Tasia didn't say anything in the end.
"There is a little girl left, and no parents came to pick her up...and refused to speak when asked where she lived," she told the two.
Wayne was stunned, followed Tasia, and returned with her to another room next door that was temporarily used as a lounge.
On a makeshift cot, a little girl with two braids sat blankly holding her knees, wondering what she was thinking.
When he saw her, Wayne immediately remembered that this little girl was the one at the front of the queue when she was controlled by the magic of darkness.
"Kid, do you still have an impression of where you live?" Wayne approached her and asked softly.
Her clothes were neatly dressed, and she didn't look like an orphaned girl.
The little girl's eyes slowly turned to him, staring at his face.
...Why don't you look very smart?
Wayne held out two fingers.
"How much is this?"
The little girl didn't speak, just shook her head.
He looked back at Tasia and Chris helplessly.
Chris hesitated for a while and said, "Little sister, do you know the names of your family members?"
"If you tell your brothers and sisters, we will take you to eat ice cream~"
She released the bait.
Hearing the three words "ice cream", the little girl's eyes regained a little luster and became a little brighter.
"Do you know ice cream? It's soft, icy, and sweet..."
"..." The little girl's body began to tremble.
Everyone present could see the desire in her eyes.
However, she just refused to say a word.
"Could it be that...you can't speak?" Wayne probed cautiously.
The little girl still refused to speak, but her tears fell drop by drop, expressing her endless grievance and bitterness.
Chrissy's heart suddenly melted.
"Don't cry, don't cry...are you hungry? Can I ask the cooks here to make you a delicious dessert?"
She comforted him a few times and hurried out to get food.
After a while, the maids followed Chris in. The trays in their hands contained a variety of food, as well as a portion of ice cream in a small glass.
The moment she saw the food, the little girl's stomach growled.
But surprisingly, her manner of eating was not rude, and she took small bites very gracefully.
Avoiding her who was still eating, Wayne took Chris and Tasia to discuss alone.
"What's next for this little girl?"
Wayne hesitated: "I remember that there is an orphanage under the church's name that specially adopts children. How about sending her there?"
After all, it is a formal adoption agency, so you don’t have to worry about reselling it.
At most, when you grow up, you can become a nun or something and work for the church.
"Let's wait for her to rest and ask her what she means in a few days!"
Chris thought about it and still felt that that was not good.
"Maybe her family just delayed a little and showed up again two days later?" she said, "and... the church's rules may be a little too strict for her."
——It would be a pity for such a cute and sensible little girl to be brainwashed by the church into becoming one of those robots.
Thinking this way, she took Wayne's hand and acted coquettishly.
"Wayne~ Let's keep her first~"
Wayne found it funny and a little speechless at the same time: "I didn't say I had to send her away now. Why does it make me seem like a bad guy?"
"Then we take it as your consent?" Chris looked happy.
"I agree, I agree." Wayne agreed perfunctorily.
As a result, under the arrangements of the Winche family, all the children rescued this time were claimed by their parents again——
Except this little girl.
…
"Snapped--"
In a large noble's mansion in the royal capital, Earl Chapman was furious and smashed all the objects he could get to the ground.
"It doesn't make sense! It doesn't make sense!"
The debris on the ground fully demonstrated how uncontrollable his anger was at this time.
Another retainer carefully avoided the debris scattered on the ground and did not dare to clean it up.
"Master, what happened this time..." The retainer hesitated to speak.
After venting hysterically, Earl Chapman finally regained some of his sanity.
He took a deep breath, adjusted his collar and sleeves, and finally regained his elegant aristocratic demeanor.
"What else can you do? Do you want to seek revenge on Duke Elliot?" Chapman sneered, "Don't implicate me if you seek death."
The retainer lowered his head and said yes.
"However, we already lost a lot of money in order to draw a clear line with the Mu Gang last time. This time the Stone Gang's business has been ruined again. We don't know how long the next delivery will be delayed..."
It's not that he has to pick which pot he doesn't open.
But the working capital is too tight and the turnover is really difficult!
Upon hearing his complaint, the expression on Chapman's face froze.
Those gangsters who live on the edge of the knife have not gained weight in vain. If you want them to do something, you must spend real money before they are willing to work for you.
When he thought about the advance payment he had made, he missed Bernard a lot because he could pay on credit.
However, in order to establish a long-term cooperative relationship, we cannot delay payment casually now.
After a long silence, he said: "Let's set aside some of it from my personal account for turnover."
hateful!
What a disaster!
There is no benefit at all from this kind of thing, but you have to bear the risk at your own risk...
But--
Although I can't make any money from this, I have to do it in order to obtain other conveniences.
"This time, it's probably because the daughter of his family has started acting up again, so she just thinks it's bad luck."
Immediately, Chapman said sternly: "But from now on, we must transfer another hand and contract out in the name of others. We can no longer directly use the warehouse under my name as the handover point. Otherwise, it will definitely make people angry if I am exposed next time." Suspect."
In fact, he felt that this time it was enough to arouse many people's suspicions.
The reason why I agreed to borrow my own warehouse was because the first two transactions went smoothly, so I relaxed my vigilance and thought that it would be processed soon.
"Understood." The retainer nodded.
"Also, the Stone Gang lost five gang members and three magicians, and we also lost a magician... Regarding the pension..."
"For our people here, we pay for it. Let them handle it themselves," Chapman said.
After the retainer accepted the order and hurriedly left, Earl Chapman whispered to himself in the study where he was alone: "What did you say, you unintentionally exposed the conspiracy of dark magic——"
"In the end, is it true?"
