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Geriant's brows knitted together.

"In the land of humans."

Gerald responded with an affirmative nod. "Through the tracking artifact, we discovered that she indeed is beyond the mountain range that separates our lands from the humans."

Geriant rose to his feet, his aura suffocating. "Are you certain of this? Are you telling me that humans were the ones who abducted my child?!"

Gerald stayed silent for a while before answering. "…We are not certain of that, Your Imperial Majesty. The thief could have crossed paths with a human, and the child was taken."

"That's a flimsy excuse!" Jared roared from the back.

Being in the presence of three enraged members of the imperial family, each capable of taking the lives of wherever they desired in the empire with a mere word, was a daunting experience for anyone.

Yet, Gerald maintained his calm. As the most powerful knight of the four dukedoms of Cyrenia, he had dealt with cases more dire than this.