Be a matchmaker in an otome game

Chapter 58 Martin is missing

Safi will not be able to spare time to visit Felissa in the next time.

On the night she came out of Philisa's house, Fred came.

"Your Highness?" Safi was surprised, but seeing the rush in Fred's expression, she realized that something urgent must have happened, and immediately took Fred to the living room and asked, "What happened?"

Are you asking His Highness to come to me so late?"

Although Fred looked anxious, he remained calm and did not lose his sense of proportion at all.

"Martin is missing," Fred said calmly. "When he was discovered, he had already disappeared. The guild people are still chasing him. He may be in danger at any time."

Safi's expression suddenly changed: "What's going on?"

Martin was just a child. Even though he didn't believe Fred's promise to provide him with a shelter at the beginning, he had no ability to resist when faced with the guild's pursuit. With the possibility in mind, he went

Got the address Fred mentioned.

Of course, Fred didn't just say let it go. He did prepare a warm room for Martin, enough food to eat, and teachers who were willing to provide him with education. Compared with Martin's previous precarious life, it can be regarded as a paradise.

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Fred couldn't think of the reason why he ran away overnight, but the person had escaped now, and he had to find him first before questioning him in detail.

There was no way to use royal prerogatives to find people out in a big way, because these were only Fred's private plans and had not been made public, so he could only find people on his own.

Not many people have seen Martin. Only Safi, Nancy and Felissa have had close contact with Martin. However, Felissa is currently recovering from her injuries, and he has asked Ulysses to notify Nancy.

Already.

Safi realizes that Martin is not just a child. He is a link in Fred's plan, the starting link. If there is no beginning, there will be no follow-up, so Martin is very important.

Safi originally planned to take a rest, but Fred's arrival made her change her mind: "Your Highness, I will pack up and go out to find someone."

Fred stopped Safi, feeling quite troubled: "It's already so late, you should rest. I just came to tell you, you can come back tomorrow to help me."

Safi said without question: "It's better to find someone earlier. After all, Martin is a child, where can he hide?"

Since she insisted, Fred couldn't stop her anymore and just said: "Then you come with me."

Safi glanced at Fred. Although she thought it would be more efficient to find someone separately, she also knew that this was the biggest concession Fred could make, so she nodded without refuting.

Lane 35, Bronze Avenue, was the shelter Fred prepared for Martin. The two of them did not take a carriage, but directly chose the faster horseback riding method.

When he dismounted, the female teacher Fred had arranged to take care of the children came up to her. Her face was filled with panic and remorse: "Your Highness, you are here."

"Mother Anna," Fred called her, "Has the child been found?"

Anna is a woman who looks a bit rich and looks very amiable. This is why Fred chose her after careful consideration. He hopes to try his best to gain the trust of these children living on the streets.

Anna shook her head guiltily: "Your Highness, I have failed in your trust."

Safi was too lazy to listen to this nonsense and asked directly: "When was the last time Martin showed up?"

Anna said: "Before dinner."

"Didn't he have dinner?"

"No."

"Why? Is he feeling unwell?"

Anna was a little overwhelmed by Safi's endless questions, and couldn't help but secretly raise her eyes to look at Fred.

But Fred didn't react at all to Safi's leading questioning, and didn't seem to care that Safi had taken the lead. When Anna looked over, he raised his eyebrows: "Safi is my fiancée, what's going on with you?"

Just answer truthfully."

Anna lowered her head and said, "It's Martin who doesn't want to eat."

"What's the reason?"

Anna couldn't answer, and Safi knew at one glance that there must be something going on here, so she turned to Fred: "Your Highness, are there any other staff here?"

"Yes." Fred immediately took Safi away, and Anna chased after him for a few steps, but finally stopped in fear.

Anna was responsible for taking care of Martin's daily life, and Fred also arranged for someone to teach the children to study and teach them some practical skills. They couldn't rely on Fred to raise them all their lives.

"Ah, I seemed to hear Anna getting angry in the afternoon. It seemed that part of the food Anna cooked was missing, and she suspected that Martin had eaten it."

Safi intuitively felt that this should be the reason why Martin ran away from home. After all...she was also extremely sensitive to the word "steal". Every time she heard "steal" or words pronounced the same as "steal", she would tense up and feel uneasy.

Sure enough, Anna admitted: "It's... it's my fault. I'm not in a good mood today. Martin stole the food, which made me very unhappy, so I reprimanded him, but..." Anna turned pale for herself.

Defense: "I didn't expect this child to run away from home."

But Safi didn't believe that Martin would leave just because of a few words of scolding from Anna. For a boy who grew up in a slum, such words were insignificant.

"What else did you say?" Safi asked.

Under Safi's repeated questioning, Anna hesitated and said: "I said he is... he is a child of the demon clan."

Safi's hands clasped in front of her clenched instantly, and her nails dug deeply into her flesh. This sentence was also fatal to her.

Fred calmly took a step forward to block Safi, preventing others from noticing that Safi was in an abnormal mood.

"I didn't hire you to hurt the child." Fred looked at Anna and said in a cold tone, "I think you don't know what it takes to take good care of a child. In this case, the contract we negotiated

There is no need to continue.”

Anna didn't expect that her hard-earned job would be lost so easily, or because of a thief who everyone shouted at, so she was naturally unconvinced and wanted to argue for herself again.

"This isn't the first time you've said this today, right? How many similar words have you said to Martin in the past few days?" But Fred blocked Anna back with just one sentence, not to mention... "I don't think I can.

I need to explain to you the reasons for my decision."

All the gentleness and elegance in him have faded away, leaving only his uncompromising strength, which makes people instinctively fear him.

Anna's face turned a little pale. Fred's approachability made her forget that the person in front of her was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and his decision did not need to be explained to a commoner like her.

After seeing that Anna was calm, Fred whispered to Safi: "Let's go to Martin's room and take a look."

Safi nodded, her mood calmed down a bit and she was able to think calmly.

(End of chapter)