The villain just wants to go offline

Bond's house, study.

The Bonds summoned a magician hired by the Bond family. They said they were hiring, but in fact they were just slaves who had signed a slave contract.

A crystal ball was placed in front of the two of them.

After the magician injects magic power, the lavender crystal ball emits a faint light, and signals like radio waves circulate within the crystal ball.

until connected.

A half-length projection of a figure appeared. The old man had gray hair and a strong figure. His resolute face was now gloomy and sleeping, and there was a cold light in his eyes.

A deacon in black flashed past behind the old man, and a faint voice was heard.

"Lord, manpower has already launched a search in the villages outside the city."

"The available personnel of the Bond family have been deployed to the inner area of ​​the Monster Forest."

"Following your instructions, the backup force was also ordered to start a blanket search."

The sound suddenly stopped, and the screen shook.

Listen to the sound of the door closing again.

The old man was none other than the lord of Kresse on the border, Wallace Bond. Old Bond had heard enough of Deacon Hruf's report and could not find his grandson no matter how much he said.

Old Bond drove the person out of the room, and then looked at his son and daughter-in-law projected on the screen.

When Dex and O'Laiya heard Hruf's report again, their faces became ugly.

Dex said nothing.

It would be strange if you couldn't hear what happened. After knowing that Miles was really in danger, O'Laiya was the first to speak, and the voice of questioning sounded: "Wallace, where is Miles, we want to see him !”

Olea called old Bond directly by his name, which was very rude. She was very restrained enough not to curse him.

"..."

Old Bond said nothing.

"Father, as for the Miles people, the slaves in the family are showing signs of dying. You must also know what this means!"

Even Dex was dissatisfied with Old Bond's deliberate concealment.

"Where's Miles!?"

O'Laiya asked louder, her breathing became rapid, and she followed closely: "Wallace, it was agreed that it would be a year, but Miles has disappeared in just a few days. Who is it?"

"Is it someone from the royal family? Or was it the work of those nobles?"

"Is it the empire that wants to start a war with the Bond family, or those nobles who want to provoke a war between us and the royal family."

Dex also echoed: "If you want to fight, fight, nothing can happen to Miles!"

"The Bond family can't afford to be embarrassed like this!"

"neither!"

Wallace shook his head and exhaled. Even he had not expected what happened so far, so he could only explain: "...I asked Miles to handle Kresse's affairs on behalf of him and take over to eliminate the monsters escaping outside the city wall, but When I was going to the house of the maid who had given it to Miles earlier, something happened."

"A half-elf was originally given to Miles by me so that the Bond family could continue to be incense for a longer time in the future. I don't expect to really awaken."

"According to the description at the time, it was the elves who had awakened the elven bloodline who captured Miles and used teleportation magic."

Wallace sighed: "The teleportation magic of the elves is connected to the Elf Courtyard, the holy land of the Elf clan. However, the Elf Courtyard has never appeared since the demise of the Elf clan."

"I have sent people to conduct a comprehensive search to find the ruins of the Elf Courtyard."

"Find?"

O'Laiya's tone suddenly became rude: "Miles is going to die!"

"Calm down, Olea!"

Dex comforted his wife, and after a period of calmness, he gradually came to his senses and comforted: "At least Miles will not be in danger now. If Miles dies, the elf species will be buried with him."

"I have already sent people to look for it, and the demons across the border have also sent people. In short, Miles will be found, otherwise..."

Wallace did not continue, and the communication was interrupted.

.........

The Bond family here are eager to find Miles, a missing person, and they are almost turning the empire's borders upside down, making a huge fuss.

Naturally, the news could not be hidden from the imperial family.

The news of Miles Bond's disappearance was brought back by Claire, the shadow guard responsible for protecting Miles, who came back overnight.

King Warngar summoned the dusty Claire alone.

"His Majesty!"

Claire knelt down on one knee and shouted.

"Get up!"

The king raised his hand to indicate that Claire could get up, and saw the embarrassed look on her face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Claire took off her hood, and a pair of plush animal ears popped out instantly. She shook, and there was still blood on her face.

Even the body of a wolf-bred orc couldn't bear the burden of running back to the royal city overnight.

After Claire rested for a while, King Warnge cast an inquiring look.

"Having betrayed His Majesty's trust, Miles Bond has disappeared."

As soon as Claire stood up, she knelt on the ground again. Her plush animal ears drooped due to loss, and she took the initiative to ask for punishment: "It was my fault in guarding, please punish me."

"Tell me what happened!"

After hearing that Miles Bond, the sole heir to the Bond family, was missing, Warenger sat up straight and his eyes became serious.

After all, this is a major matter related to the turmoil of the empire.

When he saw Claire, who looked like she had gone through a hard fight, with numerous scars on her body, he did not jump to conclusions prematurely, but wanted to hear what happened.

"The thing is like this..."

Claire will tell the story from when she escorted Miles to the border city of Kresse, to how she escaped from the hands of the Bond family’s butler Hruf, and then when she heard the news that Miles Bond had disappeared.

Because of leaving the scene prematurely, Claire did not know that Miles was captured by an elf species.

After listening to Claire's story, Warenger frowned and then relaxed.

Warnger shook his head amusedly: "What kind of punishment do you want? Your mission was completed when you escorted him to the border. Miles Bond's disappearance has nothing to do with you."

Claire didn't wait for Warnger's punishment, but instead comforted him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Claire's little face flushed with emotion, and she looked at the benevolent Lord on the throne with admiration.

She believed that the empire would become stronger under the leadership of this benevolent lord.

And she must eradicate this cancer in the Bond family for the empire.

After seeing the strength of the Border Lord, she has the goal of becoming stronger even though she doesn't have that ability yet.

"One more thing, Your Majesty."

Claire struggled for a while, not knowing whether to say it or not, because she was not sure about the matter itself.

"Go ahead."

Warenger wondered what else Claire had to report.

"Your Majesty, well... when I was fighting with the border lord's auxiliary officer Hruf, my subordinates felt... he didn't seem to be human!"

This was Claire's intuition as a beastman, and it cannot be ruled out that she seemed to vaguely hear Hruf being called a "demon".