The noisy warehouse was instantly filled with silence.
“Is this the sound of human footsteps?”
“Yes, I think so.”
“Oh my, who broke it? We shouldn’t have been caught already!”
It was at that moment that Shayne hurriedly tried to hide inside the warehouse.
"For a moment."
Unlike the flustered Shayne, the Crown Prince, who had been calmly checking the sound of footsteps, opened his mouth with his furrowed brows open.
“Don’t worry. It doesn’t look like they’re coming this way.”
"Is it so?"
Shayne crawled out of the corner, smiling brightly, and cautiously approached the window.
It seemed like she couldn't control her curiosity and was trying to spy outside.
Unfortunately, the window was located quite high up, so it was not easy to see outside even if she raised her leg.
The Crown Prince, who was laughing a little at the sight of her struggling while holding onto the window frame, approached Shayne.
“What do you see?”
"Shhh!"
Shayne covered his mouth with a rather stern expression.
It was quite funny to see her paying attention to him without realizing how loud her whining was.
When the Crown Prince made a dumbfounded expression, Shayne pointed out the window with her chin.
Je turned his gaze to follow her and saw a man in a long robe walking through the warehouse and entering the back door of the building.
“Who could it be? It’s definitely not someone who works at a daycare center.”
“Well, anyway, it’s probably not a clean slate. There’s a main gate, but if you go around and enter through the back gate, it means you’ve climbed over the wall.”
“Huh? Then could he be a thief?”
When Shayne asked with wide eyes, the Crown Prince shook his head firmly.
“What’s so great about robbing an orphanage?”
For a moment, Shayne answered confidently, but then she remembered the man entering through the back door without hesitation and stopped.
“It was clearly locked, but how...”
Of course, the door was unlocked again so she and the Crown Prince could come out, but it was only the side door.
The back door was left untouched.
“But why..."
As Shayne muttered absentmindedly, the Crown Prince said nonchalantly.
“That means someone else left the door open.”
“If it’s that someone...”
Of course, it would be the director.
Employees who are afraid of losing their livelihood and cannot even report the director's corruption would not dare bring in an outsider in the middle of the night.
Shayne, who had been lost in thought, suddenly asked with sparkling eyes.
“Shall we go and see?”
If they were bringing in outsiders for such an ambitious time, it would certainly not be an honorable cause, so curiosity was piqued.
But the Crown Prince shook his head.
“If you step forward and get caught, you might get into trouble. I’ll go and check, so you stay quiet here, Princess...”
Please stay, the Crown Prince's words that he was about to convey were unfortunately not finished. Because Shayne had already hurriedly left the warehouse.
‘What speed is that...’
She seemed endlessly lazy, but at times like this, she was surprisingly diligent. He couldn't figure out which rhythm to follow.
The Crown Prince shook his head repeatedly and followed Shayne with a short sigh.
The two people who came out of the warehouse-like just circled around instead of going inside the building.
Since there was a high chance of getting caught if they followed the man blatantly, they decided to spy on the situation from outside.
“Where did this guy go?”
As they were quietly walking around the building, quietly making noise, a light suddenly turned on somewhere.
“As expected, it’s the director’s room.”
“Let’s go and see.”
The two people who ran quickly sat down under the window of the director's office.
Fortunately, the window was slightly open, which seemed wide enough to eavesdrop on the conversation.
They held their breath and listened.
“Oh my, you’re here? You’re right on time again. You’re truly a ghost.”
Following the director's welcoming voice, a man's dry voice was heard.
“This month.”
“Wow, your calculations are sharp. Ten people this time too?”
“Yes, let’s send them to well-educated children who are around six or seven years old. Anything older than that will be difficult because their heads will grow too big, and anything younger than that will require a lot of work, which is annoying.”
“Of course not. This isn’t the first or second time we’ve done business together, so why are you going through all that trouble to explain it to me?”
Hoho, the laughing director continued speaking.
“And you know that our kids are well-educated. They are satisfied with a small amount of food, and they even do their own laundry! It’s hard to find kids like that.”
The director said in a haughty tone.
What's there to be proud of about forcing children to work while starving them?
At that moment, Shayne and the Crown Prince furrowed their brows in displeasure at the director's shameless and loud behavior.
“Oh, and let’s include Evan’s brother on this list too.”
“Yes? Marca?”
The director asked back in a surprised voice.
“Didn’t you say he wouldn’t be on the list? You clearly promised Evan that...”
“Circumstances have changed. We need to secure the child’s safety.”
“Things have changed, what is that...”
As the director asked in confusion, the man's voice suddenly became lower.
“You don’t need to know that. Just do what we tell you to do, and you’ll be able to earn a high income like you have so far.”
“Oh my, I’ve done something presumptuous... Yes, yes. Of course. I will continue to faithfully follow orders from now on.”
Only after the director bowed did the man's voice return to normal.
“Then I guess that includes Evan’s brother.”
As if he was about to turn back, heavy footsteps echoed outside the window.
Then the director urgently grabbed the man.
“Ha, but that might take some time.”
"What?"
“Yes, actually, Marca is not in the hospital right now. As soon as he gets back...”
“Evan’s brother isn’t here?”
The man's voice lowered again.
The director's frustration was felt even beyond the walls.
“You didn’t send him up for adoption, did you?”
“Oh my, that’s not possible. We promised him firmly that we would never give him up for adoption and that we would take care of him here.”
“But why isn’t it here?”
“That, that...”
“Don’t bother me asking this question again and again.”
The director, who had been holding her breath at the voice that had become infinitely cold, spoke urgently.
“True, the Crown Prince and the Saintess took the child away!”
That lady is real.
They had warned her so earnestly not to tell anyone about their visit, but she had blown it so easily.
That was when Shayne swallowed a curse inside her head.
“...What? Who took him away?”
“Oh, the Crown Prince and the Saintess.”
“Are you saying they came here?”
“Yes, yes. It seems like they're hiding their identity and wandering around with some kind of plan. He came looking for Evan...”
“What the heck! How did they know Evan was from here...”
The man who had been muttering in a growl asked the director again.
“So what did you say?”
“What did I say? I said there was no such person.”
“Do they believe that? Since they’ve come this far, you must already know a little about Evan.”
“Oh, of course. The list is all organized, so how could they not believe it? But Marca, that guy is not me, and he keeps crying and arguing that his brother is...”
The director, who had been hesitating as if trying to read the situation, continued speaking in a crawling voice.
“They took him away to calm him down. They said they would bring him back once he calmed down, but I don’t know when that will be...”
As the director muttered in an uncertain voice, the man stomped his foot in anger and asked again.
“Where are they staying now?”
“Yes? Well, I’m also not knowing about that...”
“What a stupid bitch!”
The man suddenly raised his voice.
“You didn’t even check where the person you were sending your child to was staying?”
“Lord, I have committed a sin worthy of death.”
The director, who had been apologizing in such a fierce manner, started making excuses one after another.
“But the other party is the Crown Prince and the Saintess. How could someone like that dare ask such a thing... Please look into it.”
It was the first time they had seen a director who was so desperate.
She was a woman who confidently insisted in front of the Crown Prince and the Saintess, "The children are in trouble, so please stop the investigation here."
‘Who on earth is my opponent...’
As Shayne's curiosity reached its peak, the director added urgently.
“Well, isn’t it around here anyway? With your abilities, you should be able to find it in no time.”
“Are you asking us to fix your mistakes?”
“Yes... Yes? Oh my, I was rude again. I understand. It was my mistake, so I will take care of it. I will go find the Crown Prince and the Saintess and bring the child back immediately, so please calm down.”
It was an answer that seemed more fearful of the man in front of her than of the Crown Prince, the successor to the empire, and the Saintess, the daughter of the goddess.
'That lady is really! Are we easy? Huh? Who brings people here on purpose, huh?'
Shayne, who was displeased, stomped her foot without realizing it.
Then something jumped up from below and screamed.
“Crap!”
Shayne accidentally stepped on Delton's tail while stomping her foot.
“Oh, are you okay? Sorry, I forgot you were there.”
It was then that Shayne whispered and asked about Delton's well-being.
"For a moment."
The man cut off the director's apology with a firm voice.
“Why are you like that...”
"Shhh."
The man's warning flew again at the director who asked with a puzzled look.
Finally, silence came.
'Oh, did you notice?'
Shayne looked at the Crown Prince urgently, but he seemed to be already preoccupied with finding a way out.
But soon he too looked at Shayne with a look of despair.
He knew they had to run away immediately, but unfortunately, the director's office was located in the center of the building.
They will be discovered before they can even hide themself.
'Oh, yes.'
It was then that Shayne put her hand on her forehead with a pale face.
"Huh?"
A dark blue light enveloped them.
It was a mysterious and mystical light, just like the night air.
'What is this?'
As Shayne stared blankly at the light, the window flew open.
'Omg!'
Shayne unconsciously turned her gaze in that direction, and soon her eyes met the man's directly.
And for a moment, Shayne was so frightened that she finally screamed...
“Meow! Meow!”
...huh?
“Is this the sound of human footsteps?”
“Yes, I think so.”
“Oh my, who broke it? We shouldn’t have been caught already!”
It was at that moment that Shayne hurriedly tried to hide inside the warehouse.
"For a moment."
Unlike the flustered Shayne, the Crown Prince, who had been calmly checking the sound of footsteps, opened his mouth with his furrowed brows open.
“Don’t worry. It doesn’t look like they’re coming this way.”
"Is it so?"
Shayne crawled out of the corner, smiling brightly, and cautiously approached the window.
It seemed like she couldn't control her curiosity and was trying to spy outside.
Unfortunately, the window was located quite high up, so it was not easy to see outside even if she raised her leg.
The Crown Prince, who was laughing a little at the sight of her struggling while holding onto the window frame, approached Shayne.
“What do you see?”
"Shhh!"
Shayne covered his mouth with a rather stern expression.
It was quite funny to see her paying attention to him without realizing how loud her whining was.
When the Crown Prince made a dumbfounded expression, Shayne pointed out the window with her chin.
Je turned his gaze to follow her and saw a man in a long robe walking through the warehouse and entering the back door of the building.
“Who could it be? It’s definitely not someone who works at a daycare center.”
“Well, anyway, it’s probably not a clean slate. There’s a main gate, but if you go around and enter through the back gate, it means you’ve climbed over the wall.”
“Huh? Then could he be a thief?”
When Shayne asked with wide eyes, the Crown Prince shook his head firmly.
“What’s so great about robbing an orphanage?”
“Then what the heck...”
“Did you lock the door at night?”
“Of course. The servants were busy with other work, so I did it instead. Very firmly... Huh?”
“Did you lock the door at night?”
“Of course. The servants were busy with other work, so I did it instead. Very firmly... Huh?”
For a moment, Shayne answered confidently, but then she remembered the man entering through the back door without hesitation and stopped.
“It was clearly locked, but how...”
Of course, the door was unlocked again so she and the Crown Prince could come out, but it was only the side door.
The back door was left untouched.
“But why..."
As Shayne muttered absentmindedly, the Crown Prince said nonchalantly.
“That means someone else left the door open.”
“If it’s that someone...”
Of course, it would be the director.
Employees who are afraid of losing their livelihood and cannot even report the director's corruption would not dare bring in an outsider in the middle of the night.
Shayne, who had been lost in thought, suddenly asked with sparkling eyes.
“Shall we go and see?”
If they were bringing in outsiders for such an ambitious time, it would certainly not be an honorable cause, so curiosity was piqued.
But the Crown Prince shook his head.
“If you step forward and get caught, you might get into trouble. I’ll go and check, so you stay quiet here, Princess...”
Please stay, the Crown Prince's words that he was about to convey were unfortunately not finished. Because Shayne had already hurriedly left the warehouse.
‘What speed is that...’
She seemed endlessly lazy, but at times like this, she was surprisingly diligent. He couldn't figure out which rhythm to follow.
The Crown Prince shook his head repeatedly and followed Shayne with a short sigh.
The two people who came out of the warehouse-like just circled around instead of going inside the building.
Since there was a high chance of getting caught if they followed the man blatantly, they decided to spy on the situation from outside.
“Where did this guy go?”
As they were quietly walking around the building, quietly making noise, a light suddenly turned on somewhere.
“As expected, it’s the director’s room.”
“Let’s go and see.”
The two people who ran quickly sat down under the window of the director's office.
Fortunately, the window was slightly open, which seemed wide enough to eavesdrop on the conversation.
They held their breath and listened.
“Oh my, you’re here? You’re right on time again. You’re truly a ghost.”
Following the director's welcoming voice, a man's dry voice was heard.
“This month.”
“Wow, your calculations are sharp. Ten people this time too?”
“Yes, let’s send them to well-educated children who are around six or seven years old. Anything older than that will be difficult because their heads will grow too big, and anything younger than that will require a lot of work, which is annoying.”
“Of course not. This isn’t the first or second time we’ve done business together, so why are you going through all that trouble to explain it to me?”
Hoho, the laughing director continued speaking.
“And you know that our kids are well-educated. They are satisfied with a small amount of food, and they even do their own laundry! It’s hard to find kids like that.”
The director said in a haughty tone.
What's there to be proud of about forcing children to work while starving them?
At that moment, Shayne and the Crown Prince furrowed their brows in displeasure at the director's shameless and loud behavior.
“Oh, and let’s include Evan’s brother on this list too.”
“Yes? Marca?”
The director asked back in a surprised voice.
“Didn’t you say he wouldn’t be on the list? You clearly promised Evan that...”
“Circumstances have changed. We need to secure the child’s safety.”
“Things have changed, what is that...”
As the director asked in confusion, the man's voice suddenly became lower.
“You don’t need to know that. Just do what we tell you to do, and you’ll be able to earn a high income like you have so far.”
“Oh my, I’ve done something presumptuous... Yes, yes. Of course. I will continue to faithfully follow orders from now on.”
Only after the director bowed did the man's voice return to normal.
“Then I guess that includes Evan’s brother.”
As if he was about to turn back, heavy footsteps echoed outside the window.
Then the director urgently grabbed the man.
“Ha, but that might take some time.”
"What?"
“Yes, actually, Marca is not in the hospital right now. As soon as he gets back...”
“Evan’s brother isn’t here?”
The man's voice lowered again.
The director's frustration was felt even beyond the walls.
“You didn’t send him up for adoption, did you?”
“Oh my, that’s not possible. We promised him firmly that we would never give him up for adoption and that we would take care of him here.”
“But why isn’t it here?”
“That, that...”
“Don’t bother me asking this question again and again.”
The director, who had been holding her breath at the voice that had become infinitely cold, spoke urgently.
“True, the Crown Prince and the Saintess took the child away!”
That lady is real.
They had warned her so earnestly not to tell anyone about their visit, but she had blown it so easily.
That was when Shayne swallowed a curse inside her head.
“...What? Who took him away?”
“Oh, the Crown Prince and the Saintess.”
“Are you saying they came here?”
“Yes, yes. It seems like they're hiding their identity and wandering around with some kind of plan. He came looking for Evan...”
“What the heck! How did they know Evan was from here...”
The man who had been muttering in a growl asked the director again.
“So what did you say?”
“What did I say? I said there was no such person.”
“Do they believe that? Since they’ve come this far, you must already know a little about Evan.”
“Oh, of course. The list is all organized, so how could they not believe it? But Marca, that guy is not me, and he keeps crying and arguing that his brother is...”
The director, who had been hesitating as if trying to read the situation, continued speaking in a crawling voice.
“They took him away to calm him down. They said they would bring him back once he calmed down, but I don’t know when that will be...”
As the director muttered in an uncertain voice, the man stomped his foot in anger and asked again.
“Where are they staying now?”
“Yes? Well, I’m also not knowing about that...”
“What a stupid bitch!”
The man suddenly raised his voice.
“You didn’t even check where the person you were sending your child to was staying?”
“Lord, I have committed a sin worthy of death.”
The director, who had been apologizing in such a fierce manner, started making excuses one after another.
“But the other party is the Crown Prince and the Saintess. How could someone like that dare ask such a thing... Please look into it.”
It was the first time they had seen a director who was so desperate.
She was a woman who confidently insisted in front of the Crown Prince and the Saintess, "The children are in trouble, so please stop the investigation here."
‘Who on earth is my opponent...’
As Shayne's curiosity reached its peak, the director added urgently.
“Well, isn’t it around here anyway? With your abilities, you should be able to find it in no time.”
“Are you asking us to fix your mistakes?”
“Yes... Yes? Oh my, I was rude again. I understand. It was my mistake, so I will take care of it. I will go find the Crown Prince and the Saintess and bring the child back immediately, so please calm down.”
It was an answer that seemed more fearful of the man in front of her than of the Crown Prince, the successor to the empire, and the Saintess, the daughter of the goddess.
'That lady is really! Are we easy? Huh? Who brings people here on purpose, huh?'
Shayne, who was displeased, stomped her foot without realizing it.
Then something jumped up from below and screamed.
“Crap!”
Shayne accidentally stepped on Delton's tail while stomping her foot.
“Oh, are you okay? Sorry, I forgot you were there.”
It was then that Shayne whispered and asked about Delton's well-being.
"For a moment."
The man cut off the director's apology with a firm voice.
“Why are you like that...”
"Shhh."
The man's warning flew again at the director who asked with a puzzled look.
Finally, silence came.
'Oh, did you notice?'
Shayne looked at the Crown Prince urgently, but he seemed to be already preoccupied with finding a way out.
But soon he too looked at Shayne with a look of despair.
He knew they had to run away immediately, but unfortunately, the director's office was located in the center of the building.
They will be discovered before they can even hide themself.
'Oh, yes.'
It was then that Shayne put her hand on her forehead with a pale face.
"Huh?"
A dark blue light enveloped them.
It was a mysterious and mystical light, just like the night air.
'What is this?'
As Shayne stared blankly at the light, the window flew open.
'Omg!'
Shayne unconsciously turned her gaze in that direction, and soon her eyes met the man's directly.
And for a moment, Shayne was so frightened that she finally screamed...
“Meow! Meow!”
...huh?
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