NOVPUBNow that he had come to Landry’s house, he still looked like his mind was filled with nothing but work, as if he had gone stupid from it, having just finished working in the brightly lit study on the second floor.
"It’s my negligence, please tell me exactly what happened."
Lanci walked out directly, and the door behind him also automatically shut as it retracted along with its bearings. He stood at the doorway in the courtyard and asked Ursula.
He didn’t care about Ursula’s attitude because in class, Ursula always carried a casual air, and as a professor, he had long grown accustomed to students’ learning styles. What he was concerned about now was whether Ursula had any intelligence about Elsa and the Cat Boss.
"I had arranged to have dinner with Elsa tonight and then go to the premiere of a play, but she did not come to the dormitory to find me at the agreed time. She would never be late, and even if something came up at the last minute, she would definitely notify me. I went to the neighboring dormitory but did not find her, then I used a short-range Communication Magic Device to contact her, only to find out she was not at school at all,"
Ursula said, frowning.
She had told Elsa that she must come.
Because she had not told Elsa, she actually planned to take Elsa with her to persuade Professor Landry to put away his work and go to the play.
Ursula had planned to drag Landry out today, no matter what, so he would spend time with Elsa. If she had told Elsa, Elsa would definitely not have agreed.
As a result, Elsa had not returned to Saint Kray Monastery.
Ursula felt increasingly that something was not right.
"If you had agreed to go out with Elsa, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble."
Ursula was extremely dissatisfied with his behavior, her green eyes narrowing slightly, her tone filled with disdain and disgust,
"How important can your career possibly be, even more important than your own sister?"
Elsa’s schedule for the afternoon had actually been very simple, nothing more than her usual visit to the Temple of Gods to pray to the goddess for a while, and then back to school. There was no reason for her to disappear suddenly.
Thus, she first sought out the easiest-to-find teacher—
Landry.
She had offended other teachers to some extent and couldn’t necessarily count on their help, but this guy was that child’s brother.
Anyhow, she had been prepared to find him today.
"My Elf Cat is with Elsa, but the communication is very poor. Can you analyze where Elsa might be?"
Lanci asked Ursula calmly after learning the whole story.
He placed an "Ultra Long-Distance Communication Program" next to Ursula’s ear.
"!"
Ursula was initially puzzled, but she did not refuse and, upon hearing Lanci’s explanation, her eyes quickly lit up.
She listened intently to the static and the immature meowing coming from the magic communication.
"My cat just repeatedly mentioned words like ’box,’ ’alley.’ Do you know where there could be boxes and alleys?"
Lanci asked, trying not to disturb her as much as possible.
The Cat Boss’s other words were too abstract, only these two could point more clearly to concrete nouns.
"She goes to the Bulida Temple of Gods to pray every weekend, and from the route she takes back to the Monastery, there are places with boxes and alleys which are also quite dangerous..."
Ursula pinched the bridge of her nose, thinking hard and murmuring,
"Then it’s probably only the southeast port area of Bulida, which is the territory of the Bulida Mafia."
Her brows relaxed, and she looked at Lanci, having come to a conclusion.
Although she felt that Elsa would never wander off to the port on her journey, from Landry’s description, the likely place could only be there.
Otherwise, in the town, with a Fifth-order Spirit Beast accompanying her, it would be impossible for there to be danger.
The only explanation was Elsa had been forcibly taken to the Mafia’s gray territory using a Space Magic tool.
Space Magic, like Divination Magic, was not only rare and precious but also often came with significant limitations. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Just like Teleportation Magic, either the distance was extremely short, the energy consumption was extremely high, or the target of the teleportation had to be of a very low rank.
"Are you sure?"
Lanci took back the Communication Magic Card and looked intently at Ursula, asking her.
After all, he was a newcomer to the Cerryti Empire, and even if he was familiar with the map, he could not possibly have seen every landmark in the super-sized city of Bulida.
To Ursula, however, it all seemed alive and real.
"One hundred percent. I am more than familiar with every part of Bulida; I was the best Scout in my freshman year."
Ursula confidently assured him.
"Go find Nara’s Secretary, the Mafia has not only Sixth-order members but also Seventh-order leaders, and there are even rumors of a background boss. You absolutely must not provoke them."
Ursula grabbed Lanci’s suit jacket at the elbow, urgently directing his next steps.
Half of her hanging heart finally settled, thankful that Landry had at least kept the Contracted Beast with Elsa, which not only helped find the crucial clues but also meant Elsa was much safer with a powerful contracted creature for protection.
It seemed that Elsa had not been deceived by a lousy brother; at least her brother had taken his sister’s safety into account.
"Headmaster Violet is not here, help me report which areas of the port have a higher concentration of containers."
Lanci explained the situation plainly and naturally pulled away from Ursula’s grasp.
Without Headmaster Violet’s personal intervention, there was no way to solve all the problems at once.
Other than Headmaster Violet, Saint Kray Monastery currently didn’t have any other Seventh-order or higher extraordinary combat power. Letting Nara’s Secretary handle it would be too slow; by then, the Cat Boss might have to step in.
