that had been arranged on the nearby shelf, flipped through it, and stopped on one of the pages.

"Found it, um... According to these reports, there have been cases of disappearances in different parts of the Empire's provinces, some of which point to unruly slave traders who kidnap people who live alone or live alone and sell them to other countries for profit, but these slave traders target unobtrusive groups of people, are difficult to detect, and generally do not use the kind of roundabout methods you describe. The other ones, similar to what you said, pretend to be friends of the out-of-home member or are entrusted by him, and then trick his family to other cities, the specific purpose is unknown, because the deceived people have not appeared in the destination city so far, and it is doubtful that the cities they say are fake. ”

“... Could it be, too, the work of the slave traders? The reason why the missing people were not found in those cities was because they were taken out of the empire. ”

"Well, it's possible that you say that, but there had never been a slave trader who had used this method before, and why didn't they look for people who would be difficult to find even if they were missing, but people who could be found as soon as the person returned home?"

Is it because of how much population can be obtained at one time?

"Ronald, I'll let the people in Phoenix investigate, and besides, the Brewster caravan will focus on the details of this matter for some time to come. You've been staying here for the past two days, and the situation in Phoenix City will soon be collected, so do you have anything else to do next?"

"Uncle Alexander, the city hall has issued an investigation mission regarding the disappearance of people in villages east of the city, and I would like to go to the city hall to find out the situation and do an investigation. ”

"Hmm... So, I'll let Blake and Jakes go with you tomorrow, and it's not too early today, so let's rest here for the night. ”

Only then did Luo Xiaotian notice that the sky outside the window had darkened, and the orange sunlight reflected the entire study in gold.

......

The bed in the aristocratic house was very large and very soft.

Of course, it would have been better if Greenton, the butler who had followed him to this room, had been replaced by a maid who could warm the bed.

"Mr. Ronald, are you satisfied with this room?"

"I'm satisfied. ”

Compared to the rooms I have stayed in before, this one is the most luxurious. Ellie and Jasmine were placed in the next room, and in this spacious room, only Luo Xiaotian and Jerry, who were getting bigger, were left.

Now Jerry has grown to almost half a meter tall, and he has a more powerful feeling than his previous small appearance, and he can jump onto the table in this room with a slight jump.

"Then, Mr. Ronald, I'm right outside the door, call me if you need anything!"

After Greenton left, Luo Xiaotian sat down and opened the information he had asked for from Duke Brewster. Before this, Luo Xiaotian chatted with Blake and Jakes a little, and then had dinner with Duke Brewster, the dinner was not luxurious, and the portion was just enough for Luo Xiaotian to eat.

This information includes general information about the disappearances, as well as a map of the place where they occurred, and Luo Xiaotian tried to find some useful commonalities from these things, or to be able to find the records of the cardinal in red that he had been caring about before, so as to understand their general road map.

Removing the disappearances on the map that had been determined to be unrelated, Luo Xiaotian carefully observed the map.

The disappearances have not occurred more than once in any one place, but are so widespread that they have occurred in almost every major city of the province, a total of 72 incidents.

There are a total of six provinces in the Bauhinia Empire, from south to north, the northernmost province of Ronnie is almost inserted into the extreme northern ice field, and the southernmost province of Floris is close to the Endless Sea, and these events are evenly distributed in such a large area, which makes Luo Xiaotian feel incomprehensible.

Next, Luo Xiaotian marked the time of each point on the map according to the information recorded in the data.

As a result, the chronological order is roughly from south to north, but all of these 72 disappearances occurred within a single week.

So, what does this mean exactly? Is it possible to guess chronologically that these people are from the Endless Sea? But a week's time, unless they teleport along the way, is too late. At the same time, disappearances in a given area occurred at about the same time, and at least it is certain that more than one group of people were doing them. Well, just guessing that these people landed in the province of Frostis in the Endless Sea, and then went all the way north to the province of Ronnie, probably won't work.

Luo Xiaotian wrote down these things first, and then continued to look at the somewhat incomplete description of the incident.

After all, the Brewster family's caravan had not specifically investigated this series of things.

......

The moon had already risen in mid-air, Luo Xiaotian rubbed his somewhat dry eyes, and shook his head helplessly.

These people used many identities to deceive, nobles, knights, city guards, priests, stewards, or magicians, for various reasons, but in summary, these people claimed to be friends with the deceived person's family. None of them have seen through their deception, which may also be due to the fact that they are targeting villages with very little education.

It is indeed basically the same as the situation he encountered, but if he puts the time when his family encountered an accident into the map, Luo Xiaotian always feels that there is a sense of disobedience, and from these various identities, Luo Xiaotian has not been able to find the bishop he cares about, and hopes that the information collected later can make him gain something.

Closing the information in his hand and putting it into his conch space, Jerry had already fallen asleep on the soft big bed, Luo Xiaotian also felt a heavy feeling of exhaustion slowly floating from his body, it stands to reason that magicians with much higher mental power than normal people will not be troubled by lack of energy, but in the past few days, they have encountered too many things, although the tense nerves have not really consumed their mental power, but they have undoubtedly delayed the originally active mental power a lot, until they reach a limit, and the accumulated fatigue suddenly exploded, and the result is that this kind of exhaustion is almost out of strength now。

Before he had time to take off his robe outside, Luo Xiaotian threw himself on the soft big bed and fell asleep in an instant.

Well?... When did you buy a pillow... It's so soft and comfortable...