Chapter 261: The Condition of the Children (1)

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With the ceremony over and Mira having received that unexpected gift, everyone from the church watched as she left and headed to her next destination.

「I'm sure it was somewhere a here…」

She had se something back wh she surveyed the city to find the best spots for her summons, and now was trying to find it again amongst the streets. To be precise, she was trying to get to the guards' station, as she wanted to ask what had happed after everything wt down in the underg pipeways.

So far, she only knew what Christina had told her, about the secret hideout of slave traders underg, and how the people of the mansion had be arrested in connection with it. But she still did not know what had happed with the childr held down there, and that was what she wanted to find out.

「Ah, there it is.」 Sёarch* The ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

It was a sturdy building of steel and stone, looking rather plain wh compared to the other lavish buildings on the streets. Th again, that also made it look like a proper military building.

That building was the headquarters of the guards and soldiers, holding the barracks, command offices, and a consulting area.

The latter consisted of a large lobby with a reception desk, where a few people were gathered. Perking her ears, Mira listed in and understood that they were some shop owners who wanted help with removing some drunkards passed out in front of their stores.

After a five minutes, it was finally Mira's turn at the desk.

「Is Desmond here?」 Mira wasted no time to ask that directly. She knew that the best way to learn everything that had happed was to ask for Desmond.

「Umm, may I ask why you want to see him?」

But Mira's straightforward question seemed a bit too sudd, so the receptionist was a bit confused. Mira realized how sudd her question had be, but she was not sure of how to explain either.

And th…

「Ah, if it isn't the Spirit Que. Thank you for all the help yesterday!」 A soldier that was behind the reception desk stepped forward.

「Hm? Ohh… You were there yesterday too.」

He was one of the soldiers from Desmond's unit that had be teasing him, and it was that easy-going attitude that helped Mira recognize him. Glad to see a familiar face, Mira asked him if he knew where Desmond was.

「I'm pretty sure he's in the third conferce room. Just go to the third room from the stairs on the left there, and go straight all the way to the d.」

The soldier quickly gave Mira some directions, but th the receptionist lady turned a in confusion, asking, 「Should you really be telling her that?」

Considering how secure the location was, and Mira's lack of connection to it, that reaction was understandable. But after the evts from the previous night, the soldier believed Mira was trustworthy.

「Don't worry about it. The Spirit Que was one of our biggest allies there anyway.」 ᎷᏙ∟ΞϺРΥᎡ.ϹӨϺ

With that, Mira was giv permission to ter.

「The third floor, and th… Ah, it's here.」

Mira wt up the stairs, following the directions the soldier had giv her, and moved along the third floor's hallway. After some walking, she found a room labeled Third Conferce Room. From what she heard, Desmond was supposed to be in there, writing a report about everything that happed the previous night.

There was a chance that they would require Mira's account of the evts as well, so it was actually best for her to be there.

Standing in front of the door, she knocked three times, and after a short while, she got a reply to ter.

「Excuse me…」 Mira oped the door and looked inside, where she saw Desmond sured by many sheets of paper.

「What do you… Huh? Mira?!」 He was taking the opportunity to stretch a bit, but wh he saw Mira at the door, he let out a surprised voice. He had not be expecting her to visit like that.

「Wait… Err, anyway, please take a seat.」

Still trying to comprehd what was happing, he invited her to take a seat. Th, he wt to the small kitchette in a corner of the conferce room, where he muttered to himself, 「Where was the tea… No, that's cocoa…」

「Don't worry about that, I'm the one who came uninvited. I just have some questions about yesterday.」

Mira tried to get Desmond to calm down as she explained why she was there, and mtioned that she just wanted to know what had happed last night.

「I see, so that's why you came. Alright, I'm guessing Christina told you some parts already, but let me detail everything that happed!」

After preparing some stuff, Desmond placed some plates and cups on the table where Mira was sitting, th picked up the papers and sat in front of her. Th, he said, 「I don't mind if it's later, but I'd also like to hear what happed on your side.」

With that, he told the story of how they followed the footsteps left behind by Fuzzy Dice until they reached a door. There was a fall man in front of that door, who had be put to sleep by Fuzzy Dice.

Knowing that the sleeping man knew what was happing there, they restrained him and woke him up, and after some questioning, he revealed that the door led to the hideout of slave traders.

Th, he also told them that there were more m inside, as well as multiple childr. The m inside were rather skilled in combat, but that also applied to Desmond and his m, who all agreed they needed to break in, restrain the m, and free the childr.

They broke apart the door and rushed in, where they found six thugs and a t childr further in. One of the thugs was currtly holding a doll up in the air, making a young girl cry.

「And th, I felt like a gust of wind passed next to me, and in the blink of an eye, Christina appeared behind those m.」

Desmond narrated everything as he saw it. Christina rushed betwe that man and the girl, and a momt later the man fell back unconscious.

「I couldn't tell what had happed right away, and those m couldn't either, as they all looked confused. But that gave us a big oping.」