Joe Brady, Zeni Barrett, Howard Asim, Bruce Cervantes and their children were invited, including of course Kristen, Kara, Linda and Monica, just their
Brothers and sisters also came.
City Lord Bill and his family were also present.
Prince Schneider was sitting in the main seat, feeling nervous and excited, looking everywhere.
Colin Jimenez, as the host, also sat upright and waited quietly.
After a while, everyone was impatient to wait. Prince Schneider turned to Colin and asked anxiously: "Why isn't Charlotte here yet?"
"I told her yesterday that she must arrive at this time! She may be dressing up and getting ready." Colin turned to his confidant, "Go and hurry her up!"
"Yes!" The confidant immediately left the hall and moved towards Charlotte's residence.
"Today is such a grand occasion, and girls should put on their makeup seriously!" Kristine helped to speak from the side, "After all, we are discussing the engagement between His Royal Highness the Prince and Charlotte. As a party involved, you should be very nervous!"
"That's right!" Kara, Linda, and Monica nodded at the same time.
"Of course! I think so too." Prince Schneider nodded excitedly, thinking that Charlotte is usually very beautiful, but how beautiful will she be after dressing up specially today? I really can't wait to see her.
Colin didn't think much about it, because since she was a child, Charlotte, as her daughter, has never disobeyed him and is very obedient.
After all, it's a major life event, so she might be really nervous.
Everyone waited patiently, drinking magic juice and chatting with each other before the heroine arrived. The atmosphere was good.
After more than ten minutes, the confidant returned, looking a little flustered.
He didn't dare to speak loudly when he was in front of Colin. He directly leaned into his ear and whispered: "The eldest lady is missing!"
"What did you say?!" Colin stood up with a look of shock.
"What's wrong?" Everyone was curious when they saw Colin's confidant running out and whispering a word when he came back. Colin was so rude. City Lord Bill stood up in confusion and looked at him and asked.
Everyone else also looked at Colin, including Prince Schneider.
Colin quickly adjusted his mood, as if nothing happened, turned around and said, "Nothing! Everyone, wait a moment, I will be here soon."
After saying that, he left the hall with his confidants, leaving everyone looking at each other.
They didn't know what happened and didn't think much about it. No one would believe that Charlotte would leave without saying goodbye at this time.
Colin and his confidants left the hall and went to the front corridor to ensure that the guests would not hear, and asked anxiously: "What happened? Why is Charlotte missing?"
"Sir! The eldest lady's yard is deserted, even the maids have disappeared!" The confidant replied, "I asked the gate guard, and the eldest lady went to the library very early on your order to lead a team to transport a cart of magic books.
Leave the mansion, saying it is an important transaction and cannot be delayed."
"Magic book? What magic book? What deal does she want to make? Who is she making the deal with?" Colin's eyes widened, "What day is it today? Why didn't anyone report such a big thing to me? Arranged by Charlotte's side
What are the protectors doing?”
"I'm sorry, sir! I don't know what's going on with them, and no one has given me any information!"
"Why are you still standing there? Send someone to investigate quickly and find Charlotte as soon as possible!" Colin said urgently, "Hurry!"
"Yes!" The confidant hurriedly conveyed the order, making the members of the government busy.
After a while, someone reported to Colin: "Sir! After checking, the eldest lady has taken a total of 105 manuscripts of the five series of magic books from the family library, and they are all from levels 1 to 7! And... and..."
"And what?" Colin raised his eyebrows.
"The eldest lady also took away the original copy of the seventh-level magic "Thunder Purgatory"!"
"What?!" Colin exclaimed, unable to believe it, "Why did Charlotte do this? Was she threatened by someone?"
"I don't know! This is the list given by the library after checking."
""Thunder Purgatory", that is a high-level magic book worth ten thousand gold coins!" Colin was extremely anxious, "Charlotte must have been threatened! No matter who dares to get it on my head, I must let it go."
He paid the price! Besides the magic book, what else is there to lose?"
"All the belongings in the eldest lady's room are gone! And a lot of clothes are missing."
"What?" Colin frowned, "Investigate clearly, what specific things are missing, and give me a list quickly!"
"yes!"
As soon as the people here left, the confidant who had gone out to inquire about the news hurriedly returned: "Sir, I asked the city guards for help and found out that the eldest lady's carriage had left from the north gate. All the servants serving the eldest lady also followed the convoy out of the city. It is said that it was
Moving east towards Xingyue City, some traders from out of town did see the eldest lady’s carriage on the road to Xingyue City!”
"Star-Moon City? No! If Charlotte was threatened or kidnapped, her servants would not leave together. With more people, the target is bigger! If she hadn't been kidnapped..."
"The eldest lady didn't escape on purpose, did she?" a confidant asked in a low voice.
"Escape on purpose? Charlotte wouldn't do that!" In Colin's mind, there was no way that this eldest daughter would disobey him. "If he escaped on purpose, it would be normal to take away clothes and belongings, but he also took away so many magic books.
What to do? She is not a magician!"
"Perhaps the magic books are relatively light and expensive." A confidant speculated, "If you auction them in other cities and exchange them for money, you can get a huge amount of money! The total value of those magic books is at least more than 20,000 gold coins!"
Twenty thousand gold coins is equivalent to 200 million yuan, which is also a considerable amount of wealth for the entire Jimenez family.
"No! Charlotte wouldn't do that!" Colin refused to believe it. "She wouldn't leave suddenly at such an important moment today! What happened to those protectors? Why didn't they stop them? If Charlotte was forced
Leave, they should protect them with all their strength!"
"Sir, I have some news about those protectors!"
"explain!"
"The guards on duty yesterday provided information that the families of these people seemed to have left early with the caravan..."
"Leaving early? Why didn't anyone report such an important thing to me?!" Colin lost control of his expression and couldn't help shouting angrily.
"Sir, calm down! There is only one possibility for such a thing to happen. I'm afraid... they are all following the instructions of the eldest lady and are fully cooperating with the eldest lady!"
It is true that Charlotte instigated these people and deliberately escaped on the day of the engagement because Colin was busy arranging this important event and was negligent.
But Colin didn't want to believe that Charlotte would one day disobey him!
