Chapter 25 (1/2)
The evidence Philippa had was not just the book.
As long as she had embezzled, she collected various other evidence of exploitation. Originally, she would have been strangled to death by Nikan with those, but it was different now.
“Capture and search the chef!”
The searching went by in a flash.
“W-what is this, so suddenly?!”
The chef’s face turned blue when he saw the knights and administrators who came into the kitchen like lightning.
He had eaten so much during the time, his feet were numb. (T/N: He stole a lot of items.)
There were so many expensive items in his accommodation that the cost of the restaurant wasn’t even enough.
The administrator looked at the chef with a fierce look.
“An administrator like you who embezzled is eliminated. You’d better not think about running off.”
As the kitchen was being searched, Lyndon and Philippa searched Charlotte’s room.
Lyndon’s expression became grim while Philippa was triumphant when a record-like object was found in her room.
“Find Charlotte right now!”
He couldn’t let the unworthy servant of the great Agnes be. However, Charlotte was nowhere to be seen.
Philippa went to Navia’s room swearing at her for making things annoying. If she wasn’t anywhere, she had to be in Navia’s room!
“Charlotte!”
Philippa slammed the door open and shouted triumphantly, but paused.
No one was in the room.
‘She’s not here either? But where did that brat Navia go?’
Are they working on something somewhere?
Otherwise, there’s no reason for both of them to be unseen at the same time!
Philippa was impatient and pressed the servants around her.
“Hurry and find Charlotte! She has to be caught before she runs away!” Philippa treated Charlotte as a sinner and commanded the servants.
“A maid called Charlotte is nowhere to be seen inside the mansion!”
“Ha…”
Philippa was baffled but soon almost cheered.
It’s rather better this way.
The evidence was very clear towards the chef, but there was only a few pieces of evidence framing Charlotte. But hiding during a time like this completed the painting.
“That damn b*tch caught on and ran away! We need to find her!”
Lyndon sighed with annoyance.
‘Yesterday it was Charlotte, today it’s also Charlotte. There seems to be a real problem today.’
If it was reported that a maid committed embezzlement and quickly fled, a candlestick might fly into his head.
She has to be caught before Nikan returns to the Duchy from the Imperial Palace.
“Expand the search!”
They expanded their search not only within the main building but also for the gardens, greenhouses, and detached houses.
“I found her!”
At the good news, Lyndon hurried to one of the separate houses along with the servant.
Philippa quickly followed the butler.
It was because she had to deny the accusations that she had embezzled.
And.
“…What is going on?”
Charlotte was in an unused detached house.
On top of that, she was unconscious.
“Something is weird, Butler. The house was also locked from the outside.”
“What? Then doesn’t that mean that someone knocked out Charlotte and locked her up!”
Philippa sensed that something had gone wrong and spoke hurriedly,
“Isn’t it the chef’s work? He did this because he was scared of the embezzlement!”
It was pure nonsense, so no one answered and frowned.
“…Move Charlotte for now and have the doctor look at her.”
“Yes sir.”
Lyndon thought that the process for catching thieves was flowing strangely.
A servant, who was searching the mansion, spoke carefully,
“Um, Lady Navia has been missing the whole time.”
“What? Since when?”
“Since we have been searching for the maid called Charlotte, probably since before that too…”
At then, a fierce roar was heard from behind.
“What do you mean!”
Lyndon looked back quickly with a tingling look. Nikan, who had just returned, approached with a scary expression.
“M-Master!”
“Explain what is going on right now!”