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Return of Arthur and Evelyn

Arthur and Miss Evelyn have returned home safely.

From the information I got, they were both held captive outside the city. Exactly with my previous prediction.

Amazingly, they can escape the capture of the kidnappers who can even trick the soldiers in the city so they can get out of the city.

And even me... I didn't expect those people to turn out to be so close to me, my workers.

Arthur gave some strange items in his pocket, which seemed to reveal the identity of the perpetrators.

He even thought that far...

If I was his age, I would have run away if I had the chance without thinking about proof of identity.

Is he really a child?

That was the first question I asked when I first discussed his strange product.

But slowly I was able to realize that he was no ordinary child. He probably has a lot of secrets.

Unlike his friend, Noland.

Noland was an innocent and blatantly honest child. Although he is not good at business or secrecy, he cares deeply about his friends.

Coupled with his speaking skills that I am confident of in the future... He can certainly move the hearts of people by his nature.

They, Arthur and Noland, are a complementary couple.

A treasure to me.

They are each lying on a sofa at a security post.

Arthur continued his break from his long struggle earlier.

I'm still wondering how Arthur got away with Miss Evelyn.

Noland on the other sofa fell asleep because he stayed up late waiting for information about his friend's situation with me.

Since I'm the one in charge with both of them, I'll have to wait here.

Hhh...

Knowing that my body was lacking rest... I tried to put myself to sleep in a sitting position in one of the chairs.

I'm used to sleeping in this position.

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In the morning, we were served a cup of tea and some kind of bread to fill our stomachs.

The shape of the cup used is exactly the same as the shape of the cup in my factory.

The bread served was originally a thick round shape, but now it has been divided into many shapes at each table.

Because of hunger... The breakfast in front of us was delicious even though we had not eaten yet.

I watched the two men at the table.

Arthur's face still showed a traumatic face.

He may still not believe the safety of the tea served so beautifully on the table.

Trying to convince Arthur... Noland in the chair beside him drank the tea first with great thirst and then ate the piece of bread that had been divided fairly.

Arthur tried to deny that he was still traumatized... To prove it he drank the tea.

There was only the behavior of these two children.

We ended up eating the breakfast served, with Arthur and Noland being particularly voracious.

Of course we are still in the area of the security forces.

Many soldiers were walking and sitting around enjoying their day.

I can't ask you directly how Arthur and Miss Evelyn escaped capture.

Since I'm only her companion, I can actually leave them for a while to find a better meal... But this is enough.

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The morning continued to pass, I planned to leave this security post to return to work at the Merchant Association.

Arthur put on an irritated face facing the window like something important to him had been snatched away by someone.

While Noland went around at the security post while chatting with the soldiers who were relaxing.

I say goodbye to both of them.

"Bring me with you!" please Arthur.

Of course I rejected it, I didn't want to escalate the problem. It's gonna get more troublesome.

There's only one way they can get out of the security post and get their freedom back. That's with a statement from Miss Evelyn or her representative.

As they say, they have not come to this day. And chances are they'll wait until nightfall.

I'll take care of it later...

I left the security post and started heading towards the Merchant Association continuing my work which seemed to have piled up a lot.

I left on my horse-drawn carriage waiting from morning.

Let's go to the Traders Association again.

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Arriving at the back yard of the Merchant Association, I descended on the rock courtyard and walked towards the back entrance.

After passing through the entrance I was greeted by some workers who already looked ready to work today.

They all didn't know about what happened yesterday.

I went through the stairs to head upstairs and rushed towards my work room.

On the way I enjoyed the view of many people who were on the move downstairs from above.

Arriving in front of my study, I took a special key that there were only two in the world. One was brought by me and the other was brought by my confidant to bring documents into my room.

Although there are only two keys in the world whose purpose is to secure the secret in it... But in reality, in this room very little filled with secret objects.

I'm hiding as big a secret object that's somewhere.

I managed to unlock the door and open it.

The documents were typed using a typewriter that was hitting this back.

I also have one in my room. I admit that it helped me a lot in my work.

I went into the room and closed the door. Next I walked to one of the windows to light up the whole room and went straight to the desk and sat down in a nearby chair.

These processes are repeated every day.

Huhhhhh... Let's work.

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Finished with my duties, my desk already looks clean now.

I am famous for my speed to do my job quickly.

I don't think there's anything special about that... Instead I find it strange why people do their jobs so slowly.

Looking towards the small clock bound in my arm, I hurriedly rushed out of the Merchant Association and headed for where Miss Evelyn was right now.

I can tell where he is now because I have searched for this information before.

It's close, so I'll just walk.

And the road I was going through was the same but reversed.

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I didn't count the few steps I'd taken until I got to this place, where Miss Evelyn was.

I salute him, he's a kid but he's able to go through a busy schedule like an adult. He must have trained very hard before.

Because of my special status, I can enter this place without bothering.

Arriving inside I was very grateful because the show was already at the end.

I immediately pulled over the room and headed backstage... And of course I'm welcome to enter with a happy heart.

I headed to Miss Evelyn's room which looked a little different from the rest of the room.

I knock that door.

Hoping for Miss Evelyn's whereabouts in it, I instead met Ms. Ariadna, her manager.

Without further ado, I immediately expressed the purpose of my arrival.

As expected, he had prepared a statement complete with a stamp and signature.

Why didn't he just deliver it? Makes me bother to come here.

Ms. Ariadna provided the information she had obtained from Miss Evelyn.

She says that Miss Evelyn was saved by Arthur with strange tools in her pocket.

Strange tools...? That's what I like!

I received a letter and thanked him for the information provided by him and went straight to the backyard of the Merchant Association on the horse carriage and went to the security post to free the two of them.

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I didn't expect the afternoon to pass so quickly.

Arriving at the security post, I directly gave this to the soldier who took care of our case.

And shortly thereafter, Arthur and Noland are released from monitoring.

Arthur and Noland get out of the guard post.

"gig! huh... Finally I can breathe fresh air." said Arthur relieved.

"Isn't the air here the same as the air inside?" ask me for his statement.

"Very different! The air inside was already mixed with the smell of the sweat of those soldiers! Therefore I sincerely hope that perfume can be produced soon."

"Yes... We'll start producing it soon... But before that, can you explain about the strange tools you used to escape with Miss Evelyn?"

Upon hearing my words, Arthur immediately turned his gaze as if avoiding my sight.

"There is no such thing." he said evasively.

Cih, stubborn.

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[Some time after Arthur and Miss Evelyn are known to have disappeared.]

When I, Nak Noland and Ms. Ariadna realized the disappearance of Arthur and Miss Evelyn. All the factory workers helped find them inside the factory.

But the result is nothing, nothing.

"We can't just shut up! we should immediately make a report to conduct a search!" ms. Ariadna said in a panicked tone after being pacified by some female workers.

"True, that's the right choice" I said approving of the idea.

"I will make a search report letter for all the soldiers to search within the city, or even get outside the city!" ms. Ariadna said as she hurriedly walked into the space where there was a lot of paper and pen.

All soldiers? ...To hire a few soldiers to do the search alone would have cost a lot, but for the entire army...

And-and! Search out of town?!

I've prepared the funds for the perfume later... That means, I don't have much money right now.

"Come Mr.Meinhard, let's go report Arthur's disappearance!" take Noland while pulling my hand towards where Ms. Ariadna was walking.

"Zeroan... We're not gonna write a report on Arthur's disappearance."

"Heh!? Why?!" noland said surprised by my words.

"Ehm... Arthur will definitely be with Miss Evelyn, right? So if we find Miss Evelyn, we'll find Arthur, too. Of course, Arthur will be back again... You believe that, right?"

"I definitely believe in that!" answer Noland straightforwardly.

"So we're just reporting Miss Evelyn's disappearance. You agree?"

"...Yes, I agree" said Noland.

"Calm down, Arthur and Miss Evelyn will definitely be found" I assured Noland.

Noland nodded.