Ms. Mary, Fran, and Hei Luoli were kidnapped... Why am I not worried at all?

To be honest, I should probably be worried about the safety of those kidnappers. They might not make it through the night.

The reason is not because of anything else, but because the people they kidnapped are Ms. Mary, Fran, and Hei Luoli.

It's no one else, just Ms. Mary, Fran, and Hei Luoli.

Although they may not be the strongest in terms of combat power among us, they are definitely the most terrifying.

If they wanted to kidnap Aliyah, Oyado, or Taishi Xi, they would probably end up dead without a fight. But if they kidnapped Ms. Mary, Fran, and Hei Luoli...

They would most likely receive a death penalty followed by mutilation, right?

Yes, that's probably what would happen.

Speaking of which, Fran was kidnapped not too long ago. I bet they took into account how to cut corners during her kidnapping.

However, even so, we should consider other possibilities. For example, the kidnappers could have used things like hypnotic gas beforehand.

Although I don't know if it's called by the same name in this world, it should have the same effect.

Well, in order to avoid any unexpected situations, we should send a message to confirm.

Looking around, their names are no longer visible. I can confirm that it has been more than ten minutes since they left. Even if titles and names can be seen through walls, if they are too small, I can't witness them accurately.

It seems like we'll have to try another method.

I opened the terminal communication and saw that both Ms. Mary and Taishi Xi were still within communication range. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"I must say, going out for a stroll at midnight, isn't the timing a bit off?"

After a moment, Ms. Mary replied.

"You know what? Someone offered to take us on a day trip to the underground black market of Night Steel City. Why wouldn't we come?"

"Are you kidding me?"

I chuckled.

"Are you guys just incredibly bored?"

"Well, a little. Because Fran suddenly showed a very frightened expression, those people were more than happy to take all of us away."

Just as I expected from Fran.

"But the question is... why would someone kidnap you guys? It's your first time in this city, right? Do you have any enemies chasing after you?"

"Well, according to that guy, it seems like they wanted to kidnap the two from the Marshall family but got the wrong room."

These kidnappers these days... Are they not taking their job seriously? Are they underestimating the profession of being a kidnapper?

Mistakenly abducting someone is one thing, but actually taking them away... it's just unbelievable.

"What are they planning to do then? Just keep all of you like this?"

"They said it's for a hostage exchange."

"Well, using three people with no reputation to exchange for the Duke's children, they must be really out of their minds."

It seems like these recent kidnappers are not only unprofessional, but also lacking in intelligence.

I'm curious about who would want to kidnap the Marshalls so badly. Although their family controls the empire's magic research institution and corps, the fact that someone is willing to go to such lengths to kidnap them can only mean one thing.

Someone has paid a large sum of money on the black market to put a bounty on them.

Yes, I can't think of any other reason why these criminals would continue to challenge us.

There must be a hefty reward waiting for them, otherwise why would such stupid people come to kidnap?

But it's also strange, how did they even infiltrate here? This is where the prince lives, it shouldn't be easy to get in.

By the way, what would happen if they accidentally kidnapped the prince?

Haha, the plot would definitely be interesting...

"Well, do you want us to come and rescue you, or do you want to cause a commotion in the black market?"

"I thought you wanted to see what the black market is like here."

"...Well, I'm back, and I'm... actually a little interested."

Yes, I am indeed interested.

It's not that I'm interested in the black market that I have seen countless times, but just now, I suddenly received a new mission.

Yes, dear World seems to have not slacked off today, and started creating missions properly.

Side Mission: Marshall Family's Magical Tales

Mission 1: Investigate the reasons why members of the Marshall Family have been kidnapped multiple times

Reward: Unknown

What's with this?

What does Magical Tales mean?

Dear World, where did you learn such strange words? Do you even know what it means?

Is it really okay to use this name as the mission title?

Where did you learn this kind of name that seems like it was randomly chosen by a third-rate publishing house that couldn't find a title?

I forced a smile and looked at the people around me.

They probably received the same mission, they looked at me and shrugged.

"Well, let's go. It looks like we're going to get to know this city better."

"I'll stay, otherwise if we all go, the people who are accompanying us will get suspicious."

Bai Yueguang sat down on the sofa and said.

"Just tell them the truth that we're going to find our captured companion, what's there to worry about?"

I said nonchalantly.

"Then I'll go tell them, I don't want to go out, it's bothersome."

Taishi Xi said like this, then turned and left.

"It seems that no one wants to go with me... Oyado, Chelia, let's go."

"Hey hey hey, I'm coming too!"

Aliyah shouted.

"Alright, alright, Chelia, you want to know about your sister, right? Where we're going, maybe we can search for her."

"Yes!"

Chelia nodded.

Looks like we won't be getting any sleep tonight.