“…That seems to be the answer.”

Sometimes, silence is the answer.

From the reaction just now, Aria had practically confessed to the crime, even if it was the real Aria before the possession, and now, as Elodie, it felt very unfair.

An uncomfortable silence lingered between the two. Luke remained Luke, and Aria remained Aria, both locked in their own emotions.

The door opened urgently at that moment.

“Your Highness, Your Highness!”

“…More?”
Luke urgently opened the door, and upon seeing the breathless Rebecca Moore, he momentarily blanked out before firming his expression.

“Is there a problem with Bonita?”

“Well, not exactly…”

The usually calm red-haired physician was unexpectedly panting. Wiping her forehead soaked with sweat with her sleeve, she exclaimed.

“Milady, h-h-milady has disappeared!”

The whole story of the incident was as follows.

“Please wake up quickly, milady.”

Rebecca had been guarding the unconscious Bonita all along. Her hands gently swept over Bonita’s forehead.

It might be somewhat impolite to the only lady, but Rebecca sincerely prayed that the little girl would be safe. She didn’t want to send away a patient she had taken care of, just like in Elodie’s case.

After all, she was a person too.

Having spent almost a day attending to Bonita’s nursing and examination without eating anything, it was time to deal with her menstrual symptoms.

“Just wait a moment, milady.”

So, Rebecca grabbed a sandwich from the restaurant on the first floor, ate while going up the stairs again.

It took just 5 minutes.

Rushing up the stairs with the sandwich shoved into her mouth like lightning, a chill ran down her spine when she saw the open door.

‘Did I open the door and come out?’

Despite trying to calm her mind, it was in vain. Rebecca almost ran toward the open room.

“Huh…”

Finally opening the door wide, the moment she faced the empty bed was like a cold shower.

‘No, no. Don’t be surprised.’

Thinking logically, there was a high probability that Bonita got up and went outside by herself.

Since she was inside the house anyway, it wouldn’t be too difficult to find her.

However…

The problem was that the Renaissance Duchy was damn huge. It would take nearly an hour to look around the house, and it would be even more challenging to find a child whose current state was unknown.

Chewing her lips and looking around the fifth floor like a mad person, Rebecca couldn’t find Bonita. Unfortunately, there was no sign of a maid cleaning the hallway either.

In the end, what she chose was to go find Luke. It would be much more efficient to unleash all the servants and search the mansion than to look for her alone.

“Milady, h-h-milady has disappeared!”

As expected, upon hearing her words, Luke immediately reacted.

“What on earth are you talking about?”

“I left for about 5 minutes, and in that time… she might have come to her senses…”

In the meantime, Rebecca, who was catching her breath, explained.

“The problem is, I’m not sure about milady’s current condition, so it’s urgent to find and check on her”

“Understood.”

After that, it was all in a hurry.

Luke called all the servants to search for Bonita, and the maids and footmen, who were almost done with their meals, swallowed the remaining food in one bite and immediately went out to search.
Even if it was a search, calling out Bonita Miss loudly while opening each of the hundreds of rooms in the mansion. If either Luke or Aria had thought rationally, they would have checked places Bonita might go, such as bedrooms or playrooms, first. However, not being able to sleep for nearly 24 hours can be mentally exhausting. Therefore, they inefficiently searched the rooms, and the servants who received instructions naturally focused on searching places other than Bonita’s bedroom, assuming that it had already been checked. ‘Why is it so noisy outside?’ While the commotion was taking place, the tiny culprit remained inside her own bedroom, leisurely looking out the window from the sofa in the corner. More precisely, she was slowly reviewing the strange events that had happened to herself. ‘Oh, could it be?’ And by the time Bonita had somewhat figured out clues about the series of events. “Bonita!” The door burst open, and Aria, with red eyes, rushed straight to the sofa, grabbing Bonita and started crying loudly. “Mom?” Bonita blinked her eyes with a puzzled expression.