AWB Chapter 173 Found (9)
Chapter 173 Found (9)
Today is the day when Gu Chang was conferred the title of nobility. It is a sunny and beautiful day.
The palace had already prepared a venue for the grand ceremony, which was located in the Huarui Palace.
Many invited nobles arrived at Huarui Palace early in the morning, dressed neatly and wearing top hats.
Freya stood at the highest position. With a smile on her face, she said to Gu Chang, who was standing in the middle, "Helain Gabriella, I will now hand you the Duke's medal, as well as the seal of the Lord of Yurivido City."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Chang leaned forward slightly and took the red tray containing the medals and seals with both hands.
Then Freya took the gorgeous dark golden cloak from the servant and put it on Gu Chang, and then put the Duke's medal on him.
As the ceremonial music played, nobles of high status came one after another to shake hands with Gu Chang and congratulate him on being conferred the title of Duke.
After that, there were some routine social activities. Gu Chang asked the guards to deliver his city lord seal to Anna's palace first, and then chatted with the nobles.
This part cannot be avoided, Gu Chang can only maintain a polite smile and chat with everyone who comes.
After finally getting through this part, Gu Chang was pulled away by Claire before he could even take a sip of juice.
Claire pulled Gu Chang to the corner. Her eyes were a little serious. Gu Chang couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Sister Claire."
"Lord Swanson's five-year-old daughter, Lulu, has been kidnapped," Claire whispered. It was hard not to suspect the rebels were responsible. They'd taken advantage of this unique opportunity to kidnap Lord Swanson's daughter. Lord Swanson had been the first minister to support Freya becoming queen.
Because of this relationship, Claire felt that the rebels were coming with great force and might spread rumors against Gu Chang or Freya.
However, the first thing that Gu Chang thought of was the prophecy that Cedric told him, but there were too few clues now, so he couldn't make such an arbitrary conclusion.
Count Swanson had already said goodbye to Freya and left, with a very unhappy expression on his face.
Gu Chang thought that the ceremony was over, so he wanted to leave and go to the Sunflower Book Club first.
"Your Highness, someone is looking for you." Michael came over and said respectfully to Gu Chang.
"Sister Claire, please tell Her Majesty the Queen that I have an urgent matter." Gu Chang frowned slightly and looked at Claire.
Claire nodded gently, "No problem, I'll tell Sister Freya, you can go now."
Then Gu Chang followed Michael and left through the side door.
The person who came to see Gu Chang was Slaley.
Slaley was pacing back and forth anxiously. When he saw Gu Chang, he immediately walked towards him and said, "Your Highness, I want to tell you something."
"Let's talk while we walk, Mr. Slaley. Mr. Michael, please come with me." Gu Chang gestured to Slaley to follow him to where the carriage was parked.
Although Michael didn't know why Gu Chang wanted him to go, the prince had given the order and he had no choice but to go.
"It's like this, Your Highness." Slaley wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and continued, "You asked me to pay attention to whether there were any children running around recently. Just this morning, my staff told me that there were three noble children outside the bookstore, and they were not accompanied by adults."
"Originally, I asked my employees to bring the three of them into the store and then look for their parents. I knew one of the girls; she was Count Swanson's daughter, so I wanted to send someone to the palace to tell Count Swanson. But before I could tell the messenger, the three children ran away while we were not paying attention."
"Then a few minutes later, the maid from Count Swanson's house came over and asked us if we had seen Miss Lulu. We first searched the nearby streets, but couldn't find any trace of the three children. I think it would be faster and clearer if I were to tell His Highness about this." Slaley liked to talk more when he was anxious. Fortunately, they were still some distance away from the carriage.
After listening to Slaley's words, Gu Chang was basically certain that the little girl in Cedric's prophecy was Lulu.
"System, can you find Lulu's location?" Gu Chang asked the system.
The system scratched its head and said, "Host, I can't find it. There are many people named Lulu in this world, and I can't be sure which one it is. And since you haven't seen this little girl, it's even harder to be sure."
"Okay." Gu Chang's eyes darkened slightly. After he replied to the system, he said to Andrew who was standing beside the carriage, "Andrew, go to Sunflower Book Club, the sooner the better."
Gu Chang got on the carriage first, followed by Michael and Slaley.
"Mr. Slaley, do you have any impression of the two children besides Lulu?" Gu Chang asked.
Slaley recalled for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "I remember now, those two little boys looked very similar, they should be twins. They also wore badges with the letter S on their clothes."
As Slaley finished speaking, he realized that the only family in the royal city that used the letter S as its emblem was the Swanson Scattery family.
Gu Chang raised his eyebrows slightly. This was unexpected news.
When they arrived at the Sunflower Book Club, Swanson happened to be at the door of the Sunflower Book Club.
Slater got off the carriage first. When Swanson saw Slater, he walked towards him angrily.
"Damn Slaley, where did you kidnap my daughter?!" Swanson asked Slaley in a rough voice. He clenched his fists, as if he was about to punch Slaley in the face.
"Oh my God! Earl Swanson, you misunderstood me. It was those two little boys who brought your daughter Lulu into my store." Slater explained quickly.
"But my maid said you lured the children into your store!" Swanson said angrily.
Slaley's mouth opened wide. How could this maid still shirk responsibility?
At this time, someone in the crowd stood up and said, "Count Swanson, I saw your maid take your children to the central square and then go to the jewelry store to buy things."
"No! I just went to buy a bow hairpin for Miss Lulu. It was Masters Mingxius and Gloria who said Miss Lulu wanted to buy that, so I went to the jewelry store! Masters Mingxius and Gloria also said that they and Miss Lulu would wait for me there. They were watching a puppet show at the time." The maid waved her hands anxiously to explain.
"Then why did you slander me?!" Slaley asked angrily, pointing at the maid.
The maid looked flustered and stammered, unable to explain herself.
"Don't worry, Count Swanson. Michael and I will go look around. You can also send someone to search nearby." Gu Chang came forward to comfort Swanson. His appearance made Swanson regain his sanity a little.
"Hurry up! Go find my daughter Lulu!" Swanson looked at the servants around him and urged them anxiously.
Gu Chang patted Slaley on the shoulder and said, "Lend me your notebook and pen for a while." He had to find a suitable time to tell Cedric the news.
Slaley was a little confused. He watched Gu Chang take the notebook and pen from his coat pocket, and watched Gu Chang and Michael leave.
"Your Highness, why do you want me to come and find someone?" Michael was a little puzzled.
"I suspect Mingxius and Gloria are the two mixed-race children." Gu Chang said coldly, "I think you should be able to find out where they are."
Michael also has Quilon's blood in his body, and so does the two mixed-race children.
If two vampires have the same pure blood in their bodies, there will be a special connection between them.
It was Cedric who told Gu Chang about this.
Michael raised his eyebrows in surprise. He only just now knew there was such a thing as special induction.
But he still calmed down and felt his surroundings.
Seeing Michael standing there with his eyes closed, Gu Chang did not disturb him.
The two stood at the entrance of an alley, and the wind blowing from the alley was cold and damp.
Not long after, Michael opened his eyes and said calmly, "Your Highness, I think I found them."
"But can we catch the twins?" asked Michael.
"You don't have to worry about that." Gu Chang and Michael walked into the alley together. Gu Chang raised his hand, and a crow flew down from the roof and landed on Gu Chang's wrist.
"Go tell Cedric that we have found traces of the two mixed-race children." Gu Chang took out the small notebook and pen he had taken from Slaley from his pocket. After writing the note, he let the crow fly away with the note.
"Asking for foreign help is a good idea." Michael smiled and said.
The two quickly crossed the alley and came to the edge of a lake.
Gu Chang picked up the pink butterfly hairpin from the grass. He looked at the rippling lake and his eyes turned cold.
"Your Highness, you are one step too late." Michael looked at the big tree beside him, then he walked over with his long legs and picked up the unconscious Lulu.
Gu Chang turned and walked towards Michael, when suddenly, a cold gaze came from behind him.
The sound of splashing water suddenly rang out, and two black shadows pounced on Gu Chang's back.
The one who was faster than them was Gu Chang.
Gu Chang dodged the attack and quickly turned to look at the person who attacked him.
Two little boys, all wet, were staring at Gu Chang sinisterly. They bared their sharp fangs and rushed towards Gu Chang.
Michael could only hide the unconscious Lulu in the tall grass before getting up to help Gu Chang.
Seeing that they were at a disadvantage, the two little boys decided to leave first.
But Cedric had already appeared in their retreating path, dressed in a black robe.
"Ah! Why don't you let us live?!" Mintheus demanded, gritting his teeth. His eyes gradually turned crimson. He and Gria both saw the memories in Quillon's blood. They disagreed with Cedric's actions.
"Because your birth was the result of the deaths of countless innocent people." Michael's voice was icy. He knew what Quillon had done. That pool of blood was the result of Quillon killing many people. Not to mention that the mother who gave birth to them also sucked the blood of many innocent people.
In order to ensure fresh blood in the blood pool, Quillon can only hunt many humans every once in a while.
Hearing Michael's voice, Gloria smiled sarcastically, "So what? Their death is inevitable. Quillon simply sped up their pace, allowing them to reach their end sooner."
Mingxius and Gloria looked like children of only five or six years old, but they spoke like an adult.
Cedric's brows were grim. He had come here to utterly slay these two monsters. That was why he didn't hesitate to appear in the sunlight.
If Mintheus and Glia were given more time, they might be able to overthrow the rule of the old purebloods together. But they were still too young, their fangs were still immature, and there was less they could do.
Mintheus and Glia were quickly suppressed by Cedric with force.
Michael took out the silver dagger hidden in his forearm and personally sent them to meet death.
Michael thought that since they could say such cruel and heartless words and even lured a five-year-old girl to the lake, it was hard not to guess that they wanted to suck Lulu's blood and then throw her into the lake. However, he and Gu Chang arrived so quickly that they didn't have time to do it. So there was no need to give them a chance to reform.
Gu Chang asked Cedric to take the bodies of Mingxius and Gloria and leave quickly. After all, it was daytime, and if Cedric accidentally got exposed to the sun, he would be doomed.
Lulu only had shallow bite marks and needle-sized blood holes on her arms. Fortunately, Gu Chang and Michael arrived quickly, so Lulu was not sucked dry.
"Let's go and find Earl Swanson." Gu Chang put the pink bow hairpin on Lulu's hair and said softly.
When Michael appeared in front of Swanson holding the unconscious Lulu, Swanson cried with joy and took her daughter from Michael's arms with trembling hands.
Slaley was also very happy because Gu Chang returned his little notebook to him.
This notebook records a lot of his inspirations. He would go crazy if he lost it.
The system's voice rang in Gu Chang's mind, "Host, you have completed the main quest and the side quest, and there are also hidden quests."
"Isn't it just a hundred vampire hairs? What's so difficult about that?" Gu Chang said lightly. When the time comes, just go to Cedric and ask for 98 hairs from different vampire heads.
The system felt that what Gu Chang said made sense, and it also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the host was a human, not a vampire. Otherwise, this mission could only be completed at night. Doing it during the day would be fatal.