Chapter 153 Olivia's Doubt!

Chapter 153 Olivia's Doubt!

{Master, I have told the information to them.}

"Hmm, good. Let them do the rescue." Luis' attention didn't break away from the structure of Curse Mark, as he said. "You keep searching for other areas where the children might have been kept. By then I should be finished here too."

{I'm looking for them, Master.}

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A little distance away from Luis. The beast-men guards who saw the image displayed in the hologram were in uproar.

"What?! You are telling me they are involved with the kidnappers?! It's impossible!"

"Yeah, we know them all! They aren't such people!"

"Yes, some of them also joined in to search for the kids. How could they be kidnappers?"

...

Alicia raised her hands in annoyance and spoke with a calm expression. "Whether or not, they are connected to this mass kidnapping. I am sure we will get the answers after we go there."

Upon hearing Alicia's words and sensing her confident demeanour, the beast-men quickly settled down and acknowledged the validity of her reasoning. At this moment, one of the patrol guards spoke up.

"Isn't that Tim? Wasn't he on a vacation?"

"Right, he took a weeklong leave, saying that he wanted to use his annual pay-leave days together. Because of that, I got assigned to his guard post and my number of night shifts increased." The beast-men guard said with a frown on his face. However, from his dissatisfied tone, it was difficult to tell whether he was just being doubtful or complaining because of his increased number of night shifts. "Vacation?!" Alicia raised her brows and asked, "Is that kidnapper a patrol guard?!"

"..."

As soon as Alicia's question came up, silence ensued. The guards were too ashamed to answer her.

"I see," Alicia nodded in understanding and didn't question any further so as not to embarrass them. She could understand what the beast-men were feeling at this moment. If they admit that he is indeed a patrol guard and he ends up being a kidnapper, isn't that equivalent to tarnishing the dignity of all the patrol guards? 'However, does it even matter if you stay silent now? We all know the truth.' She could already imagine the damage that would be done to the reputation of the patrol guards in Gusto Town because of this incident.

Alicia shook her head, deciding to put that matter aside. "Diana, let's go rescue the kids."

"What about Luis?" Diana asked while glancing at Luis, who was still busy.

Alicia also turned to look in her fiancé's direction, then said. "Don't disturb him. Let him focus on how to remove the magic placed on the kidnappers. Once he succeeds, we can extract all the information from them and save all the kids. Until then, let's rescue the ones we can."

"Then do you want to save him?"

"Professor Olivia?" Luis showed a surprised expression as he turned back. "You didn't go with them?"

"I know they will be fine and won't need my help." With a smile on her face, Olivia stepped towards him. "I am not disturbing you, right? I saw you stop doing whatever you were doing, so I spoke up."

Luis shook his head with a faint smile and said, "Not at all, professor. How could you be a disturbance?"

Olivia raised her brow and said, "It seems your opinion of me is quite different from that of Alicia's."

He chuckled. "That's what you brought up on yourself, professor. You teased and joked about the things that crossed Alicia's bottom line."

"Did I really go that far?" Olivia asked.

Luis nodded. "Well, I can assure you that if you want her to accept your direct guidance. It going to be very difficult now."

"How did you guess?" Olivia asked in surprise.

"I wasn't sure, but now I am." He shrugged.

Olivia pouted; she didn't expect to get tricked by her student. "Hmph, since when did a student start rejecting my guidance? You should know that the students from the top 20 every year try to get my direct guidance. But because the selection criteria for it is too strict, not anyone can have this opportunity."

"Eh? Really?" Luis was thoughtful for a moment, then said with a confident expression. "Well, even if that is the case. I am sure Alicia doesn't care about all that."

"What do you mean?" Olivia showed a puzzled expression.

"If Alicia has any disgust or aversion towards a person, then no matter the benefits or interests. She wouldn't care about them at all. So, What I am trying to say is, if you want her to accept your direct guidance, you will have to make her change her opinion of you."

Olivia seemed thoughtful for a moment before she shook her head and said, "There's no need to think that far ahead when you three haven't even completed the mission yet."

"Well, just take my words as a reminder." Luis shrugged. "Moreover, it's only been 1 and a half hours since the mission started, Professor. We still have time left." When she felt the confidence in his words, Olivia was slightly surprised, then with a faint smile, she asked, "How are you so confident, Luis? That you will complete the rescue. In half of the mission time, you have only found two spots out of the many unknowns."

"Can you complete the rescue within the rest of the time? You should know that the mission will be counted as complete only when all the children are rescued."

"I know that it will be a difficult mission when we haven't even acquired the information yet." Luis nodded with a serious expression, then said, "But since we have accepted this mission, Professor. Then we are going to save those kids at all costs."

Just as Luis stated that, Lily's voice sounded. {Master, the match is found.}

Luis grinned. "Heard that Professor? That's my cue. Now the main part of this rescue mission starts!"