Come to another world and become a lord

"You shouldn't say this to him~" Alia said on the side. At this time, she and Carl were walking on the stairs leading to the dungeon. Behind them were two Fire Rose sisters holding down Jim who was tied up.

"What?" Carl turned around in confusion.

"Tell him that your life is tied to this case," Alia continued. "If he really wants to hurt you..."

She stopped talking here.

"Wait, what you mean is that you suspect that Myrna's disappearance is related to Morton?"

"It is suspected so." Alia replied.

"This is a little unlikely. She is the daughter of the Prime Minister after all. Why did Morton do this? Just to deal with me? Then he must be extremely stupid~" Carl said half-jokingly, but saw that Alia had a serious face and did not look amused at all.

"It's normal for you to think so. After all, in the eyes of most ordinary people, the title of prime minister is second only to the king." Alia continued.

At this time, Carl also put away his smile:

"So this matter is related to the entire political situation in the kingdom."

Alia nodded:

"Yes~ You just became a baron, and there are many things you don't understand yet, including the interpersonal relationships and tricks involved... It seems I need to find some time to sort these out."

"Yeah~" Karl nodded seriously, "After this matter is over."

Alia also nodded:

"What I'm most worried about right now is you and Myrna. I don't want anything to happen to either of you."

"Don't worry, we will solve it." Carl said seriously. He actually suspected Morton before, but an earl would kidnap the prime minister's daughter to target a small baron like him. In his opinion, such an absurd plot could only happen in those garbage novels where the villains collectively reduced their intelligence. An earl would not hesitate to offend the prime minister to target a baron. Would anyone do such a stupid thing in reality? But after hearing what Alia said, he felt that things seemed not so simple. Alia was right. He had no idea about the political situation in the kingdom, let alone the interpersonal relationships between each other. He just made inferences based on assumptions. This might lead to a big loss, and he might not even know how he died. However, he had a different opinion on Alia's belief that Morton would kill the prime minister's daughter to kill himself. In his opinion, Morton did not need to kill Myrna, but it would be easier for him to kill himself. So now it was Carl himself who was in real crisis, and things could not be delayed.

After locking Jim in the dungeon, he and Alia rushed to the castle's master bedroom, where Myrna had slept before she disappeared. Before leaving, Alia ordered the two Fire Rose sisters who were accompanying her to stay and guard. It was more like protection than guarding. Everyone knew that Jim was innocent, and Morton just wanted to use him as a target. Fortunately, the guards in the dungeon were all from Rickburg, and with the two Fire Rose members, they were enough to ensure his safety.

After entering the master bedroom, Carl saw an unexpectedly clean and tidy environment. All the items were neatly arranged. There was no sign of fighting or intrusion. Only the quilt on the bed was half opened, as if the owner of the bed had never come back after getting up at night, and Myrna had disappeared out of thin air. This seemed incredible to Carl. He knew very well that the prime minister's most arrogant youngest daughter had learned swordsmanship from Alia, and she was armed when she came. Although it was unclear how powerful she was, she still had basic resistance ability, even stronger than ordinary people.

Carl thought about it, then saw Alia put her hands on the bed, and then said:

"She was abducted while she was sleeping, and she probably wasn't awake yet."

"That means someone drugged him," Carl replied.

The latter nodded:

"This probability is extremely high. This can explain why it was so quiet all night without any resistance. The problem is that there were guards outside this room all night. According to the guard on duty at the time, no one had entered or left the room since Myrna entered, except for the maid who brought in a midnight snack. And the maid brought out the tableware after Myrna finished her meal. It was impossible for anyone to be taken out during this period... Wait."

She raised her head as if she had thought of something, but heard Karl smiling at her:

"Huh, you thought of that too."

"Secret passage..." Alia said, "The reason why no one is coming in or out is because the other party took the secret passage."

Yes, if he lived in another room, he really couldn't do this, but the master bedroom had a secret escape passage, making kidnapping possible, Carl thought.

I heard Alia say again:

"It's just that... the door of the secret passage can only be opened from one direction, and that night, apart from the maid, no one else entered the room, and the maid came out again not long after..."

"Then the matter is very clear~" Karl replied, "The whole thing is very simple. The maid brought drugged supper into the bedroom, waited for Myrna to finish the supper and the drug took effect, then secretly opened the secret passage, let her companions who were waiting at the other end of the secret passage come in, and then kidnapped Myrna. She closed the secret passage again and pretended to leave. The guards outside only thought that everyone had gone to bed, but in fact they had kidnapped people without anyone noticing."

After hearing Carl's narration, Alia frowned:

"The other party actually knew the mechanism and location of the secret passage. This is not something that ordinary robbers can do."

"Does that mean Morton is a greater suspect?" Carl asked.

Alia nodded:

"I don't believe that no nobles in the kingdom were involved in this matter."

Karno nodded thoughtfully:

"Then our goal is clear now. We need to find the maid, and then we need to go down to the secret passage to investigate further."

"That maid must be a fake," Alia said. "We just need to find all the women in the inner city and let the guards identify them one by one..."

“No~” Karl suddenly interrupted her, “That woman must have gone out of town.”

"What?" Alia was a little surprised.

Carl continued:

"There are only a few hundred people in the inner city. Excluding men, the elderly and children, how many women are there? If she dares to stay, she will not be able to escape after a little investigation. The city is locked at night, and I also ordered the city to be closed. That is to say, she took the opportunity to leave between the time when Myrna was found missing in the early morning and when we were summoned by the prime minister for questioning. Go ask the guards at the gate to see if there are any young women leaving the city in the morning."

Karl couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he thought of this. If he hadn't been called to argue with Morton for a long time, if he had ordered the city to be closed immediately, would he have had a chance to stop the other party? But it was useless to think too much now. In the final analysis, it was because he lacked experience and did not have that kind of vigilance.

"If that's the case, it will be troublesome." Alia frowned even more tightly.

Indeed, once a person leaves the city, it is hard to say where he will go. The worst result may even be that he will be killed in advance, Carl thought.

"Does that mean all the clues are gone now?" Alia continued to ask.

"No, that may not be the case." Karl suddenly thought of someone. "Because of the war, transportation around Rickburg has been basically cut off during this period, and no outsiders have visited. Therefore, the people involved in the kidnapping must not be outsiders."

"You mean it was done by the local residents?"

"To be precise, there were spies planted here early on~" This kind of thing is not surprising. After all, Rickburg was once the territory of His Majesty the King, but from a political point of view, who doesn't want to plant some of their own power here?

"In any case, let's investigate first and ask the guards if anyone has left the city in the morning, what they look like, and if anyone is missing from the town." After all, if someone is missing from a town with a total population of more than 200 people, it will be easy to notice.

"Yes~" Alia nodded seriously.

"And then~" Carl suddenly thought of another person - the knight named Iren who was brought by Morton, the assassin who was born in the slums, had been in gangs since childhood, was revered by the underworld but was named a knight. At least he thought he should be considered an assassin. Why did Morton bring him here this time? If he had this plan from the beginning, then everything would make sense.

"Knight Aeron~" He spoke the name word by word.

"Ailly?" Alia looked at Carl with some confusion.

"This person must be arrested. It is very likely that he planned and arranged the whole thing."

Hearing Carl's words, Alia looked embarrassed:

"I'm afraid this won't be that easy. He's a knight. Let alone the fact that we have no evidence, even if we have some reasons, I'm afraid Morton won't agree."

"We don't need to do this, let the Prime Minister do it!" Carl replied. That's right, as long as he explained the matter clearly to Aaron, he believed that the other party would help him. After all, this was related to his daughter's life.